Amending Chapter 20 to Adress Snow Removal Practices & Procedures

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(2) Street Residential clearance condition. (3) Winter weather emergency condition (c) Street Residential clearance condition means a snow - removal condition which addresses all non snew ratites (resid°n "^' streets) city streets. (d) Winter weather emergency condition means a formal declaration by the mayor or, in the mayor's absence, the eity engirt ef, , in bath of their abseneee the mayor's designee, that the occurrence or eimminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from a�snow storm requires emergency action. Section II. Chapter 20, Article 7, Section 20 -104 shall be and hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows: Sec. 20 -104. Snow removal conditions. (a) If the mayor or; in ahqenee, the eity engineerDirector of Public Works for the City of South Bend , or ins, the mayor's designee, determines that the actual or expected accumulation of snow, sleet, hail, ice and/or freezing rain is creating or will create hazardous or dangerous street and sidewalk conditions of sufficient severity to require specialized snow removal procedures, the mayor or, in his absenee, the e45, engineer Director of Public Works, or ill hRfie absenees, the mayor's designee, shall have the authority to declare that one (1) of the following snow removal conditions exists: (1) Snow route clearance conditions. (2) Residential Street clearance conditions. (3) (b ) The mayor alone, or in the mayor's absence, the mayor's designee shall have the authority to declare that A a-deeh-ffe6eff-ef Wwinter weather emergency condition exists as defined at Section 20- 101(d) of this Article. (c) All snow removal conditions shall be declared by the fflayer er, in , the eity engineer, or in both e f the:.- absence, the appropriate person, by issuing a press release to local radio, television, newspaper and other news services. Such declaration shall be made an a 4i;n;; which contains the following information: Date, time and reason for declaration, the actual or anticipated weather conditions at time of declaration. Such declaration shall be signed by the mayor or, in his absenee, the e-ity engineer Director of Public Works, or in bay then absences, the mayor's designee, and a copy filed, as soon as possible, with the office of the city clerk, where it shall be available for public inspection. (d) Once declared, the snow removal condition shall continue until the mayor or in his abseHee, the eityengineer, Director of Public Works, or in his absenee, his the