351.19 SNOW EMERGENCY.

   (a)   The Safety/Service Director or his designated representative shall have the authority to declare a snow or ice emergency when snow, sleet, freezing rain, or other weather conditions may cause serious congestion, hazards or extreme difficulty in properly maintaining the streets within the City. The Safety/Service Director shall declare termination of such snow or ice emergency as soon as conditions permit.

   (b)   The Safety/Service Director shall request the cooperation of the local media to announce the emergency, specifying the time when special parking prohibitions shall be effective. Termination of the emergency shall be promulgated in the same manner.

   (c)   Whenever a snow emergency has been declared by the Safety/Service Director, no person shall park a vehicle or place any obstruction upon any public street or within the public right of way within the City. Any vehicle or other obstruction parked, stalled, left unattended or incapable of moving under its own power may be removed or towed away to another location by the Police Department or any official authorized by the Safety/Service Director. Any towing and storage expenses shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle or obstruction.

   (d)   Signs shall be posted at conspicuous locations in the City informing the motoring public of the special snow and ice emergency parking prohibitions.

   (e)   No person removing snow from any driveway, sidewalk, public or private parking lot, or private premises within the City shall deposit the same on the street, pavement or sidewalk of any public street, or any tree lawn on any public street except the tree lawn on the premises from which the snow is removed.

   (f)   Whoever violates subsection (c) or (e) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(Ord. 2010-5. Passed 2-23-10.)