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36 <br />APPENDIX 5 <br />COUNTY STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDINANCE <br />AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PROCLAMATION OF A STATE <br />OF EMERGENCY AND THE IMPOSITION OF PROHIBITIONS AND <br />RESTRICTIONS DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY <br />Under the authority of Article 36A of Chapter 14, Chapter <br />166A, and Chapter 153A of the North Carolina General <br />Statutes, the County of Orange ordains: <br />Section 1. State of Emergency; Restrictions <br />Authorized <br />(a) A State of Emergency shall be <br />whenever during times of public crisis, <br />catastrophe, or similar public emergenc: <br />public safety authorities are unable to <br />order or afford adequate protection for <br />property,..or:.whenever the occurrence of <br />is imminent. <br />deemed to exist <br />disaster, rioting, <br />F, for any reason, <br />maintain public <br />lives, safety or <br />any such condition <br />(b) In the event of an existing or threatened State of <br />Emergency endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare <br />of the people within Orange County or any part thereof, or <br />threatening damages to or destruction of property, the <br />Chair or Board of Commissioners is hereby authorized and <br />empowered under Section 14- 288.13 and 166A -8 to issue a <br />public proclamation declaring to all persons the existence of <br />such a State of Emergency and in order to more effectively <br />protect the lives and property of people within the county, <br />to place in effect any or all of the restrictions hereinafter <br />authorized. <br />(c) The Chair or Board is hereby authorized and <br />empowered to limit by the proclamation the application of all <br />or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically <br />designated or described within the county and to specific <br />hours of the day or night; and to exempt from all or any part <br />of such restrictions, while .acting in the line of and within <br />the scope of their-respective duties, Emergency.Management <br />officials, law enforcement officers, firemen and other public <br />employees, rescue squad members, doctors, nurses, employees <br />of hospitals and other medical facilities; ARC volunteers and <br />paid staff;on -duty military personnel, whether state or <br />federal; on -duty employees of public utilities, public <br />transportation companies, and newspaper, magazine, radio <br />broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations <br />29 <br />