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No Trash/Recycling on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28  (11/13/2008)
Public Services Trash and Recycling crews will not be collecting trash or recycling in the City of Portland on Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 27 or on Friday, November 28, 2008. More

Curbside Leaf Collection Starts October 27, 2008  (9/10/2008)
Curbside leaf collection in the City of Portland will be starting on Monday, October 27 and will run through Friday, November 21, 2008. More

Reminder!! Street Cleaning Operations Underway  (7/3/2008)
Residents of the Peninsula are reminded to observe parking restrictions in effect for street cleaning. Fail to do so could result in the towing of your vehicle. More

Want to Receive Important Construction Announcements from the City of Portland?  (2/27/2008)
Interested in finding out about major construction projects in the City of Portland before you find yourself in a long line of traffic? E-mail us to be added to the subscriber list More

Find Your Trash and Recycling Day  (2/23/2007)
Have a question on when your trash or recycling is picked up? More

winter operations

Towing

Is there a ban? | Alternate Parking | Towing | Notification Services

Citywide parking bans begin at 10 p.m. and last through 6 a.m. the following morning (unless otherwise specified). Vehicles left on the street are subject to towing at the owner's expense.

Where is your car?
All vehicles removed from the streets during a citywide parking ban are towed to the City's Impound Lot. This is located at the International Marine Terminal parking lot on Commercial Street next to Casco Bay Bridge - telephone number to the Snow Impound Lot is 774-3025.

The Impound Lot is open throughout the parking ban and remains open until 7 p.m. the next day.

To retrieve your car after a citywide ban, you will need to pay $75 (towing charge and impound fee) plus any outstanding parking tickets you owe.

If your car is towed during a Yellow Zone parking ban, please call 874-8300. Vehicles towed during these bans are brought to the towing company's individual impoundment lots.

For additional information, please call the City of Portland's Parking Control Office at 874-8498.

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