Janesville, WI Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Section 38-343 puts the declaration power in the hands of the Director of Public Works or a designee, who can call a Winter Weather Emergency for events including, but not limited to, snow, sleet and freezing rain. Once declared, no one is permitted to park, stop or leave a vehicle standing on any street until the precipitation on that street has been plowed to the curbline or otherwise removed, City-wide, with no separate list of designated snow routes carved out in the text. If a vehicle stays in violation, the Police Department or the Public Works Department can have it removed, but only after one of the two departments has attempted to notify the owner and the vehicle still has not been moved.

The expense of that removal can be charged directly against the owner, and being towed does not shield the owner from separate prosecution for the parking violation itself. The ordinance gives no fixed duration for how long the emergency declaration lasts; it remains in effect for as long as the department's own weather-driven timeline requires. Section 38-340(c) confirms restrictions such as this one that are not otherwise scheduled apply around the clock for as long as the underlying declaration stands, since the article's general 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. time-limit window governs only the numbered time-limit parking of Section 38-339, not weather-emergency parking bans.