(A) In order to facilitate the movement of traffic and to combat the hazards of snow and ice on the streets and roads of the municipality, the Mayor and City Council, in its discretion, may declare a snow or ice emergency (hereinafter referred to as a "snow emergency"). A snow emergency shall be defined as any weather condition in which any accumulation of snow greater than six inches has fallen or is predicted to fall or sleet. Information on the existence of a snow emergency shall be: community access media, the municipality's website and any official social media pages for the municipality, and the Police Department, in addition to posting at City Hall and post office and information regarding the termination of the emergency shall be given by the use of the same media.
(B) (1) After any snow emergency is declared, it shall be unlawful, at any time during the continuance of the emergency, for any person:
(a) To park a motor vehicle or to allow that vehicle to remain parked anywhere on any snow emergency route designated in division (B)(2) below;
(b) The following are designated as snow emergency routes:
1. 17th Street from Oak Street south to city limits;
2. North Main Street from Oak Street to Birch Street;
3. Front Street from Main Street to 17th Street;
4. Birch Street from North Main Street to 17th Street;
5. South Main Street from Birch Street south to city limits;
6. Oak Street from North Main Street to 17th Street; and
7. 16th Street from Front Street north.
(2) Continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
(C) Parking during a snow storm and snow removal on streets not designated as snow emergency routes, or on all municipal streets during snow storms in which a snow emergency has not been declared.
(1) During any snow storm (defined as any weather condition in which any accumulation of snow greater than two inches has fallen or sleet or is predicted to fall, or in which there has been or is predicted to be any accumulation of ice) parking shall be regulated on all municipal streets as follows:
(a) 17th Street from Oak Street south to city limits;
(b) North Main Street from Oak Street to Birch Street;
(c) Front Street from Main Street to 17th Street;
(d) Birch Street from North Main Street to 17th Street;
(e) South Main Street from Birch Street south to city limits;
(f) Oak Street from North Main Street to 17th Street; and
(g) 16th Street from Front Street north.
(2) During the initial course of any snow storm, parking shall be prohibited on the uneven numbered side of all municipal streets (i.e., house numbers are uneven numbers) until such time as plowing, salting, and/or sanding is completed on said side of the street.
(3) Upon notification from the municipality and until after plowing, salting, and/or sanding is completed, parking shall be prohibited on the even numbered side of all municipal streets (i.e., house numbers are even numbers) until such time as plowing, salting, and/or sanding is completed on said side of the street.
(4) At all times during and after any snow storm, it shall be prohibited for any person to shovel, push, throw, or plow snow from a sidewalk, driveway, lot, or any other area into the street.
(5) Municipal police are hereby authorized to have any vehicle parked in violation of this section towed away at the expense of the owner of said vehicle.
(6) There is, upon conviction, hereby imposed a fine not to exceed $100 for any violation of the provisions of this section. The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
(D) If at any time during a period of snow emergency declared under this section a person shall park a motor vehicle or allow a motor vehicle to remain parked anywhere along a snow emergency route, the person shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and upon conviction, shall be fined as set forth in § 71.99(B).
(E) Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon any road or street or portion thereof listed in division (B)(1)(b), above, which vehicle shall become stalled upon any of the roads, streets or portions thereof listed above during a period of emergency declared as provided by this section, if such stalling shall have been by reason of failure to have such vehicle equipped with the equipment prescribed in division (C)(4) above, shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and, upon conviction, shall be fined as set forth in § 71.99(B), and assessed costs for removal of said vehicle from the road or street.
(F) The municipal police are hereby authorized to have any cars parked in violation of this section towed away at the expense of the owner.
(G) In order to assist operators of motor vehicles in determining the streets affected by this section, there shall be placed, on signs on the roads and streets designated in division (B)(1)(b), above, signs reading as follows:
SNOW EMERGENCY ROUTE
NO PARKING DURING EMERGENCY
(Ord. 458, passed 9-10-2024)