Winter Parking Regulations
The extensive efforts of Public Works to salt and prepare city streets for snowfall and then to remove snow from streets stretching across 34 square miles require that an overnight on-street parking ban be adopted across the city in the winter months.
This overnight parking ban normally starts in November – when the Public Works director announces the first ban on overnight parking – and concludes March 31. Vehicles that are left overnight on the street can be ticketed and towed at the owner’s expense.
The ban allows Public Works crews to more quickly and efficiently treat our streets and then remove snow, a process that can take several days. Vehicles are prohibited from parking on city streets every night from midnight to 6 a.m. during those winter months.
Downtown Parking Management District:
The lone exception to this ban is the Downtown Parking Management District. Vehicles may generally be parked overnight on downtown streets in the winter months. But that overnight parking is prohibited when the Public Works director announces an overnight ban downtown, usually to allow crews to remove snow. A parking ban in the Downtown Parking Management District extends from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Parking ban announcements for the downtown district can be found on this website, the city’s Facebook and Twitter pages, and by email alerts.
There are three municipal parking lots downtown where vehicles may be parked overnight free of charge:
○ The lower level of the Columbia Street deck from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. (entrance on Hammond Street at the corner of Central Street)
○ The lower level of the Pickering Square Parking Garage on the Kenduskeag Plaza side from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. (Kenduskeag Plaza West)
○ The rear of the Upper Abbot Lot on Harlow Street from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. (the area is marked with signs)
View an interactive map here.
Even/Odd Parking Rules:
A final requirement that residents citywide must know are daytime parking rules during the winter, which are meant to facilitate snow removal. These rules apply every day from 6 a.m. to midnight.
On an even calendar day, such as Jan. 2, 4 or 6, on-street parking is allowed on even sides of a street. On an odd calendar day, like Feb. 13, 15 or 17, on-street parking is allowed on odd sides of a street. Motorists should observe house numbers to determine the even or odd side of a street. For instance, 130 Maple St. is on the even side while 129 Maple St. is on the odd side.
These even/odd rules do not apply if there are posted signs that already regulate parking.
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