It is declared and ordained that any accumulation of snowfall of a depth of two inches (2") or more, as declared and determined by the Village Street Department employee in charge and Village Police Officer on duty, creates an emergency on the streets and highways of the Village.
A. Snow Removal Operation: It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any public street in the Village for a period of forty eight (48) hours after a snowfall of two inches (2") or more has accumulated, except:
1. Vehicles may be parked on that side of the street where the even numbered buildings are or would be located between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. on that day and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. of the following day on even calendar days.
2. Vehicles may be parked on that side of the street where odd numbered buildings are or would be located between the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. that day and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. of the following day on odd calendar days.
3. The restrictions as set forth above shall not apply at any time to the parking of vehicles on Sunset Lane between Seminary Avenue and Wesley Avenue.
4. This section shall not affect other parking restrictions and shall not be deemed to permit parking where otherwise prohibited by this section or other ordinances.
5. No person shall, at any time during an emergency, park or permit any vehicle to park or stand on the following streets within the Village:
Center Street from Seminary Avenue to McKendrie Avenue,
Front Street from Wesley Avenue to McKendrie Avenue,
Main Street from Seminary Avenue to McKendrie Avenue,
Wesley Avenue from Lincoln Street to Illinois Route 64,
unless such natural obstruction has been removed or abated. (1979 Code § 11-2-3)
B. Penalty: Any person violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense; however, the notice of parking ticket violation may contain a provision that any person violating the parking provision of this section may avoid a court appearance and a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) by paying the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) to the Office of the Village Clerk within forty eight (48) hours after issuance of the notice and complaint of said parking violation, or by paying fifteen dollars ($15.00) to the Office of the Village Clerk more than forty eight (48) hours after the issuance of said notice and complaint, but less than seven (7) days after the issuance of said notice and complaint. The Police Department is authorized to have any automobile, truck, tractor, wagon, trailer or combination thereof, towed to and stored at a commercial towing service location at the expense of the owner or operator of such. (1979 Code § 11-2-3; amd. 2017 Code)