Dearborn Snow Emergency: Where You Can Park Your Car

DEARBORN, MI — A powerful winter storm that's expected to hammer metro Detroit with heavy snow and high winds may prompt Dearborn to call for a snow emergency.

If the city issues a snow emergency, residents will hear sirens alerting them to move their vehicles from the streets. Officials will ticket any vehicle not removed from the roads.

For residents without a driveway, the city has designated several parking lots and streets as options during the snow emergency, including city park parking lots at Levagood, Crowley and Ford Field Parks.

In the northeast and southeast of Dearborn, where the lack of driveways is more common, the city has designated the following specific streets in which parking is allowed:

Southeast Dearborn:

• Eagle, from Amazon to Salina
• Lapeer, from Ferney to Amazon
• Lowrey, from Holly to Saulino Court
• Westlawn, from Vernor to Burley
• Tuxedo, from Ferney to Riverside Drive
• Whittington, from Canterbury to Riverside Drive
• Berkshire, from Industrial to Canterbury
• Morningside, from Industrial to Wyoming
• Riverside Drive, from Industrial to Vernor

Northeast Dearborn

• Blesser, from Maple to Oakman
• Henson, from Maple to Oakman
• Henn, from Chase to Williamson
• Haggerty, from Maple to Calhoun
• Paul, from Chase to Horger and between Schaefer and Hartwell
• Hemlock, from Chase to Oakman
• Donald, from Chase to Calhoun and between Reuter and Oakman
• Alber, from Reuter to Oakman
• Coulter, from Lonyo East to alley for part of the block
• Graham, from Lonya East for part of the block
• Whitlock, from Lonyo East to alley
• Shaddick, from Lonyo East to alley
• Gary, from Lonyo East to alley

Vehicles will need to be removed again within 24 hours after the end of the snowfall so that the lots can be cleared. Cars that are not moved will be ticketed. Tickets are $80.

Additional snow emergency rules:

• Sometimes a snow emergency is announced many hours before a snowstorm to give residents plenty of warning to move their parked vehicles so they won’t get ticketed once the snow emergency is in effect.
• Even after a snow emergency ends, police are permitted to ticket parked vehicles if they appear as if they were not moved during the emergency, for example, if the vehicle is covered in snow.
• Driveways may be covered during snowplowing. Please take into consideration that driveway aprons will be covered with snow from street plowing operations. It is necessary so that roads can remain safe for drivers. Do not put snow from your driveway or sidewalk back into the cleared street.
• Crews also salt the roads, even if they are not plowing, so it is also a good idea to remove parked vehicles when City crews are salting roads, to allow for better coverage.
• Property owners are required to keep sidewalks and ramps to crosswalks clear of snow for safe pedestrian travel. City ordinance provides 24 hours to remove snow along the front and side of properties.