Leominster, MA Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Section 13-26, rewritten by ordinance on November 25, 2019, lets the mayor or a designee declare a citywide snow emergency for plowing or removal purposes, provided at least six hours' notice is given. Once declared, it is unlawful for any vehicle's owner, operator or person in charge, other than a vehicle responding to an emergency, to park or leave that vehicle on any public street in the city for the duration. The declared emergency runs forty-eight hours by default, though the mayor or designee can extend it as conditions require, and can also lift the restriction street by street as areas are cleared.

The director of public works runs the plowing, removal, sanding and salting operations during the emergency and, alongside the mayor's declaration, must notify the Leominster Police Department, activate the CodeRed alert system, and announce the emergency through television, radio, newspapers and the city's social media accounts and any other channel the director considers necessary. The ban does not reach handicapped parking spaces located in residential zones, which stay in effect regardless of the emergency. This current version replaced a former Section 13-26 that had governed general 'all night parking' rather than snow emergencies specifically.