[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Monroe 6-14-1982 by Ord. No. 81-020; amended in its entirety 12-5-2005 by Ord. No.
05-013. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Traffic rules and regulations in home rule cities — See
MCLA § 117.4h.
Traffic rules and regulations generally — See
MCLA §§ 257.601 et seq., 257.634 et seq.
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
An expected snowfall of four inches or more as reported by
the National Weather Service.
The City Manager or his or her duly designated and acting
representative.
Those streets designated by the City of Monroe's Traffic
Engineer and marked as such.
A.
Whenever the Coordinator determines, on the basis
of a forecast of the National Weather Service, that four or more inches
of snow is expected to fall upon the City of Monroe, the Coordinator
shall cause to be put into effect a snow emergency parking prohibition
on snow emergency routes (streets) by declaring it in a manner prescribed
in this chapter.
B.
Once in effect, a prohibition on parking under this
chapter shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of
the Coordinator in accordance with this chapter, except that any street
area which has become clear of snow from curb to curb for the length
thereof lying between two successive street intersections shall be
automatically excluded from such prohibition.
C.
While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall
park, or allow to be parked, any vehicle on any portion of a snow
emergency route to which it applies.
D.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit
parking at any time or place where it is prohibited by any other provision
of law.
Whenever a vehicle becomes disabled for any
reason on any snow emergency route which is covered by snow, the person
operating such vehicle shall take immediate action to have the vehicle
towed or pushed off such snow emergency route.
A.
The Coordinator shall cause each snow emergency declaration
made by him or her pursuant to this chapter to be publicly announced
by means of telecasts on the City of Monroe's cable network as well
as announcements on local radio stations. A snow emergency telephone
hotline will be activated that instructs citizens to tune to the City
of Monroe's cable network for snow emergency updates. The declaration
will also be publicized by press releases sent to the newspapers and
television stations in the surrounding area. Each announcement shall
describe the action taken by the Coordinator, including the time it
became or will become effective.
B.
The Coordinator shall make or cause to be made a record
of each time and date when any declaration is announced to the public
in accordance with this chapter.
Whenever the Coordinator shall find that some
or all of the conditions which give rise to a parking prohibition
in effect pursuant to this chapter no longer exist, he or she may
declare the prohibition terminated.
Any provision of this chapter, while temporarily
in effect, shall 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 vehicles, or emergency traffic directions by a police
officer.
A.
On each street designated as a snow emergency route,
the Traffic Engineer shall cause signs to be erected plainly marking
such routes and sufficient in number to apprise the ordinarily observant
person that such street or highway is a snow emergency route.
B.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit
parking at any time or place where it is prohibited by any other provision
of law.
A.
In any proceeding for a violation of this chapter or Chapter 680, Vehicles and Traffic, relating to the standing or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the citation or complaint was parked in violation of any law or regulation, together with proof that the defendant named in the citation or complaint was at the time of such parking the registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute in evidence a presumption that the registered owner of such vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where and for the time during which such violation occurred.
B.
In any proceeding for a violation as stated in Subsection A above, the person in whose name that vehicle is registered at the time of the violation is prima facie responsible for that violation. The registered owner of such vehicle may assert as an affirmative defense that the vehicle in question, at the time of the violation, was in the possession of a person whom the owner had not knowingly permitted to operate the vehicle.
Any vehicle parked on any snow emergency route
in violation of any provision of this chapter shall be impounded.
No person shall recover any vehicle removed pursuant to this section
without first paying the cost of removal and the cost of storage.
Any payment required by this section shall not be construed as a penalty
such as to preclude a prosecution for a violation of any of the provisions
of this chapter.
The following streets are hereby designated
as snow emergency routes:
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Name of Street
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Limits
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Conant Street
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From the north curb of Wood Street to the south
curb of East First Street
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East Second Street
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From the east curb of South Monroe Street to
the west curb of Scott Street
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Elm Avenue
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From the east curbline on North Dixie Highway
to the west curbline of Detroit Avenue
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First Street
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From the east curbline of Harrison Street to
the eastern terminus
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Front Street
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From the east curbline of South Telegraph Road
to the west curbline of Winchester Street
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LaPlaisance Road
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From East Sixth Street to the south City limits
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Kentucky Avenue
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From the south curb of East Third Street to
the north bank of Plum Creek
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Macomb Street
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From the south City limits to the north curbline
of East Fifth Street
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Monroe Street
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From the south City limits to the north City
limits
|
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Riverview Avenue
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From the north curbline of East Elm Avenue to
the south curbline of Cole Road
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Scott Street
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From the south curbline of East Front Street
to the north curbline of East Sixth Street
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South Roessler Street
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From the north curb of West Fifth Street to
the south curb of East Front Street
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Third Street
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From the east curbline of Union Street to the
west curbline of Conant Avenue
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Union Street
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From the south curb of West Fifth Street to
the north curb of West Eighth Street
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Washington Street
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From the north curbline of Jones Avenue to the
south curbline of East Front Street
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Winchester Street
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From the north curb of East Third Street to
the south curb of North Dixie Highway
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West Eighth Street
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From the east curb of South Roessler Street
to the west curb of South Monroe Street
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West Seventh Street
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From the west curb of South Monroe Street to
the east curb of Union Street
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West Fifth Street
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From the west curb of Union Street to the east
curb of South Roessler Street
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A.
In addition to the declared snow emergency routes,
as referred in this chapter, when four inches or more of snow falls
in the City, the Coordinator or his or her designate shall declare
a snow emergency for the following streets in the downtown area: First
Street between Macomb and Harrison Streets; on Front Street between
Macomb and Harrison Streets; and Washington Street between First and
Front Streets.
B.
Parking shall be prohibited, after such announcements
on the above streets, from 2:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m., until the declaration
is terminated by announcement of the Coordinator in accordance with
this chapter, except that any street area which has become clear of
snow from curb to curb for the length thereof lying between two successive
street intersections shall be automatically excluded from such prohibition.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this
chapter is responsible for a civil infraction and shall be subject
to a civil fine of not more than $100 for each offense.
