(A) Movement of snow from private property into city streets. Whenever a snow emergency has been declared, no person shall move the snow from lots, driveways or sidewalks owned or controlled by them onto the streets after snow has been cleared from the streets by agents of the city. Once a street has been cleared it shall be unlawful for persons to move snow into street traffic lanes or street parking lanes.
(1976 Code, § 5-629)
(B) Operation of motor vehicles on snow emergency routes.
(1) Whenever an emergency has been declared pursuant to Ch. 75, Schd. II of this code of ordinances, no person operating a motor vehicle on a snow emergency route shall allow such vehicle to become stalled or stuck so that it remains in such a position longer than momentarily.
(2) No person operating a motor vehicle on a snow emergency route during the declaration of emergency snow conditions shall allow such vehicle to become stalled because the motor fuel supply is exhausted, or the battery has become inoperative.
(3) Whenever a motor vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or not in violation of this section, on any snow emergency route on which there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating such vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed off the roadway of such snow emergency route. No person shall abandon or leave his or her vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route, except for the purpose of securing assistance for removal.
(1976 Code, § 5-630)
(C) Emergency declarations of the Mayor or Street Commissioner.
(1) The Mayor and/or Street Commissioner shall cause each declaration of a snow emergency which shall be made by him or her, pursuant to this section, to be publicly announced by means of broadcasting or telecast from broadcasting stations with a normal operating range covering the city, and he or she may, in addition, cause such declaration to be announced in newspapers of general circulation within the city when feasible. Each announcement shall describe the action taken by the Mayor and/or Street Commissioner, including the time the emergency became or will become effective. The announcement shall specify the streets or areas affected. The Mayor and/or Street Commissioner shall make or cause to be made a record of each time and date when an emergency declaration is announced to the public by issuing an executive order as soon after the declaration of any emergency as is feasible.
(2) Whenever the Mayor and/or Street Commissioner shall find that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to a parking prohibition placed in effect pursuant to the provisions of this section no longer exist, he or she shall declare the prohibition terminated, in whole or in part, effective immediately upon the announcement or at a later specified time.
(1976 Code, § 5-631)
(D) Provisions temporarily effective to take precedence. Any provision of this section which becomes effective by declaration of the Mayor and/or Street Commissioner upon the occurrence of a snow emergency, while temporarily in effect, takes precedence over other conflicting provisions of law, except that it shall not take precedence over provisions of law relating to traffic accidents, emergency travel of authorized emergency vehicles, or emergency traffic directions by a Police Officer.
(1976 Code, § 5-632)
(Ord. 1393, passed 2-5-2007; Ord. 1478, passed 2-19-2018; Ord. 1488, passed 9-23-2019) Penalty, see § 70.99