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351.17 SNOW EMERGENCY PARKING BAN.
   (a)   In order to facilitate the cleaning of streets and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic:
      (1)   Motor vehicles shall not be parked on the streets designated herein at such times as the United States Weather Bureau records indicate two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall; and
      (2)   Motor vehicles shall not be parked on other city streets when the Mayor, in his discretion, declares an emergency due to excessive snow and further designates other specific streets or areas bounded by certain streets.
   (b)   All cars parked during the period of time weather conditions prohibiting parking are declared under division (a) hereof, must be removed by the owners or operators within two hours of the dissemination of the information as provided in division (a)(1) or in the time as designated in the declaration of emergency as provided in division (a)(2) hereof. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of these prohibitions shall be subject to fines as provided herein and may be removed by authorized agents of the City at the order of the Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety or Mayor, and then shall subject the owner or operator to costs of towing and storage as provided herein.
   (c)   It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether weather conditions or the declared emergency requires the removal of their vehicles from the streets or areas designated in divisions (a)(1) or (2) hereof. In order to assist dissemination of this information, the streets designated in division (a)(1) hereof shall be marked with pole signs and the Mayor or Director of Public Safety shall through radio, newspaper or other available media disseminate information as to the existence of a declared emergency. The dissemination of this information, however shall not relieve persons from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of the weather conditions or declared emergency therein.
   (d)   Any vehicles removed by authorized agents of the City shall be removed to a motor vehicle pound as designated by the Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety or Mayor. Records of motor vehicles removed, and their locations shall be kept by the Police Division.
   (e)   Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) and not more than fifty dollars ($50.00), provided however, that a motor vehicle which has been removed to a motor vehicle pound may be recovered only upon the payment of the towing and storage charges Imposed thereon. No credit for the payment of towing and/or storage charges shall be given toward any fine imposed herein.
(Ord. 50-78. Passed 4-10-78.)
   (f)   The streets where parking is prohibited after two inches of snow has fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall are as follows:
      (1)   Retton Road, between Rosehill Road and Haft Drive;
      (2)   Rosehill Road, between Livingston and East Main Street, and between Rosedale and north Corporation limit (west side of street);
      (3)   Haft Drive;
      (4)   Carlyle Drive, between East Main Street and Goldsmith Drive;
      (5)   Goldsmith Drive, between Carlyle and Hanson Street;
      (6)   Bartlett Road, between Rosehill Road and Haft Drive;
      (7)   Hanson Street, between Goldsmith Drive and East Main Street;
      (8)   Brice Road, north of Main Street, between Rosedale and north Corporation limit;
      (9)   Baldwin Drive, between Livingston Avenue and Junior High School;
      (10)   Lancaster Avenue, north of East Main Street to Bryden Road;
      (11)   East Main Street, between Lancaster Avenue and Graham Road/Waggoner Road.
(Ord. 36-84. Passed 4-23-84.)
351.18 PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON LAWNS PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No automobile, motorcycle or other motor vehicle or trailer shall be parked or remain on any nonparking or nondriveway portion of the yard of any residential or multi-family zoned lot. All motorized vehicles and or trailers shall be parked/kept only on an improved hard surface such as concrete or asphalt. Such surfaces shall encompass the entire vehicle or trailer. All vehicles or trailers parked in parking areas or driveways shall bear the current registration or license plates as required by the Ohio Revised Code.
   (b)   This section shall not apply during times of emergency due to acts of nature; or during the time that a resident is in the process of moving in or out of the premises.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a traffic violation of the minor degree.
(Ord. 31-93. Passed 3-8-93; Ord. 90-06. Passed 12-18-06.)
351.19 PARKING AT ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.
   (a)   Definition. For the purposes of this section, "electrical vehicle charging stations" shall refer to all of the City of Reynoldsburg electrical vehicle charging stations located at public parking lots, which includes the Reynoldsburg Community Center YMCA parking lot.
   (b)   No vehicle shall be parked at an electric vehicle charging station as defined in subsection (a), above, unless it is utilizing the electric vehicle charging station.
   (c)   No vehicle shall be parked at an electric vehicle charging station as defined in subsection (a), above, even if utilizing the electric vehicle charging station, for a period of more than three (3) consecutive hours.
   (d)   Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one (1) year of the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; and on each subsequent offense within one (1) year of the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 60-2020. Passed 9-14-20.)
351.99 PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for misdemeanor classifications and penalties.)