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(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City, or in any section or sections thereof, to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is 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 services to the City. Such emergency shall continue until such time as the streets have been cleared.
(Ord. 259-1966. Passed 12-19-66.)
(b) The owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with the emergency parking regulations.
(c) During the period of the emergency it shall be unlawful for any person to park, cause or permit to be parked, permit to remain parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description, upon any City street, provided, however, that vehicles may be parked for a period not longer than three minutes for actual loading or unloading of passengers, or thirty minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, and provided, further, that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby. Any vehicle lawfully parked in compliance with this provision shall be promptly moved from the street, regardless of the duration, prior to the arrival of snow removal equipment.
(Ord. 68-1971. Passed 3-13-71; Ord. 3-2009. Passed 1-5-09.)
(a) For purposes of this section, any driveway which provides a means of ingress or egress for the continuous flow of vehicular traffic, whether or not leading to or from parking areas, shall be considered a fire lane.
(Ord. 187-1969. Passed 9-2-69.)
(b) No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any fire lane used by more than one family or tenant or used for business purposes, so as to obstruct the use of such fire lane by other persons entitled thereto.
(Ord. 264-1980. Passed 10-6-80.)
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable unless private or public property is posted in a conspicuous manner setting forth the prohibition of parking in such fire lane.
(d) At the request of the owner of the property or his or her duly authorized agent, any vehicle found violating this section may be towed away by the City at the expense of the owner of the vehicle, provided that the owner of the property agrees to indemnify and hold the City harmless from all expense, cost or liability, if any, for such action. In no event shall the owner of the vehicle be charged a fee for the tow in excess of the amount stipulated in the City's contract for towing services.
(Ord. 187-1969. Passed 9-2-69.)
In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
No person shall park any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon which are displayed any license plates for any period of time which has expired, or any license plates issued in another state for which the period of reciprocal agreement with the state of issue has expired.
(Ord. 133-2012. Passed 9-4-12.)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter, except Section 351.04(e) or 351.16(b), may execute a waiver and pay the Police Department the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00), if paid within ten days after the violation; otherwise the violator may execute a waiver and pay the Department the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), or, if such person is bound over to the Municipal Court and found guilty, he or she shall be punished as provided in Sections 307.01 and 307.02.
Whoever violates Section 351.04(e) or 351.13 or 351.16(b) may execute a waiver and pay the Police Department the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) if paid ten days after the violation; otherwise the violator may execute a waiver and pay the Department the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00), or, if such person is bound over to the Municipal Court and found guilty, he or she shall be punished as provided in Sections 307.01 and 307.02.
Except for violations of Section 351.04(e), only chronic or repeat offenders under this chapter may be bound over to the Municipal Court. A “chronic or repeat offender” is any person who has been cited at least three times during the previous 365 days (one year) for violations of this chapter.
(Ord. 266-1991. Passed 11-4-91; Ord. 26-2000. Passed 2-7-00; Ord. 198-2007. Passed 10-1-07; Ord. 133-2012. Passed 9-4-12.)