Whenever the County Sheriff, the County Highway Department Superintendent and the County Emergency Management Director, or their respective designees jointly find, on the basis of existing conditions of ice, freezing rain, sleet, snow, blowing and drifting snow, high water or damage debris on roadways or other hazardous conditions which may present hazardous situations to the normal operation of motor vehicles on the roadways and that motor vehicle operators need to be aware of these conditions to maintain the safe operation of their motor vehicles, then the Sheriff, Superintendent, or EMA Director, or their respective designees, on consultation and agreement between the officials, may cause to be issued a travel advisory for parts of or all roadways as determined necessary. Travel advisories may be issued for hazardous conditions which do not warrant an immediate emergency declaration by the Commissioners.
(A) The Sheriff, Superintendent or EMA Director shall cause each advisory issued by the respective official pursuant to this chapter to be publicly announced by means of broadcasts from radio stations located within and with a normal operating range covering the county. They may cause the advisory to be further announced in newspapers or of general circulation when feasible. Each advisory shall be describe the situation threatening motor vehicle operation on roadways, the time the advisory will be effective and shall specify the roadways or area affected.
(B) Whenever the Sheriff, Superintendent or EMA Director or their designees find jointly that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to a travel advisory being issued no longer exists, they may terminate the advisory, in whole or in part. The termination shall be announced in the same manner required to issue the original advisory and shall become effective upon announcement.
(C) No unusual restriction or prohibition on the parking of motor vehicles or on the operation of motor vehicles upon roadways shall be imposed or implied under a travel advisory. The travel advisory is not regulatory in nature.
(D) A travel watch or travel warning declared by the Commissioners pursuant to this chapter will supersede a travel advisory issued for the same causative event and same roadways or area.
(Ord. 2011-24-CM, passed 10-17-11)