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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #528 • ORDINANCE No. 529 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY.. OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CREATING A DIS- ASTER COUNCIL The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows: Section la DISASTER. As used in this ordinance, the term "disaster" shall include, but is not limited to, any extraordinary fire, flood, riot, storm, epidemic or earth- , quake, or any enemy attack or sabotage, which causes or threatens to cause loss of life or property and inwhich occurrences the responsibility devolves upon the regular constituted authorities for the maintenance of public peace and order and the preservation of life and property. It shall not include any conditions resulting from a labor con- troversy. Section 2. DISASTER- COUNCIL. MEMBERSHIP. The Hunt- ington Beach Disaster Council is hereby created and shall consist of the following: A. The Mayor, who shall be chairman* B. The Commander, who shall be, vice-chairman. C. The Vice-commander, appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, who, in the ab- sence of, or at the direction of, the Commander, shall act on his behalf on matters within the purview of this ordinance. .D. The Chiefs of Divisions as hereinafter provided* E: such other representatives of civic, business, labor, veterans, professional or other organiz"iti ons as may be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. Ord. 528 Section 3. DISASTER COUNCIL.._ _ POWERS AND DUTIES. It shall be the duty of the Huntington Beach Disaster Council, and it is hereby empowered: A. To develop a plan for meeting any disaster. Such plan shall provide for the effective mobilization of all the resources of the community, both public and private: B. To prepare and recommend for consideration by the City Council ordinances necessary to implement the disaster plan: C. To consider and recommend to the City Council for approval mutual aid plans and agreements: . The Disaster Council shall meet upon call of the chairman. Section 4. COMMANDER. POPPERS AND DUTIES. There is hereby .created the .office of Commander. Such officer shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The Commander is hereby empowered: A. To proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a disaster and the termination thereof: B. To request the Governor to proclaim a state of extreme emergency in the area in and around the City of Huntington Beach when in the opinion of the Commander the resources of the community are inadequate to cope with the disaster: C. To govern and direct the effort of the Huntington Beach Disaster Corps in the accomplishment of the purposes of this ordinance: 2 Ordinance No. Ord. 528 D. To direct coordination and cooperation between the chiefs of divisions and resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them: E. To represent the Disaster Corps in all dealings with public or private agencies pertaining to disaster pre- paredness. It shall also be the duty of the Commander, and he is hereby empowered, during a disaster or when a disaster is imminent: A. To make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such disaster: B. To obtain vital supplies, 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 fair value thereof, and,, -if required. immediately, to command- eer the same f or public use: C. To require emergency services of any city officer or employee: D. To requisition necessary personnel or material of any city department or agency: E. To execute all of his ordinary powers as mayor, all of the special powers conferred upon him by this ordin- ance, and all powers conferred upon him by any other lawful authority. Section 5. EXECUTIVE OFFICER._ There is hereby crea- ted the position of. Executive Officer of the Disaster Corps. The Executive Officer shall be 'appointed by the mayor with 3 Ordinance No. Ord. 528 the advice and consent of the City Council. The Executive Officer shall be the executive secretary of the Disaster Council and shall be Chief of the Division of Personnel and Recruitment. Section 6. DISASTER CORPS. GENERAL. Officers and employees of the City of Huntington Beach, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during a disaster, and all groups, organizations and persons who may by agree- ment or operation of law be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in the City of Hunting- ton Beach during such disaster, . shall constitute the Huntington Beach Disaster Corps. Section 7. DIVISI.ONS. OF DISASTER" CORPS. The functions and duties of the Huntington Beach Disaster Corps shall be distributed, among the following divisions of such corps, each division to be under the direction of a Chief and, in his absence, the first deputy and second deputy chief, res- pectively, appointed, by the Chief, and said division to consist of the.. following forces, organizations and services, and such other forces, organizations or services as may be included pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance. The chiefs of divisions shall organize and train volunteers as- signed to such division by the Personnel and Recruitment Division and shall formulate the division plan which, when approved by the Disaster Council, shall become an annex to the. disaster plan. The Chiefs of Divisions shall include In the division plans recommended mutual aid agreements,,- 4 Ord.in nco,,. No. Ord- 528 The Chiefs of Divisions shall be custodians of special equipment and other property which may be obtained from any source and assigned to such division by the Commander. A. LAW AND ORDER DIVISION, This division shall be under and subject to the control of the chief of police, who shall be chief of the Law and Order Division. The division shall consist of police personnel and auxiliary. poliee. B. FIRE DIVISION. This division shall be under and SUbject to the control of the chief of the fire department , who shall be Chief of the Fire Division. The division shall consist of fire department personnel and auxiliary, fire fighters (volunteers). C. MEDICAL DIVISION.