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Home My Public Portal AboutOrdinances-2002-251 - CITY OF TIFFIN ORDINANCE NO. 2002- 251 • AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM THE CITY STREETS AND ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY ROUTE AND PROHIBITING PARKING OF CARS ON CERTAIN STREETS BE IT ENACTED BY THE CITY OF TIFFIN, IOWA; Section 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is: 1)to provide a procedure for the efficient removal of snow from the city streets; 2)to establish an emergency snow route; 3)to allow and prohibit the parking of vehicles on city streets and 4)to establish the procedure for removal of vehicles in violation. Section 2. Removal of Snow Procedure. The city will begin snow plowing or ice removal immediately after it has stopped snowing or sleeting. However, at the discretion of city officials,plowing of emergency routes may begin after sufficient notice has been provided as outlined below. The priority of clearing city streets shall be as follows: 1) the emergency route; 2) the streets and intersections; 3)the alleys; and 4) the parks. The snow shall be pushed back as far as possible from the streets; edges to allow vehicles to park as close to the property line as possible. The snow plowing may create a snow pile in driveways that cannot be prevented and further, the city shall not be responsible for the removal of this snow. Property owners should act responsibly as to the removal of the snow piled in their driveways by the city plows and should not push the snow back into the city streets where it will create a hazard as a compacted and frozen snow or ice f patch. Sanding of icy streets will begin at the city's discretion and sanding also may follow the plowing of snow from the streets. Section 3. Declaration of Snow/Ice Emergency. A declaration of a snow or ice emergency shall be determined by city officials'on the basis of falling,snow, sleet, freezing rain or a forecast by the weather bureau or other weather conditions that make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic, including emergency vehicles be expedited and that parking on certain streets be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing or sanding purposes. An emergency declaration shall take effect not earlier than four hours after it is declared, except if it is declared after 8:00 PM in which case it shall not take effect until at least nine o'clock AM the next day. City officials shall give a written declaration to the city clerk which states the beginning and ending time for the emergency declaration. It is provided however,the declaration may be cancelled or changed by the same procedure. The city clerk shall inform area radio and television stations and local newspapers as delineated by resolution of the city council and shall ask for a public service announcement. The city officials shall post signs on all"emergency routes" so • Ordinance#2002-251 Page 2 designated by resolution of the city council. "Emergency routes" shall be posted at approximately two block intervals as is possible along the emergency route: Public, announcement method and "emergency routes"may be designated and changed by order of the city council from time to time as deemed necessary. Section 4. Parking of Vehicles on Streets During Ice/Snow Weather and Provision for Violation. In order to provide an emergency routed during ice or snow storms, certain streets shall be considered as"emergency routes"and shall be designated by resolution of the city council. Designated"emergency routes" shall be the first streets to be cleared. Parking of vehicles on any city streets shall be prohibited four hours after a declaration of emergency, except if the declaration is after 8:00 PM in which case it shall not take effect until at least nine o'clock AM the next day. On all streets where parking is allowed on both sides, vehicles shall be parked on only the even street-numbered side - of the street on even days of the month after 8:00 am. On streets where parking is allowed on both sides, vehicles shall be parked only on the odd street-numbered side of the street on odd days of the month after 8:00 AM All other parking regulations and prohibitions shall remain in effect. Any vehicle found to be parked where not permitted during a declaration of emergency may be towed to a place where parking is permitted or to a designated place for storage as determined by city officials. Such towing costs shall be assessed to the owner of the vehicle towed. Section 5. Penalty Provision. The cit may elect, at its sole discretion,to prosecute any violation either as simple misdemeanor or a municipal infraction. Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 7. Severability. If any section,provision, or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, o'r any section,provision, or part therof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional. Section 8. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage, approval, and posting as provided by law. c t t i Ordinance # 2002-251 ,Page 3 i ! On the 10th day o f April ,2002 at a regular meeting of[f the Tiffin City Council,Tiffin,Iowa,Councilperson Shaffer introduced Ordinance No. 2002-251,and moved that it be given its first reading; The motion was seconded by Councilperson Di l s 1 1 Ayes: Bart-P1 s, Df 1s, Shaffer, an 1 Geri rkp ° Naves: None. Absent: Walls , i Four members of the council being presentand having voted"Aye",Mayor Glenn Potter declared Motion carried,and Ordinance No?0 02-251 was read the first time and placed on . record. Thereupon,it was moved by Councilperson Di 1 s and seconded by Councilperson s that the laws and rules providing that ordinances be considered and voted on for passage at two council meetings prior to the meeting at which it is to be finally passed be suspended and dispensed with and that Ordinance No.2 0 0 2-2.51 be placed on its last reading. A �: B artels, Dils, Gericke and Shaffer 1 A Nayes: None. Absent: Walls Four members of the council being present and having voted"Aye",Mayor Glenn Potter declared Motion to be carried,and Ordinance Not 0 02-251 was then placed upon its last - reading and was read the last time. Thereupon, it was moved by Councilperson Gericke and seconded by . Councilperson Bartels that Ordinance Not 0 0 2-2 51 be placed on its final passage and adopted. Four members of the council being present and having voted"Aye",Mayor Glenn Potter declared the Motion,carried,and Ordinance passed and adopted. I Whereupon the Mayor declared that Ordinance Not 0 0 2-251 be adopted and signified his approval of the same by fixing his signature thereto. . PASSED by the Council on the10 th day of April ,2002 and APPROVED this 1 Q th day'of Apr i 1 ,2002 2.2"...„ Glenn Potter,MAYOR ATTEST: _) It,fall A* -I ...11 / ' erg: -TN. Reihm- . ,' CLERK • i e Ordinance#2002-251 Page 4 I, Clerk of the City of Tiffin, Iowa, state that an ordinance entitled,AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROVISIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SNOW AND ICE FROM THE CITY STREETS AND ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY ROUTE AND PROHIBITING PARKING OF CARS ON CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF TIFFIN,JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA and known as No. 2002-251 was duly passed by the Tiffin City Council on the 10th day of rink , 2002 and signed by the mayor on the 1 0th day of April ,200 2. an d published on the 24th day of April , 2002 by posting copies thereof in three public places within the limits of the City of Tiffin, Iowa. That I posted copies of Ordinance No.200Z-251 in the following places: Morgan's Service On the Go Convenience Store Solon State Bank of Tiffin Marg e . Reihm ty lerk . i = 1