(a) In order to facilitate the cleaning of certain streets and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic, motor vehicles shall not be parked on the streets designated herein at such times as the records of the National Weather Service indicate that two inches of snow have fallen and there is a prospect of a further snowfall. All motor vehicles parked prior to the time weather conditions prohibit parking must be removed by the owners or operators. Any motor vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be removed by order of the Director of Public Safety and Service or designee and shall subject the owner or operator to penalties provided in this traffic code as well as any impounding fees and storage costs.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether weather conditions require the removal of their motor vehicles from the streets designated and to remove all motor vehicles parked in violation of the provisions of this section or any other ordinances of the city. While the city will make every effort to inform the public of the existence of weather conditions requiring the removal of parked motor vehicles from the streets designated herein, the owners and operators of motor vehicles parked in these areas shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to remove parked motor vehicles if the weather conditions are such as to require their removal under the terms of this section.
(c) After the records of the National Weather Service indicate that two inches of snow have fallen and there is a prospect of further snowfall, the Director of Public Safety and Service or designee shall order the removal of all vehicles parked on the streets designated herein which have not been removed by the owners or operators thereof. The vehicles shall be removed as provided in § 404.07.
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section, with respect to failure to removed parked motor vehicles when the weather conditions described in this section require their removal, shall be deemed to be illegally parked and shall be subject to the penalties provided in this traffic code. In addition, when a motor vehicle is towed to a motor vehicle pound, the motor vehicle may be recovered only upon payment of the towing and storage charges imposed.
(e) The Police Department shall use all available means of disseminating information as to the existence of weather conditions requiring removal of parked motor vehicles from the areas designated. The notice shall be disseminated through the radio, newspaper, television and all other available media to the extent feasible. The dissemination of this information however, shall not relieve owners or operators of motor vehicles from the responsibility of ascertaining the existence of weather conditions requiring the removal of parked motor vehicles from the areas designated.
(f) The streets where parking is prohibited after two inches of snow have fallen, and when there is a prospect of further snowfall, are the streets within the business district, as defined in § 402.01, including the whole of any street wherein the boundary of the business district is the centerline of the street.
(Ord. 26-71, passed 10-18-1971; Ord. 6-2008, passed 4-7-2008)