Lafayette, IN Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Lafayette Municipal Code § 7.06.300, "Parking after snow," gives the Mayor or a designee sole authority to declare a snow emergency, at which point parking becomes unlawful on emergency snow routes that the Parking Commission has signed in advance. A vehicle already parked on one of those routes when the emergency is declared gets 12 hours to move so plows can clear the street. After 12 hours, the code treats any vehicle still there as blocking efficient snow removal, and a Police Department member may have it towed to the nearest garage or other place of safety at the owner's expense.

The parking ban stays in effect street by street until the Mayor or designee lifts the snow emergency, and § 7.06.300 lets that happen on a route-by-route basis as plowing finishes rather than city-wide all at once. Towing under this section connects to the general towing authority in § 7.06.310(A)(9), which lists a vehicle "remaining on a snow emergency route twelve (12) hours after a snow emergency has been declared" as grounds for police-ordered removal, and § 7.06.310(B) makes the owner liable for all tow-in and storage charges.

Because § 7.06.300 does not list its own dollar fine, a citation for parking on a snow route falls to the Chapter 7.06 catch-all penalty in § 7.06.990(A)(8): fifty dollars, rising to $100 after 30 days unpaid and $150 after 60 days under § 7.06.990(B)(2).