Winter Parking Restrictions

Sec. 19-72. Parking prohibited during certain months between 12:01 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on public streets, alternate sides on alternate days on certain streets.

During the period from December 15 to March 15 annually, between the hours of 12:01 A.M. and 6:00 A.M., vehicles shall, unless otherwise prohibited by law, be parked alternating on a daily basis, on one side of the street only.

On the even-numbered days of the calendar, vehicles shall be parked on the even numbered sides of the street and on the odd-numbered dates of the calendar, vehicles shall be parked on the odd-numbered sides of the street.

The parking of vehicles, in accordance with this section, shall be allowed only on streets where the width of the roadway between the curbs or elongated curb lines measures not less than thirty feet according to the records kept by the city engineer, and shall not be allowed in any area otherwise prohibited as aforesaid.

Vehicles parked in violation of this section shall be subject to being towed, upon direction of the authority in charge of snow removal; such vehicles shall also be subject to being towed upon direction of the chief of the police department or such sergeants or other officers of higher ranks in the police department as the chief may, from time to time, designate.

Anyone who parks or stands vehicle on any part of any way under the control of the city in such a manner as to impede in any way the removal or plowing of snow and ice, or in violation of any ordinance which prohibits the parking or standing of all vehicles on such ways or portions thereof at such time, and which recited that whoever violates such ordinance shall be liable to charges for the removal and storage of the vehicles as well as subject to punishment by fine, shall be subject to such punishment.

Charges for the towing of motor vehicles removed for the violation of this section and subsequent storage fees shall be in accordance with Massachusetts DPU rates.

All vehicles left on city-owned land which have been immobilized by accident or mechanical failure or which are unregistered, uninsured or uninspected shall be removed in accordance with the foregoing regulations.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the portions of the following streets which are designated as State Highways; Jackson Street, north of Berkely Street to the Methuen Line - Route 110. Riverside Drive, west of Ames Street to the Methuen Line. Winthrop Avenue, Junction of Osgood Street south to Waverly Rd., South Broadway from LaSalle Ave. to Andover Town Line, South from South Union St. to South Broadway. So. Union St. from Railroad Tracks to Andover Town Line.

