§ 30-26. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Alcoholic beverage means a liquor, wine, beer or other intoxicating substance, containing more than 3.2 percent of alcohol by weight.

State of emergency means to consist of the actual existence or clear and present danger of the following to such an extent that extraordinary measures should or must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare:

(1)

Riot or other general public disorder;

(2)

Widespread disobedience of law, characterized by the use of force or violence or any threat to employ force or violence; or

(3)

Any natural disaster or manmade calamity, including but not limited to flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake and explosion, within or seriously affecting the city, and resulting in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property.

(Code 1988, § 8-1; Ord. No. 12-28, § I, 6-14-12)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.