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Home > Departments > Off-Street Parking Commission > Snow Parking Ban
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EMERGENCY SNOW BAN PARKING:
When snow bans are called, all vehicles must be removed from all City Streets. During a snow-parking ban, motorists in the downtown core may park in any of the eight off-street parking lots free, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
CITY PARKING BAN
A REMINDER TO MOTORISTS THAT THE CITY OF WESTFIELD HAS A PARKING BAN POLICY DURING PLOWABLE SNOWSTORMS. THIS POICY STATES MOTORISTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE CITY STREETS FROM THE BEGINNING OF A PARKING BAN ANNOUNCEMENT UNTIL AFTER THE STORM CEASES AND THE PLOWING HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE STREETS. ANNOUCEMENT OF A PARKING BAN IS DONE ON THE LOCAL CABLE ACCESS CHANNEL 15, TV STATIONS WWLP 22 AND WGBY 40 AND THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS, WMAS, WHYN, WNNZ.
WHEN A PARKING BAN IS CALLED MOTORISTS MUST OBEY THE POLICY OR THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO TOWING AND A PARKING VIOLATION.
WHEN A SNOWSTORM IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN DURING THE NIGHT, MOTORISTS WHO LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES OVERNIGHT ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR RESIDENCE SHOULD MOVE THEIR VEHICLES OFF THE STREET PRIOR TO RETIRING FOR THE NIGHT. MOTORISTS WHO USE THE DOWNTOWN CORE STREETS FOR BUSINESS DURING A PARKING BAN MUST PARK IN ONE OF THE CITY'S SEVEN OFF-STREET PARKING LOTS. THESE ACTIONS WILL ALLOW THE CITY'S STREETS TO BE PLOWED AND PREVENT MOTORISTS FROM RECEIVING PARKING VIOLATIONS.
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MOTORISTS MAY CALL THE FOLLOWING OFFICES FOR CONFIRMATION OF A SNOW PARKING BAN.
PUBLIC WORKS 572-6267
PARKING CLERK 572-6202
POLICE DEPT. 562-5411
MAYOR 572-6200
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