Mesa City Code § 1-14-1 EMERGENCY POWERS OF MAYOR
1-14-1: - EMERGENCY POWERS OF MAYOR
Whenever the Mayor of the City shall deem that an emergency exists due to fire, conflagration, flood, earthquake, explosion, war, bombing, acts of the enemy, or any other natural or manmade calamity or disaster or by reason of threats or occurrences of riots, routs, affrays, or other acts of civil disobedience which endanger life or property within the City, the Mayor is hereby authorized by proclamation to declare an emergency or a local emergency to exist, as defined in Title 26, Chapter 2, Article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes; and the Mayor is further authorized to exercise all of the rights, powers, and authorities granted to mayors pursuant to the provisions of said Article. (707, 1610)