HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 05 10 Emergency PrepORDINANCE NO. 0 5 / ! 0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE UNIVERSITY PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED,
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1, "GENERAL PROVISIONS" SECTION 1.805
"EMERGENCY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES" TO PROVIDE FOR
APPOINTMENT OF AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR AND
SECTION 1.806 "OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION"
TO ADOPT THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM OF HOMELAND SECURITY
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 5 (HPSD-5); PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 1 "General Provisions", Article 1.800, Section 1.805
"Emergency Functions and Responsibilities" of the Code of Ordinances, City of University Park,
Texas, is hereby amended by adding subsection (1) (G) to read as follows:
(G) Appointing the Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, who shall be the Fire Chief unless
otherwise designated."
SECTION 2. That Chapter 1 "General Provisions", Article 1.800, Section 1.806
"Operational Emergency Management Organization" of the Code of Ordinances, City of University
Park, Texas, is hereby amended by adding a paragraph to read as follows:
"The City of University Park shall adopt and institutionalize the use of the Incident Command
System/National Incident Management System (ICS/NIMS) as directed by the Homeland Security
Presidential Directive-5 (HPSD-5). The City of University Park will employ the ICS/NIMS in
order to maintain command and control, organization and assignment responsibilities. The
ICS/NIMS will provide a consistent nationwide template for all City departments and command
level personnel to work with federal, state, and other local jurisdictions to prevent, prepare for,
respond to and recover from all domestic incidents regardless of cause, size or complexity. The
ICS/NIMS directs all City departments to integrate the ICS/NIMS into functional and system wide
emergency operations policies, plans, and procedures; train responders, supervisors and command
level officers in ICS/NIMS; and conduct exercises with responders at all levels from multi-
disciplines and jurisdictions."
SECTION 2. All provisions of the ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
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SECTION 3. Should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as a whole, or any part or provision thereof,
other than the part decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, as
the law and Charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 5th day of
April 2005.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CI~¢Y ATTORNEY
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APPROVED:
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