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City Of Elysian issued the following announcement on Jan. 01.

Elysian residents and visitors, please be courteous when snow has fallen and remove your vehicles from the street to allow for plowing of the snow. Below is the City Ordinance pertaining to snow emergencies and the parking of vehicles in the central business district. 

70.01  SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL.

 (A) Weather conditions.

 (1) Snow and ice control operations will be conducted only when weather conditions do not endanger the safety of city employees and equipment.

 (2) Factors that may delay snow and ice control operations include, but are not limited to, severe cold, significant winds and limited visibility.

 (B) Parking restrictions during winter months.

 (1) At three inches of snow accumulation or more a snow emergency shall be deemed to exist in the city because of snow, freezing rain, sleet, ice, snowdrifts or other natural phenomena which create or are likely to create hazardous road conditions or impede the free movement of fire, health, police, emergency or other vehicular traffic, or otherwise endanger the safety and welfare of the community. At three inches of snow accumulation or more, no parking or leaving cars on any street or avenue will be allowed between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

 (2) Notwithstanding the above, parking in the Central Business District shall be prohibited between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. between the dates of November 15 and April 15.

 (C) Impoundment.

 (1) Vehicle removal. If any vehicle is stopped, parked, abandoned or left unattended, the same may be moved or may be impounded in accordance with the terms of this section at the expense of the owner thereof.

Original source can be found here.