(A) Parking on all city streets shall be prohibited under the following conditions:
(1) Whenever snow or ice has accumulated to the depth of three inches or more on any street within the city, a snow emergency declaration shall automatically go into effect on all streets within the city;
(2) Whenever the City Manager, or his or her designated representative, finds on a basis of falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain, or on the basis of a forecast by the U.S. Weather Bureau or other weather service, of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions will make it necessary that parking be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing or other purposes, and publicly declares a snow emergency, a parking prohibition is in effect on all city streets.
(B) Except as provided in division (A)(1) herein, the declaration of a snow emergency shall be made known to the residents of the city in one of the following ways:
(1) Loudspeaker communication declaring the declaration of the snow emergency from police vehicles;
(2) Snow emergency signs being posted at entrances to the city declaring snow emergency parking restrictions;
(3) Publication/communication to home owners by means of newspapers, radio, television, cable television, the city website or the like; and
(4) The declaration of a snow emergency shall be effective immediately upon posting, publishing or communication as provided in division (B)(3) herein.
(C) Once in effect, the prohibition of parking under the emergency shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the City Manager, or his or her designated representative, in a fashion similar to that communicating the emergency.
(D) While the prohibition is in effect no person shall park, or allow to remain parked, any motor vehicle on any street to which it applies. However, nothing in this division shall be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other provision of this code.
(E) Any person who violates this section is responsible for a municipal civil infraction and subject to the civil fines set forth in § 41.06.
(Ord. 13-009, passed 8-12-13; Am. Ord. 18-007, passed 3-19-18)