(a) Snow Emergency Routes and Declaration.
(1) For the purpose of this section, "snow emergency routes" mean through streets or portions of through streets, designated by official signs on one or both sides thereof, installed by order of the City Manager. The City Manager is authorized and directed to designate such streets as snow emergency routes which for the safety or convenience of the public and the accommodation of traffic should be kept open and clear in times of snow emergency.
(2) When snow, sleet, freezing rain or other weather conditions cause or appear to cause, in the judgment of the City Manager, slippery or hazardous conditions, which might lead to serious congestion or hazard, the City Manager may declare a snow emergency. The City Manager shall also declare the termination of such snow emergency as soon as conditions permit.
(b) Parking Prohibitions.
(1) During the period of any snow emergency, no vehicle shall be parked on any snow emergency route, as defined in subsection (a) hereof, provided that special signs are erected indicating such a snow emergency route.
(2) A vehicle parked on any snow emergency route at the time the snow emergency is declared, shall be removed by the owner within three hours, if such emergency is declared between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., or prior to 9:00 a.m. of the following morning, if the emergency is declared between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Nothing in this section shall permit any vehicle to be parked in violation of any other parking prohibition or restriction previously established by ordinance or by order of the City Manager provided that signs are erected.
(c) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street in violation of this section, such officer is authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move such vehicle.
(Ord. 569. Passed 3-15-77.)
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.