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AN ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DECLARING A CURFEW
(HURRICANE FRANCES)
WHEREAS, The St. Lucie County Administrator has made the following determinations:
1. Pursuant to Section 252.38, Florida Statutes, political subdivisions of the state have
the power during a state of local emergency to provide for the health and safety of persons and
property.
2. The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County has adopted Resolution No.
00-277 authorizing the St. Lucie County Administrator and the St. Lucie Public Safety Director to
exercise certain emergency powers and authority during a local emergency.
3. 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.
4. The presence of Hurricane Frances has placed St. Lucie County in a state of
emergency, exposing the citizens thereof to danger to life and property.
September ~ , 2004, at /'¢ ,~___.m., the St. Lucie County Public Safety Director
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declared a state of local emergency (copy attached).
6. In order to respond to such emergency, upon this declaration, the County
Administrator or his designee is authorized to initiate and take such actions authorized by Resolution
No. 00-277 (copy attached) for and on behalf of the Board of County Commissioners during the
term of such local state of emergency.
7. Based on the recommendation of the Public Safety Director on the advice of state
and local law enforcement officials, including but not limited to the St. Lucie County Sheriff, the
Police Chiefs of the Cities of Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie, the State of Florida Department of Law
Enforcement and the Florida Highway Patrol, as a result of the effects of Hurricane Frances, there is
a clear and present danger of civil disorder in St. Lucie County and widespread disobedience of the
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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~l, 2004 a~.m., there is a curfew imposed fromE~_~_.m, to
~__ _/~.m. in St. Lucie County. During the curfew, all pedestrian and vehicular movement outside
homes is prohibited except as provided herein. All persons are commanded to remain in their homes
during the hours of curfew unless otherwise directed or authorized by City, County, 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 shall 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
County Administrator or the Board of County Commissioners. This Order imposing a curfew may be
modified at any time by subsequent Order of the County Administrator or the Board of County
Commissioners. This Order may be extended in not more than seventy-two (72) hour increments by
subsequent Orders issued by the County Administrator or the Board of County Commissioners.
4. 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 ,~day of September, 2004 at ~ ~__.rn. //~
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[~ug~s I~. Anderson
County ~dministrator
St. Lucie County