The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article:
ROADWAY
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
STREET OR HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or
not in violation of this article, on any part of a snow emergency
route on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which
there is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating such
vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed
off the roadway of such snow emergency route. No person shall abandon
or leave his vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route (regardless
of whether he indicated, by raising the hood or otherwise, that the
vehicle is stalled), except for the purpose of securing assistance
during the actual time necessary to go to a nearby telephone or to
a nearby garage, gasoline station or other place of assistance and
return without delay.
[Amended 1-23-1995 by Ord. No. 2-95]
Whenever the City Manager shall find that some or all of the
conditions which give rise to a parking prohibition in effect, pursuant
to this article, no longer exists, he may declare the prohibition
terminated in whole or in part in a manner prescribed by this article,
effective immediately upon announcement.
Any provision of this article which becomes effective by declaration
of the City Manager or upon the occurrence of certain weather conditions
shall, while temporarily in effect, take precedence over other conflicting
provisions of law normally in effect, except that it shall not take
precedence over provisions of law relating to traffic accidents, emergency
travel of authorized emergency vehicles or emergency traffic directions
by a police officer.
On each street designated by this Article as a snow emergency
route, the City Manager shall post special signs at intervals not
exceeding 90 feet with the wording "Snow Emergency Route, No Parking
During Emergency, Tow-Away Zone." These signs shall be distinctive
and uniform in appearance and shall be plainly readable to persons
traveling on the street or highway.
[Amended 11-26-2012 by Ord. No. 9-2012]
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked or left in violation of any provision of this article and is not removed and impounded as provided for in this article, the officer finding such vehicle shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a notice of violation for the driver to answer to the charge against him in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
70, Parking Violations Bureau, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Newburgh.
The streets or portions of streets within the City set forth in Schedule XXX (§
288-88), attached to and made a part of this chapter, are hereby designated as snow emergency routes.