(a) In order to facilitate the cleaning of municipal parking lots and to expedite the free flow of vehicular traffic, motor vehicles shall not be parked on municipal parking lots 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 that weather conditions prohibit parking must be removed by the owners or operators thereof. 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 thereof to the penalties provided in this traffic code as well as to any impounding fees and storage costs.
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether or not weather conditions require the removal of their motor vehicles from the parking lots 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 parking lots 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 provision 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 municipal parking lots which have not been removed by the owners or operators thereof. The vehicles shall be removed as provided in § 404.07.
(d) In addition to the penalties provided in this traffic code, when a motor vehicle is towed to a motor vehicle pound, the motor vehicle may be removed only upon the 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 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.
(Ord. 7-76, passed 4-5-1976; Ord. 6-2008, passed 4-7-2008)