It is hereby found and declared to be in the best interest and
welfare of the general public to expedite the removal of snow, reduce
driving hazards and to ensure open roads for the movement of emergency
vehicles during snowstorms, flood, serious fire or other extreme public
emergency.
A.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall prepare and may, from time
to time, amend a list of Village streets which he designates as snow
routes, indicating the name of each said road. Such list and any amendments
thereto shall be filed with the Village Clerk who shall cause such
list or amendments thereto to be published once in the official newspaper.
Such snow routes shall take effect upon such publication and shall
continue until modified.
B.
The Superintendent of Public Works may declare a state of snow emergency
whenever, in his judgment, snow has created dangerous driving conditions
within the Village. During the existence of a snow emergency, no vehicle
shall be parked or abandoned upon the snow routes.
C.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall erect and maintain appropriate
signs at reasonable intervals along the designated snow routes to
provide notice that it is unlawful to park or abandon any vehicle
along a snow route during a snow emergency.
The Mayor may declare a state of emergency in cases of flood,
serious fire or other extreme public emergency whenever conditions
resulting therefrom create a dangerous driving condition within the
Village. During the existence of such emergency, no vehicle shall
be parked or abandoned upon that portion of the public highway or
highways affected by the conditions resulting from flood, serious
fire or other extreme public emergency.
Any vehicle parked or abandoned in violation of the provisions of this article shall be deemed a nuisance and a menace to the safe and proper regulation of traffic and may be removed and impounded as provided in Article VII of this chapter.