(a) It is hereby declared to be necessary and in the best interest of the City to regulate and restrict the parking of vehicles on public streets during snow emergencies.
(b) A snow emergency is hereby declared for a period of time when snow in the amount of two inches or more has fallen on, or is falling on, the City, or whenever such emergency is declared to exist by the Service Director.
(c) A snow emergency shall continue in effect until the Service Director determines that an emergency no longer exists and accordingly terminates such an emergency.
(d) No owner, driver or operator of any vehicle shall park or stop the same, or permit the same to be parked or to stand, at any time during the periods of any snow emergency on any of the streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or highways in the City.
(e) Any police officer, upon discovering any such vehicle parked or stopped in violation of this section, may remove such vehicle, or cause the same to be removed, to any City owned property, or to a private garage or place authorized to hold and store such automobiles.
(f) A reasonable towing charge may be assessed against the owner, driver or operator of any vehicle removed pursuant to this section.
(g) Signs shall be posted on all roads leading into the City bearing a legend indicating that all streets in the City are snow emergency streets.
(h) Any person charged with a violation of this section may pay the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) as a fine which fine shall be the minimum fine for such violation. Said twenty- five dollars ($25.00) may be paid provided said fine is paid within forty-eight hours from the time the violation was issued. In the event said fine is not paid within said forty-eight hour period from the time the violation was issued, then the fine shall be no less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) but may be any amount in excess of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) that may be assessed pursuant to the provisions of Section 351.99(a).
(Ord. 21-00. Passed 3-28-00.)