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Sec. 74-102. Snow removal parking. CURRENT (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 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day between November 15 and April 15. (b) Exceptions. Police cars, hearses, ambulances, and fire department vehicles and vehicles responding to emergency calls are excepted 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. (c) Removal of vehicles. The police department or authorized representative of the city is hereby authorized 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) PROPOSED (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 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day between November 15 and April 15. (b) King Avenue Parking lot Restrictions. Except for the signed and designated overnight and residential parking on the north side of the lot as described in section 74.99 subd. d, no other vehicle shall park in this lot between 2:00 am and 6:00 pm following the cessation of 1.5 or more inches of snowfall. If the snowfall ends after 6:00 pm on any given day, the parking restriction would apply the following day. (c) Police cars, hearses, ambulances, and fire department vehicles and vehicles responding to emergency calls are excepted 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 Minnesota State Statute 169.041 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) S:\Council\Police\2007\parking 11-07(2).doc