Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-03
OFFICIAL NOTICES

GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT
0F COLuMBIA, EXECUTIVE OF
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I (Rules Of the Road Of the
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Regu-
lations for the District OF Column
bta, as amended, Is hereby amend
ed, as follows: Section 1855
Weather Emergency Traffic Cons
troll is remembered Section 1867.
Section 1853, Snow Emergency
Regulations is amended to read
as follows: Section 1855, Opera
ton of Vehicles on Streets Desig-
mated as Snow Emergency Routes.
ing rain is falling within the Dis
trict or whenever there is Q COW
ertng or coating of snow, sleet,
or. ice on any street in the Dis
trict marked as a Snow Emergency
Route, no person in charge of a
motor vehicle operated on any
such street shall allow such We
hicle to become stalled thereon by
reason Of the fact that the driving
wheels OF such vehicle are not
equipped with. tire chains or eff
the Director, pursuant to Section
1855, has announced that park
ing Is prohibited on Snow Emer-
geney Routes, and such parking
prohibition is in effect with re-
Spect to a particular street which
has been DESIGNATED as a Snow
Emergency Route, no person in
charge Of a motor vehicle OPP
Grated on such street shall allow
such vehicle to become stalled
that the motor fuel supply Of
such vehicle has been allowed
to become exhausted. (c) When
ever. the Director, pursuant to
Section 1855, has announced that
parking is prohibited on Snow
Emergency Routes. and such park
ing prohibition is in effect, the
person in charge Of motor
vehicle which becomes stalled on
any such route, for whatever rea-
son, including, without limitation,
. flat tire, shall without delay
take action to have the vehicle
towed or pushed off the roadway
Of such Snow Emergency Route;
but nothing herein contained shall
permit the violation of any other
law or regulation. No person shall
abandon or leave his motor We
hicle in the roadway Of q Snow
Emergency Route at any time
when the parking of motor We
hicles on. such route has been
116.6: PROVIDED, That a We
hicle standing in the roadway
Of q Snow Emergency Route will
not be considered abandoned or
left within the meaning Of this
subsection II ~ the operator
leaves such vehicle only for the
purpose of securing assistance,
for q time actually necessary to
secure such assistance, either to
mako . telephone call from q
nearby public telephone or to go
TO nearby garage. gasoline sta
ton, or other place Of assistance.
out delay, returns to and re-
mains with the stalled vehicle
until its removal, and (2l such
operator has, prior to leaving
such vehicle, placed on the
windshield note stating the
approximate time Of his depart
ure in search of assistance and
the location to which he has gone
for such assistance. tdl On each
subsection (h) Of Section III OF
Part II Of the Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Regulations as a Snow
Emergency Route, the Director
shall post special signs to this
effect at intervals not exceeding
1000 feet: A new Section 1865
Is inserted. to read as follows:
Section 1865 Snow Emergency
Parking Regulations (a) Whenever
sleet, or. freezing rain will create
q condition which makes it neces-
sary that the parking of motor
vehicles on Snow Emergency
Routes be prohibited, or whenever
he finds, on the basis of q firm
forecast by the United States
Weather Bureau of snow, sleet, or
freezing rain, that the weather
conditions as so forecast may
create . condition making 1t
Necessary Necessary that such parking be
announce such prohibition, to be-
come effective not less than one
hour after such announcement,
at time to be specified BY the
Director, Announcement of such
prohibition shall be in accordance
with the requirements OF sub
section. Oh. After the effective
time Of such prohibition, no per-
son shall park any vehicle or
permit any vehicle to remain
parked on q Snow Emergency
snow, sleet, or freezing rain oc-
ours after IL pm. and prior to
2 am, and the Director has not
announced, prior to IL pm, that
parking on Snow Emergency
Routes is to be prohibited after
q specified time, vehicle parked
on q Snow Emergency Route may
remain SO parked until z am.
first following such fall. The pro-
hibition OF parking announced by
the Director under the authority
of this subsection shall remain in
effect until the Director announ-
ces the termination of the Snow
Emergency, in part or in whole,
or until the roadway of an entire
block Of Snow Emergency Route
street is substantially clear Of
snow from curb to curb, which,
ever first occurs, after which the
prohibition Of parking authorized
BY this subsection shall no longer
prohibition announcement BY the
Director shall be made between
the hours Of g am, and II pm,
by means Of broadeasts or tele-
casts from not less than two
radio or television stations with
q formal operating range covering
the District Of Columbia, and
shall. If possible, also be made
through newspapers Of general
circulation. Each such announce
ment shall state the time these
Snow Emergency Parking RegGla-
lions became or will become eff
fective. (c) whenever the Di-
rector shall find that some or
all Of the conditions which gave
rise to the snow emergency pro-
hibttion no longer exists, he is
authorized to declare the termin-
alton Of the emergency, in part
or in whole, effective immedi-
ately upon announcement, except
that II such announcement be
made other than between Q am.
and IL pm, 1t shall be repeated
between those hours. In the
absence Of any announcement by
the Director, whenever the road
way OF the entire block Of any
Snow Emergency Route street Is
substantially clear Of snow from
curb to curb, the parking Of
vehicles Is authorized ct those
times when parking normally Is
permitted on such street. Id
The Director shall make or cause
to be made q record Of the date
and time when the announcement
Of q parking prohibition Is first
made to the public In accordance
with the requirements of subsec-
ton (bl, and the date. time
and conditions Of any announce
ment made TO the public of the
termination, Of q snow emergency
parking prohibition, either in part
the requirements Of subsection