Winter Parking Rules In Effect Starting Thursday in Milwaukee

(Originally published on WISN) MILWAUKEE, WI — Winter parking regulations took effect Dec. 1 in the City of Milwaukee and run through March 1. Most residential streets will require alternate side night parking, while overnight parking is prohibited on major arterial streets and bus routes, FOX 6 reports.

Some city streets are part of the “48-Hour Parking Exception Street program.” These overnight and daytime winter parking rules allow crews to plows curb to curb if possible to remove snow and ice more effectively.

Residents who park on 48-Hour Parking Exception streets may park overnight on both sides of the street
unless the Department of Public Wofks announces that a snow-plow or other public works operation will be conducted overnight. When this announcement is made, residents must move their vehicles to the correct side of the street – odd side of the street on an odd-numbered day (before midnight) or the even side of the street on an even-numbered day (before midnight) – for legal overnight parking between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Residents who park on 48-Hour Parking Exception streets may park overnight on both sides of the street
unless DPW announces that a snow-plow or other public works operation will be conducted overnight.
When this announcement is made, residents must move their vehicles to the correct side of the street – odd side of the street on an odd-numbered day (before midnight) or the even side of the street on an even-numbered day (before midnight) – for legal overnight parking between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

The city urges residents to sign up to receive a Snow Mobile 48-Hour Parking Exception Text Alert message. Subscribers will receive a text message on their cell phone(s) alerting them that a DPW operation has been called, and that all vehicles must be moved. Residents can also sign up for email notices.

To sign up for either or both alerts, go to milwaukee.gov/mpw or call (414) 286-CITY for assistance.
Once the parking exception streets have been plowed, DPW will notify residents again that the operation has
concluded and overnight parking is once again permitted on both sides of your street, until the next operation is called.

Failure to move a vehicle overnight during a declared DPW operation will result in a $20 citation and the possibility of being towed.

Towed vehicles are subject to a $105 reclamation fee plus a $20 per day storage fee.

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