HomeMy WebLinkAbout2085-97 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1997/02/03ORDINANCE NO.
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AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE CITY MANAGER TO DECLARE A SNOW
EMERGENCY AND IMPOSE PARKING RESTRICTIONS
AS NECESSARY
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. The City Council hereby declares that the emergency hereinafter defined exists and
that an emergency ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, morals, safety or welfare for which this emergency is defined and declared in accordance
with Chapters 3 and 5 of the Charter and Chapter 10 of the Ordinances of the City of St. Louis
Park
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines the following facts and declares the
existence of an emergency as follows:
1. Heavy continuous snowfalls since November, 1996 have resulted in excessive curbside
snow accumulations significantly narrowing some streets
2. It is further anticipated that with a continuation of average snowfall there will be a further
accumulation of snow along the curbside thereby reducing the effective width of City
streets even further.
3. It is expected that a further reduction of the effective width of City streets as a result of
curbside snow will cause many streets to be impassable to emergency vehicles and snow
removal equipment where parking along the street is permitted.
4 That based on the above facts, it is necessary to vest in the City Manager the authority to
declare a snow emergency and to impose parking restnctions as necessary in the event
snow accumulations continue causing City streets to become impassable to emergency
vehicles and/or snow removal equipment in conjunction with on -street parking.
5. The City Council hereby declares that an emergency exists in connection with parking on
snow narrowed streets justifying and requiring that this ordinance upon its passage on the
date hereof shall become effective immediately without publication.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to declare a snow emergency and to impose
parking restrictions on City streets as necessary in the event curbside snow accumulations cause
said streets to become impassable to emergency vehicles and/or snow removal equipment in
conjunction with on -street parking
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, without publication on
the date hereof and shall automatically stand repealed on the sixty-first (61st) day following the
date on which it was adopted
Adopted by the City Council February 3, 1997
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