Blaine, MN Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Blaine City Code Section 82-65 sets two separate limits. First, no owner or person in charge of a vehicle may let it stand on any highway, street, or alley for more than 48 consecutive hours; moving the vehicle less than three-tenths of a mile during that period does not restart the clock, so shuffling a car around the block does not avoid a citation. Second, from November 1 through April 1 each winter, no vehicle may be parked on any highway, street, or alley between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. unless the owner has an emergency parking permit issued by the Blaine Police Department; the section defines 'highway, street, or alley' to mean the entire width of the public right-of-way, not just the paved travel lanes, so parking on a boulevard or shoulder during the banned hours still violates the section.

Vehicles parked in violation of either rule may be towed under Section 82-38, at the owner's expense, and the city bears no liability for damage to a towed vehicle. The winter overnight ban applies regardless of whether snow has fallen, distinguishing it from the separate snowfall-triggered parking ban in Section 82-66; both provisions can apply to the same parked car on a winter night after a storm. The Blaine Police Department issues the emergency parking permits referenced in subsection (b) and directs towing under Section 82-38.