This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Snow Emergency
Vehicular Parking Ordinance of the Town of Waterford, Saratoga County,
New York."
Vehicles left unattended on Town streets during and after a
snowfall have been known to obstruct snow removal and/or plowing operations
by impeding the clear passage of snowplows and other snow removal
equipment. This article has been enacted to compel the owners of vehicles
to become more responsive to the cooperative effort needed to expedite
snow removal operations and to combat the paralyzing effect of snow
accumulation upon Town streets during a snow emergency as declared
pursuant to this article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Leaving a vehicle standing motionless and unattended for
an interval of time longer than necessary to board or unload passengers
or freight.
The Supervisor of the Town of Waterford.
Any street, road, highway or cul-de-sac over which the Highway
Department of the Town of Waterford has jurisdiction for snow removal.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved
by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
The Supervisor is hereby granted the authority to declare a
snow emergency within the Town of Waterford. He shall also have the
authority to declare the termination thereof when, in his judgment,
there is no further requirement for such declaration.
Due notice of a declaration of a snow emergency and due notice
of its termination shall be given to the public through the use of
audible and visual media of communication as may be available at the
time a snow emergency is declared or terminated, through facilities
such as local radio and television broadcasting and telecasting stations,
loudspeakers, newspapers, municipal bulletin boards or any other form
of communication capable of giving notice to the public.
It shall be unlawful for an owner of a vehicle to park or permit
his vehicle to be parked on the odd-house-numbered side of any Town
street on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from the hours of 9:00
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the following morning and on the even-house-numbered
side of any Town street on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from the
hours of 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. the following morning during a snow
emergency until such time as the snow emergency has been terminated,
pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Any vehicle parked in violation of this article shall be subject to the provisions in Article V.
