(a) The City Manager or the Assistant City Manager shall have the authority to declare a snow or ice emergency when snow, sleet, freezing rain, or other weather conditions may cause serious congestion, hazards, or extreme difficulty in properly maintaining the streets within the City. The City Manager or the Assistant City Manager shall declare termination of such snow or ice emergency as soon as conditions permit.
(b) The City Manager or the Assistant City Manager shall request the cooperation of the local media to announce the emergency, specifying the time special parking prohibitions shall become effective. Termination of the emergency shall be promulgated in the same manner.
(c) Whenever a snow emergency has been declared by the City, no person shall park a vehicle or place any obstruction upon any public street or within the public right-of-way within the City. Any vehicle or other obstruction parked, stalled, left unattended, or incapable of moving under its own power may be removed or towed away to another location by the Police Department or any official authorized by the Assistant City Manager. Any towing and storage expenses shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle or obstruction.
(d) Signs shall be posted at conspicuous locations in the City informing the motoring public of the special snow and ice emergency parking prohibitions.
(e) No person removing snow from any driveway, sidewalk, public or private parking lot or private premises within the City shall deposit the same on the street, pavement, or sidewalk of any public street, or on any tree lawn on any public street except the tree lawn on the premises from which the snow is removed.
(f) Whoever violates subsection (c) or (e) hereof, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2006-19. Passed 5-11-06.)
(Ord. 2006-19. Passed 5-11-06.)