Lemon Grove Municipal Code Art. II Curfew

In the event of the proclamation of a local emergency as herein provided, or the proclamation of a state of emergency by the Governor or the Director of the State Office of Emergency Services, or in the event no such proclamation has been made and there exists within any part of the city conditions of extreme peril as defined in Section 2.12.020 to the safety of persons and property within the city caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot or earthquake, or other conditions except as a result of war caused disaster, the sheriff may impose a curfew, as set forth in Section 2.12.150, for not more than forty-eight hours, said curfew to be limited to that area within the city wherein said conditions are found by the sheriff to exist. Said curfew may be extended only by a resolution of the city council, in which event said curfew shall be imposed for a length of time not to exceed the existence of the condition of extreme peril as set forth and defined in Section 2.12.020.

(Prior code § 31.301)

In the event a curfew is imposed or extended as set forth in Section 2.12.140, it is unlawful for any person to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets, highways, avenues, alleys, parks, playgrounds, or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places within the city upon which the curfew has been imposed, between such hours as designated by the sheriff as curfew hours during the duration of such curfew, unless authorized by the sheriff.

(Prior code § 31.302)