(A) At times of heavy snowfall when, in his or her opinion, an emergency situation exists requiring immediate plowing, salting, sanding, or other clearing of snow from the public ways of the city, the Mayor or the city coordinator is authorized and empowered to declare a snow emergency.
(B) The Mayor or City Coordinator shall make a declaration of a snow emergency by giving either oral, written or telephone notification to the highest ranking officer of the Florence Police Department on duty at the time the emergency is declared. The officer shall note the time and date the notice is received by him on a form which is like or similar to the "Snow Emergency Form" attached to Ordinance O-37-93 in the City Clerk's Office. The officer shall file the Snow Emergency Form in the Office of the City Clerk within a reasonable time after receipt of notification of the emergency.
(C) Upon the declaration of any snow emergency, the officer shall, as soon as possible, notify local radio stations, television stations, newspapers, and other members of the news media as will, in the judgment of the officer, afford the earliest and best information to persons using the public ways of the city of the existence of the snow emergency. In notifying the members of the news media, the officer shall request that the notice of the snow emergency and the requirements thereof be broadcast or published as soon as possible. No other notices of the existence of the snow emergency shall be required.
(D) A snow emergency shall expire 24 hours after it is declared. The Mayor or City Coordinator may declare a new snow emergency to commence immediately upon expiration of an existing snow emergency by giving notice as provided in division (B) above.
(E) During the existence of any snow emergency duly declared, it shall be a violation for any person, firm, or corporation to leave parked any motor vehicle on any public way of the city so as to hinder or interfere with the plowing, salting, sanding, or other clearing of snow from any public way.
(Ord. O-4-85, passed 2-26-85; Am. Ord. O-37-93, passed 12-14-93) Penalty, see § 70.99