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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1513 - Emergency ServicesORDINANCE NO. 1513 • AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 2.20 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICES The City Council of the City of Newport Beach does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 2.20 of the Newport Beach Muni- cipal Code is amended to read: "Chapter 2.20 EMERGENCY SERVICES SECTIONS: 2.20.010 Purpose. 2.20.020 Adoption of Emergency Operations Plan. 2.20.030 Definitions. • 2.20.040 Disaster Council Created. 2.20.050 Powers and Duties of Disaster Council. 2.20.060 Meetings. 2.20.070 Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Services. 2.20.080 Powers and Duties of Director and Assistant Director 2.20.090 Powers and Duties of Director During Disaster. 2.20.100 Emergency Organization. 2.20.110 Violations. 2.20.010 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the preparation and implementation of plans for emergency services within this city in the event of a disaster, and to provide for the coordination of the emergency services functions of this city with all other public agencies and affected private persons, corp- orations, and organizations. Any expenditures made in connection with such emergency services, including mutual • aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the City of Newport Beach. Y, / , L_J r� L_J r � L_J 2.20.020 Adoption of Emergency Operations Plan. The rules, regulations, provisions and conditions set forth in that certain document, entitled 'City of Newport Beach Emergency Operations Plan,' are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part of this Code, and said plan is hereby established and designated as the official Emergency Opera- tions Plan of the City of Newport Beach. Three copies of said plan shall at all times remain on file in the Office of the City Clerk. Said plan may be amended from time to time by resolution of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach. 2.20.030 Definitions. 'EMERGENCY SERVICES.' As used in this Chapter, the term 'emergency services' shall mean the preparation for, and the implementation of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize, and repair injury or damage resulting from the disasters. 'DISASTERS.' As used in this Chapter, the term 'disaster' shall mean actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, or other similar public calamity. 2.20.040 Disaster Council Created. The City of Newport Beach Disaster Council is hereby created, and shall consist of the following: A. The Mayor, who shall be Chairman, or in his absence the Mayor Pro Tempore; B. The Director of Emergency Services who shall be Vice Chairman; C. The Assistant Director of Emergency Services who shall be appointed by the City Manager with the advice and consent of the City Council, and who, under the super- vision of the Director, shall develop emergency services plans and organize the emergency services program of this city, and shall have such other duties as may be assigned -2- by the Director. C. All other officers and employees of the City of Newport Beach, and representatives of civic organizations, as provided in the Emergency Operations Plan hereinabove adopted in Section 2.20.020. 2.20.050 Powers and duties of the Disaster Council. It shall be the duty of the Newport Beach Disaster Council to review, and recommend for adoption by the City Council, emergency services and mutual aid programs and agreements, and such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans and agreements, and to perform such other functions as are set forth in the Emergency Operations Plan hereinbefore adopted in Section 2.20.020. 2.20.060 Meetings. The Disaster Council shall meet upon call of the Chairman, or in his absence from the City • or inability to call such meeting, upon call of the Director. 2.20.070 Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Services. A. There is hereby created the Office of Director of Emergency Services. The City Manager shall be the Director of Emergency Services. B. There is hereby created the Office of Assistant Director of Emergency Services. The Assistant Director of Emergency Services shall be appointed by the Director. 2.20.080 Powers and Duties of the Chairman, Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Services. A. The Chairman is hereby empowered to: 1. Request the City Council to proclaim the • existence or threatened existence of a disaster or the termination thereof, if the City Council is in session, or to issue such proclamation himself if the City Council is not in session, subject to confirmation by the City Council at the earliest practicable time. -3- 1 , G. . • • .0 .. g 2. Request the Governor to proclaim a state of.extreme emergency when in the opinion of the Chairman, the resources of the area are inadequate to cope with the disaster. 3: Make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such disaster, provided such rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the City Council. B. The Director is hereby empowered to: 1. Control and direct the efforts of the Emergency Organization of this city for the accomplish- ment of the purposes of this Chapter. 2. Direct coordination and cooperation between divisions of the Emergency Organization of this city, and to resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them. 3. Represent the Disaster Council of this city in all dealings with the public or with private agencies pertaining to emergency services or disasters. 2.20.090 Powers and Duties of Director During Disaster. In the event of proclamation of a disaster as herein provided, or the proclamation of a state of extreme emergency by the Governor or the State Director of Emergency Services, the Director is hereby empowered to: A. Obtain vital supplies and equipment, and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of the life and property of the people, and bind the City for the value thereof; and if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use. B. To require emergency services of any city officer or employee, and to requisition the necessary city materiel, and in the event of the proclamation of extreme emergency by the Governor, in the region in which this city WE is located, to request the aid of as many citizens of this community as he thinks necessary in the execution of these duties. Such person shall be entitled to all privi- leges, benefits, and immunities as provided by state law for registered emergency services and disaster workers and volunteers. C. Execute all of his ordinary powers as City Manager, all of the special powers conferred upon him by this Chapter, all powers conferred upon him by any statute, agreement approved by the City Council or any other lawful authority and in conformity with Section 38791 of the Government Code of the State of California to exercise all police power vested in the city by the Constitution and general laws. D. Designate the order of succession to the Office of Director of Emergency Services, to take effect in the event the Director is unavailable to attend the • meetings, and otherwise perform his duties during an emergency. Such order of.succession shall be approved by the City Council. 2.20.100 Emergency Organization. All officers and employees of this city, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, and all groups, organizations, and persons who may by agreement or operation of law be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this city during an emergency, including persons impressed service under the provisions of Section 2.20.090.1t of this ordinance, shall constitute the Emergency Organization of the City of Newport Beach. 2.20.110 Violations. It shall be a misdemeanor • punishable as provided in Section 1.04.010 of the Municipal Code of the City of Newport Beach, for any person during a disaster to: A. willfully obstruct, hinder, or delay any -5- member of the Emergency Organization in the enforcement of any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this Chapter, or in the performance of any duty imposed upon \ him by virtue of this Chapter. B. Do any act forbidden by any lawful rules or regulations issued pursuant to this Chapter, or to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of this city, or to prevent, hinder, or delay the defense or protection thereof. a C. Wear, carry, or display without authority any means of identification specified by the emergency agency of the State of California." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the same shall be effective 30 days after the date of its adoption. This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held on the 24th day of September 1973, and was adopted on the 9th day of October , 1973, by the following vote, to wit: ATTEST: it�c AYES, COUNCILMEN• McInnis, Rogers, Croul, Dostal, Kymla, Ryckoff, Store NOES, COUNCILMEN• None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None Q-M DON:mh 9/27/73