Springfield has no blanket overnight parking ban, but City Code Sec. 79.29 limits how long a vehicle may sit on a public street: ordinary passenger vehicles may not remain on the same street or city-owned property for seven consecutive days or more, while trucks, buses, trailers, and motor homes face tighter five-hour and 48-hour limits. Vehicles exceeding the seven-day limit may be towed after a mailed seven-day warning notice.
Under Title VII, Chapter 79, Sec. 79.29, no person shall park, store, keep, or allow to stand any ordinary passenger vehicle on any public street or city-owned property for seven consecutive days or more. Trucks (other than B-classification licensed vehicles), buses seating 20 or more, farm or construction equipment, trailers, and motor homes may not park on a public street for five consecutive hours or more, except that a motor home or trailer may remain up to 48 consecutive hours. Before towing a vehicle suspected of violating the seven-day limit, the Springfield Police Department must mail the registered owner a parking notice warning that the vehicle will be towed if not moved within seven days of mailing; in no case may a vehicle be towed under this provision until seven days after that notice. Inoperable vehicles must additionally have an inoperable-vehicle sticker affixed to the rear window giving seven days' notice before removal. Snow-emergency restrictions under Sec. 79.30 may also prohibit overnight parking on designated snow routes during a declared emergency.
A vehicle left on a public street for seven consecutive days (ordinary vehicles) or beyond the truck/trailer time limits is subject to citation and to towing by the Springfield Police Department, but only after the mailed seven-day parking notice required by Sec. 79.29(c). Inoperable vehicles also receive a sticker giving seven days before removal.
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