For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of Public Works or, in the Commissioner's
absence, a duly designated and acting representative.
ROADWAY
That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
STREET or HIGHWAY
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for the purposes of vehicular travel.
For the purpose of facilitating the plowing or removal of snow,
the Chief of Police may in his/her discretion place properly marked
signs along any street or portion thereof as he/she shall from time
to time deem necessary. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to enter upon, stop or park within the spaces indicated by
such signs. In addition, the Chief of Police may, in his/her discretion,
alter the flow or direction of traffic along any street or portion
thereof as he/she shall, from time to time, deem necessary.
Any provision of this article which becomes effective by the
declaration of the Mayor or 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.
Whenever there are areas in the City available for the purposes
of operators or owners who have no driveways or garages to park their
vehicles during any prohibition against parking as outlined in this
article, the Commissioner shall announce publicly as provided in this
article where vehicles may be brought and parked during the prohibition.
Whenever the Mayor shall find that some or all of the conditions
which gave rise to a parking prohibition in effect pursuant to this
article no longer exist, he/she may declare the prohibition terminated
in whole or in part in a manner prescribed by this article effective
immediately upon announcement.
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or
not in violation of this article, on any part of a street or highway
on which there is a covering of snow, sleet or ice or on which there
is a parking prohibition in effect, the person operating the vehicle
shall take immediate action to have the vehicle towed or pushed off
the roadway to his/her own driveway, to a public place so provided
for or to a nearby private garage. No person shall abandon or leave
his/her vehicle in the roadway on which a prohibition is in effect,
except for the purpose of securing assistance during the actual time
necessary to go to a telephone, garage, gasoline station or other
place of assistance and return without delay.
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 thereof shall constitute prima facie evidence that
the defendant was the person who parked or left the vehicle in violation
of this article.
Any person in violation of the provisions of this article shall be subject to such penalties and fines as provided in §
405-22 of this chapter.