In the implementation of snow and ice removal and other maintenance of the county’s secondary road system during the winter months, the County Engineer, or his or her designee, shall select the actual sequence of roads to be cleared as provided for in this section, and shall determine when drifting, wind velocity and additional snow or snowstorms require that the snow removal equipment be removed from the roadway, or that additional clearance of paved routes be accomplished prior to the clearance of gravel and dirt roads.
(A) Paved routes.
(1) The initial effort will be to get all routes open to one-lane traffic as soon as possible.
(2) After one-lane travel is possible, subsequent snow removal will be carried on during normal working hours.
(3) The truck mounted snow plows and spreaders will not be in operation between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The trucks may be called off the road if snow and/or blowing snow reduces visibility to hazardous working conditions, in the professional judgment of the Engineer or his or her delegated representative.
(4) When required, due to drifting snow, motor graders may be used to keep the paved roads open and the opening of gravel roads may be delayed.
(5) It is not the policy of the county to provide a “dry” pavement condition.
(6) After roads have been plowed as provided in this section, intersections, hills and curves may have placed on them salt, sand or other abrasive. These intersections, hills and curves will not be re-sanded, re-salted or have other abrasives replaced on them between snowstorms. This sequence of service shall be performed only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays observed by county employees.
(B) Unpaved roads.
(1) The initial effort will be to get all routes opened to one-lane traffic as soon as possible after a storm has passed.
(2) After one-lane travel is possible, subsequent snow removal will be carried on during normal working hours.
(3) Motor graders and/or truck plows will not normally be in operation between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Gravel roads may not be plowed if the wind is causing continual drifting.
(4) Snow may not be removed from dirt roads or those designated as Level B.
(C) Private drives. The county will not clear snow from private drives. Normal snow removal operations may result in snow being deposited in private drives. Snow from private drives shall not be
placed on the roadway or shoulders. The county shall not replace or repair mailboxes destroyed or damaged during snow removal operations. There is no time limit after a snowstorm in which any of the above sequence of clearance, on paved or unpaved roads, shall take place.
(Ord. 5, passed 12-13-1984)