HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/02/04 (2)AN ORDER OF THE PORT ST. LUCIE POLICE CHIEF
DECLARING A CURFEW IN
THE CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE
(HURRICANE FRANCES)
WHEREAS, the Port St. Lucie Police Chief has made the following determinations:
1. Pursuant to Section 870.042, Florida Statutes, the Police Chief has the power to
declare a state of local emergency within the City of Port St. Lucie 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 Frances as a Category 4
hurricane and has issued Hurricane Warnings for the east coast of Florida, including St. Lucie
County.
3. The presence of Hurricane Frances has placed the City of Port St. Lucie 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 ( , 2004, at y ,/z~)~.m., the Port St. Lucie Police Chief declared
a state of local emergency in the City of Port St. Lucie (copy attached).
5. In order to respond to such emergency, upon this declaration, the Police Chief is
authorized to initiate and take such actions authorized by Sections 870-041 - 870-047, Florida
Statutes.
6. As a result of the effects of Hurricane Frances, there is a clear and present
danger of civil disorder in the City of Port St. Lucie and widespread disobedience of the law
and it is necessary to declare a curfew 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, I am issuing the following Order:
1. Effective September _.~, 2004, at ~ /~.m., there is a curfew imposed from
to~__~m, in the City of Port St. Lucie. During the curfew, all pedestrian and vehicular
movement outside homes is prohibited except as provided herein. All persons in the City of Port
St. Lucie are commanded to remain in their homes during the hours of curfew unless otherwise
directed or authorized by City, State of Florida or federal officials.
2. The curfew shall not apply to those persons who need to travel in connection
with designated essential services including, but not limited to, emergency personnel, such as
ambulance drivers, firefighters, hospital workers including physicians, law enforcement officers,
and utility workers.
3. This Order imposing a curfew sha~l remain in effect for seventy-two (72) hours
unless terminated, modified or extended. This Order imposing a curfew shall automatically
terminate upon a declaration terminating the state of local emergency or upon further Order of
the Police Chief or the Port St. Lucie City Council. This Order imposing a curfew may be
modified at any time by subsequent Orders of the Police Chief or the Port St. Lucie City
Council. This Order imposing a curfew may be extended in not more than seventy-two (72)
hour increments by subsequent Orders issued by the Police Chief with the concurrence of the
Port St. Lucie City Council by duly enacted ordinance or resolution in regular or special session.
4. This Order shall, as promptly as practicable, be filed in the office of the City
Clerk and delivered to the appropriate news media for publication and radio and television
broadcast thereof.
Signed this ~,day of September, 2004, at ~ ~'~.m.
St. Lucie