WINTER PARKING BAN ORDINANCE
5044. All-night parking prohibited
(a) No person owning, operating or controlling a motor vehicle shall park, or cause to be parked said motor vehicle on any street or highway within the central business district of the City of Rutland from 3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., inclusive.
(b) No person owning, operating or controlling a motor vehicle shall park, or cause to be parked said motor vehicle on any street or highway within the City of Rutland from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. inclusive from December 1 through March 31 inclusive.
(c) Excepting herefrom, however, all motor vehicles owned, operated or controlled by persons attending the critically ill on emergency calls and motor vehicles of persons attending church services.
(d) Vehicles parked in violation of subsections (a) or (b) herein during times of snow removal may be moved or removed to another location so as to allow snow removal. The owner or operator of a vehicle so removed shall, notwithstanding any other penalty provided herein, be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $75.00 and any and all costs, charges and towing, including but not limited to storage incurred as a result of a violation. A lien in favor of the City of Rutland is hereby imposed against any such vehicle for the collection of any sums due.
(e) Motor vehicles so parked or standing on the street or highways may be removed or caused to be removed from the street or highway as a vehicle parked without authorization pursuant to 27 R.O.R. §5310 – 5320.
(f) Police officers and members of the department of public works shall be exempt from damages incurred to motor vehicles removed under this section and those persons other than police officers and members of the department of public works shall be insured and are deemed to be self-insured for liability for any damages incurred to motor vehicles which they remove under this section.
(g) A person who violates a provision of this subchapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500. If the offender chooses to pay by waiver, the waiver fine shall be in an amount as set by the Board of Aldermen
TITLE 27 VEHICLES, PARKING AND TRAFFIC CHAPTER 3 Traffic Ordinance Subchapter 1. General Provisions
§ 4772. Definitions of words and phrases
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall for the purpose of this chapter have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section. … Street or highway. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel
VEHICLES FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE PARKING RESTRICTION WILL BE TICKETED, FINED $50.00 AND AN ADDITIONAL $75.00 FOR TOWING DURING A WINTER STORM