For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
Includes any person having the guidance or control over any
vehicle.
Includes automobiles, semi-trailer units, motorcycles and
bicycles.
If, as a result of severe weather, the accumulation of snow
and ice on the public ways of the City causes or results in the parking
of vehicles in a position or manner that may impede or prevent the
passage of emergency service vehicles, or Police Department vehicles,
so as to interfere with the protection of the property, health and
lives of people, a state of emergency shall exist, and the Mayor,
by a declaration advertised in a daily newspaper published in the
City or by a public declaration issued to all local radio and television
stations, shall make known that the aforesaid conditions exist, and
shall declare that a state of emergency exists.
A.
Upon such declaration of a state of emergency, the Chief of Police
shall issue temporary emergency regulations preventing and prohibiting,
during the emergency, the parking or driving of any vehicle on the
whole or any part of any or all public ways or, in the alternative,
the parking of any vehicle on that side of all public ways where any
building is designated with an odd number.
B.
The Chief of Police shall advertise such temporary emergency regulations
in a daily newspaper published in the City.
C.
When the conditions creating the emergency no longer exist, the Chief
of Police shall publish a notice terminating such temporary emergency
regulations in a daily newspaper published in the City.
D.
Any fines received for violation of this section shall apply to all
vehicles, whether towed or not.
[Added 12-18-2017]
E.
This section will go into effect immediately upon Mayoral approval.
[Added 12-18-2017]
Upon the declaration of such an emergency, no owner or driver
of a vehicle shall cause, permit, allow or suffer any vehicle owned
by or driven by him to be parked or driven contrary to the regulations
of the Chief of Police.
