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ARTICLE III. - STATE OF E"" EMERGENCY [21 Footnotes: - -- (2) - -- Cross reference— Emergency services, ch. 26; floods, ch. 38. State Law reference— Authority to declare a state of emergency, G.S. 14- 288.13. Sec. 22 -51. - Territorial applicability of article. This article shall not apply within the corporate limits of any municipality, or within any area of the county over which the municipality has jurisdiction to enact general police -power ordinances, unless the municipality by resolution consents to its application or the mayor of the municipality has requested its application, in which event it shall apply to such areas as fully and to the same extent as elsewhere in the county. (Ord. of 1- 15 -90, § 15) Sec. 22 -52. - Penalty for violation of article. Except as provided in section 22 -58, any person violating any prohibition or restriction imposed by a proclamation authorized by this article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor ^"^'Sh2ble 61peR ^^„",^ti r,, ^o ;A dh so^ +,„n 1 . 7 . . in accordance with G. S. 14- 288.20A. (Ord. of 1- 15 -90, § 13) Sec. 22 -53. - Restrictions authorized. (a) A state of emergency shall be deemed to exist whenever during times of public crisis, d+sasteremergency rioting, catastrophe, or similar public emergency, for any reason, public safety authorities are unable to maintain public order or afford adequate protection for lives, safety or property, or whenever the occurrence of any such condition is imminent. (b) In the event of an existing or threatened state of emergency endangering the lives, safety, health and welfare of the people within the county or any part thereof, or threatening damages to or destruction of property, the chairman of the board of commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered under G.S. 14- 288.13 and G.S. 166A -8 - 19.22 to issue a public declaration to all persons the existence of such a state of emergency, and, in order to more effectively protect the lives and property of people within the county, to place in effect any or all of the restrictions authorized in this article. (c) The chairman is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the pFe G 1 2FRatieR declaration the application of all or any part of such restrictions to any area specifically designated or described within the county and to specific hours of the day or night; to exempt from all or any part of such restrictions, while acting in the line of and within the scope of their respective duties, law enforcement officers, firefighters and other public employees, rescue squad members, doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals and other medical facilities; on -duty military personnel, whether state or federal; on -duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies, and newspaper, magazine, radio Attu$ number 1 \n G -3 Page 179