The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this article:
The Director of Public Works, or, in his absence, his duly
designated and acting representative.
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Those streets marked as such in accordance with the provisions
of this article.[1]
[Amended 1-16-1984 by FMC-193]
A.
Upon the accumulation of two inches or more of snow and/or ice on
any part of any snow emergency route, parking along said route shall
immediately be prohibited.
B.
Once in effect, a prohibition under this section shall remain in
effect until the roadway has become substantially clear of snow and
ice from curb to curb for the length of the entire block. While the
prohibition is in effect, no person shall park or allow to remain
parked any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route to which
it applies.
C.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit parking at any
time or place where it is forbidden by any other provision of law.
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, either into the first
cross street which is not a snow emergency route, or onto the public
space portion of a nearby driveway. No person shall abandon or leave
his vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route (regardless of
whether he indicates, 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.
Any provision of this article which becomes effective 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 Director shall post special signs at reasonable intervals
with the wording: "Snow Emergency Route. No Parking Between 7:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m. When Two or More Inches of Snow. 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.
A.
Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove
or have removed a vehicle from a street to a place of safety (including
another place on a street), or otherwise maintained by this Village,
when:
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783]
(1)
The vehicle is parked on a part of a snow emergency route on
which a parking prohibition is in effect.
(2)
The vehicle is stalled on a 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 and the person who was operating
such vehicle does not appear to be removing it in accordance with
the provisions of this article.
(3)
The vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance
or provision of law and is interfering or about to interfere with
snow removal operations.
B.
Whenever an officer removes or has removed a vehicle from a street
as authorized in this section, and the officer knows or is able to
ascertain from the license on or the registration records in the vehicle
the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately
give or cause to be given notice, in writing, to such owner of the
fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and of the place to
which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle
is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given
to the proprietor of such garage.
C.
Whenever an officer removes or has removed a vehicle from a street
under this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain
the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the
notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the
vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three days,
then and in that event the officer shall immediately send or cause
to be sent a written report of such removal by mail to the Secretary
of State, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor
of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice
shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time
and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal, and name
of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.
D.
No person shall recover any vehicle removed in accordance with this
section except as provided herein. Before the owner or person in charge
of such vehicle shall be allowed to recover it from the place where
it has been placed or impounded, he shall present to a member of the
Police Department evidence of his identity and right to possession
of the vehicle, shall sign a receipt for its return, shall pay the
cost of removal, and shall pay any cost of storage accrued. Until
paid, these charges constitute a lien on the vehicle which may be
enforced in the same manner as a garageman's lien in accordance with
the provisions of the laws of the State of Illinois.
E.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department to keep a record of
each vehicle removed in accordance with this section. The record shall
include a description of the vehicle, its license number, the date
and time of its removal, where it was removed from, its location,
the name and address of its owner and last operator, if known, its
final disposition, and the parking violation involved.
F.
This section shall be supplemental to any other provisions of law
granting members of the Police Department authority to remove vehicles.
In any prosecution with regard to a vehicle parked or left in
a place or in a condition in violation of any provision of this article,
proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked
or left in violation of a provision of this article, together with
proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time the
registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence
that the defendant was the person who parked or left the vehicle in
violation of this article.
The following streets or portions of street within the Village
are hereby designated as snow emergency routes:
|
Name of Street
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Central Drive
|
Between Sterling Avenue and Leavitt Avenue
|
|
Flossmoor Road
|
Between Governor's Highway and Dixie Highway
|
|
Hawthorne Lane
|
Between Sterling Avenue and Leavitt Avenue
|
|
Leavitt Avenue
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-1783] |
Between Park Drive and Hawthorne Lane
|
|
Park Drive
|
Between Central Drive and the island at Argyle Avenue
|
|
Sterling Avenue
|
Between Maryland Avenue and Heather Road
|
