§ 24. Local state of emergency; local emergency orders by chief\nexecutive. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general\nor special, in the event of a disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar\npublic emergency within the territorial limits of any county, city, town\nor village, or in the event of reasonable apprehension of immediate\ndanger thereof, and upon a finding by the chief executive thereof that\nthe public safety is imperiled thereby, such chief executive may\nproclaim a local state of emergency within any part or all of the\nterritorial limits of such local government; provided, however, that in\nthe event of a radiological accident as defined in section twenty-nine-c\nof this article, such chief executive may request of the governor a\ndeclaration of disaster emergency. Such proclamation shall remain in\neffect for a period not to exceed thirty days or until rescinded by the\nchief executive, whichever occurs first. The chief executive may issue\nadditional proclamations to extend the state of emergency for additional\nperiods not to exceed thirty days. Following such proclamation and\nduring the continuance of such local state of emergency, the chief\nexecutive may promulgate local emergency orders to protect life and\nproperty or to bring the emergency situation under control. As\nillustration, such orders may, within any part or all of the territorial\nlimits of such local government, provide for:\n a. the establishment of a curfew and the prohibition and control of\npedestrian and vehicular traffic, except essential emergency vehicles\nand personnel;\n b. the designation of specific zones within which the occupancy and\nuse of buildings and the ingress and egress of vehicles and persons may\nbe prohibited or regulated;\n c. the regulation and closing of places of amusement and assembly;\n d. the suspension or limitation of the sale, dispensing, use or\ntransportation of alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, and\nflammable materials and liquids;\n e. the prohibition and control of the presence of persons on public\nstreets and places;\n f. the establishment or designation of emergency shelters, emergency\nmedical shelters, and in consultation with the state commissioner of\nhealth, community based care centers;\n g. the suspension within any part or all of its territorial limits of\nany of its local laws, ordinances or regulations, or parts thereof\nsubject to federal and state constitutional, statutory and regulatory\nlimitations, which may prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in\ncoping with a disaster or recovery therefrom whenever (1) a request has\nbeen made pursuant to subdivision seven of this section, or (2) whenever\nthe governor has declared a state disaster emergency pursuant to section\ntwenty-eight of this article. Suspension of any local law, ordinance or\nregulation pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to the following\nstandards and limits:\n (i) no suspension shall be made for a period in excess of five days,\nprovided, however, that upon reconsideration of all the relevant facts\nand circumstances, a suspension may be extended for additional periods\nnot to exceed five days each during the pendency of the state of\nemergency;\n (ii) no suspension shall be made which does not safeguard the health\nand welfare of the public and which is not reasonably necessary to the\ndisaster effort;\n (iii) any such suspension order shall specify the local law, ordinance\nor regulation, or part thereof suspended and the terms and conditions of\nthe suspension;\n (iv) the order may provide for such suspension only under particular\ncircumstances, and may provide for the alteration or modification of the\nrequirements of such local law, ordinance or regulation suspended, and\nmay include other terms and conditions;\n (v) any such suspension order shall provide for the minimum deviation\nfrom the requirements of the local law, ordinance or regulation\nsuspended con
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