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(a) Whenever, during any period of 24 hours or less, snow falls in the city to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the city. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Safety Director that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the same manner as outlined in division (b) of this section.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the Director shall request the cooperation of the local press and radio and television stations to announce the emergency and the time that the emergency parking regulations will become effective, which time shall be not sooner than one hour after the first announcement. The announcement by two local radio stations or by two local television stations shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of the emergency. However, owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with the emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of the emergency, the Director may prohibit the parking of any vehicle upon any city street. During the emergency, no person shall park, cause to be parked, permit to be parked, permit to remain parked or abandoned or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description upon such specified street. However, a vehicle may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, provided that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(d) Signs shall be posted where parking is banned during a snow emergency.
(Prior Code, § 452.12) (Ord. 109-81, passed 11-23-1981)
In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this traffic code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing that fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of ownership.
(Prior Code, § 452.14)
Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person served with a written notice of a parking violation, either personally or by posting or attaching the same to a motor vehicle, may be discharged of such offense upon payment of $10 at the office of the Parking Violations Clerk, either by personal delivery or by mail, delivered or postmarked within 48 hours after the issuance of the written notice of violation, or upon payment of $20 at the office of the Parking Violations Clerk within 72 hours after the issuance of said written notice of violation. After the passage of 72 hours, a parking violation charge shall be disposed of through an appearance before the Municipal Court at a regularly scheduled hearing and/or continuances thereof.
(Prior Code, § 452.15) (Ord. 142-95, passed 9-11-1995; Ord. 15-2015, passed 2-9-2015)