§ 26-157. Authority to designate snow emergency routes.

(a)

The Director is hereby authorized to designate County roads as snow emergency routes, along which parking shall be prohibited during snow emergencies, and any vehicle using such prescribed routes shall be required to use snow tires or snow chains during such emergency. The Director shall adequately post such emergency routes with proper signs to warn the public of the provisions of this Section, and such posted roads are determined to be emergency routes subject to the provisions of this Section.

(b)

No person shall park a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle without snow tires or snow chains during the emergency period on emergency routes designated by the Director.

(c)

Any vehicle which is parked in violation of this Section, or any vehicle not equipped with snow tires or snow chains which is stalled on any emergency route, shall be subject to being towed from such emergency route and impounded. The towing and storage charge shall be a lien against the vehicle and shall be paid before the vehicle may be released from impoundment.

(d)

Any person issued a citation for a violation of this Section shall be subject to a fine of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) for each violation.

(CB-51-1978; CB-111-1979)