(a) Whenever snow accumulation of two inches or more exists on any street or highway within the Village or is predicted to accumulate to such level by the National Weather Service, a snow emergency is declared to exist. In addition, the Mayor, Street Commissioner, or Police Chief may declare a snow emergency to exist whenever any such official concludes that road conditions, due to snow or ice, are so adverse as to constitute a potential public hazard impairing normal transportation.
(b) Whenever a snow emergency as defined in subsection (a) hereof exists, the Street Commissioner shall request the cooperation of local media to announce the snow emergency and the existence of snow emergency parking regulations as provided for in subsection (c) herein. The failure of the media to announce the existence of the snow emergency shall not be grounds for avoidance of compliance with the parking regulations as provided herein.
(c) No person shall park or cause to be parked or permit or suffer to remain parked any vehicle upon any Village street during any time or period when a snow emergency is declared to be in effect under subsection (a) hereof; provided, however, that vehicles may be parked for a period not longer than three minutes for actual loading or unloading of passengers, or thirty minutes for actual loading or unloading of property; provided, further, that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(d) The Street Commissioner, Police Chief or any member of the police department are hereby authorized to provide for the removal of any vehicle parked on any of the streets or roads enumerated in subsection (c) hereof during a period of snow emergency to a garage or other place as any of such persons deems proper. Any costs incurred in such removal and storage shall be paid by the owner of the vehicle and such costs shall be in addition to any fines or penalties which may be imposed on the owner or operator of such vehicle.
(Ord. 1999-9. Passed 2-8-99.)
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.