HomeMy WebLinkAboutPertaining to Street Snow Removal, and Regulating Traffic, Parking and Other Conduct During Periods of Snow Removal ConditionsORDINANCE NO. 4714 - -64
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO STREET SNOW REMOVAL, AND REGU-
LATING TRAFFIC, PARKING AND OTHER CONDUCT DURING PERIODS OF
SNOW REMOVAL CONDITIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF VEHICLES
AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, AS AMENDED,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Snow. Any precipitation depositing any accumulation on the
streets, including snow, sleet, hail, ice and freezing rain.
(b) Snow Removal Coordinator. The Mayor or such person desig-
nated by the Mayor.
(c) Snow Removal Conditions. A state of street conditions that
are hazardous and dangerous to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and so
declared by the Snow Removal Coordinator.
(d) Snow Routes. All streets in the City so designated and marked.
(e) Chains. Full chains, strap chains or other types of chains
mounted on both rear wheels of a motorized vehicle.
(f) Snow Tires. Tires having treads designed for use in snow,
which tires must be in such condition as to serve the purpose for which
they are designed.
(g) Vehicles. All self - propelled motorized vehicles using City
streets and highways, excluding public transportation conveyances.
SECTION 2.- GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) The Board of Public Safety shall, by regulation, designate
streets which are heavily travelled and are necessary thoroughfares
for the movement of vehicular traffic through the City as "Snow Routes ".
(b) All streets designated as "Snow Routes" shall be posted with
suitable signs or markers.
(c) When,in the opinion of the Snow Removal Coordinator, the
actual or expected precipitation of snow will create hazardous or dan-
gerous highway conditions for vehicular or pedestrian traffic, he shall
have authority to declare a "Snow Removal Condition ":
(1) The Snow Removal Coordinator shall immediately inform
the public of the snowG�$°- W3,fl%uing a press release to the local
radio, television and news services.i
(2) The Snow Removal Condition shall continue in force and
effect until the Snow Removal Coordinator declares it to be over in the
same manner as provided for in subsection (c) (1).
(d) After a Snow Removal Condition has been declared and during
its existence:
(1) No vehicle shall be parked on a Snow Route.
(2) Any person who drives a vehicle without chains or snow
tires upon any street designated as a Snow Route and such vehicle becomes
stalled or incapable of moving under its own power or who leaves such
vehicle unattended, shall be in violation of this Ordinance and shall
be subject to Penalties set forth below.
(3) Any vehicle parked, stalled, incapable of moving under
its own power or left unattended upon any street designated as a "Snow
Route" may be impounded.
(4) The Snow Removal Coordinator may declare any Snow Route
or any part of a Snow Route to be free from the restrictions herein im-
posed, when, in his opinion, the weather or street conditions warrant
such an exclusion. The Snow Removal Coordinator shall give notice of
this determination in the manner provided for in subsection (c) (1) above.
SECTION 3. PENALTIES
Any person violating the provisions of this Ordinance may be
fined not more than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not
more than ninety (90) days or both.
SECTION 4.
All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its enactment, adoption and legal publication.
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FILED IN CLERK'S OFFICE
NOV 9 1964
KATHRYN L. BLOUGH
CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IND.
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Your Committee of the Whole
to whom was referred "AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO STREET SNOW REMOVAL, AND REGULATING TRAFFIC,
PARKING AND OTHER CONDUCT DURING PERIODS OF SNOW REMOVAL CONDITIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE
REMOVAL OF VEHICLES AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES, AS AMENDED ",
Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion this ordinance, as amended, go to
the Council as favorable.
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