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Parking Ban Information
Is there a ban? / Alternate Parking | Towing | Notification
Services
Sand Box Locations | Sand
Barrel Locations |
Sidewalks
Areas Cleared
Winter is a topic that the Department of Public Services focuses on year-round. With over 570 lane miles of City streets to treat and plow, our crews work around the clock to provide the best travel possible throughout the City. We do ask for your cooperation in clearing your sidewalks and driveways.
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There are ALTERNATE PARKING LOCATIONS available during a parking ban. Vehicles can be placed in these lots after 5: 00 p.m. the day of a ban and must be removed by 7:00 a.m. the following morning. How we notify the public about parking bans: |
In order to accomplish this goal, there are times when the City does implement parking bans. This is done after careful consideration of the impact on residents and early enough in the day to properly notify the public.
TWO TYPES OF PARKING BANS:
1. Citywide wide parking bans begin at 6:00 p.m. when one is called and last through 6:00 a.m. the following morning (unless otherwise specified). Vehicles left on any City street are subject to towing at the owner's expense.
2. A Yellow Zone parking ban restricts parking from
10:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. (unless otherwise specified) within the downtown business
district area. If your street lies within the square area created by the following
streets (see map below) your car needs to be off the street that evening:
• Commercial Street on the South
• Cumberland Avenue on the North
• Franklin Street Arterial of the East
• State Street on the West
Sidewalks
Property owners are responsible for removing snow and ice from
the sidewalk(s) abutting their home. City ordinance does require snow to be
removed within 12 - 24 hours and ice within a 6 hour period. Questions regarding
this issue can be answered by calling the Public Services Sidewalk Hotline
874-8793. Doing your part helps keep these pedestrian routes safe
for your family, friends, and neighbors!
Driveways
While plow crews try to minimize the amount of snow that gets plowed into
driveways during a storm, it is the responsibility of the property owner to
clear their driveway opening.
As a reminder, City ordinance does prohibit the shoveling or plowing of snow back onto the street.
| Sand Box Locations |
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| Engine 3 (Fire Station on Stevens) |
| Deering Oaks Gravel Lot near the Parking Squirrel |
| Engine 9 (Fire Station on Forest Ave.) |
| Engine 11 (Fire Station on Ocean Ave.) |
| Hanover Street, DPW Lot |
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