Chapter 9.40
CLOSING AREA DURING CALAMITY
Sections:
9.40.010 Authorization.
Whenever a menace to the public health or safety is created by a calamity such as a flood, storm, fire, earthquake, explosion, accident, or other condition creating a hazard, any peace officer may close the area where the menace exists for the duration thereof by means of ropes, markers, guards, or other designations, to any and all persons not authorized by such officer to enter or remain within the closed area. Any person who wilfully enters such area without authority or remains within the area after notice to evacuate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 789 § 1, 1967).