Snow Emergency Declared
February 01, 2011 | 12:15 PM Posted by the
Greendale
Police Department
The Village of Greendale has declared a Snow
Emergency effective on Tuesday, February 1 at 4 p.m.
and is in enforce until further notice. Below you
will find the Village’s Ordinance covering Snow
Emergencies.
7.04. Snow emergencies.
(1) Declaration of emergency. No motor vehicle shall be parked and no commercial or industrial vehicle loaded or unloaded on any public street, alley or highway in the Village during such period in which the Village Manager or, in his absence, the Director of Public Works shall declare that a snow emergency exists. The Village Manager or, in his absence, the Director of Public Works may declare a snow emergency at any time within a twenty-four-hour period that there is three inches or more of snowfall. The duration of the snow emergency shall be for such period of time as the Department of Public Works shall require to plow the public streets, alleys and highways of the Village and make them conveniently passable for vehicular traffic.
(2) Removal of illegally parked vehicles. The Village Manager, Director of Public Works, Chief of Police, officers of the Police Department or other duly authorized officers or employees of the Village shall either cause the Village to remove illegally parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles or shall call the Village towing contractor for the removal of such vehicles. Removal of such vehicles shall be at the expense of the owner.
(3) The public interest requires that there be available to the Village and all departments thereof the services of a qualified and responsible towing contractor on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis to remove parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles from the public streets so that the following may be accomplished:
(a) Streets may be plowed and kept open for vehicular traffic during snow emergencies.
(b) Danger to the public shall be eliminated as quickly as possible.
(c) Impediments to traffic shall be removed and normal traffic flow restored as soon as possible.
(d) Parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles shall be placed where they are safe and secure until the owner can determine further disposition thereof.
(e) The Village shall have a lien against all illegally parked, wrecked or disabled motor vehicles for the expense of storing and removing the same from the Village thoroughfares.
(f) Whenever any motor vehicle has been towed away and has not been redeemed by the owner for a period of 30 days from the day of towing, it shall be deemed an abandoned vehicle and disposed of as provided by applicable law.
(4) Abandoned vehicles. The contractor shall notify the Village Manager of all cars which have remained unclaimed in his custody for a period of 30 days, including make, model, year and date of possession. Upon verification by the Chief of Police, the Village Manager shall make provision for disposal of the same.
7.04. Snow emergencies.
(1) Declaration of emergency. No motor vehicle shall be parked and no commercial or industrial vehicle loaded or unloaded on any public street, alley or highway in the Village during such period in which the Village Manager or, in his absence, the Director of Public Works shall declare that a snow emergency exists. The Village Manager or, in his absence, the Director of Public Works may declare a snow emergency at any time within a twenty-four-hour period that there is three inches or more of snowfall. The duration of the snow emergency shall be for such period of time as the Department of Public Works shall require to plow the public streets, alleys and highways of the Village and make them conveniently passable for vehicular traffic.
(2) Removal of illegally parked vehicles. The Village Manager, Director of Public Works, Chief of Police, officers of the Police Department or other duly authorized officers or employees of the Village shall either cause the Village to remove illegally parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles or shall call the Village towing contractor for the removal of such vehicles. Removal of such vehicles shall be at the expense of the owner.
(3) The public interest requires that there be available to the Village and all departments thereof the services of a qualified and responsible towing contractor on a twenty-four-hour-a-day basis to remove parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles from the public streets so that the following may be accomplished:
(a) Streets may be plowed and kept open for vehicular traffic during snow emergencies.
(b) Danger to the public shall be eliminated as quickly as possible.
(c) Impediments to traffic shall be removed and normal traffic flow restored as soon as possible.
(d) Parked, wrecked or disabled vehicles shall be placed where they are safe and secure until the owner can determine further disposition thereof.
(e) The Village shall have a lien against all illegally parked, wrecked or disabled motor vehicles for the expense of storing and removing the same from the Village thoroughfares.
(f) Whenever any motor vehicle has been towed away and has not been redeemed by the owner for a period of 30 days from the day of towing, it shall be deemed an abandoned vehicle and disposed of as provided by applicable law.
(4) Abandoned vehicles. The contractor shall notify the Village Manager of all cars which have remained unclaimed in his custody for a period of 30 days, including make, model, year and date of possession. Upon verification by the Chief of Police, the Village Manager shall make provision for disposal of the same.
