§ 3.80.030. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in sections 3.80.040 through 3.80.090, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Civil disorder means a public disturbance involving:

    1.

    An act of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of four or more persons, which act constitutes a clear and present danger of or results in damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual; or

    2.

    A threat of the commission of an act of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of four or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat, where the performance of the threatened act of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual.

    Civil emergency means:

    1.

    A civil disorder.

    2.

    Any natural disaster or manmade calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion, within the municipality or immediately threatening the municipality, resulting in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extraordinary measures must be taken to protect the public order, safety and welfare.

    Curfew means a prohibition against any person walking, running, loitering, standing or operating a vehicle upon any public property, alley, sidewalk, thoroughfare, vehicle parking area or vacant premises within the municipality, except as required for persons officially designated by sections 3.80.040 through 3.80.090 and the municipality to duty with reference to the civil emergency.

    Intoxicating liquor means whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, wine, ale, porter, beer and all other spirituous, vinous, malt and other fermented or distilled liquors intended for human consumption and containing more than one percent alcohol by volume.

(CAC 2.08.100)

State law reference

Limitation on emergency powers, AS 26.23.200.

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1.05.020.