Police Asking Residents To Get Cozy With Snow Alert Rules

City crews clearing Dakota Avenue of snow in 2010

The City of Huron issued it’s first full fledged snow alert of the winter season last weekend and the Huron Police Department wants to remind residents and motorists about the City’s ordinances about parking during snow events. Snow alerts are issued when two-inches or more of snow has fallen. Parking is not allowed in what is deemed the Core Area of Huron from Midnight to 8 AM or until streets are cleared from curb to curb. Plowing takes place on non-Snow Emergency routes depending on the day. East-West streets will be plowed on even numbered days and North South streets on odd-numbered days. Huron Police Information Officer Cory Borg says Snow Emergency routes will be plowed first, even if a Snow Alert has not been declared…

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Huron police wrote 105 snow alert tickets last weekend. Borg says for the first time that’s normal…

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The City of Huron has used radio, television and newspapers to get word out that a snow alert is in effect for the city for a number of years and now has a new tool to inform the community…

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Snow alert information is also displayed on signs at the Library and Huron Chamber.  Performance Radio will provide snow alert information on the Performance Radio and Performance Radio News pages on Facebook and on Twitter. More information about the City of Huron’s snow removal ordinances are available on the city’s website at www.huronsd.com or the Huron Municipal Building.

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