(a) Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or in a section thereof to a depth of two inches or more, a snow emergency is declared 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. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Director of Public Safety that snowplowing operations have been completed.
(b) Whenever a snow emergency, as defined in subsection (a) hereof, exists, the Director shall request the cooperation of the press and radio and television stations to announce the snow emergency and the existence of snow emergency parking regulations as provided for in subsection (c) hereof.
(Ord. 87-18. Passed 3-17-87.)
(c) No person shall park or cause to be parked or permit or suffer to remain parked any vehicle upon any City street during any time or period when a snow emergency is declared by the Director of Public Safety to be in effect; 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.
(Ord. 73-39. Passed 6-6-73. )
(d) The Director shall place snow emergency signs at each City boundary line intersected by a major arterial highway and at each intersection of two or more major arterial highways in the City.
(Ord. 86-18. Passed 4-15-86.)
(e) The Director of Public Safety, Police Chief, Acting Police Chief and any member of the Division of Police 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. 66-50. Passed 10-19-66.)