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Committee approves update to snow emergency routes and code language

5776901 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

Winchester City—s Health and Safety Committee voted Sept. 17 to approve changes to snow-emergency routes and to amend the Winchester City Code (Chapter 14, Article 3, Sections 14-32 and 14-33) to simplify snow-emergency language and extend primary routes into more neighborhoods.

Ethan Longenecker, Winchester City emergency management coordinator, presented an ordinance to amend Chapter 14, Article 3, Sections 14-32 and 14-33 of the Winchester City Code to update snow-emergency routes and simplify statutory language.

"Existing code was developed in 1978 for snow emergency routes. Obviously there's been significant changes in the city since 1978," Longenecker said, noting changes in critical infrastructure…

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