HomeMy Public PortalAbout1978_03_22_O007ORDINANCE NO.
78-0-7
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTEDFebruarv 8, 1978
ADOPTED March 22, 1978
AN ORDINANCE:
AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE TOWN CODE BY ADDING A
NEW ARTICLE REGARDING SNOW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
WHEREAS, Section 46.1-180.2 of the Code of Virginia, grants
towns authority to regulate the operation of vehicles on streets
and highways in the event of snow, sleet, freezing rain, ice and
other severe weather conditions.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, Virginia,
as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 16 of the Town Code is hereby amended by
adding a new Article, which said Article reads as follows:
ARTICLE III.
PROCEDURES IN EFFECT DURING
SNOW EMERGENCIES
Sec. 16-34. Snow Emergency Defined
A snow emergency shall be declared by the town manager
when snow begins to accumulate or ice begins to form on
streets creating hazardous driving conditions, or when the
National Weather Bureau has registered a minimum snowfall
of two inches for Loudoun County, based on statistics compiled
at the Dulles International Airport.
Sec. 16-35. Snow Emergency Routes Designated; in General
(a) The following streets within the town are to be
designated as snow emergency routes and posted according to
state standards at intervals of not less than 1500 feet as
specified in ~the Virginia Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices for Streets and Highways:
1. Market Street (Route 7)
2. King Street (Route 15)
3. Loudoun Street
4. Catoctin Circle from Market to Dry Mill
5. Dry Mill Road
6. Edwards Ferry Road
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(b) When a snow emergency is declared, the public works
department shall use the best possible equipment and methods
to clear the streets and highways in the town beginning with
the snow emergency routes in the order listed in this section.
If snow becomes packed or frozen, sand treated with a salt-
calcium chloride mixture shall be used.
(c) Snow emergency procedures shall remain in effect
until all snow emergency routes have been cleared and desig-
nated safe by the town manager, not to exceed 24 hours from
the last snow, sleet, hail or freezing rainfall.
Sec. 16-36.
Other General Snow Emergency Requirements and
Provisions.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park or
abandon a vehicle on any snow emergency route designated
by this article.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct
or impede traffic on any snow emergency route designated
by this article, when such vehicle is not equipped with
effective snow tires or chains.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article,
upon information that a vehicle is parked, stalled, stuck
or abandoned on any snow emergency route designated by
this article, the Chief of Police shall authorize immediate
removal of the vehicle.
(d) The cost of removing and storing any vehicles
towed or otherwise removed under Section 16-36(c) of this
article shall be charged to the owner and shall be due and
payable prior to the release of any such vehicle to the
owner thereof.
Sec. 16-37. Penalties.
Any person convicted of violating any provisions of
this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined not more than $25.00 for each offense.
SECTION II. This ordinance shall be effective upon the in-
stallation of the snow emergency route signs described in Section
16-35 of the new article.
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PASSED this 22nd
day of
March , 1978.
Mary An~e Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg
ATTEST:
Clerk of ~uncil