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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW | PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 4472 - SNOW PLOWING AND ICE CONTROL POLICY 5 across the street to other areas without express permission of the property owner receiving the snow.” 3. Parking During Snow Accumulations (Municipal Code, Section 802.06) (a) “No person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle within any block on any public street when, within the preceding forty eight (48) hours, melting or blowing snow or a combination thereof has accumulated to a depth of three inches (3") or more at street level anywhere within that block. Provided, however, that parking shall be permitted within any block of any public street where not otherwise prohibited whenever the entire length of the 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. Any vehicle parked in violation of this Section may be removed as provided by Section 802.10 of this Chapter.” 4. Parking – Restricted Hours (Municipal Code, Section 802.08, Subd. 1) (a) “No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle or trailer on any street or highway in the City between the hours of two o'clock (2:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M., except as otherwise authorized by this Chapter or unless directed or authorized by a police officer or traffic-control device. The City Council may authorize exceptions from this Section. Any street or highway so excepted must be posted with a sign indicating that parking between two o'clock (2:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. is allowed.” 5. Vehicle Towing Provisions (Municipal Code, Section 802.10, Subd. 3 & 4) (a) “Police officers are hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise maintained by this City under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated: Subd. 3. Unattended, Illegally Parked Vehicles: When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic or snow plowing. Subd. 4. Violation of Provisions: When any vehicle is parked upon a public street in violation of the provisions of this Chapter.” B. Property Damage 1. General: In accordance with Municipal Code Chapter 910, the City manages and regulates the pubic right-of-way to ensure the integrity of its streets and the appropriate use of its rights-of- way. Regulation is done through a permitting process for any work or installation that occurs in the city boulevard. Many adjacent property owners place or install private property objects or make improvements in the boulevard without City knowledge making the object or improvements subject to damage. A key function of this boulevard area during winter is snow storage from streets. Snow plowing operations can damage private property objects located in the boulevard in two general ways: 1) direct physical contact with the plowing equipment, or 2) damage from snow during snow plowing operations. 2. Mailboxes (a) Mailboxes can be placed in the boulevard without prior City approval. The mailbox is owned by the property owner, and the delivery of mail is an arrangement between the property owner and the US Postal Service. The City will attempt to remove snow as close to the curb lines as practical for delivery of the mail, but it is the property owner’s responsibility to perform final clean up along the curb to ensure his or her mail delivery. (b) Damage to a mailbox is a risk that snowplow operators face during their winter plowing operations. The mailbox assembly (mailbox with post) should be constructed securely enough to withstand snow rolling off a snow plow blade or wing. The City will not be responsible for any mail posts that are rotten or too weak to withstand this snow mass. In addition, any mailbox or newspaper tube that is crushed, dislodged, or lost is the responsibility of the property owner.