[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1 —
2, 1-12-2010]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
That portion of a street or highway in the City of Tarkio,
Missouri improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel,
exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
Those streets designated as such in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter.
Those streets designated as such in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter.
The entire width between the boundary lines of every way
publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 3, 1-12-2010]
A.
Whenever
the Tarkio Street Superintendent finds, on the basis of falling snow,
sleet or freezing rain, or on the basis of a forecast by the U.S.
Weather Bureau of snow, sleet or freezing rain, that weather conditions
will make it necessary that motor vehicles be expedited and that parking
on City streets be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other
purposes, the Tarkio Street Superintendent shall put into effect the
parking prohibition on parts of or all snow emergency routes as necessary
by declaring it in a manner prescribed in this Chapter.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (A) hereof, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any part of any snow emergency route on which there has been an accumulation of snow and/or ice of three (3) inches or more for one (1) hour or more of any day.
C.
Once
in effect, a prohibition under this Section shall remain in effect
until terminated by announcement of the Tarkio Street Superintendent
in accordance with this Chapter; except that any street area which
has become substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to curb for
the length of the entire block shall be automatically excluded therefrom.
While the prohibition is in effect, no person shall park or allow
remaining parked any vehicle on any portion of a snow emergency route
to which it applies. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed
to permit parking at any time or place where it is forbidden by any
other provision of law.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 4, 1-12-2010]
Whenever the Tarkio Street Superintendent finds, on the basis
of falling snow, sleet, freezing rain or on the basis of a forecast
by the U.S. Weather Bureau or other weather service of snow, sleet
or freezing rain, the weather conditions will make it necessary that
motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking on City streets
be prohibited or restricted for snow plowing and other purposes, the
Tarkio Street Superintendent shall put into effect a parking prohibition
on parts of or all secondary streets as necessary by declaring it
in a manner prescribed by this Chapter. Once in effect, the prohibition
shall remain in effect until terminated by announcement of the Tarkio
Street Superintendent in accordance with this Chapter. However, nothing
in this Section shall be construed to permit parking at any time or
place where it is forbidden by any other provision of law.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 5, 1-12-2010]
Whenever a vehicle becomes stalled for any reason, whether or
not in violation of this Chapter, on any part of a snow emergency
route in 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 (1st)
cross street which is not a now 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.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 6, 1-12-2010]
No person or persons engaged in the removal of snow or ice from
driveways, parking lots or sidewalks shall deposit such snow or ice
in the streets or any public way for vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 7, 1-12-2010]
The Tarkio Street Superintendent shall, when permitted by said
radio or telecasts, cause each declaration made by him/her pursuant
to this Chapter to be publicly announced by means of broadcasts or
telecasts from a station with a normal operating range covering the
City, and he/she may cause such declaration to be further announced
in newspapers of general circulation when feasible. Each announcement
shall describe the action taken by the Tarkio Street Superintendent,
including the time it became or will become effective, and shall specify
the streets or areas affected. A parking prohibition or traffic emergency
declared by the Tarkio Street Superintendent shall not go into effect
until at least one (1) hour after it has been announced in accordance
with this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 8, 1-12-2010]
Whenever the Tarkio Street Superintendent shall find that some
or all of the conditions which give rise to a parking prohibition
or traffic emergency in effect pursuant to this Chapter no longer
exist, he/she may declare the prohibition or emergency terminated,
in whole or in part, in a manner prescribed by this Chapter effective
immediately upon announcement.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 9, 1-12-2010]
Any provision of this Chapter which becomes effective by declaration
of the Tarkio Street Superintendent or upon the occurrence of certain
weather conditions shall, while temporarily in effect, take precedence
over other, conflicting provisions of law normally in effect; except
that it shall not take precedence over provisions of law relating
to traffic accidents, emergency travel of authorized emergency vehicles
or emergency traffic directions by a Public Safety Officer.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 10, 1-12-2010]
On each street designated by this Chapter as a snow emergency
route, the Tarkio Street Superintendent shall post special signs at
intervals not exceeding five hundred (500) feet with the wording "Snow
Route". These signs shall be distinctive and uniform in appearance
and shall be plainly readable to persons traveling on the street or
highway.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 11, 1-12-2010]
A.
Members
of the City are hereby authorized to remove or have removed a vehicle
from a street to the nearest garage or other place of safety (including
another place on a street), or to a garage designated or otherwise
maintained by the City, when:
1.
The vehicle is parked on a part of a snow emergency route on which
a parking prohibition is in effect.
2.
The vehicle is stalled on a 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 and the person who was operating such vehicle
does not appear to be removing it in accordance with the provisions
of this Chapter.
3.
The vehicle is parked in violation of any parking ordinance or provision
of law and is interfering or about to interfere with snow removal
operations.
B.
The
removal, impounding and return of obstructing vehicles on snow emergency
routes shall be at the violator's expense.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 12, 1-12-2010]
Whenever any motor vehicle without a driver is found parked
or left in violation of any provision of this Chapter, and is not
removed and impounded as provided for in this Chapter, the Police
Officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and
any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify
its user and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a traffic citation
for the driver to answer to the charge against him/her within thirty
(30) days during the hours and date and place specified in the citation.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 13, 1-12-2010]
If a violator of this Chapter does not appear in response to
a traffic citation affixed to such motor vehicle in accordance with
this Chapter within a period of thirty (30) days, the Clerk of the
Traffic Court or other appropriate person shall send the owner of
the motor vehicle to which the traffic citation was affixed a letter
informing him/her of the violation and warning him/her that in the
event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days, a
warrant of arrest will be issued.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 14, 1-12-2010]
In any prosecution with regard to a vehicle parked or left in
a place or in a condition in violation of any provision of this Chapter,
proof that the particular vehicle described in the complaint was parked
or left in violation of a provision of this Chapter, together with
proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time the
registered owner of such vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence
that the defendant was the person who parked or left the vehicle in
violation of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 94-10 §§1, 15, 1-12-2010]
The following streets or portions of streets within the City
shown hereto are hereby designated as snow emergency routes:
Streets: Main Street, Spruce, Park, College,
Pine, Second Street from Walnut or (Highway 136) to Main, Third, Fifth,
Seventh and Thirteenth.
