2012-83 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 34 - TRAFFIC AND PARKING

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violate any of the provisions of this Chapter except as herein otherwise permitted or as permitted by the Illinois Vehicle Code. 10. FIRE EMERGENCY. The Fire Department officer in command, or any designated Fire Department personnel, may exercise the powers and authority of a police officer in directing traffic at the scene of any fire or where the Fire Department has responded to an emergency call for so long as Fire Department equipment is on the scene, in the absence of or in assisting the Police. 11. WINTER PARKING RESTRICTIONS. A. The City Manager or his authorized designee may declare a snow emergency when it is determined in the opinion of the City Manager or designee that new snow has accumulated to a depth of two or more inches in, on or along any emergency snow route in the City or any winter no-parking zone in the City such that vehicular movement has become difficult or dangerous, and further to declare such emergency to be ended when it is reasonably deemed the same has exhausted its purpose. B. The declaration of a snow emergency shall be in writing signed by the City Manager or designees and shall be endorsed with the time and date thereof along with a statement of the manner, means and extent the same was, or was attempted to be communicated to the media and the public, and which shall be filed as soon as practicable with the City Clerk who is hereby authorized and directed to receive and preserve the same for public inspection for a period of time not less than two years, and by the same manner and method the ending of such emergency shall be declared.