Scranton, PA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Scranton is a dense Home Rule city without a blanket overnight on-street parking ban for ordinary passenger cars - residents commonly rely on on-street parking in the city's older neighborhoods - but several local rules apply. The City's Vehicles and Traffic chapter authorizes signed block-by-block overnight or time-limited restrictions; the Scranton Parking Authority administers residential permit-parking zones in select neighborhoods where overnight parking is restricted to permit holders. The City's continuous-parking provisions limit how long a vehicle may sit in a single spot on a public street, and a vehicle that has not been moved for an extended period may be deemed 'stored' and subject to ticketing or tow. Because of Scranton's location in the Pocono / Lackawanna Valley snowbelt, the Snow Emergency Route program is operationally significant: when the Mayor declares a snow emergency, vehicles must be removed from posted snow emergency routes regardless of normal overnight allowances, and violators are subject to ticket and immediate tow. Recreational vehicles, trailers and trucks face additional overnight constraints under the Zoning Ordinance and the local commercial-vehicle restrictions. Statewide §3353 setbacks (15 ft from hydrants, 30 ft from stop signs/signals) continue to apply overnight.