(A) A snow emergency shall commence by executive order, determination and proclamation of the President of the Town Council, or in his or her absence, then the Town Marshal shall be authorized to act in his or her place. The President of the Town Council, or his or her substitute, shall determine and proclaim a snow emergency before, during or after a snow fall when, in his or her sound judgment and discretion, the circumstances warrant the determination of an emergency for the public safety of the town. This snow emergency shall continue in effect until the President determines that an emergency no longer exists and terminates the emergency order.
(B) The Town Council is authorized to designate certain streets as snow emergency routes. The first streets to be cleared upon a snow emergency proclamation by the President shall be those streets so designated.
(C) After a snow emergency has been declared and during its existence:
(1) No vehicle shall be parked on a snow emergency route;
(2) No vehicle shall be driven without chains, snow tires or four-wheel drive, upon any street; and
(3) Any person who owns or drives a vehicle that becomes stalled or incapable of moving under its own power or who leaves the vehicle unattended, shall be in violation of this section.
(D) Publication and broadcast of the proclamation of a snow removal emergency shall be done by the President using a press release to the local news media.
(E) Any police officer upon discovering any vehicle unlawfully parked, or stopped in violation of this section, may impound and remove the vehicle or cause the same to be impounded and removed to any town-owned property, or to a private garage or place where so authorized. Prior to removal, the officer shall ticket the unlawfully parked vehicle and the owner thereof shall be fined for his or her violation of this section. The vehicle shall be impounded and retained at the location until the towing expense for the vehicle is paid to the individual or company performing the towing service, and further until the owner of the vehicle shall pay the fine assessed and present evidence of the payment to obtain the release of his or her vehicle.
(Prior Code, § 174.31) (Ord. 367, passed 4-5-1978) Penalty, see § 93.99