§ 2.45.020. Disaster Emergency Planning.

A.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough shall, in concert with the cities and service areas of the borough, develop and adopt plans for a coordinated response to disaster emergencies (as defined by AS 26.23.900) which may occur within the borough. These plans shall be activated in the event of the declaration of a "local disaster emergency" under the terms of AS 26.23.140.

B.

For the purposes of disaster response planning, the borough shall be divided into four geographic zones, each generally described as follows:

1.

South Zone: Begin at Gore Point on the southern boundary of the borough; thence northeasterly to the headwaters of Sheep Creek; thence northwesterly along Sheep Creek to the western boundary of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; thence northerly along the said Refuge boundary to an easterly-westerly line located approximately one mile south of the Clam Gulch Post Office and passing through the southern end of Chisik Island; thence westerly along said line to the western boundary of the borough; thence southerly and easterly along the borough boundaries to the beginning point.

The following localities/communities are situated within the South Zone: Ninilchik, Anchor Point, all Russian Villages, Diamond Ridge, Fritz Creek, Cities of Homer, Kachemak Bay and Seldovia, Kachemak Bay and surrounds, villages of Port Graham and Nanwalek, all of the west side of Cook Inlet south of Chisik Island including Augustine Island.

2.

East Zone: Begin at Gore Point on the southern boundary of the borough; thence northeasterly to the eastern end of Skilak Lake; thence easterly to Porcupine Island in Kenai Lake; thence northwesterly along a line passing through the eastern end of Chickaloon Bay to the northern boundary of the borough; thence easterly, southerly and westerly along the borough boundaries to the beginning point.

The following localities/communities are situated within the East Zone: Hope, Sunrise, Tern Lake, Moose Pass, Crown Point, Bear Creek, City of Seward, Resurrection Bay and surrounds, Kenai Fjords National Park, Chugach National Forest.

3.

North Zone: Begin at the northwest corner of the borough boundary; thence easterly along the borough boundary to a point opposite the eastern end of Chickaloon Bay; thence southeasterly to an easterly-westerly line located approximately twenty miles north of the community of Sterling; thence westerly along said line to the west side of the Swanson River Oil Fields; thence southerly to an east-west boundary of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge; thence westerly to the eastern boundary of the City of Kenai; thence southerly and westerly along the City Limits of Kenai to the southwesterly side of the Kenai River; thence westerly along the southerly side of the Kenai River to Cook Inlet; thence westerly on a line located approximately four miles south of the Drift River Terminal to the west boundary of the borough; thence northerly along the borough boundary to the beginning point.

The following localities/communities are situated within the North Zone: Beluga, Tyonek, all oil and gas facilities on the west side of Cook Inlet, all offshore oil and gas platforms, Nikiski, Point Possession, Beaver Creek Oil and Gas Fields, the City of Kenai lying north of the Kenai River.

4.

Central Zone: The remainder of the borough.

The following localities/communities are situated within the Central Zone: Tuxedni Bay, Kalgin Island, the City of Kenai lying south of the Kenai River, Kenai Gas Fields, Kasilof, Clam Gulch, Tustumena lake, the City of Soldotna, Kenai River and surrounds, Sterling, Funny River, Skilak Lake, Cooper Landing.

C.

Disaster plans shall be developed for adoption by resolution by each of the cities and the Borough, which provide for coordinated zone management of response actions within each zone, utilizing the resources of each municipality and service area within the zone affected by the disaster emergency. In addition, the borough shall develop a plan for its response in the event of the occurrence of a disaster emergency which affects more than one zone of the borough.

D.

All Disaster response plans shall provide for management under an "Incident Command System" format, and shall provide for oversight of interjurisdictional policy decisions by a "Multiple Agency Coordination" structure which provides for representation from each affected jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 93-01, § 1(part), 1993)