(a) In order to facilitate the cleaning of streets and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic:
(1) Motor vehicles shall not be parked on the streets designated herein at such times as the United States Weather Bureau records indicate two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall; and
(2) Motor vehicles shall not be parked on other Village streets when the Mayor, in his discretion, declares an emergency due to excessive snow and further designates other specific streets or areas bounded by certain streets.
(b) Any motor vehicle parked in violation of these prohibitions shall be subject to fines as provided herein and may be removed by authorized agents of the Village at the order of the Chief of Police, or Mayor, and then shall subject the owner or operator to costs of towing and storage as provided herein.
(c) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether weather conditions or the declared emergency requires the removal of their vehicles from the streets or areas designated in subsections (a)(1) or (2) hereof. In order to assist dissemination of this information, the streets designated in subsection (f) hereof shall be marked with pole signs and the Mayor or Chief of Police shall through radio, newspaper or other available media disseminate information as to the existence of a declared emergency. The dissemination of this information, however, shall not relieve persons from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of the weather conditions or declared emergency therein.
(d) Any vehicles removed by authorized agents of the Village shall be removed to a motor vehicle pound as designated by the Chief of Police or Mayor. Records of motor vehicles removed, and their locations shall be kept by the Police Department.
(e) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), provided however, that a motor vehicle which has been removed to a motor vehicle pound may be recovered only upon the payment of the towing and storage charges imposed thereon. No credit for the payment of towing and/or storage charges shall be given toward any fine imposed herein.
(f) The streets where parking is prohibited after two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall are as follows:
(1) Jackson Street;
(2) Clay Street. (A.O.)
(3) South Washington Street from Jackson to Adams Street.
(Ord. 96-107. Passed 12-9-96.)