Gresham, OR Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- snow equipment needs street cleared
- Classification
- hazardous vehicle, GRC 8.30.020
- Impound
- immediate, no 24-hr notice
- Max fine
- $500 under GRC 8.30.040
Summary
A vehicle left on a Gresham street that snow removal equipment is about to clear counts as a hazardous vehicle under city code, and the city may tow and impound it immediately without advance warning.
(1) No person shall commit, cause, or allow:
(a) a vehicle to block, impede or interfere with the vision or normal flow of vehicular, bicycle or pedestrian traffic on public or private streets and sidewalks;
(b) a vehicle to pose an immediate danger to the public or environmental safety, such as a vehicle with leaking fluids that are at risk of entering into the public stormdrains or causing a hazardous road condition, extreme vandalism, shattered glass, or partially dismantled;
(c) a vehicle to be parked or left standing on a street, public or private parking lot, or other area where immediate access is needed, or could be needed in the event of an emergency, by the fire department or the police department and their respective equipment;
(d) a vehicle to be parked or left standing on a street where snow removal equipment will soon clear the street and removal of the vehicle is reasonably necessary in order to clear the street; or
(e) a vehicle to block or be within 10 feet of a fire hydrant.
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GRESHAM REVISED CODE
(2) A vehicle parked or left standing in violation of this section may be impounded as provided in GRC Article 8.35. (Ord. No. 1783, Amended, 05/01/2018; Ord. No. 1756, Amended, 08/20/2015; Ord. No. 1750, Amended, 05/07/2015; Ord. No. 1700, Amended, 03/03/2011; Ord. No. 1624, Amended, 04/20/2006; Ord. No. 1457, Amended, 11/05/1998)
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Full Breakdown
Gresham classifies a vehicle as hazardous, and therefore subject to towing, if it is left standing on a street that snow removal equipment will soon need to clear and moving the vehicle is reasonably necessary to clear the street. The rule sits inside GRC 8.30.020's broader hazardous-vehicle list, alongside vehicles blocking traffic sight lines, leaking fluids, or parked within 10 feet of a fire hydrant. Because it is a hazardous-vehicle violation rather than an ordinary parking ticket, the manager or a public safety officer can impound the vehicle right away, without the 24-hour prior notice required for other tow-eligible violations elsewhere in the code.
Violations & Fines
Classified as a hazardous-vehicle violation, so the vehicle may be towed and impounded immediately under GRC Article 8.35; violations of Article 8.30 carry a fine up to $500 under GRC 8.30.040.
Frequently Asked Questions
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