(A) In order to facilitate the cleaning of certain streets and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic, motor vehicles shall not be parked on the streets designated herein at such times as the United States Weather Bureau records indicate that two inches of snow have fallen and that there is a prospect of a further snowfall. All cars parked prior to the time weather conditions prohibited parking must be removed by the owners or operators. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this prohibition shall be removed at the order of the Village Administrator, and the owner or operator thereof shall be subject to the penalty provided for a violation of this section.
(B) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether or not weather conditions require the removal of their motor vehicles from the streets designated and to remove all cars parked in violation of this section. While the village shall make every effort to inform the public of the existence of weather conditions requiring the removal of parked motor vehicles from the streets designated herein, the owners and operators of motor vehicles parked in these areas shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to remove parked motor vehicles if the weather conditions are such as require such removal under the provisions of this section.
(C) After the United States Weather Bureau records indicate that two inches of snow have fallen and that there is a prospect of further snowfall, the Village Administrator shall order the removal of all the vehicles parked on the streets designated herein which have not been removed by the owners or operators. Such vehicles shall be removed to a motor vehicle pound as designated by the Village Administrator. Records shall be kept by the Police Department of all vehicles removed.
(D) Any person violating the provisions of this section, with respect to failure to remove parked motor vehicles when the weather conditions described in this section require such removal, shall be subject to the traffic penalties provided by law for illegal parking in normally regulated streets. In addition, where a car is towed to a motor vehicle pound, the car shall be recovered only upon payment of the towing charges imposed.
(E) The Village Administrator and the Police Department shall use all available means of disseminating information as to the existence of weather conditions requiring removal of parked motor vehicles from the areas designated. Such notice shall be disseminated through all available media to the extent feasible. The dissemination of this information, however, shall not relieve owners or operators of motor vehicles from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of weather conditions requiring the removal of parked motor vehicles from the areas designated.
(F) Streets where parking is prohibited after two inches of snow have fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall, are as set forth in Chapter 77, Sched. III.
(G) The Village Administrator shall post signs at each end of the affected streets, on both sides, so as to remind the residents of the village of the existence of this section. The sign shall bear the words: “Snow Street.”
(Prior Code, Part Four, Appendix A, § 18) (Ord. 80-1, passed 1-14-1980)