Siskiyou County, CA Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Siskiyou County is a heavy-snow far-northern California county in the Mount Shasta region, and Public Works provides snow removal only on County-maintained roads. The County's published rule is firm: 'County Ordinance No. 770 prohibits parking in the roadway during snow removal operations. In order to enforce this ordinance, the area must be properly signed.' Ordinance No. 770 amended Ordinance No. 233 and is codified in the County Code traffic chapter at Section 3-4.606, giving County officers the right to remove a vehicle parked or left unattended on a County road right-of-way and store it at the owner's expense when it obstructs snow-removal operations. Operationally, 'plowing begins when approximately three inches of snow accumulates on the roadway,' and if that accumulation is reached only in the afternoon or night, plowing waits until early the following morning. Snow 'usually is plowed to the right with the intent of creating equal berms in each direction,' and 'berms are not removed from private road encroachments, mailboxes or driveways.' Winter maintenance is prioritized by road class — major collectors, then minor collectors, local roads and recreational roads — with school bus routes given high priority and uninhabited roads not plowed or sanded. Standard winter work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with emergency operations authorized up to 12 hours per day. Caltrans handles snow on State Highways such as I-5 and SR 89.