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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW I PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br /> 2. Priority Routes for Trails, Sidewalks, and Municipal Parking Lots <br /> (a) Snow plowing and ice control priorities for City trails and sidewalks are based upon use, <br /> location, and connections to other trails and sidewalks. Priorities for trails and sidewalks <br /> consider school routes and zones and proximity to arterial and collector streets, city <br /> facilities, and bus routes. These priorities may change based upon time of day and day of <br /> week that snow plowing and ice control operations begin (and end) for each winter storm, <br /> compared to the schedules of the schools, bus company, and business hours. Table 2 <br /> summarizes the priorities for all city trails and sidewalks as high, medium, and low. A map <br /> showing the trail and sidewalk system, along with the parking lots, is attached as Exhibit C. <br /> (b) Prioritization for snow plowing and ice control operations for municipal parking lots also <br /> varies depending on time of day and day of week compared to usage of parking lots. <br /> Parking lots used by public safety vehicles (police, fire, etc.) will take precedence over <br /> other parking lots. Prioritization ranking for snow plowing of the municipal parking lots is <br /> summarized on Table 2 and locations shown on the Exhibit C map. <br /> 3. Coordinating Snow Plow and Ice Control Operations <br /> (a) The City has a limited number of specific pieces of equipment for snow removal and ice <br /> control. Most of this equipment is customized for only streets or trails/parking lots or <br /> sidewalks. In addition, City employees are assigned to specific routes with backups <br /> assigned. Therefore, snow plowing and ice control operations for streets, sidewalks, and <br /> trails/parking lots are more-or-less separate processes and priorities between these <br /> infrastructures seldom conflict. <br /> (b) During significant and severe winter storms, the City must be prepared to move personnel <br /> and equipment to maintain Priority Snow Plow Routes if needed. In fulfilling the need to <br /> have all priority streets safe and passable, when resources are limited, plowing of all other <br /> streets may be stopped at any time so resources can be shifted to priority routes. <br /> (c) Snow plowing and ice control operations for municipal parking lots and trails may be <br /> intertwined since travel between municipal parking lots occurs on the trail system. <br /> (d) Unforeseeable circumstances may cause delays in completing assigned plow routes. <br /> Such circumstances may include weather conditions that endanger the safety of snowplow <br /> operators and/or safe and effective operation of equipment, commuter traffic, disabled <br /> vehicles, poor visibility conditions, parked cars along streets, assistance to emergency <br /> response vehicles, equipment breakdown, and personnel shortages. <br /> 3. RULES, REGULATIONS, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE <br /> A. Traffic and Parking Regulations <br /> 1. Snowplow Operator Exemption (Minn. Statutes, Chapter 169) <br /> (a) The City recognizes that snowplow operators are exempt from traffic regulations set forth <br /> in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 169 while actually engaged in work on streets, except for <br /> regulations related to driving while impaired and the safety of school children. Pursuant to <br /> this authority, snowplow operators engaged in snow removal or ice control on city streets <br /> have discretion to disregard traffic laws set forth in Chapter 169, except for laws relating to <br /> impaired driving and school children safety, when in their judgment, it is safe to disregard <br /> such laws. <br /> (b) The privileges granted herein to operators of snow removal and ice control vehicles shall <br /> apply only if the vehicle is equipped with one lighted lamp displaying a flashing, oscillating, <br /> or rotating amber light placed in such a position on the vehicle as to be visible throughout <br /> an arc of 360 degrees. <br /> 2. Snow and Ice Accumulations (Municipal Code, Section 801.40, Subd. 1) <br /> (a) "All snow accumulated from clearing or plowing operations on private property shall be <br /> stockpiled on the property from which the snow is cleared or upon other private property <br /> for which the property owner has written permission. In clearing snow and/or moving <br /> snow, it shall be unlawful to operate in such a manner as to cause any snow to be <br /> 4472- SNOW PLOWING AND ICE CONTROL POLICY 4 <br />
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