Johnson County has no blanket overnight street-parking ban, and parking overnight in your own driveway is unrestricted. On public streets, Iowa City's 48-hour limit and calendar-based snow emergencies are the rules that bite.
Parking overnight in your own driveway is unrestricted across Johnson County. On public streets, the controls are municipal rather than a simple overnight ban. Iowa City does not prohibit routine overnight parking, but its 48-hour same-spot limit and its snow-emergency odd/even rule both apply after dark, and a vehicle left too long can be tagged and towed. When a snow emergency is in effect, cars must sit on the side of the street matching the calendar date. Near the University of Iowa, residential permit-parking zones further limit overnight parking on some blocks, and vehicles must stay off posted no-parking areas.
A vehicle parked past the 48-hour limit or on the wrong side during a snow emergency can be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense. Permit-zone violations bring citations.
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