Parking Restrictions During Snow

PARKING RESTRICTIONS DURING SNOW

10.16.040. - Parking restrictions during snowstorm.

When there is an accumulation of two inches or more of snow, the parking restriction provided in this section shall be in effect. No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle on any portion of a snow route, or leave, abandon, or permit to remain stalled any vehicle, which is stalled on any portion of a snow route. Such person shall take immediate action to cause the vehicle to be moved to a lawful parking place off the streets within the town, or to some other place where the vehicle may be parked lawfully.

Parked vehicles shall be removed from all streets within the town, including those which are not designated snow routes. Failure to remove parked vehicles from any non-designated snow route will result in the inability of snow removal from any such streets.

It shall be an affirmative defense in any prosecution for a violation of subsection (b) of this section that the owner or operator of a stalled vehicle was at the time of the issuance of the citation attempting to secure assistance to move the stalled vehicle. The availability of such affirmative defense shall not affect the validity of any action taken pursuant to section 10.16.050(b) or the imposition of responsibility for any costs incurred pursuant to section 10.16.050(c).

Vehicles left on dead end streets during a snowstorm shall be cause for said streets not to have town snow removal.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit parking, stopping, or standing in violation of any other regulation concerning the parking, stopping, or standing of vehicles.

(Code 1973, § 10.10.040; Ord. No. 2-1989, § 4, 1989)