Millcreek, PA Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Millcreek Township runs two layers of winter parking rules. Chapter 40, Article IV, the Weather Events Regulations Ordinance, applies during any snow, ice or other weather event requiring plowing, salting or other removal services. Under § 40-21, no one can park or leave a vehicle standing along the paved cartway of any public street or state highway the Township maintains during the event. Under the § 40-18 definition, the event runs through the storm and afterward until the streets can be fully cleared.

Notice and towing work as follows. Under § 40-22, a police officer, the Animal Resource-Code Enforcement Officer or another authorized employee places a notice on the windshield stating the date and time and warning that the vehicle will be towed at the owner's cost if it is not moved off the cartway within eight hours. A vehicle already noticed once in the same plowing season is towed immediately, with no further notice. When the Township declares a state of emergency for serious snow or ice and tells the public through the news media, § 40-23 drops the notice requirement entirely. The Township is not liable for damage to an unlawfully parked vehicle, whether from plowing, notices or towing (§ 40-26).

Snow emergency routes are a second layer under Chapter 137, Article V. The Emergency Management Director, on direction of the Board of Supervisors, can declare a snow emergency (§ 137-33). While it lasts, it is unlawful to park anywhere on a designated snow emergency route or to drive on one without snow tires or chains (§ 137-34). Section 137-35 designates as state-road routes Peach Street, West 12th Street, West 26th Street/West Ridge Road, West 38th Street, Lake Pleasant Road and Perry Highway along their entire length in the Township, among others, and adds Township roads such as 23rd Street from Pittsburgh Avenue to Peninsula Drive.

Snow deposits are covered too. Section 40-27 bans putting snow or ice from private property onto the cartway or right-of-way of a Township street, and § 40-28 bans piling it so it hides a fire hydrant or blocks access to one.