Troy, MI Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Who can declare
- City Manager, on request of Police Chief or DPW Director
- Trigger
- Snow accumulation or weather requiring plow access
- Notice method
- Posted on city website plus press release
- Duration
- Until curb-to-curb clear or set time, whichever first
- Penalty
- Civil infraction, $65-$500 by offense count
- Effective
- June 20, 2024
Summary
When snow makes plowing necessary, Troy's City Manager can declare a snow emergency and ban parking on specific streets until they are clear curb to curb. Only the Police Chief or Public Works Director can request the declaration, and parking there while it is in effect is a civil infraction.
B. Snow Emergency
The City Manager or authorized designee is empowered to declare a snow emergency in the City when snow accumulation or weather conditions are such that it is necessary in the interest of public safety to temporarily prohibit parking of vehicles in designated areas to facilitate snow removal. Only the Troy Police Chief or the Director of Public Works or authorized designee can request the declaration of any such snow emergency. If such a request is deemed appropriate, the City Manager or authorized designee shall declare the specific parking prohibitions... At a minimum, the City Manager's written snow emergency declaration shall be prominently posted on the City's webpage at the earliest opportunity, and shall also issue a press release... While the declaration is in effect, no person shall park or allow to remain parked any vehicle in any area designated in the snow emergency declaration. Failure to comply with the parking prohibitions set forth in the snow emergency declaration shall be a civil infraction.
Full Breakdown
15(B), revised June 10, 2024 and effective June 20, 2024, empowers the City Manager or an authorized designee to declare a snow emergency whenever accumulation or weather conditions make it necessary, for public safety, to temporarily prohibit parking in designated areas so crews can remove snow. Only the Troy Police Chief or the Director of Public Works, or their designees, can request that declaration; the City Manager then decides whether it is warranted and specifies exactly which public streets, portions of streets, or other areas are covered.
The City Manager's written declaration must be posted prominently on the City's website as soon as possible, and the City must also issue a press release for local broadcast and telecast stations serving Troy so residents learn about it quickly. The prohibition stays in effect for whatever period the City Manager sets, or until the affected street or area is substantially clear of snow and ice from curb to curb, whichever happens first. 15(A).
Violations & Fines
Failure to comply with the parking prohibitions set out in a snow emergency declaration is a civil infraction under Section 107.15(B). As with other Chapter 107 parking violations, Troy's default civil infraction fine schedule in Chapter 100, Section 100.17.01 applies absent a different schedule: $65 for a first violation within three years, rising to $125, $250, and $500 for a fourth or subsequent violation.
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