(A) The Board of Trustees shall by resolution designate streets or portions of streets within the village to be designated as emergency snow routes. A designation of any street or portion of street as a snow emergency route shall in no way affect designation of that street or portion of street for any other purpose.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to park and leave any vehicle stranded or parked on any emergency snow route during a designated snow emergency, as determined on the basis of falling snow, accumulated snow, or freezing rain, until the snow has been removed from such street or portion of street. Any vehicle parked or stranded in an emergency snow route during a designated snow emergency may be impounded by the village at the vehicle owner’s expense. The vehicle may be retrieved from the village impound upon payment of towing expenses by the vehicle owner. In addition, any vehicles not moved from the emergency snow routes may have snow plowed up against the vehicles, and it will it will be the sole responsibility of the vehicle owners to have the snow removed from the vehicles.
(C) All streets designated as an emergency snow route during designated snow emergencies shall be clearly marked by appropriate signs indicating the restriction provided for in this section.
(D) The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, or if unavailable the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, shall have authority to declare a snow emergency when the accumulation of snow or freezing rain warrants such declaration.
(Am. Ord. D-320, passed 2-7-2017) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate during snow emergencies, see Neb. RS 17-557