O#182 O_WJ)INANCE NO. 182
AN oRDiNAnCE 0-~ YnE CITY OF BOYN'~O
BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTEORIZING BLACKOUTS
~ND ~HE ISSBANCE O~ ORDERS, ~8
~ ~ PERTAINING THE~TO; P~SCRIBING
~GU~T~O~S
p~T~S $ F~PEALING C Oh~LICTING o~INANCES ~
A~D DEC'RING AN E~RGENCY.
~E~AS, t~ United States is ~ngaged in war with
foreig~ powers, az~ th~ defenc~ of our Nation ~s in tb~ hands
of our Eilitary and Naval forces; and,
$~E~AB, in modern warfare~ ~d co~nity however
distant from th~ ~nemy, may be subject to attack; and,
~EFEAS, t~ burning of li~ts~ at night would~ be. a
definite aid to the ene~ in an attack upon our Country, and,
~R~S~ blackouts, when ordered by ~ilitary author-
ities, are essential to th~apr~servation.~ of life a~ ~roporty~
and it is imperative that t~e Cz~ of Eo~tOn Beach az8 our
Eiiitary forces b~~ rendering all possible cooperatLon ~d as~
sistanc~; and~
~ ~AS, failure ~o ~xtingmish lights ~gnen ordered to
do so by duly authorized au~shorities ~Y r~sult in t~ loss of
lifs to the residenvs of tho City of Eoynton Beach, as w~&l as
~ ~ ~ t of other parts of ou~ State and Nation;
to the res~men s
EE IT O~ATN~ BY TP~ CI~ COE~ISSION OF TB~ CITY OF BO~TON
BEACH, PA~ B~.CH COUNTY~ FLORIDA:~
Section l~ In or~r to protect life and property
the City of Boston Beach, Wlo~ida~_ _ from en~my~.~action,d tho ~a~
~ d emoow~r~d and mz~sot~ to
shall.be, an~ h~ is authorize , _ to tim~ for poriods
ca TM out trial blackouts from t~e
to exceed thirty (~0) minutes ~cn~ az~ to ~rr~ out blackouts
in said City at such times ~nd for such periods as ar~ ordered
by tag ~ilitary a~_ Naval forc~s of the United States~ and t~
~ ~ and dir~
Mayor sn~l b~, and he is hereby authorized, empowored
~cted to prascrib~ such orders, roGzaire~ents and r~altions
n~a~sa~ to insure th~ success of black~mts and to
orotect life a~d and prop~rt~ during s=~m period.
Section ~. All Police Officers, wh~th~r ro~lar or
special ~ ~
~ wn~n in the ~nFor~emont of this Ordinance, or any
~ e of tho City of Boynton Beach, shall wear either
other Ordinanc .... ~ 'on as ~v b~
regular potic~ unifo~u or su~ zd~ntzfmc~t~ ~mblem~ ~
pr~scribed by th~ City $o~ission of th~ City of Boyn~on Reach,
and it s!~ll be unlawful for ~y ~olic'e Officer to attempt to
~nforc~ any Ord~anc~ or to car~ out ~y o~er~ rul~ or reg-
ulatiOn of th~ ~ity whil~ such officer is not ~,.earing either a
~' m such identification ~mb!em. ~y Police
colic ~ ~lfor or
~f the Cit~ of Bo~zton E~ach, beforo ~nt~ing upon his duty as
such, shall ~ke oath b~foro tho City Clerk that b_~ will nphold
and defond th8 Constitution of th~ United 18tat~s ~d of th~
of Ftorida~ and will o~ore~ th~ Ordinances of said City and
lawful ordors~ rul~s and r~lations promui~at~d under
authority of th~ Ohartor and O~i~noes of said
section 3. V~iaen necessarY, in order vo protect life
ro~ert~ during a blackout, the police Officers of the City
- rected
o~ P
of Boynton Beach are hereby authorized, empowered and di
to enter upon ~Y pre~ises wibhin ~he City of Bo~ton Beach,
Florida, and to extinguimh lights or take other n~cessa~
actiOn to ~ke eff~ctlve zn~ order, rul~ or r~lation pro-
~al~ated under the authority conferred by this Ordinance.
ho violates ~Y of the
~' ~ 4. ~i oerson w- ~ ~ ~latlon
Sec~zo- Y - ~ ~- ~ rule or ~e~
. . ~ '~ Ordinance, or ~n~ ~'~t~ -~ ~11 be deemem
~ ~ni~nable Y frame cz no~ ~ ~ ·
b~ p , b~a .... iso~ent ~n th~ Ci.y jai%, z?r not_~
rs ( ~ 250.00}, or zm~,r ,--~-~d fine ~ld mmprzSOi~mel~
in th~ discretion.
SectiOn 8. All 0rd~ances or parts of 0rdi~nces
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This Ordinance is hereb~ declared
emergeno~ ~ssure on the ground of urgent need for the preserva~
~ion of public life, health and property~ ~d this Ordinance
shall t~e effect i~ediately upon its adoption.
PASS~ ~D ADOP~ this 10t~ day of g~nuar~
1~4~.
~~~e Eoard
As and constituting
of City Co~zaissioners of the
City of Boynton Beach, Pa~
Beach County, Plorida.