Sec. 362.203. - Declaration of water pollution emergency.

Upon recommendation of the Board or upon recommendation of the Director, the Mayor may declare that a water pollution emergency exists within any part of the City. This declaration shall be immediately published once in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the City, or via such other advertisement or notice method as permitted by law (e.g., a publicly accessible website), and shall be publicized by all available media of communication to the general public. Upon the signing of the water pollution emergency declaration by the Mayor, the special powers herein granted shall become available to the Mayor and he shall have plenary authority to execute these powers. The Mayor may delegate the daily execution of these powers to an executive officer, but he: (a) Shall be immediately responsible for the proper exercise of this delegated authority. (b) May withdraw this delegation of authority and redelegate it to another executive officer, as often as he thinks proper. (c) May delegate execution of these powers to more than one executive officer at a time, jointly or severally, consecutively or successively. (Ord. 85-277-165, § 1; Ord. 2023-187-E , § 9)