Alternate Parking Allowed

• Abbot St.
• Allen St. - General St. to angle
• Allston St.
• Ames St. - Riverside Dr. to Haverhill St.
• Amesbury St.
• Amherst St.
• Andover St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Appleton St.
• Atkinson St.
• Auburn St.
• Bailey St.
• Ballard Rd.
• Barker St.
• Barnard Rd.
• Bay State Rd. - McFarlin St. to Water St.
• Beacon St.
• Beaconsfield St.
• Belknap St.
• Bellevue St.
• Bennett St.
• Bennington St. - Auburn St. to Chestnut St.
• Beresford St.
• Berkeley St.  (except during snow emergencies)
• Bigelow St.
• Blanchard St.
• Bodwell St.
• Bowdoin St.
• Boxford St.
• Bradford St.
• Broadway (except during snow emergencies)
• Brookfield St.
• Bruce St.
• Burke St.
• Burlington St.
• Butler St.
• Byron Ave.
• Cabot Rd.
• Cambridge St.
• Canal St.
• Canterbury St.
• Carleton St. - Andover St. to Everett St.
• Carver St.
• Castle St.
• Cedar St.
• Chester St. - South Broadway to Dunstable St.
• Chestnut St.
• Chickering St. - Cutler St. to Pilgrim Rd.
• Cleveland St.
• Clifton St.
• Clinton Ct.
• Colonial Dr.
• Colonial Rd.
• Colonial Terr.
• Columbus Ave. - Haverhill St. to Meadow St.
• Common St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Concord St.
• Congress St.
• Coolidge St.
• Copley St.
• County St.
• Crescent St.
• Crestwood Cir.
• Crosby St.
• Cross St.
• Cutler St. - Chickering St. to Marlboro St.
• Cyr Dr.
• Dana St.
• Dansforth St.
• Dartmouth St.
• Davis St.
• Debbie Lane
• Dorchester St.
• Dracut St. - South Broadway to Dunstable St.
• Dunstable St.
• Durso Ave.
• East Boxford St.
• East Boxford Terr.
• East Haverhill St.
• East Kingston St.
• East Pleasant St.
• East St.
• Easton St. - South Broadway to Jefferson St.
• Eaton St.
• Ellis St.
• Elm St.
• Emerald Ave.
• Erving Ave.
• Essex St. - Union St. to Milton St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Everett St.
• Exeter Pl.
• Exeter St.
• Exeter Terr.
• Fairmont St.
• Fallon St.
• Falmouth St.
• Farley St.
• Farnham St.
• Ferry St.
• Forest St.
• Foster St.
• Foxcroft St.
• Franklin St.
• Frost Dr.
• Furber St.
• Garden St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Garfield St. - Cambridge St. to Falmouth St.
• Gilbert St.
• Glenn St.
• Glenwood Dr.
• Gorham St.
• Grafton St.
• Grainger St.
• Grant St.
• Green St.
• Greenfield St.
• Greenwood St.
• Groton St.
• Grove St.
• Hamlet St.
• Hampshire St. - Canal St. to Arlington St.
• Hancock St.
• Haverhill St. - Fulton St. to Jackson St. and Amesbury to Broadway (except during snow emergencies)
• Hawley St.
• High St. - East Haverhill St. to Storrow St.
• Highgate St.
• Hillside Ave.
• Howard St.
• Hudson Ave.
• Hurst St.
• Inman St.
• Jackson St. - Canal St. to Kendrick St. and Berkeley St. to Methuen line (except during snow emergencies)
• Jamaica St.
• Jefferson St.
• Kenneth St.
• Kent St.
• Kingston St.
• Laurel St.
• Lawrence St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Lebanon St. - Hampshire St. to Amesbury St.
• Lee St.
• Leeds Terr.
• Lenox Cir.
• Lenox St.
• Lincoln Ct.
• Lisa Lane
• Lorenzo Rd.
• Loring St.
• Louisburg St.
• Lowell St. - Lawrence St. to West Lowell St.
• Lynn St.
• Manchester St.
• Maple St.
• Margin St.
• Marie Lane
• Marique Dr.
• Mark Lane
• Market St.
• Marlboro St.
• Marston St.
• Martha Lane
• Mason St.
• May St.
• Medford St.
• Melrose St.
• Melvin St.
• Merrimack St.
• Middlebury St. - Olive Ave. to Endicott St.
• Mill St.
• Milton St. - Haverhill St. to Bodwell St.
• Monroe St.
• Morton St.
• Mount Auburn St.
• Mount Vernon Cir.
• Mount Vernon St.
• Mount Vernon Terr.
• Newbury St.
• Newton St.
• North Parish Rd.
• Oak St. - East Haverhill St. to Short St.
• Oakland Rd.
• Olive Ave. - Ames St. to West Lowell St.
• Orchard St.
• Osgood St.
• Oxford St.
• Packard St.
• Parker St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Patton St.
• Pemberton St.
• Pembroke Dr.
• Perry Ave.
• Phillips St.
• Pilgrim Rd.
• Pleasant St. - Ferry St. to High St.
• Portland St.
• Powers St.
• Proctor Rd.
• Prospect St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Providence St.
• Railroad St.
• Richmond Ct.
• Rita Lane
• Roberta Lane
• Rockwood Lane
• Rowe St.
• Russell St.
• Salem St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Sanborn St.
• Sargent St.
• School St.
• Shattuck St.
• Shawsheen Rd.
• Shepard St.
• Short St. - Chestnut St. to Maple St.
• South Bowdoin St.
• South Broadway (except during snow emergencies)
• South Union St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Sparkle Dr.
• Springfield St.
• Standish Rd.
• Stevens St. - Mt. Vernon St. to Stevens Ave.
• Storrow St.
• Summer St.
• Summit Ave.
• Swan St.
• Sylvester St.
• Taft St.
• Temple St.
• Tewksbury St.
• Thomas Rd.
• Tremont St.
• Tyler St.
• Union St. - Canal St. to Elm St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Valley St.
• Vanderbilt St.
• Warren St.
• Water St. (except during snow emergencies)
• Weare St.
• West Hawley St.
• West Kenneth St.
• West St.
• Westchester Dr.
• Westwood Terr.
• White St.
• Whitman St.
• Winston Dr.
• Winter St.
• Winthrop Ave. (except during snow emergencies)
• Woodland St.
• Wyman St.