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37 <br />operated for profit; and such other classes of persons as <br />may be essential to the preservation of public order and <br />immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and <br />welfare needs of people within the county. <br />• Section•2. - Proclamation ­­Imposing­-Prohibitions <br />and Restrictions: <br />(a) The Chair or Board of Commissioners by proclamation <br />may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in <br />sections 3 through 8 of this ordinance in the manner <br />described in those sections. The Chair or Board may impose <br />as many of those specified prohibitions and restrictions as <br />he finds are necessary, because of an emergency, to maintain <br />an acceptable level of public order and services and to <br />protect lives, safety, and property. The Chair or Board <br />shall recite the findings in the proclamation. <br />(b)..The.proclamation.shall be in writing. The <br />Chair or Board shall take reasonable steps to give notice of <br />the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and <br />shall post a copy of it in the County Courthouse. The Chair <br />or Board shall send reports of the substance of the <br />proclamation to the mass communications media which serves <br />the affected area. The Chair or Board shall retain a text of <br />the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of <br />it. <br />Section 3. Evacuation <br />The Chair or Board may direct and compel the evacuation <br />of all or part of the population of the County of Orange, <br />to prescribe routes, modes of transportation, and destination <br />in connection with evacuation; and to control ingress and <br />egress of a disaster area, the movement of persons within the <br />area, and the occupancy of premises therein. Details of the <br />evacuation may be set forth or amended in a subsequent <br />proclamation which shall be well publicized <br />Section 4. Curfew <br />(a) The proclamation may impose a curfew prohibiting <br />in certain areas and during certain periods the appearance <br />in public of anyone who is not a member of an exempted <br />class. The proclamation shall specify the geographical area <br />or areas and the period during each 24 -hour day to which the <br />curfew applies. The Chair or Board may exempt from some or <br />30 <br />