(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the Village to a depth of two inches or more, an emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the Village. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Administrator that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the manner outlined in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the Administrator shall request the cooperation of the local press to announce the existence of the emergency and the time that emergency parking regulations will become effective. However, the owners and operators of motor vehicles shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with the emergency parking regulation.
(c) During the period of emergency, the Administrator may prohibit the parking of vehicles upon any or all of the Village streets. During the emergency, no person shall park, cause to be parked, permit to be parked, permit to remain parked or abandoned, or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description upon such specified streets. However, vehicle may be parked for not longer than fifteen minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, provided that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(d) Signs shall be posted where parking is banned during a snow emergency.
(e) Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section may be removed in accordance with this Traffic Code.
(f) The following routes are hereby declared to be snow emergency routes within the Village limits:
(1) N. Chillicothe Street;
(2) S. Chillicothe Street;
(3) E. Main Street;
(4) W. Main Street;
(5) Lantern Lane;
(6) North Avenue from Noteman to Main Street;
(7) West Avenue;
(8) Noteman Road; and
(9) Jefferson Avenue.
During a snow emergency, parking is prohibited along both sides of such routes.
(g) The Village Administrator is hereby authorized to place traffic control devices along the routes set forth in subsection (f) hereof in order to inform residents, occupants and visitors in the Village of said snow emergency route designations.
(h) Penalty. The owner or operator of a motor vehicle found in violation of the prohibitions of this section shall be deemed to have committed a parking infraction, and shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and shall be responsible for all towing and storage costs for such vehicle towed during the snow emergency.
(Ord. 05-2022. Passed 3-14-22.)