§ 2-53. Declaration of emergency.

(a)

The village board may declare, by ordinance or resolution, an emergency existing within the village whenever conditions arise by reason of war, conflagration, flood, heavy snowstorm, blizzard, catastrophe, disaster, riot or civil commotion, acts of God, and including conditions without limitation because of enumeration, which impair transportation, food or fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health or police protection or other vital facilities of the village. The period of such emergency shall be limited by such ordinance or resolution to the time during which such emergency conditions exist or are likely to exist.

(b)

The emergency power includes the general authority to order, by ordinance or resolution, whatever is necessary and expedient for the health, safety, welfare and good order of the village in such emergency and shall include, without limitation because of enumeration, the power to bar, restrict or remove all unnecessary traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, from the local highways, notwithstanding any provision of W.S.A., chs. 341 to 349 or any other provisions of law.

(c)

If, because of such emergency conditions, the board is unable to meet with promptness, the village president or acting village president, shall exercise by proclamation all of the powers herewith conferred which within the discretion of such officer appear necessary and expedient for the purposes set forth in this section. The proclamation shall be subject to ratification, alteration, modification or repeal as soon as the board may meet, but subsequent action taken by the village board shall not affect the prior validity of such proclamation.

(Code 1966, § 3.10(4), (5))

State law reference

Similar provisions, W.S.A., § 66.325.