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ORDINANCE NO.  61

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ROLAND, IOWA, 2003 BY AMENDING PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO SNOW REMOVAL AND SNOW ROUTES.

 

BE IT ENACTED by the City Council of the City of Roland, Iowa:

 

SECTION 1.  SECTIONS MODIFIED.  Chapter 69, sections 12 & 13 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Roland, Iowa, 2003, is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof:

 

            69.12  SNOW REMOVAL.  No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley, or City-owned off-street parking area during snow removal emergency past the hour of 6:00 a.m. unless the snow has been removed or plowed from said street, alley or parking area, from edge line to edge line or from curb to curb, and       the snow has ceased to fall. In the event of an unpredicted snowfall of 2 inches or more between the hours of 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, vehicles must be removed before 8:00 am. In the event of an unpredicted snowfall of two inches (2”) or more, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., residents will have until 7:00 p.m. to remove said vehicles from the street.

                        1.  Snow Emergency Parking Ban.  A snow emergency parking ban shall be in effect when NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) predicts a measurable     snowfall of two inches (2”) or more, or when two inches (2”) of snow, as determined by the Sheriff’s Department. has accumulated on the streets and shall continue through the  duration of the snow or ice storm except upon streets which have been fully opened.

 

                        2.  Modifications to Ban.  The foregoing prohibition shall be modified within the area of the Central Business and School Districts designed for angle parking and more particularly described as follows:

                                    A.  Main Street from Ash Street to Maple Street

                                    B.  The east side of Main Street from Elm Street to Locust Street

                                    C.  Ash Street from Main Street to the alley between Main Street and

                                         Cottonwood Street.

            The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to the above described area during the business hours of eight o’clock (8:00) a.m. to six o’clock (6:00) p.m..

 

            3. Authority to Ticket/Impound Vehicles. Members of the Sheriff’s Department or other persons authorized by the Mayor are hereby authorized to ticket, remove, or have removed, a vehicle from a street, public alley or highway to a garage or other place of safety designated by the City when any vehicle is left parked in violation of the ban on parking during a snow emergency or snow removal operations. Violations will be       assessed as follows:

                        A.  Violators on commercial streets (as defined by 69.13 A-F) will be ticketed for the first offense and on the                              second offense the vehicle(s) will be towed.

B.  Violators on residential streets will be ticketed for the first and second offense and on the third offense          the vehicle(s) will be towed.

                        All costs of the towing will be paid for by the owner of the vehicle.

 

            69.13.  SNOW ROUTES.  The Council has designed the following as the City Snow Routes.

                        1.  Business District.  No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley, or City-owned off-street parking area during the hours of two o’clock (2:00) a.m. and six o’clock (6:00) a.m.. when the snow emergency ban is in effect.

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[12])

                                    A.  Main Street from Ash Street to Maple Street

                                    B.  The east side of Main Street from Maple Street to Locust Street

                                    C.  Maple Street from city limits to city limits

                                    D.  Cottonwood Street from city limits to city limits

                                    E.  Industrial Drive from Maple Street to the end of the street

                                    F.  Progressive Drive from Industrial Drive

 

                        2.  Residential.  No person shall park, abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley, or City-owned off-street parking area from 8:00 am until the streets have been cleared for curb to curb or edge to edge when the snow emergency ban is in effect. 

(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[12])

                                    A.  All residential streets

 

SECTION 2.  SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.  If any section, provision or part of this ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or part thereof not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.

 

SECTION 3.  WHEN EFFECTIVE.  This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final passage, approval and publication as provided by law.

 

Passed by the Council the 13th day of October, 2008, and approved this 13th day of October 2008.

 

 

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Samuel Juhl, Mayor

 

 

ATTEST:  _____________________________________

                  Deneen Frost, City Clerk

 

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I certify that the foregoing was published as Ordinance No. 61 on the 22nd day of October, 2008.

 

 

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Deneen Frost, City Clerk