§ 11.48.020. Emergency preparedness powers—Mayor and City Council.

A.

In the area of emergency preparedness, the Mayor, or one acting as Mayor, has the power to:

1.

Appoint a Director of the Office of Emergency Management for the City;

2.

Adopt and revise an emergency operations plan and related programs and plans to respond to emergencies affecting the City;

3.

Declare a local state of emergency pursuant to Section 11.48.030 of this Code;

4.

Authorize City departments to render mutual aid to and request mutual aid from other jurisdictions; and

5.

Exercise other powers not precluded by law.

B.

The City Council shall have the power to renew a local state of emergency, pursuant to Section 11.48.030 of this Code, and, in addition, shall have those emergency management powers delegated to the City Council by the Governor and Legislature of the State of Maryland.

C.

The Mayor, one acting as Mayor, or the City Council may request the Governor to provide the militia to help bring under control conditions existing within the City that, in the judgment of the Mayor, one acting as Mayor or the City Council respectively, the City's law enforcement agencies cannot control without additional personnel as pursuant to Section 14-306 of the public safety article of the Maryland Annotated Code.

D.

The Mayor, or one acting as Mayor, and the City Council, after seeking advice from the Anne Arundel County Health Officer, may establish quarantine regulations, authorize the removal or confinement of persons having infectious or contagious diseases; and prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the City as pursuant to Article 23A, Subtitle 2(b)(15) of the Maryland Annotated Code.

(Ord. No. O-33-14, § I, 12-22-2014; Ord. No. O-14-12 Amended, § II, 6-4-2012)