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Or:< ~""! """"1,"'!l 7;!f"'''' .,.!t.. ~(;;$~ .\......"l J..!U-~\h..<.t, ~.iJ. .,I ORDIUAUCE REGUIATING FARK111G AND OTHER ACTIVITY El<7ECTDro SI1C1J PWJ IlIJ ArID RD!OV AL .--, ..--.,;,' The Vil18.f>e Council of the Village of Elk River oroains as follows: Seotion 1. 11 Ue This ordinance sh.&ll be known as the Snm-r Removal O:rd.i.nanoe. I Section 2. Puroost! The pu.rpoS$ of' this o:rd1nance is to regulate parking am certain other activities that may inhibit or prevent- the remwu or plO'".dng of' snow and ioe tram the streets am public highways of'the Village or E'lk Piver by' its employees or authorized agents. Section 3. Post.ing Following a snail' storm or a.t such other tima as may be required to permit the rapid am efficient removal of snow 01" ice from Village streets, public highways or other public thoroughfares, the Chief' of' Police may ca.use to be postErl along such streets, highway or tboroughfe.ne signs stating in effect that parking thereon shall be prohibited during certain hours of a day or days, which hours am. date shall be conta.ined in said sign and clearly visible to the driver of a. vehicleprocoeding on suc.lt street, r.ighway or thoroughfare. Such sign shall also contain a. statement that. such parking prohibition is for the purpose of lJfSnow Removal Ie. Such signs shall contain the state- ment that the parking prohibition is by order of the Chief of Polioe of Folk P.iver, Such signs shall be posted at intervals of not to exceed 200 teet, an:l at or prior to 1.; P. ~l. on the date precedir..g the da.ta on which parkir.g sball be prohibit~ thereby! pro'il'1.ded that on those streets, highways Bn:i thorougl">.fares within an area boUl'lded by Lowell Avenue on the 1-Jest, l"..a.in Street on the South and Sout.~a.st and Railroad Drive on the North, it shall be sufficient if said signs are posted at least Two (2) hours before the parldng prol'..i.bition becomes effective if posted between 8 A. H. and 6 P. M. ona1Y" day except su.~ or r..olidays. Irregularities in the interval of said signs shall not effect the validity ot this seetion nor the right to enforce it if said signs are otherwise clearly visible to an operator of a motor vehicle upon said street, bighway or thoroughfare at the point of any alleged violation hereof. Section 4. Li."ldtation No street, hieh.v.~ or t.horoughrare shall be posted. excepted as irrlioated in Section :3 of this ordinanoe and tb.&n only for t.l}e period of time during wi'.ich the actual snow removal b:," the employees or agents of the Village is planned for any given street, highw'ay or thoroughi'a.re, or part thereof. Signs shall be rer:oved by the police department immediatel::r after the oompletionof the removal in a. particular area., provided. further prohibition of parking is not necessary to pend t the snow removal in adjacent or nearby a..'"'eas. Section 5. Overnight Parkiru; ilJotld.thstanding t.ne fact that a particular street, highway or thoroughfare shall not have been posted a.coording to the terms of Section :3 of this ordinance, no person shall park or perrdt a motor vehicle to remain on a Villa.ge street, public higmmy-, or tboroughr~ for a period in excess of 12 hours, where the presence of such \TEir.icle does in any 'day pre- vent or lin>.i t snow plov.1.ng or snow ra>noval thereon ~t the E!!rap1oyees or- au'l:.horlzecl agents of the Villa.ge.