Parking prohibitions under certain weather conditions. Whenever there has been a prediction of two (2) inches or more ofsnow, an emergency will be declared and the snow route procedure will be enforced when the snow begins to fall.

 

Posting of signs. On each street designated as a snow emergency route, there shall be posted special blue and white signs with the wording: "EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTE — TOW AWAY ZONE".

 

Parking prohibited on snow emergency routes during snow emergencies. While the snow emergency is in effect, no person shall park, or allow to remain parked, any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route to which the emergency applies. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any other provisions of law.

 

Stalled vehicles on snow emergency routes. Whenever a vehicle become stalled for any reason, whether or not it is in violation of this section, 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 onto the first cross street which is not a snow emergency route. No person shall abandon or leave his/her vehicle in the roadway of a snow emergency route (regardless of whether he/she 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.