Skowhegan, ME Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Skowhegan handles snow removal parking through its Traffic Ordinance (October 27, 2020 version) rather than a fixed alternate-side calendar. Under Sec. 34(a), the road commissioner, upon authority of the Board of Selectmen, may place properly marked signs along any street or portions of a street as he deems necessary, from time to time, to facilitate removal of snow. Sec. 34(b) then makes it unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to enter upon, stop or park within the spaces indicated by such a sign. The prohibition attaches to the sign, so the controlling fact is whether a marked sign stands at the space.

Sec. 3 adds a towing power. Upon request of the road commissioner, a police officer may remove or cause to be removed any vehicle left upon any street or way when the vehicle is not in the apparent charge of any driver or other person and interferes with plowing or removal of snow by the highway department. All costs incurred with the removal are the responsibility of the owner.

A second winter rule sits in Sec. 45 of the same ordinance. That section bars parking longer than fifteen minutes on any street, public way or municipally owned property between 12:00 A.M. midnight and 6:00 A.M. from November 1 to May 1, and it lets the Skowhegan Police Department remove vehicles parked in violation during a snow storm or while snow is being removed from public ways and parking lots, at the owner's expense. That removal can be enforced in addition to the other penalty.

Sec. 55 puts parking enforcement with the Skowhegan Police Department or another official appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Sec. 56 treats an unlawfully parked vehicle as prima facie evidence of unlawful parking by the person in whose name it is registered. Sec. 5 exempts authorized emergency vehicles only while the driver is operating in an emergency in the necessary performance of public duties.