County Snow Parking Ordinances

Sec. 4-3.502. - Parking during snow conditions.

(a) Unattended vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave unattended any vehicle upon the right-of-way of any County road at any time and in any manner which will obstruct, delay, hinder, or otherwise inconvenience the County and its officers and employees in snow removal operations.

(b) Unattended vehicles: Removal: Expenses: Liability. It shall be the right and duty of such officers and employees during snow removal operations, or in preparing for such snow removal, to remove or cause to be removed any such vehicle so parked or left unattended on any County road at the expense of the owner or person in charge thereof.

(§ 32101, P.C.O.C.)

Sec. 4-3.506.2. - Parking at Bucks Summit, and Big Creek, California.

It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle at the snowmobile staging areas at Bucks Summit or Big Creek for a period in excess of ten (10) days. Vehicles parked in excess of ten (10) days in the Bucks Summit or Big Creek snowmobile staging areas may be towed at the owner's expense. All vehicles parked in the snowmobile staging areas at Bucks Summit or Big Creek shall be marked in a manner that will allow snow removal equipment to avoid the vehicle.

(§ 1, Ord. 02-964, eff. March 7, 2002)

Sec. 4-3.510. - Enforcement.

All violations of Article 5 of Chapter 3 of Title 4 of the Plumas County Code are punishable as follows:

(a) Imposition of civil penalties in the following amounts: Twenty-Five and no/100ths ($25.00) Dollars (1st offense), Thirty-Five and no/100ths ($35.000) Dollars (2nd offense), Fifty and no/100ths ($50.00) Dollars (3rd offense), and Seventy-Five and no/100ths ($75.00) Dollars (any subsequent offenses.)

(b) Late penalties and/or collection fees may be imposed pursuant to the schedule imposed by the Board of Supervisors.

(c) Removal of the vehicle as authorized by law.

(§ 5, Ord. 04-1003, adopted 5-4-2004)