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Committee weighs expanding snow‑emergency rules to cover narrow neighborhood streets
Summary
Benton Harbor staff proposed revising the snow‑emergency ordinance (chapter 41) to include "secondary streets" and to implement an expanded odd‑even parking or selective parking‑prohibition system; commissioners raised enforcement, tow‑policy and outreach concerns and staff proposed a 9–12 month public education campaign before any change.
City staff presented proposed updates to the snow‑emergency ordinance (identified in the discussion as chapter 41) to clarify how emergency declarations apply to secondary streets and to strengthen odd‑even parking rules. Presenters said the current declaration language focuses on main arterial routes (Empire, Territorial, Main Street) and that many neighborhood streets—such as Ogden, Superior and…
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