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property resulting from a snow storm requires emergency action.
<br />Section II. Chapter 20, Article 7, Section 20 -104 shall be and hereby is amended to read
<br />in its entirety as follows:
<br />Sec. 20 -104. Snow removal conditions.
<br />(a) If the mayor or; in ab,e,ee, the eity-eagi ReerDirector of Public Works for the
<br />City of South Bend, or in-their z,ees, the mayor's designee, determines that
<br />the actual or expected accumulation of snow, sleet, hail, ice and/or freezing rain is
<br />creating or will create hazardous or dangerous street and sidewalk conditions of
<br />sufficient severity to require specialized snow removal procedures, the mayor or,
<br />in his Flh,;anee, the gineer-Director of Public Works, or in both of their
<br />absenees, the mayor's designee, shall have the authority to declare that one (1) of
<br />the following snow removal conditions exists:
<br />(1) Snow route clearance conditions.
<br />(2) Residemial Street clearance conditions.
<br />(b) The mayor alone or in the mayor's absence the mayor's designee shall have the
<br />authority to declare that a winter weather emergency condition exists as defined at
<br />Section 20- 101(d) of this Article
<br />Lc) All snow removal conditions shall be declared by the may er e -, in his , the
<br />eity engineer, or in beth of t absenees, the appropriate person, by issuing a
<br />press release to local radio, television, newspaper and other news services. Such
<br />declaration shall be made on a#'ofm which contains the following information:
<br />Date, time and reason for declaration, the actual or anticipated weather conditions
<br />at time of declaration. Such declaration shall be signed by the mayor or, in-kis
<br />absence, the eity engi aeer-Director of Public Works, or in beth Af 0;eir absenees,
<br />the mayor's designee, and a copy filed, as soon as possible, with the office of the
<br />(e) city clerk, where it shall be available for public inspection.
<br />(d) Once declared, the snow removal condition shall continue until the mayor or in44s
<br />abser=ea the -eity- engineer, Director of Public Works, or in Ms absenee, his the
<br />mayor's designee, declares it to be ended in the same manner as provided for its
<br />declaration in subsection (b). Such declaration shall be signed by the mayor or, in
<br />his absence, the city engineerDirector of Public Works, or i-n. beth of thei
<br />absenees, the mayor's designee, and a copy filed, as soon as possible with the
<br />office of the city clerk, where it shall be available for public inspection. Only the
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