HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/02/04 (2)AN ORDER OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE POLICE CHIEF
ORDERING CER'fAL~' EMERG£NCY MEASURES
II:IE CITY OF FORT PIERCE
(HL3tRICANE FRANCES)
WFIEREAS, THE Polize Cb. icl for the Cid' of Fort Pierce lxas m¢,de the
1. Pursuant Io Section 8~0.042, Flori~ Statutes, the Pohce Chief has the power' ;o declare a
slate o~ local emergency within the City of Fo~ Pierce to provide ~br the l~ealth ~.nd sa~ty et persor~s
property an~ ~o e,~rrcise the emetge~cy powers cent~rred ~n Secti.2ns 870.041 - 870.047, Elor~da Statutes.
2. The Nafio~ ~urrieat~e Cemer has identified Hu~ic~.e Frances ~s a Category 4
humc~e and has ~ss~ed Hm~izan~ Wan'Jags tm ~e east coast cf Flohda, including SI. Lucie
3. The presence of Humcane Francos has placed the City of Fvtx ?ierce 'in
emergency, ~posing the citizens thereoi to '&e ~reat of imminent violeace and :o danger to li/~ and
property.
4. On September ~ 2004. ar ~' , ~m.~ the F'c,n Piem~ Police Chtef ~eclarc:d a ,late o~'
focal ~mergency in the City ofFo~ P:erce (copy
5. ~ or~.er to ruspond to s~ct~ emergency, upon 2~.is 0eclarafion, the Police Chief is
aethonzed ;o initiate and ~ake such acrio:~s autherized b~ Sections 870.041 - 8~0.0~7, Florida Statutes.
6. k~ a res'u~.r of the effects of Humcane Frances, fftere iz a cle~ and present danger of el'vii
disorder in ~e Cit7 of Fo~ Pierce and widesprea~ disobedience of tt~e law and it is nece,sz~' to order
certain emergency measure~ ~ hereinafter ~En,d in order to suppres~ the ¢.mar to public peace which
tm~, exists, and Io prevent substantial injury ro per~ons o:' ~ro~.'y.
NOW, TI.IE~FO~2.1 am i~umg the b:llowing order:
I. Et'~ecfive S~Iember ~, 200~, at ~ ~.m., tile f:o]lowing emergency me,,su~s are
,ffective in lne City cf Fot~ Pierce:
or a consideranon therefor is prohibi;ed.
(B) Tt:e ~ossession on any p~rsm:
containing any alco!~olic l>e~'erage is prohibi:ed.
or extended.
The side or distribation of any alcoholic beverage, with or without the payment
in · pubhc p!ace of any portable container
(C) All places of public a&s,mblage are cio;ed except designated shelters.
This Order shall remain in effect for scvcn~'-t-wo (72) hours unless termigatzd modified
This C)rder sh~tl atttomatically wnninate upon a fle¢laration ~erminarmg the state of local
emergency or upon furth:-r directive of the Police Chief' r:r the Fort Pierce City Cormnigsion. This Order
may be modified at any time by subsequent Orders of the Police Chief or the Fort Pierge City
Commission, This Order may be extended in no~ more rgan s~ven~-m'o (72) hour increments by
subsequent orci=rs issued by the Police Chiefwlth the concurrence of ~e Fort Pieme City Commission by
d~.ly enacted ordinance or resolation in regular o: sp~ial session.
3. This Orde~ shall, as promptly as pr~ticabl:, be ~led in th: office or the Ci3~ Clerk ~d
deliYerM m the a~propriate sews media ~br publication and radio ~d tele¥ision broadcast rh~eo[
Sign~ this ~ay of Se~emger, 2004, at ~~.m.
Eugene Savage~ ~ "
City of Fort Pierce
Chief of Police
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