Clarinda Police Chief issues a Snow Ordinance reminder
March 3rd, 2025 by Ric Hanson
(Clarinda, Iowa) – (UPDATED] Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers today (Monday) said the weather forecast for Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon indicates a probability of accumulating snowfall with blizzard conditions. The Clarinda Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Clarinda about the snow ordinance. The ordinance states no person shall park any motor vehicle or other apparatus upon any street of the city that will obstruct the removal of snow when there has been an accumulation of two inches or more of snow or ice. Any vehicle left parked on any street in violation of this ordinance may be impounded, and the registered owner of the vehicle will be subject to a $30.00 parking fine, and payment of all applicable towing and storage fees before the vehicle is released. The parking ban remains in effect until the snow ceases to fall and the snowplow operators have plowed the streets from curb to curb.