HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/25/04 (2)AN ORDER OF THE TOWN OF ST. LUCIE VILLAGE MAYOR
ORDERING CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEASURES IN
THE TOWN OF ST. LUCIE VILLAGE
(HURRICANE ;rEANNE)
WHEREAS. the Mayor of the Town of 5,. Lucia Village has made the following
determinations:
1. Pursuant ,o Section 870.042, Florida 5,o,u,es, the Mayor has the power to
declare a state of local emergency within the Town of St. Lucia Village to provide for the
health and sofe,y of persons and properly and to exercise the emergency powers
conferred in Sections 870.041 - 870.047, Florida Statutes.
2. The National Hurricane Center has identified Hurricane ~Teanne as o
Category 2 hurricane and has issued Hurricane Warnings for ,he east coast of Florida,
including S,. Lucia Coun,y.
3. The presence of Hurricane ~Teanne has placed ,he Town of 5,. Lucia Village
in a s,o,e of emergency, exposing ,he citizens ,hereof ,o ,he ,hrea, of imminen, violence
and ,o danger ,o life end proper,y.
4. On September-~q~, 2004, o, ? c.c,, A .m., the Mayor declared a s,o,e of
local emergency in the Town of St. Lucia Village (copy at,ached).
§. In order ,o respond ,o such emergency, upon this declaration, the Mayor is
ou,horized to ini,iat¢ and ,aka such ac,ions au,horized by Sec,ions 870.041 - 870.047.
Florida Statutes.
6. As a result of the effects of Hurricane ~Teonne, there is a clear and present
danger of civil disorder in the Town of St. Lucie Village and widespread disobedience of
the law and it is necessary to order certain emergency measures as hereinafter defined in
order to suppress the threat to public peace which now exists and to prevent substantial
injury to persons or property.
NOW, THEREFORE, T am issuing the following order:
1. Effective September, S'-_?, 2004, at {.-: ors f~ .tn., the following emergency
measures are effective in the Town of ,St. Lucie Village:
(A) The sale or distribution of any alcoholic beverage, with or without the
payment or a consideration therefor is prohibited.
(B) The possession on any person in a public place of any portable
container containing any alcoholic beverage is prohibited.
(¢) All places of public assemblage are closed except designated
shelters.
2. This Order shall remain in effect for seventy-two (72) hours unless
terminated, modified or extended. This Order shall automatically terminate upon a
declaration terminating the state of local emergency or upon further directive of the
Mayor or the I~oard of ~,ldermen. This Order may be modified at any time by subsequent
Orders of the Mayor or the ~oard of Aldermen. This Order may be extended in not more
than seventy-two (72) hour increments by subsequent directives issued by the Mayor with
the concurrence of the Board of Aldermen by duly enacted ordinance or resolution in
regular or special session.
3. This Order shall, os promptly as practicable, be filed in the office of the
Village Clerk and delivered to the appropriate news media for publication and radio and
television broadcast thereof.
Signed thi~day of September, 2004, at '-/: C)C~ A .m.
William Theiss
Mayor
Town of St. Lucie Village