Columbia Powers and duties of director in event of epidemic ordinance (§ 11-98)

Whenever the director shall declare that any malignant, infectious or contagious disease is or may become epidemic in the city, or any part thereof, the director shall immediately, or as soon thereafter as possible, give notice to that effect to the citizens of the city and the country surrounding the same, and shall also give notice of the rules and regulations adopted by the director for the enforcement of quarantine within the city or portion thereof. The director shall take such steps and adopt such measures as the director may deem necessary to prevent the introduction and spreading of such disease, and to this end the director shall have power to quarantine the city against persons coming into or leaving the city during the continuation of such epidemic. Whenever the director shall deem it necessary, the director shall have the power to forbid and prevent the assembling of congregations of persons within the city and to order and enforce the closing of places of business and amusements. In the event the director issues an order pursuant to the powers granted under this section, the order shall not be in effect for more than twenty-one (21) days without ratification by the city council.