(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the Village to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is hereby 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 Village. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Mayor that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the same manner as set forth in subsection (b) hereof for the commencement of the emergency.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the Mayor shall request the cooperation of the local press and of the radio and television stations to announce the emergency and the time that emergency parking regulations will become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one hour after the first announcement, and such announcement, by two local radio stations or local television stations, or in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Village, shall constitute notice to the general public of the existence of the emergency. However, the owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and the depth of the snow and to comply with the emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of such emergency, no person shall park, cause to be parked, permit to be parked, permit to remain parked, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind upon any street or highway within the Village, provided, however, that vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than five minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, if such loading and unloading do not otherwise violate another ordinance of the Village.
(Ord. 16-76. Passed 3-2-76.)