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October 17, 2016 (Regular Meeting) Page 2929 emergency, and, in order to more effectively protect the lives and property of people within the county, to place in effect any or all of the restrictions authorized in this article. (c) The chairman is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the declaration the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the county and to specific hours of the day or night; to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions, while acting in the line of and within the scope of their respective duties, law enforcement officers, firefighters and other public employees, rescue squad members, doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals and other medical facilities; on -duty military personnel, whether state or federal; on -duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies, and newspaper, magazine, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations operated for profit; and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of people within the county. (Ord. of 1- 15 -90, § 1) Sec. 22 -54. - P - mat er Declaration imposing prohibitions and restrictions. (a) The chairman of the board of commissioners by pieelamation declaration may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in sections 22 -55 through 22 -60 in the manner described in those sections. The chairman may impose as many of these specified prohibitions and restrictions as he finds are necessary, because of an emergency, to maintain an acceptable level of public order and services, and to protect lives, safety, and property. The chairman shall recite his findings in the ' declaration. (b) The = c'_ar_T }' -_T declaration shall be in writing. The chairman shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the declaration to those affected by it _ _ _- i __ The chairman shall send reports of the substance of the declaraion to the mass communications media which serves the affected area. The chairman shall retain a text of the declaration and furnish upon request certified copies of it. (c) The restrictions authorized by this section need not require or provide for the imposition of all the types of prohibitions or restrictions. The Chairman shall determine and impose the prohibitions or restrictions deemed necessary or suitable to a particular state of emergency. (Ord. of 1- 15 -90, S 2) Sec. 22 -55. - Evacuation. The chairman may direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population of the county, to prescribe routes, modes of transportation, and destination in connection with evacuation; and to control ingress and egress of a diga9te -an emergency area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein. Details of the evacuation may be set forth or amended in a subsequent elana declaration which shall be well publicized. (Ord. of 1- 15 -9C, s 3) Sec. 22 -56. - Curfew. (a) The -' _ }_ ~= declaration may impose a curfew prohibiting in certain areas and during certain periods the appearance in public of anyone who is not a member of an exempted class. The T = _ _:. t_ __ declaration shall specify the geographical area or areas and the period during each 24 -hour day to which the curfew applies. The chairman may exempt from some or all of the curfew restrictions classes of people whose exemption the chairman finds necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare. The _ declaration shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. (b) Unless otherwise specified in the declaration the curfew shall apply during the specified period each day until the chairman, by er-ee removes the curfew. (Ord. of 1- 15 -90, 5 4) Sec. 22 -57. - Possession, consumption, or transfer of alcoholic beverages. The _ _ declaration may prohibit the possession or consumption of any alcoholic beverage, including beer, wine, and spirituous liquor other than