Amended by Ord. No. 138468; passed and effective July 3, 1974.)
Upon notification by the authority as designated in Section 12.08.020 that an
air pollution WARNING is in effect, the Mayor shall take the procedure as
follows:
A. The Mayor shall notify
Tri-Met or other mass transit that air pollution WARNING is in effect and that
additional bus service may be required.
B. The Mayor shall release a
statement to the news media which will contain the basic information as
follows:
1. Basic information
to be provided in the press release will be the air pollution measurement
level, that voluntary controls have not succeeded in regulating the carbon
monoxide levels, that it is necessary to institute involuntary action, that
the present level of carbon monoxide could have an adverse effect on the
health of the general population; that at 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on each day
during such time as the warning is in effect, public work crews will place
barricades on all streets into the traffic control area, which area is bounded
by West Burnside, S.W. Front, S.W. Clay and S.W. 13th Streets in downtown
Portland; N.E. Weidler, N.E. Holladay, N.E. 16th Avenue, N.E. Grant Avenue in
the Lloyd Center area, after which time only authorized vehicles will be
permitted to enter the area, through-traffic will be permitted on the
above-named perimeter streets, that the police will enforce the prohibition
against entry into the traffic control area and violators will be subject to
arrest.
C. The Mayor will encourage
the news media to cooperate in keeping the public well informed, and will
request DEQ to provide the news media with the pollution levels.
D. The Mayor shall order the
chief of police and the City Traffic Engineer to place in effect traffic control
measures so as to prohibit entry of all motorized vehicles except authorized
vehicles after 9:00
a.m. to 7:00 p.m., to the traffic controlled area during such time as
the air pollution WARNING continues to exist. The Mayor hereby is
authorized to erect barricades or place police to control entry to the traffic
control area so as to limit all motorized vehicles, except authorized vehicles
through the traffic control area after 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., during any day
that the air pollution condition WARNING continues to exist.