§ 2.80.080. Powers in event of emergency.

In the event of a proclamation of local emergency as provided in this chapter, the chairman of the board of supervisors, or in the event the chairman is absent from the county or otherwise unavailable, then the director of emergency services is empowered to do the following or any portion thereof:

(1)

To make and issue orders and regulations on matters necessary to provide for the protection of life and property; however, such orders and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the board of supervisors. Such orders and regulations and amendments and revisions thereto shall be given widespread publicity and notice and may include, but not be limited to the following:

a.

Curfew. Order a general curfew within designated boundaries as is deemed necessary to preserve the public order and safety. "Curfew" means a prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any public alley, street or highway, any public property or any vacant premises, except persons officially designated to duty with reference to the civil emergency and representatives of the news media, physicians, nurses and ambulance operators performing medical services, utility personnel maintaining essential public services, firemen and law enforcement officers and personnel, and those specifically authorized by the county sheriff or his duly authorized agent;

b.

Business Closing. Order the closing of any business establishment within the curfew area or within any other specified portion of the County of San Luis Obispo, for the period of emergency; such businesses to include, but not limited to, those selling intoxicating liquors, cereal malt beverages, gasoline, or firearms;

c.

Alcoholic Beverages. Order that no person within the curfew areas or within any other specified portion of the county shall consume any alcoholic beverage in any public street or place which is publicly owned or in any motor vehicle driven or parked there on;

d.

Weapons. Order that no person within the curfew area, or within any other specified portion of the county, shall carry or possess on his or her person any gun, bomb, firebomb, knife, rock, bottle, club, brick, explosive, or weapon; provided, however, that notwithstanding the above, duly authorized law enforcement officers and members of the National Guard may carry and possess therein during such period, guns, weapons, ammunition, explosives, flammable materials or liquids, or other dangerous weapons;

e.

Traffic Control. Designate any public street, thoroughfare or vehicle parking areas within the curfew area or within any other specified portion of the county closed to motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic; and

f.

General Authority. Issue such other orders and regulations as are necessary for the protection of life and property;

(2)

To obtain vital supplies, equipment, vehicles and such other property which in the chairman or director's judgment are lacking and needed for the protection of the life and property of San Luis Obispo County and the people therein, and to bind the county for the fair value thereof, and if required immediately, to commander the same for public use;

(3)

To require emergency services of any county officer or employee; such persons shall be entitled to all privileges, benefits and immunities as are provided by law;

(4)

To requisition necessary personnel or material of any county department or agency;

(5)

To execute all of the ordinary powers of his regular office, all of the special powers conferred upon him by this chapter or by resolution or emergency plan pursuant thereto adopted by the board of supervisors, all powers conferred upon him by any statute, by any other lawful authority, and to exercise complete authority over the county, and exercise all police power vested in the county by the constitution and general laws.

(Ord. 2265 § 7, 1986: Ord. 1384 § 2 (part) 1974)