HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/24/04 - Administrative Order - JeanneAN ORDER OF THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
DECLARTN6 A CURFEW
(HURRICANE ,TEANNE)
WHEREAS, The St. Lucia County Administrator has made the following determinations:
1. Pursuant to Section 25;>.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.
?. The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucia County has adopted Resolution No.
00-277 authorizing the St. Lucia County Administrator and the St. Lucia Public Safety Director to
exercise certain emergency powers and authority during a local emergency.
3. The National Hurricane Center has identified Hurricane ~Teanne as a Category 2
hurricane and has issued Hurricane Warnings for the east coast of Florida, including St. Lucia
County.
4. The presence of Hurricane ,Teanne has placed St. Lucia County in a state of
emergency, exposing the citizens thereof to danger to life and property.
5. On September ~'~l , 2004, at -/:c~_~, ~___.m., the St. Lucia County Public Safety
Director declared a state of local emergency (copy attached).
6. Tn 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. Lucia County Sheriff, the
Police Chiefs of the Cities of Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucia, the State of Florida Department of
Low Enforcement and the Florida Highway Patrol, as o result of the effects of Hurricane ~Teann¢,
there is a clear and present danger of civil disorder in St. Lucie County and widespread
disobedience of the Iow and it is necessary to declare o curfew os 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, l; om issuing the following Order:
1. Effective 5¢ptember~5+~, 2004 al~:~.m., there is o curfew imposed fron~.'~)~.m, to
.m. in St. Luci¢ County. burin9 the curfew, all pedestrian end 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 os ambulance
drivers, firefighters, hospital workers including physicians, Iow enforcement officers and utility
workers.
3. This Order imposing a curfew shall remain in effect for seven (7} days unless
terminated, modified or extended. This Order imposin9 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 seven {7} day 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.
County Administrator
St. Lucia County
Copy to: Board of County Commissioners
County Administrator
County Attorney