(A) The Chief of Police, Fire Chief and/or his or her duly authorized designee shall have the authority to establish emergency routes within the city when conditions exist or threaten to exist that may substantially impede the free flow of traffic on city streets.
(B) No person shall park or cause a vehicle to remain upon any street designated as an emergency route.
(C) Signs shall be placed and maintained on streets designating them as emergency routes. The signage shall be in number and placement as deemed reasonable and necessary by the Chief of Police, Fire Chief and/or his or her duly authorized designee.
(D) The emergency routes shall remain in effect until the signage is removed.
(E) The City Police and/or Fire Department may remove or cause to be removed, at the owner’s expense, any vehicle remaining on an emergency route after the emergency route has been designated by the placement of signage.
(F) When possible, the residents of the affected streets shall be notified of the emergency route in advance of the placement of the signage.
(Ord. 2010-14, passed 6-8-2010)