In accordance with those portions of the Indiana Code which are applicable, the Board of County Commissioners may declare that a snow emergency exists in Jasper County whenever the County has been or is expected to be subjected to blizzard and inclement weather conditions including sub-zero temperatures, high winds and drifting snow to the extent that normal functions of the County departments and use of the County roads are impossible. (Reference is hereby made to all applicable and appropriate laws, statutes, ordinances and resolutions, and particularly to IC 10-4-1-23.) [Ord. 12-1-97B § 1.]