Powers of the City Council.
Riverside Municipal Code § 9.20.260
in effect9.20.260 - Powers of the City Council.
The City Council is hereby empowered to enact such ordinances, resolutions or rules to prevent against, mitigate, and prepare for aid in the response or recovery to all such foreseeable or unforeseeable emergencies and disasters.
During a local emergency the City Council may promulgate orders and regulations necessary to provide for the protection of life and property, including orders and regulations imposing curfew within designated boundaries where necessary to preserve the public order and safety, orders against price fixing, and all other orders necessary to protect lives and property. Such orders and regulations and amendments and rescissions thereof shall be in writing and shall be given widespread publicity and notice.
Whenever a local emergency is declared by the Director of Emergency Services, the Emergency Services Administrator of the City Office of Emergency Management shall prepare, with assistance of the City Attorney, a resolution ratifying the existence of a local emergency and the need for continuing the state of local emergency. The resolution shall be submitted by the Director of Emergency Services to the City Clerk for presentation to the City Council. The City Council shall approve or disapprove said resolution within seven days from the date of the original declaration by the Director of Emergency Services and at least every 30 days thereafter unless the state of emergency is terminated sooner.
(Ord. 7362 § 2, 2017; Ord. 7115 § 1, 2011)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT9PESAMO_CH9.20EMMADI_9.20.260POCOFetched: 11/1/2026