(A) (1) Whenever the Mayor, pursuant to recommendation from any or all of the directors of the Departments of Public Works, Solid Waste Management and Services, and Metro Parks, finds that falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain will likely create a hazardous traffic condition, or, whenever the official weather forecast indicates impending snow, sleet, or freezing rain, the Mayor is authorized to prohibit parking on designated routes pursuant to an established snow emergency plan.
(2) The prohibition of parking announced by the Mayor under the authority of this section shall specify the effective time of the prohibition, which shall be no earlier than one hour from the time of the announcement, and shall remain in effect until the Mayor announces the termination of the snow emergency, in part or in whole.
(3) After the effective time of the prohibition, no person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain parked on a snow emergency route. However, if a fall of snow, sleet, or freezing rain occurs after 11:00 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m., if the Mayor has not announced a snow emergency prior to 11:00 p.m., a vehicle parked on a snow emergency route may remain so parked until 7:00 a.m. following that fall.
(B) Each snow emergency parking restriction shall be announced by the Mayor between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. Metro Government shall prepare news releases or notify news media in an effort to have announcements of the snow emergency made by broadcast or telecast from no fewer than two radio or television stations with normal operating range covering Metro Government, as well as through newspapers of general circulation.
(C) The Mayor's office shall make or cause to be made a record of the date and time when snow emergencies are announced and the date and time when they are terminated, either in part or in whole, in accordance with § 72.101.
(D) Other details of city procedures for removal of snow and ice shall be devised and implemented by the Director of Solid Waste Management and Services. These regulations and procedures shall be published and distributed to the Departments of Public Works, Metro Parks, and Solid Waste Management and Services. The Department of Public Works and Metro Parks Department shall assist the Solid Waste Management and Services Department in implementation of any snow removal plan.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 75.48) (Lou. Ord. No. 323-1968, approved 12-27-1968; Lou. Ord. No. 144-1982, approved 8-11-1982; Lou. Ord. No. 381-1986, approved 12-15-1986; Lou. Ord. No. 207-1988, approved 7-29-1988; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 163-1998, approved 8-4-1998, effective 12-1-1998; Lou. Am. Ord. No. 0126-2001, approved 10-12-2001; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 64-2005, approved 5-17-2005) Penalty, see § 72.999