In an effort to assist citizens and keep public rights-of-way open and safe for travel, the city may undertake its own snow removal efforts and direct citizens, using clearly-marked signs conspicuously posted on public property, in order to better facilitate those efforts during snow removal season. Therefore, citizens should not interfere with these operations and are required to comply in this process.
(A) Interference with snow removal. Compliance with all posted signs is required. In the absence of such signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to park, abandon, or otherwise leave unattended any vehicle or trailer on any city right-of-way at any time or in any manner which will obstruct or hinder any city employee, city contractor, or state employee during snow removal operations, or which will leave any vehicle in such a position that it is subject to damage by snow removal operations. This provision shall not prohibit the stopping of vehicles for periods of time sufficient to load or discharge passengers from such vehicles. Owners of vehicles parked in violation of this section shall be subject to citation, towing, or both, and shall also be held liable for any damage to snow removal equipment which may occur due to contact with said vehicle. The city and the state shall not be liable for damage to any vehicles or property parked in violation of this section.
(B) Snow deposited on right-of-way prohibited. Snow may not be dumped, placed, or pushed into a city street or public right-of-way, except in limited circumstances, as described in § 93.067.
(C) Private property. Snow removed from private property may not be piled so as to block or cover any fire hydrant, snow pole, street sign, culvert inlets and outlets, or other drainage structures.
(D) Placement respective to street. Snow moved to a windrow in the street must not infringe on intersections of streets, alleys, or crosswalks. In addition, all ridges between the curb and windrow must be moved to the windrow.
(Ord. 2020-07, passed 2-10-2021) Penalty, see § 10.99