Duluth, MN Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Declaration deadline
- No later than 4:00 p.m.
- Takes effect
- 9:00 p.m. same day
- Ban runs until
- 6:00 p.m. next day
- Alternate-side changeover
- 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. declaration day
- No declarations
- Sundays, § 33-97.5(c)
Summary
In the City of Duluth, the director of public works can declare a snow emergency by 4:00 p.m., effective 9:00 p.m. that day, banning parking on designated snow emergency streets until 6:00 p.m. the next day under Duluth Legislative Code § 33-97.1.
(a) Whenever the director of public works, or their representative, determines that existing weather conditions or forecasted weather conditions require that snowplowing be carried out, they shall declare that a snow emergency exists in the manner prescribed in Section 33-97.5; such declaration shall be made no later than 4:00 P.M. on any day and shall be effective at 9:00 P.M. on that day; ... (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter to the contrary, no person shall park or allow to remain parked any vehicle on any street designated a parking emergency street in violation of the snow emergency provisions of this Division from 8:00 P.M. on the day of declaration of any snow emergency until 6:00 P.M. on the day following such declaration except that the director of public works and utilities may, by an announcement conforming to the requirements of section 33-97.5, extend or reduce the duration of any declared snow emergency.
Full Breakdown
5 (broadcast, telecast, city website and, when feasible, newspapers). the following day, unless the director extends or shortens that window. on the declaration day. 4 requires an operator whose vehicle stalls during an emergency to have it towed or removed immediately rather than abandoned in the roadway. 5(c).
Violations & Fines
Parking on a designated snow emergency street in violation of an active declaration is a citable offense; Chapter 33 sets no unique fine for § 33-97.1, so the general penalty in § 1-7 applies, up to $1,000, with continuing violations charged per day. Vehicles left on an emergency route past the deadline are subject to towing under the city's snowplowing operations, and an operator who abandons a stalled vehicle in the roadway during a declared emergency violates § 33-97.4 separately from any parking citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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