(a) Whenever snow falls in the Village and accumulates to a depth of two inches or more during any period of twenty-four hours or less, or when severe icing conditions occur, an emergency is declared to exist in that such snow or ice constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the moving of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital Village facilities. The emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Mayor that snow and ice removal operations have been completed, which announcement shall be established for announcing such emergency as set forth in subsection (b) hereof.
(b) Whenever such an emergency exists, the Mayor shall request the cooperation of the local press, radio and television to announce the emergency and the time that such emergency parking regulations shall be effective. Such announcement to the news media shall constitute notice to the public of the existence of the emergency. However, owners and operators of motor vehicles have the obligation to be aware of hazardous road conditions and to act in accordance with the provisions of this section without receipt of such notice.
(c) During snow emergency, the Mayor may prohibit the parking of any vehicle upon the streets of the Village and in the event of such prohibition, no person shall park, cause to be parked or permit to remain parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description upon Village streets provided that a vehicle may be stopped for a period not in excess of ten minutes for the loading or discharge of passengers provided that such stopping is not prohibited by other provisions of the Codified Ordinances.
(d) All provisions of the Traffic Code relating to parking fines or towing or impounding illegally parked vehicles apply to this section.
(e) For purposes of this section, the owner of a motor vehicle is presumed to be one who has parked, permitted to remain parked or abandoned any vehicle found to be on the streets in violation of this section.
(Ord. 10-1971. Passed 3-1-71.)