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Portland Neighborhood Leaf Pickup Services Begin This Week
Leaf pickups take place 3 times over the next 2 weeks. If your car is parked in a pickup zone it could be towed, costing a minimum of $147.
PORTLAND, OR - From The City of Portland: Don't get towed! This week our crews begin Leaf Day pickup service in zones with towing. PBOT tows vehicles in Leaf Day service zones where neighborhood leaders have requested the bureau to tow vehicles to facilitate a more effective leaf pickup service. Areas with towing include Northwest Portland, Goose Hollow in Southwest Portland and Sullivan's Gulch in Northeast Portland. Anyone who parks a car on the street in Leaf Day service zones with towing -- whether they live, work or shop there -- needs to be on the lookout for "no parking" signs.
Here are the scheduled dates for Leaf Day zones where vehicles are towed because of neighborhoods' interest in providing the cleanest sweep possible. Most are in Northwest Portland. To reduce the impact to the public, parking restrictions in Northwest Portland Leaf Zones are limited to three hours, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
- Monday, November 27 - NW 2
- Wednesday, November 29 - NW 7, NW 9
- Friday, December 1 - SW 1, SW 2
- Monday, December 4 - NW 6, NW 8
- Wednesday, December 6 - NW 3, NW 4
- Friday, December 8 - NE 14
Any cars on the street during Leaf Day in these neighborhoods will be towed at their owners' expense. The current contractual cost of a tow is $179. The cost to store a towed vehicle past the initial four hours is $27 per day. To locate your vehicle, call Police Auto Records at 503-823-0044.
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View our interactive Leaf Day map to see details of service dates and zone boundaries. Zone numbers that say "clean sweep" on the pop up details are areas where we call tow trucks if you are parked on a block where "no parking" signs are posted. For example, NW 3 is labeled Northwest 3 (Inner West Clean Sweep).
This week's Leaf Day schedule - November 25 - December 1, 2017
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- Saturday, November 25 - No leaf pickup. Happy Thanksgiving!
- Sunday, November 26 - NE 8, NE 11, NE 12
- Monday, November 27 - NW 2 (** Towing Zone **), NE 1
- Tuesday, November 28 - NE 2, SE 4
- Wednesday, November 29 - NW 7 (** Towing Zone **), NW 9 (** Towing Zone **), NE 16
- Thursday, November 30 - SE 2, N 5
- Friday, December 1 - SW 1 (** Towing Zone **), SW 2 (** Towing Zone **), N 6
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