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After the issuance of a written proclamation of a state of emergency, the Mayor of the City, or the representative of the Mayor duly authorized to act for him as provided in Section 9.12.020, may in the interest of public safety and welfare make any or all of the following orders:

A. Order the closing of all cocktail lounges, taverns, bars, and other places where intoxicating liquors are sold or dispensed by the drink, including all private clubs;

B. Order the discontinuance of the sale of all beer and wine and hard liquor, which orders, however, shall be subject to the laws of the State of Washington acting by and through the Washington State Liquor Control Board;

C. Prohibit the sale, distribution, or giving away of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products or, in his discretion, prevent all sales thereof except sales transferred directly to a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle, or in case of heating oil or liquefied gas into commercial or household tanks;

D. Order the closing of all gasoline stations and other establishments, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution, or dispensing of liquid flammable or combustible products, except for the distribution of heating oil and liquefied gas as provided for in subsection C of this section;

E. Order the discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing, or giving away of any firearms or ammunition of any character whatsoever;

F. Order the closing of all establishments, portions, or departments thereof, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution, dispensing, or giving away of firearms and/or ammunition;

G. Prohibit any person or persons from carrying or possessing upon any street, alley, highway, or public place within the City any knives, clubs, rocks, bricks, or other weapons, objects or contrivances susceptible for use in causing injury to persons or damage to property that are not considered firearms as defined in RCW 9.41.010;

H. Order or impose a curfew upon all citizens of the City, or upon citizens of certain ages within the City, or order a curfew applicable to such geographical areas of the City or to the City as a whole as he may deem advisable, applicable during such hours of the day or night as he deems necessary in the interest of public safety and welfare, during the hours of which no person shall be allowed in the public streets, thoroughfares or places open to the public throughout the City or in any designated section of the City, excepting persons officially designated to duty with reference to the riot, unlawful assembly, or civil emergency;

I. To order or designate any one or more of the public streets, thoroughfares, or places within the City closed to vehicular traffic and/or pedestrian traffic. (Ord. 2474 § 2, 2009; Ord. 1244 § 2 (part), 1985: Ord. 506 § 3, 1969).