__ This division shall be under and subject to the control of a competent physician and surgeon. D. PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION. This division shall be under and subject to the control of the city engineer who shall be. Chief of the Public Works Division. The division shall consist of the department .of public works personnel and auxiliary personnel (volunteers). E.. UTILITIES DIVISION- _ The chief of this division shall be a citizen, experienced and engaged in such industry, appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The division shall consist of auxiliary per- sonnel (volunteers)® F. TRANSPORTATION DIVIS ION.. The ..chief of this divi- sion shall be a citizen, experienced and engaged in such industry, appointed by the mayor with- the advice and consent 5 Ordinance No. Ord. 528 of the City Council. The division shall consist of auxiliary personnel (volunteers). G. COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION. The chief of this div- ision shall be a 'eitizen, experienced and engaged in such industry, appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The division shall consist of auxiliary personnel (volunteers) and city personnel engaged in communi- cations work, H. PERSONNEL AND RECRUITMENT DIVISION. This division shall be under and subject to-the control of the Executive Officer. It shall be the duty of this division to recruit all volunteer personnel, to enroll and register such personnel (volunteers) ,- to keep adequate records thereof, and to assign such personnel to other divisions of the Disaster Corps. The Executive Officer may establish and operate a volunteer office. I. AMERICAN RED CROSS.. . The American Red Cross in the City of Huntington Beach will furnish food, clothing, shelter, registration and information service, supplementary medical service when requested, and rehabilitation to individuals and families affected by a disaster. The American Red Cross will provide funds with which to finance all its relief opera- tions. The chief of this division will be the chairman of the City of Huntington Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross, or a delegated representative thereof. J. OTHERS. (AS DETERMINED LOCALLY).' Section 8. VOLUNTEERS. All persons, other than offi- cers and employees of the city, volunteering services pursuant ' to the provisions of this ordinance, shall serve without com- pensation from the city. While engaged in such services, they 6 Ordinance No. Ord. 528 shall have the same immunities as officers and employees of the city performing similar duties. Section 9. PUNISHMENT OF VIOLATIONS. It shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to .exceed $560.00, or by imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both,- for any person during .a disaster: A. Wilfully to obstruct, hinder or delay Any member of the Disaster Corps in the enforcement of any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this ordinance, or in the per- formance of any duty imposed upon him by virtue of this ordinance: B. To do any act forbidden by any lawful rule or regu- lation issued pursuant to this ordinance, if such act is of such a nature as to give,. or be likely to .give assistance to the enemy, or to imperil the lives or property of other in- habitants of this city, or to prevent, hinder or delay the defense or protection thereof: C. To wear, carry or display, without authority, any means of identification specified by the Disaster Council. Section 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of Huntington Beach, and thereafter it shall be in force and effect. PASSED AND ADOPTED -by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, this day of �, 1948. YOR ATTEST: City Clerk Ord. 528 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of Orange ) se City of Huntington Beach ) I, J. L. HENRICKSEN, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the- City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City of Huntington Beach, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing Ordinance was first read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 5th day of April, 1948, and was again read to said City Council at an adjourned meeting thereof on the 19th day of April, 1948, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a' majority of all the rpembers of said City Council as follows: AYES.: Councilmen: Greer, Terry, Langenbeck. Bartlett. NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Hawes C Clerk and ex-officio Clerk o he City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California Ordinance No. 528