1. No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley or parking areas in the public right-of-way and immediately adjacent to the traveled portion of a street during any snow emergency parking ban unless the snow has been removed or plowed from the street, alley or parking areas in the public right-of-way and immediately adjacent to the traveled portion of a street and the snow has ceased to fall. A snow emergency parking ban shall begin when the National Weather Service predicts that two (2) or more inches of snow or ice will fall in the Osceola area or two (2) or more inches of snow or ice has fallen in the Osceola area, and shall continue through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the forty-eight-hour period after cessation of the storm, except as above provided upon streets which have been fully opened.
2. Such a ban shall be of uniform application, and the Police Chief is directed to widely publicize the requirements, using all available news media, in early November of each year. The emergency shall be extended or shortened when conditions warrant upon proclamation by the Street Superintendent or Police Chief.