(a) A snow emergency is hereby defined as that time when there has been in or on any of the streets or roads of the Village, any accumulation of snow, sleet, hail or ice. When such an accumulation has occurred, the Mayor or his designee shall, if in his/her opinion such accumulation has created hazardous driving conditions, announce and proclaim that a snow emergency condition exists, and then emergency parking regulations hereinafter defined shall thereafter be and remain in effect until such emergency period is by the Mayor or his designee is proclaimed and announced that it has ended.
(b) No person shall park or cause to be parked or permit or suffer to remain parked any vehicle on any street or road within the Village during any time or period when a snow emergency condition is declared by the Mayor to be in effect.
(c) The Village Administrator or the Service Manager or any employee under their direction, or any member of the Division of Police or Fire of the Village, is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of any vehicle parked on any of the streets or roads enumerated in subsection (b) hereof during a period of snow emergency, to such garage or other place which the Village Administrator or Service Manager or other person under his or her direction or member of the Division of Police or Fire deems proper. Any costs incurred in such removal or storage shall be paid for by the owner of such vehicle, in addition to any fines or penalties which may be imposed on the owner or operator of such vehicle.
(d) The Service Manager shall cause all streets and roads entering the Village to be clearly and distinctly marked with proper signs of sufficient size and legibility indicating that all streets and roads within the Village are snow emergency streets.
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall, in addition to being responsible for all towing and storage costs, as previously noted, be guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense. For a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. For each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 2012-087. Passed 9-18-12.)