HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-26-Ordinance 2597_Parking Regulations, Snow EmergenciesORDINANCE NO.2597
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 502,PARKING REGULATIONS,CITY OF
WAUKEE,IOWA,SECTION 502.17,PROHIBITED PARKING DURING SNOW
EMERGENCY,BY CORRECTING CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN THE SECOND
PARAGRAPH TO DESIGNATE THE CIDEF OF POLICE OR IDS DESIGNEE TO
PROCLAIM A SNOW EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waukee:
Section 1:Chapter 502,Parking Regulations,Waukee Municipal Code,Section 502.17,
Prohibited Parking During Snow Emergency,is hereby corrected by changing certain language
in the second paragraph from "mayor"to "chief of police or his designee"so that said section
shall read as follows:
§502.l7 Prohibited Parking During Snow Emergency:No person shall
park,abandon or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street,alley or city-owned
off-street parking area during any snow emergency proclaimed by the chief of police or
his designee unless the snow has been removed or plowed from said street,alley or
parking area and the snow has ceased to fall.A snow emergency parking ban shall
continue from its proclamation through the duration of the snow or ice storm and the
forty-eight (48)hour period after cessation of such storm except as above provided upon
streets which have been fully opened.
Such a ban shall be of uniform application and the police department is directed to
widely publicize the requirements,using all available news media,in early November
each year.When predictions or occurrences indicate the need,the chief of police or his
designee shall proclaim a snow emergency and the police department shall inform the
news media to publicize the proclamation and the parking rules thereunder.Such
emergency may be extended or shortened when conditions warrant.
This section shall not be construed as suspending parking limitations or restrictions
imposed by any other section of this chapter,except that,in the event of a proclamation
pursuant to this section,this section shall supersede any ordinances in conflict with this
prOVISIOn.
Section 2 Repealer.All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3.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,provisions or part thereof not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 4.Effective Date.This ordinance shall be in effect from and after its final
passage,approval and publication as provided by law.
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Passed by the Council the 26th day of February,2007,and approved this 26th day of February,
2007.
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