§ 72.065 OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTES, DESIGNATED ARTERIAL AND RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

   (A)   Whenever an emergency has been declared pursuant to this subchapter, no person operating a motor vehicle on a designated snow emergency route or designated arterial or residential street shall allow the motor vehicle to become stalled or stuck, including those motor vehicles which become stalled or stuck due to the fact that the motor fuel supply is exhausted or the battery has become inoperative.

   (B)   Whenever a motor vehicle becomes stalled or stuck for any reason on any designated snow emergency route or designated arterial or residential street on which there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating the motor vehicle shall take immediate action to have the motor vehicle towed or pushed off the roadway of the designated snow emergency route or designated arterial or residential street, either to the nearest cross street which is not subject to a parking prohibition or to another appropriate location.

   (C)   No person shall abandon or leave a motor vehicle in the roadway of a designated snow emergency route or designated arterial or residential street except for the purpose of securing assistance during the actual time necessary to go to nearby telephone, garage, service station or other place of assistance and return without delay.

(Prior Code, § 72.55) (Ord. 2326, passed 9-5-1973) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.066 REMOVAL OF PARKED, STALLED OR STUCK VEHICLES.

   (A)   The Police Chief or his or her designee is hereby authorized to remove or have removed a vehicle from a street or city-owned or operated parking facility to the Police Department impound lot or other place designated by the Police Department when one or more of the following occur:

      (1)   The vehicle is parked on a snow emergency route on which there is a parking prohibition in effect.

      (2)   The vehicle is stalled on a snow emergency route on which there is a parking prohibition in effect, and the person who is operating the vehicle does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

      (3)   The vehicle is parked on any street or other public area in violation of any parking prohibition or provision of law contained in this subchapter and is interfering or about to interfere with snow removal operations.

   (B)   The owner or other person lawfully entitled to the possession of any vehicle towed or stored shall be charged with the reasonable cost of towing and storage fees. Any such towing or storage fee shall be a lien upon the vehicle prior to all other claims. Any person towing or storing a vehicle shall be entitled to retain possession of the vehicle until the charges are paid. The lien provided for in this section shall not apply to the contents of the vehicle.

Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.067 PARALLEL PARKING DURING SNOW REMOVAL.

   Whenever the Mayor and Public Works Director or designee shall determine on the basis of accumulated snow on 16th Street, 15th Street, 14th Street, 13th Street, 12th Street, 11th Street and 10th Street from 21st Avenue to 30th Avenue and 21st Avenue, 22nd Avenue, 23rd Avenue, 24th Avenue, 25th Avenue, 26th Avenue, 27th Avenue, 28th Avenue, 29th Avenue and 30th Avenue from 10th Street to 16th Street, the Mayor and Public Works Director or designee may put into effect an angle parking prohibition on any or all of the streets or avenues, inclusive, and require parallel parking on all of the streets so designated. In such declaration, the Mayor and Public Works Director or designee shall state the time that the parallel parking shall be in effect, and from the time so designated, all parking of motor vehicles by angle parking or any method other than parallel parking directly adjacent to the curbs on the streets and avenues shall be prohibited. Violation of this section shall be unlawful and prosecuted as such.

(Prior Code, § 72.57) (Ord. 3189, passed 12-7-1987) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.068 WINDROWS, REMOVAL OF VEHICLES.

   Upon the removal or moving of snow by the city from streets or avenues located within the corporate limits of the city and the creation of any windrows or piles of snow left around or upon a vehicle, the vehicle must be moved within 12 hours (6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) from the date of the creation of the windrow or pile of snow to a location at least 100 feet from the nearest windrow located upon the portion of public right-of-way used for vehicular traffic or be moved upon privately-owned property.

(Prior Code, § 72.58) (Ord. 94-09, passed 2-7-1994) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.069 OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW OF DRIVERS.

   Snow shall not be moved or piled on any location upon private property which obstructs the view of drivers of motor vehicles at intersections within the corporate limits of the city. Property owners or residents who have caused snow to be piled in such a manner as to obstruct the view of motor vehicle drivers at intersections as described above shall be contacted to remove the snow, and should they fail to comply within 24 hours from the date of the request being made, the snow shall be removed by the city at the property owner’s expense.

(Prior Code, § 72.59) (Ord. 94-09, passed 2-7-1994) Penalty, see § 72.999

§ 72.070 PAYMENT OF FINES AND COSTS.

   (A)   Whenever a police officer or community service technician of the city shall observe any motor vehicle parked, stopped, stalled or stuck in violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter, that officer shall take the registration number of the vehicle and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner or operator, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation on a form provided by the Chief of Police for such purpose, which form shall require the owner or operator to answer the charge against the owner or operator in accordance with this section.

   (B)   A parking violation citation for violation of provisions of this subchapter shall contain, in addition to other information required by law, the following information:

      (1)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid within five days;

      (2)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid after five days;

      (3)   The location where the payment of the administrative fee and fine may be made; and

      (4)   A statement that a complaint will be filed after 15 days if the administrative fee and fine is not paid within that time.

(Prior Code, § 72.60) (Ord. 2326, passed 9-5-1973) Penalty, see § 72.999

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

§ 72.085 VIOLATIONS BUREAU.

   (A)   Whenever any motor vehicle with or without a driver is found parked, standing or stopped in violation of this chapter or any statute of the state relating to parking, all of which shall be referred to in this section as “parking violations,” the police officer or community service technician finding the vehicle shall take the registration number of the vehicle and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its owner or operator and shall conspicuously affix to the vehicle a traffic citation on a form provided by the Chief of Police for such purpose, which form shall require the owner or operator to answer to the charge against the owner or operator in accordance with this section.

   (B)   All citations for parking violations shall contain, in addition to any other information required by law, the following information:

      (1)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid within five days;

      (2)   The amount of the administrative fee and fine if paid after five days;

      (3)   The location where the payment of the administrative fee and fine may be made; and

      (4)   A statement that a complaint will be filed after 15 days if the administrative fee and fine is not paid within that time.

   (C)   A police officer or community service technician may issue a parking citation in lieu of a state uniform citation for notifying alleged violators of violation of this chapter.

   (D)   Minor parking violators may waive being issued a state uniform citation to appear in county court by paying to the Police Department the fine designated on the parking ticket.

   (E)   Administrative fees and parking fines are set by resolution.

(Prior Code, § 72.75) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)

§ 72.086 OWNER RESPONSIBLE.

   If any vehicle is found upon any street, road, terrace or alley in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the owner or person in whose name the vehicle is registered shall be held prima facie responsible for the violation.

(Prior Code, § 72.76) (Ord. 98-27, passed 7-20-1998; Ord. 02-53, passed 10-7-2002)