(a) In order to facilitate the cleaning of Village streets and to expedite the free flow of traffic, motor vehicles shall not be parked on Village streets at such times as the police officer on duty determines that two inches of snow have fallen at Village Hall and there is a prospect of further snowfall. All motor vehicles parked prior to the time weather conditions prohibit parking must be removed by the owners or operators. Any motor vehicles parked in violation of this prohibition shall be removed at the order of the Chief of Police and shall subject the owner or operator to the fines provided herein.
(b) It is the responsibility of the owners or operators of motor vehicles to ascertain whether conditions require the removal of their motor vehicles from the Village streets, and to remove all motor vehicles parked in violation of this section.
(c) When the police officer on duty determines that two inches of snow have fallen at Village Hall and that there is a prospect of further snowfall, the Chief of Police shall order the removal of all vehicles parked on Village streets that have not been removed by the owners or operators. Such vehicles shall be removed to a motor vehicle impound location as designated by the Traffic Code. Records shall be kept by the Police Department of all vehicles removed.
(d) Whoever violates this section is subject to the penalties provided by law for prohibited parking. In addition, once a motor vehicle has been towed to a motor vehicle impound location, the motor vehicle can be recovered only upon the payment of the towing and storage charges, and by following the procedures set forth in Section 303.08(b).
(e) The Police Department shall use all available means to disseminate information as to the existence of weather conditions requiring removal of parked motor vehicles from the Village streets, including radio, newspapers and other available media to the extent feasible. The dissemination of this information does 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 Village streets.
(f) This section applies to parking on all Village streets.
(g) 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.
(Ord. 16-003. Passed 3-21-16.)