Tonawanda, NY Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Section 205-19, General restrictions, amended 12-18-2023 by Local Law No. 8-2023, prohibits the standing or parking of vehicles on all streets and highways in the Town of Tonawanda, outside the Village of Kenmore, between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night from November 15 through the following March 15. The four-hour seasonal window runs regardless of forecast conditions and applies townwide rather than to specific designated streets, distinguishing it from the discretionary emergency no-parking power in the next section, Section 205-20, which the town can invoke at any time of year.

Section 205-17 confirms the parking article does not apply when a stop is necessary to avoid a traffic conflict or follows a police officer's direction or a traffic control device, and Section 205-6 exempts town-owned vehicles operated by officials or employees on official duty. Because the restriction sits in Chapter 205, Vehicles and Traffic, rather than a snow-emergency provision, it functions as a standing overnight parking curfew for the winter months, intended to keep streets clear for plows and give the Highway Department consistent overnight access rather than requiring a case-by-case emergency declaration.

The Town of Tonawanda Police Department enforces the restriction citywide during the covered months, ticketing or arranging for towing of vehicles found standing or parked on a public street during the banned hours.