§ 30-231. Declaration of snow emergency.

(a)

The mayor or the city administrator, in consultation with the chief of police and the chief of fire, shall have the authority to declare a snow emergency for the city.

(b)

Whenever the mayor or the city administrator determines on the basis of falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain, or on the basis of a forecast by the United States weather bureau, or other weather service, and after consulting as indicated above, that weather conditions will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking on city streets be prohibited or restricted to snow plowing and other purposes, the mayor or city administrator shall put into effect a parking prohibition on parts of or all city streets by declaring it in a manner prescribed in this section.

(c)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any street on which there has been an accumulation of snow and ice of four inches or more for any one hour or more.

(Ord. No. 333, § 19.18, 12-8-2008)