(a) Whenever the Director of Public Services or City Manager or Mayor, on the basis of falling snow, sleet or freezing rain, or on the basis of a weather service forecast, that weather conditions will make it necessary that parking on any city street be restricted or prohibited to facilitate snow plowing and/or winter maintenance, the Director of Public Services or City Manager may cause to be put into effect a parking ban or may restrict parking on parts of or all streets within the city. The Director of Public Services or City Manager or Mayor shall cause each declaration made by him to be publicly announced by providing such information through one or more of the following methods: radio and/or television stations with a normal operating range covering the city, city website, automated telephone answering or calling systems, outdoor early warning siren system. When feasible, each announcement shall describe the action taken by the Director of Public Services or City Manager or Mayor, including the time it became or will become effective. When a parking ban announcement is communicated, residents may refer to the city's cable television channel or website for further information.
(b) The Police Department shall notify the Director of Public Services, the City Manager and the Mayor of all hazardous snow/ice conditions.
(c) Whenever a parking ban is caused to be put into effect by the Director of Public Services or City Manager or Mayor, all vehicles shall be prohibited from parking on all city streets.
(d) Once in effect, a parking ban shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the Director of Public Services or City Manager or Mayor, except that any street which has become clear of ice and snow from curb to curb for the length thereof lying between two successive street intersections shall be automatically excluded therefrom.
(e) Any vehicle parked contrary to the restriction or prohibition, or any vehicle abandoned on any street affected, may be cited by the Police Department for prohibited parking and may be towed away at the risk and expense of the owner by an authorized employee or agent of the Department of Public Services or the Police Department in addition to the penalty provided in Section 490.99.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit parking at any time or place where same is forbidden by any other provision of the law.
(Res. 08-51A. Passed 2-25-08.)