[Adopted 2-23-2009 by L.L. No. 2-2009]
It is hereby declared and found vital to the public welfare
and safety of the residents of the Town and the general public that
this article be enacted to regulate and control traffic, to prevent
traffic congestion, to expedite the orderly flow of traffic and emergency
vehicles and to facilitate removal of snow from Town streets and highways
during periods of snow emergency.
A snow emergency shall exist whenever there shall be an accumulation
of snow exceeding three inches in depth as measured at the official
snow gauge to be provided and maintained by the Superintendent of
Highways at such location within the Town as he, in his discretion,
may determine.
The presence on any street or highway within the Town of an
accumulation of snow to a depth exceeding three inches shall be deemed
notice to all operators of motor vehicles stopping, standing or parking
such vehicles on such street or highway that the snow emergency parking
regulations set forth in this article are in effect at such time and
place, and it shall be presumed that such motor vehicle operators
have actual notice of the existence of a snow emergency by reason
of such snow accumulation.
A snow emergency shall remain in effect for a period of 48 hours
after it commences unless sooner declared terminated by the Supervisor,
his/her designee, the Superintendent of Highways or the Chief of Police.
The Superintendent of Highways shall cause to be posted, erected
and maintained during the months of November, December, January, February,
March and April of each year appropriate signs at street locations
clearly visible to all vehicles entering the Town by all major streets,
at or near the Town boundary, to provide notice of the parking, stopping
and standing regulations that shall be in effect during snow emergencies
as defined in this article. The type, number and location of such
signs shall be determined by the Town.
During a snow emergency as defined in § 150-14 of
this article, the following parking, stopping and standing regulations
shall apply:
A.
No person shall park a vehicle or permit the same to stand on any
Town street or highway during any part of the snow emergency.
B.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for a person
to leave a vehicle parked or abandoned or left unattended where same
constitutes an obstruction to the movement of traffic or at any place
where stopping, standing or parking is prohibited in the Town.
The Superintendent of Highways is hereby empowered and authorized
to designate certain streets and highways with the Town as snow emergency
routes and to cause to be erected and maintained thereon appropriate
signs at reasonable intervals along such snow emergency routes to
provide notice that parking, stopping and standing or abandonment
of vehicles along such snow emergency routes during a snow emergency
is prohibited, and it shall be unlawful for any person to park, stop,
stand or abandon a vehicle on a street so designated and assigned
as a snow emergency route during a snow emergency as herein defined.
The Town shall have the power to remove and store any vehicles
that are parked, stopped, standing or abandoned on any street or highway
within the Town in violation of this article. All removal and storage
fees shall be the responsibility of the owner of said vehicle. Any
person violating this article shall be guilty of a traffic infraction,
and every person convicted of a violation thereof shall be liable
to be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment, or
both.
