South Bend, IN Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

South Bend's Chapter 20, Article 7 sets tiers of snow-related parking restriction, declared by the Mayor or the Director of Public Works under § 20-104 once accumulating snow, sleet, hail, ice or freezing rain threatens hazardous street or sidewalk conditions. A 'snow route clearance condition' under § 20-105(a) bars parking on any street the Board of Public Works has designated and signed as a snow route; a vehicle parked, stalled, or left unattended on a snow route can be cited, towed and impounded, with the owner responsible for fines and towing and storage fees, though a vehicle is spared if the City has already plowed that street clear in all traffic and parking lanes.

the following morning, and drivers must follow an odd/even address schedule, parking only on even-numbered street sides on even-numbered calendar days and odd-numbered sides on odd-numbered days, regardless of any conflicting 'no parking' signage already posted. The most severe tier, a 'winter weather emergency condition' declared solely by the Mayor under § 20-101(d), lets the Mayor limit traffic citywide, set new parking regulations, designate temporary service vehicles, and invoke the state Emergency Management and Disaster Law, IC 10-14-3-1 et seq. Declarations are announced by press release to local media and filed with the City Clerk.

00 fine for any violation of § 20-105, enforced by the Police Department and Code Enforcement Department, with fines paid through the Ordinance Violations Bureau.