(A) Non-winter parking. Parking between the edge of the roadway pavement and the sidewalk (where sidewalks exist) is prohibited during the months of May, June, July, August, September and October, and only permissible during the remainder of the year.
(B) Winter parking prohibited. No person shall park or leave unattended any motor vehicle or other vehicle on the streets, alleys, or sidewalks which are regularly plowed in the city or on city-owned or leased parking lots between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. during the months of January, February, March, April, November, and December of each year for a period of time any longer than 30 minutes unless specifically permitted by the city. Physicians on emergency calls are exempted from this provision. Anyone parking in the city right-of-way at any other time does so solely at his or her own risk and the city shall not be responsible for any damage to any vehicle or any object so parked.
(C) Ticketing and impounding. Any vehicle found parked or abandoned in violation of division (B) above shall be subject to a civil infraction citation and/or other sanctions as permitted by law. The city may also take additional actions to remediate a winter parking ban violation, including, but not limited to, causing the offending vehicle to be towed and impounded at the vehicle owner's expense; the same shall constitute as a lien against the said vehicle until paid.
(D) Deposit in right-of way restricted. No person shall take or remove, or cause to be taken or removed, any snow, ice, or other material from any property owned, occupied, or controlled by him or her and pile or dump the same within the lines of any street right-of-way of the city, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(E) Lawful deposits in rights-of-way. Any person may take and remove snow or ice from a driveway on property owned, occupied or controlled by him or her and pile the same in a public street, but only along, parallel with and as a part of the bank of snow formed by the city in its snow plowing operations. Such snow or ice shall be piled on the bank immediately in front of and adjacent to the property so owned or occupied and in no event shall the snow or ice so placed extend more than two feet, six inches farther into the roadway than the existing bank. Further, snow shall not be piled, blown, or otherwise placed upon any portion of the street or sidewalk within 25 feet of the later curb of any intersecting road, street, or alley. Snow shall also not be piled, blown, or otherwise placed upon any portion of the street or sidewalk right-of-way within 20 feet of any driveway intended to be used by the general public for access to any commercial establishment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this chapter, the city shall have and retain the right to limit or prohibit the placement of snow or ice in any street right-of-way if such limitation or prohibition is deemed reasonably necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
(F) Minimum street width to be maintained. No person shall take or remove, or cause to be taken or removed, any snow, ice, or other material from any public walk or from the banks of snow formed by the city in its snow plowing operations and pile, dump, or blow the same within the street right-of-way in such manner as to reduce the width between the banks of snow formed by the city in its snow plowing operations by more than two feet, six inches on either side.
(G) Removal of unlawfully deposited snow, ice and the like. Snow, ice, or other material moved, piled, or dumped in violation of this chapter may be removed or caused to be removed by the city, and the expense of such removal may be charged to the person found to be in violation of this chapter. Said charges may be collected as "costs" in connection with a civil infraction action and/or by civil process.
(Ord. passed 11-9-2023)