(a) No person shall park, cause or permit to be parked, permit to remain parked or abandon or leave unattended any vehicle of any kind or description during a snow emergency on streets posted with "No Parking-Snow Emergency" signs.
(b) The City Manager shall cause permanent "No Parking-Snow Emergency" signs to be placed upon the following streets: Myrtle Avenue, Spring Street, Keefer Street, Motson Street, and Howard Street. The City Manager also may cause such signage to be placed on one side of any other streets within the City, if he or she determines the signage necessary to facilitate clearing those streets of snow. He or she shall also cause these and other remaining streets and alleys to be cleared as provided in division (c) of this section.
(c) Whenever, during any period of 24 hours or less, snow falls in the City in a section or sections thereof to a depth of three inches or more, the City Manager is authorized to declare an emergency to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the City. If an emergency is declared, the City Manager shall issue a proclamation, in writing, directed to the Clerk of Council and the Chief of Police, declaring the existence of the snow emergency. The notice may be published by radio stations, television, newspapers, a public address system and by posting of signs or by a combination of these methods.
(d) During the effective period of the proclamation, the City Manager shall use Police Division personnel and street maintenance personnel in such numbers as he or she deems necessary to cause the removal of vehicles standing or parked in areas where such standing or parking is prohibited during a snow emergency, pursuant to Section 404.06.
(e) Whenever the City Manager determines that the accumulation of snow or ice has been removed from the designated areas, and that there is no immediate threat of any additional accumulation, the City Manager shall declare that the snow emergency is no longer in effect. Notice of the end of the snow emergency shall be published in the same manner as the publication of the snow emergency in division (c) of this section.
(Ord. 2343. Passed 11-4-74; Ord. 5144. Passed 5-2-05; Ord. 5533-13. Passed 11-18-13.)