HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/24/04 (2) AN ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY
SHERIFF ORbERIN~ CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEASURES IN
UNINCORPORATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY
(HURRICANE ~EANNE)
WHEREAS, THE St. Lucia County Sheriff has made the following determinations:
Pursuant to Section 870.042, Florida Statutes, the St. Lucia County Sheriff has the
power to declare a state of local emergency within the unincorporated area of St. Lucia County to
provide for the health and safety of persons and property 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 a Category ?
hurricane and has issued Hurricane Warnings for the east coast of Florida, including St. Lucia
County.
3. The presence of Hurricane ~Teanne has placed unincorporated St. Lucia County in a
state of emergency, exposing the citizens thereof to the threat of imminent violence and to danger
to life and property.
4. On September ~5~, ?004, at /,~,2l_~.m., the St. Lucia County Sheriff declared a
state of local emergency in unincorporated St. Lucia County (copy attached).
5. ];n order to respond to such emergency, upon this declaration, the Sheriff is
authorized to initiate and take such actions authorized by Sections 870.041 - 870.047, Florida
Statutes.
6. As o result of the effects of Hurricane ,Teonne, there is a clear and present danger
of civil disorder in unincorporated St. Lucia County 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, THEREFOI~E, I am issuing the following order:
September 2004, at A;00 the follow ng emergency
Effective
measures are effective for all unincorporated St. Lucie County:
(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.
(C) 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 Sheriff or the Board of County
Commissioners. This Order may be modified at any time by subsequent directive of the Sheriff or
the Board of County Commissioners. This Order may be extended in not more than seventy-two
(72) hour increments by subsequent directives issued by the Sheriff with the concurrence of the
Board of County Commissioners by duly enacted ordinance or resolution in regular or special session.
3. This Order shall, as promptly as practicable, be filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Circuit Court and delivered to the appropriate news media for publication and radio and
television broadcast thereof.
Signed this ~Lt~ay of September, 2004, at ,[0:~ ,~____..m.
St. Lu~_~County Sheriff