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cto ORDINANCE NO. 19 THE VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR CiVIL DEFENSE AND FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELFARE IN THE VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA DURING CIVIL DEFENSE EMERGENCIES. The Village Council of Lino Lakes, Minnesota does ordain: T.CTION 1. POLICY AND PURPOSE SOEDIViSION 1. Because of the existing and Increasing possibility of the :ccurrence of disasters of unprecendented size and destructiveness resulting - om enemy attack, sabotage other hostile action, and in order to insure that p'eparations of the Village will be adequate to deal with such disasters, and ,cnerally to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace naith, and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of tits Village, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary: (a) To establish a local civil defense agency; (b) To provide for the exercise of necessary powers during civil defense emergencies; (c) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid between this Village and other political subdivisions of this State and of other States with respect to the carrying out of Civil Defense functions. SI!BDiViSION 2. It is further declared to be the purpose of this ordinance srd the policy of the Village that all Civil Defense functions of this Village he coordinated to the maxium extent practicable with the comparable functions n7 the Federal Government, of this State, and of other States and localities, lnd of private agencies of every type, to the end ihat the most effective pre- ;y ration_snand use may be made of the nations manpower, resources, and facilities .r r dealing with any disaster that may occur. r^TiON 2. DEFINITIONS. )IVISION 1. "Civil Defense" means the preparation for and the carrying of at! emergency functions, other than fuoctions for which military f-=•ces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize attack, sabotage, other o,-tti Ie action, fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes. These functions .iriude without limitation, fire -fighting services, pottce services, radical heliih services, rescue, engineering, air-raid warning services, com- ;ur:c Lions, radiological, chemical and other special weapons, defense, ;v1^uation of person_ from stricken areas, emergency welfare services, Ism rgency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions or plant Lrlteci ion, temporary restoration of public utility services, and other }unctions related to civilian protection, together with all other activities necessary of incidental to preparation for and carrying out of the foregoing functions.