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(a) The mayor may, after finding that a public disorder, disaster, energy emergency or riot exists within the city of Selah or any part thereof which affects life, health, property, or public peace, proclaim a state of emergency.

(b) The mayor, after proclaiming a state of emergency and prior to terminating such, may, in the area described by the proclamation, issue an order prohibiting:

(1) Any person being on the public streets, or in the public parks, or at any other public place during the hours declared by the mayor to be a period of curfew;

(2) Any number of persons, as designated by the mayor, from assembling or gathering on the public streets, parks, or other open areas of the city, either public or private;

(3) The manufacture, transfer, use, possession or transportation of a Molotov cocktail or any other device, instrument or object designed to explode or produce uncontained combustion;

(4) The transporting, possession or use of gasoline, kerosene, or combustible, flammable, or explosive liquids or materials in a glass or uncapped container of any kind except in connection with normal operation of motor vehicles, normal home use or legitimate commercial use;

(5) The possession of firearms or any other deadly weapon by a person (other than a law enforcement officer) in a place other than that person's place of residence or business;

(6) The sale, purchase or dispensing of alcoholic beverages;

(7) The sale, purchase or dispensing of other commodities or goods, as he reasonably believes should be prohibited or controlled to help preserve and maintain life, health, property or the public peace;

(8) The use of certain streets, highways or public ways by the public; and

(9) Such other activities as he reasonably believes should be prohibited to help preserve and maintain life, health, property or the public peace.

(c) In imposing the restrictions provided for in this section the mayor may impose them for such times, upon such conditions, with such exceptions and in such areas of the city he from time to time deems necessary.

(d) Any person wilfully violating any provision of an order issued by the mayor under this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 1440, § 1, 1999.)