Lawrence, MA Parking Rules: Preferential Parking Districts (2026)

40, the Resident Sticker Parking Program, is Lawrence's version of a preferential parking district. 010 limits eligibility to a vehicle 'used for pleasure only, owned by a resident of the city, registered under the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and principally garaged in the city on one of the streets restricted to resident parking'; the owner also needs a Massachusetts driver's license showing the same address as the registration. 00, covering the sticker plus two portable visitor permits per household. 030 ties each sticker to the specific street named on the vehicle's registration; parking on any other permit-restricted street 'will subject the vehicle to issuance of a parking ticket' even with a valid sticker from elsewhere.

050, must sit on the visiting car's dashboard and are good for no more than 48 hours before the household risks losing permit privileges for misuse. 060 lists the streets, or segments of streets, actually restricted to sticker holders, added document by document: examples include Ames Street's east side and off-street area between Providence and Butler Streets, Cedar Street between Hampshire and Chardon Streets, and Hampshire Street's westerly side between Arlington and Center Streets around the clock, every day. New segments are added or amended by individual council documents, so coverage is block-by-block rather than one city-wide district.