§ 502-25. Snow Emergency.

When snow, sleet, freezing rain or other weather conditions cause or appear likely to cause, in the judgment of the city manager or person designated by the city manager, slippery or hazardous conditions which might lead to serious congestion or hazard, the city manager or person designated by the city manager may declare a snow emergency and shall also declare the termination of such snow emergency as soon as conditions permit.

"Snow emergency routes" are hereby defined as through streets, or portions of through streets, designated by official signs on one or both sides thereof, installed by order of the city manager or person designated by the city manager.

The city manager or person designated by the city manager is authorized and directed to designate such streets as snow emergency routes which for the safety or convenience of the public and the accommodation of traffic should be kept open and clear in times of snow emergency.

Motor vehicles parked on snow emergency routes after the declaration of a snow emergency may be removed to a safe place by the Cincinnati Police Division in order to facilitate the snow removal process.

The owner of any motor vehicle so removed during the first three hours of a snow emergency shall not be subject to citation or payment of charges incurred by the city of Cincinnati in removing the motor vehicle from the snow emergency route notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 508-4 and 513-1 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.

The owner of any motor vehicle parked on a snow emergency route for a period in excess of the first three hours after the declaration of the snow emergency shall be subject to citation and payment of the impounding fees set forth in Section 513-7 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.

(Sec. 502-25; ordained by Ord. No. 80-1965, eff. Mar. 27, 1965; reordained as C.M.C. 502-25, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 412-1978, eff. Nov. 4, 1978; a. Ord. No. 12-1981, eff. Jan. 7, 1981)