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Official's Guide to Disasters <br /> • The chair may impose as many of those specified prohibitions and restrictions as he <br /> finds are necessary, because of an emergency, to maintain an acceptable level of <br /> public order and services and to protect lives, safety, and property. The chair shall recite <br /> his findings in the proclamation. <br /> (b) The proclamation shall be in writing. The chair shall take reasonable steps to give <br /> notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and shall post a copy of it <br /> in the county courthouse. The chair shall send reports of the substance of the <br /> proclamation to the mass communications media that serve the affected area. The chair <br /> shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 2, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> Sec. 14-33. Evacuation. <br /> (a) The chair of the board of commissioners may: <br /> (1) Direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population of the county; <br /> (2) Prescribe routes, modes of transportation and destination in connection with <br /> evacuation; and <br /> (3) Control ingress and egress of a disaster area, the movement of persons within the <br /> area, and the occupancy of premises in the area. <br /> • (b) Details of the evacuation may be set forth or amended in a subsequent <br /> proclamation, which shall be well publicized. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 3, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> Sec. 14-34. Curfew. <br /> (a) The proclamation referred to in section 14-32 may impose a curfew prohibiting in <br /> certain areas and during certain periods the appearance in public of anyone who is not <br /> a member of an exempted class. The proclamation shall specify the geographical areas <br /> and the period during each 24-hour day to which the curfew applies. The chair of the <br /> board of commissioners may exempt from some or all of the curfew restrictions classes <br /> of people whose exemption the chair of the board of commissioners finds necessary for <br /> the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. The proclamation shall state <br /> the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. <br /> (b) Unless otherwise specified in the proclamation, the curfew shall apply during the <br /> specified period each day until the chair, by proclamation, removes the curfew. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 4, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> • Appendices Page 5.7 <br /> Version Date-April 9, 2012 <br />