(a) Whenever the Mayor, or in his absence the Director of Public Safety, or in the absence of the Director of Public Safety, the Director of Service shall declare an emergency to exist, by reason of heavy accumulation of snow or other cause, parking of any vehicles, except for immediate loading or unloading of passengers, shall be prohibited during the duration of such emergency on all streets within the confines of the city.
(b) Such ban shall commence one hour after the first announcement by radio or television stations that such emergency has been declared.
(c) Upon the declaration of an emergency by reason of heavy accumulation of snow, as hereinbefore provided, the prohibition of parking of any vehicles shall be extended to include all Municipally-owned parking lots between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. If the snow ban emergency is removed as to its application to City streets, but, the Municipally owned parking lots have not been cleared, then, in such event, the prohibition of parking in the Municipally-owned lots shall continue daily between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. until such lots have been cleared and the parking ban removed by the City.
(d) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street or highway, or in any of the Municipally-owned parking lots in violation of the foregoing provisions, he may order removal of such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to remove the same.
(Ord. 30-12. Passed 9-24-12.)