Springfield, IL Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

30(a) authorizes the director of public works, together with either the city traffic engineer or the chief of police, to declare a snow emergency for up to 72 hours whenever snow, freezing rain, sleet, ice, snowdrifts or similar conditions create hazardous roads that threaten to block fire, police, health or other emergency vehicle traffic; the declaration must be released to public media before it takes effect and can be extended or renewed. 30(b) designates specific streets as snow emergency routes, including sections of 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th and 19th Streets, Peoria Road, North Grand, Capitol, Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, South Grand and roughly two dozen other named streets, each marked with 'SNOW EMERGENCY' signs at intervals no greater than 500 feet.

30(d) bans parking, standing, or leaving any vehicle on the designated routes, and the city can extend that ban to streets beyond the listed routes if needed. 30(e). 30(f). 30(g), the vehicle owner bears all towing, storage, and administrative fees for a snow emergency violation regardless of whether they had actual notice of the declaration, unless the street where the vehicle was parked was not properly marked with the required snow emergency signage.