Casper, WY Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Casper's Public Services Department and Police Department enforce parking through the city's Parking Manual, an administrative rulebook adopted by City Council Resolution No. 21-56 and Resolution No. 22-121 under Casper Municipal Code § 10.36.010. That manual, not the code itself, designates which streets are snow routes and when a snow emergency is in effect. Section 10.36.020(D) makes it unlawful to park on those designated snow route streets during a declared snow emergency, deferring the specific streets and trigger conditions to the Parking Manual as updated by the Governing Body.

Any parking that violates this chapter, including the snow-route ban, is a misdemeanor under § 10.36.050(A), enforced through Casper Municipal Court. The code also gives the city manager or a designee separate authority under § 10.36.050(H) to tow any vehicle or RV parked on a downtown business district street between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., seven days a week, whenever it is necessary to move the vehicle so city crews can sweep streets and perform snow removal without interference from parked cars. That downtown night-window towing authority runs independent of, and in addition to, the snow-emergency route ban, giving Casper two separate tools for winter street clearing: one keyed to a citywide snow emergency declaration and the Parking Manual's snow routes, the other a standing nightly downtown clearance window regardless of whether an emergency has been declared.

Drivers should consult the current Parking Manual for the actual list of snow route streets and the criteria the city uses to declare a snow emergency, since the ordinance itself delegates those operational details rather than printing them in the code.