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8.32 at1 xt+ • Sec. 74-102. - Snow removal parking. (a) Parking restrictions. Public safety requires the rapid and efficient removal of snow or ice from city streets,public highways or other thoroughfares. No person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle or permit it to stand on any street in the city betweeti the hours of 2:00 a.m. atid 6:00 a.m. on affy d between Novetnber 15 and April 15-. when,within the preceding 24 hours, falling or blowing snow or a combination of falling and blowing snow has accumulated to a depth of 1.5 or more inches of snow at street level anywhere within that block, or when 1.5 or more inches of snow has been predicted within the next 24 hours as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO". Provided,however,that parking shall be permitted within any block of any public street where not otherwise prohibited whenever the entire length of roadway of such block has been cleared of snow from curb to curb, or in the case of streets without curbs,between the outer edges of the shoulders of such streets. (b) King Avenue Parking Lot Restrictions. Except for the signed and designated snow removal parking on the north side of the lot as described in subsection 74-99 (d),no other vehicle shall park in this lot between the hours of-2:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. following the cessatioti of 1.5 or mofe inches of sfiowfall. if the snowfaH ends after 6:00 p.m. oft afty gweti day,the parking restnictio would apply the followifig d ;. when 1.5 or more inches of snow has been predicted within the next 24 hours as determined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA . (c) Exceptions. Police cars,hearses, ambulances, and fire department vehicles and vehicles responding to emergency calls are exempt from the prohibition of subsection (a) of this section.Vehicles called out for emergency repairs to electric light and power lines, telephone lines, natural gas and sewer and water systems are also exceptions. (d) Removal of vehicles. The police department or authorized representative of the city is hereby authorized in accordance with MN State Statute 169.041 as may be amended from time to time,to remove such vehicle from the street or public parking lot and to store the vehicles for the owner thereof. The removal and storage charge shall be paid by the owner of such vehicle. (Code 1982, � 1100.16; Ord. No. 07-19, 5 3, 12-3-2007)