Village of Roscoe Snow Ordinances
72.50 SNOWFALLS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle on any public street or portion thereof in the Village at any time within 12 hours after a snowfall of 2 inches or more has occurred.
(B) Any vehicle found illegally parked under this section may be removed and towed away under the order of the Police Department, as provided for in § 72.65 of this code.
(C) The Police Department may issue tickets for violations of this section; such fines shall be in the amounts set forth in § 72.67 of this code.
(Prior Code, § 8-48) (Ord. 1997-19, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2008-57, passed 11-6-2008 ) Penalty, see § 70.99
72.65 IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES.
(A) (1) The Police Department thereof assigned to traffic duty are hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by a commercial towing service, any car or other vehicle illegally parked in any place where the parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle.
(2) Additionally, any car or other vehicle parked on any of the designated streets during the hours when parking thereon is prohibited or which are parked upon the streets in violation of the snowfall parking restriction of this code, may also be removed and towed away as herein provided.
(B) Cars so towed away for illegal parking shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator of the car, upon payment of towing costs within 24 hours after the time the car was removed.
(Prior Code, § 8-45) (Ord. 1997-19, passed - -; Am. Ord. 2008-57, passed 11-6-2008 )
93.39 REMOVAL OF SNOW UPON SIDEWALKS.
(A) Every owner of a residential or commercial property within the Village which contains, abuts or fronts on a paved public sidewalk, shall remove and clear away, or cause to be removed and cleared away, snow, after at least 2 inches of snow has accumulated, and also accumulations of ice, sleet, or freezing rain. After initial clearance, the responsible person shall maintain the sidewalk in a reasonably clear condition.
(B) When snow, ice, or freezing rain is required to be removed, it shall be removed from the full width of the sidewalk, or at least 48 inches in area, whichever is less in width, along the entire length of the public sidewalk which is upon, fronts or abuts the property. For owners of property most closely abutting sidewalk ramps, owners shall clear the ramps in the same fashion as the sidewalk.
(C) In the event snow, ice, sleet or freezing rain on a sidewalk has become so hard that it cannot be reasonably removed without damage to the sidewalk, or is otherwise largely impractical to remove, the person responsible for said removal shall cause enough sand or other abrasive material to be put on the sidewalk to make travel thereon reasonably safe, and shall maintain the sidewalk in such condition until weather permits the owner to comply with division (A) and (B) of this section.
(D) It shall be unlawful to deposit snow onto the streets while removing snow from driveways and sidewalks, or any other real property adjacent to the property in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 2011-33, passed 8-18-2011
Address/Location
Roscoe Police Department
10595 Main St.
Roscoe, IL 61073
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 815-623-7338