Warren, MI Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Under Sec. 34-7, the mayor may declare a snow alert whenever falling snow, sleet, freezing rain, or a National Weather Service forecast shows that vehicular traffic needs to be expedited and parking needs to be prohibited or restricted for plowing. The prohibition can cover some streets, all streets, or parts of streets, and it takes immediate effect on declaration. The city announces the alert and its boundaries by television and radio broadcast and posts it on the city website and government TV channel; a street is released from the ban once it has been cleared curb to curb.

Owners of vehicles displaying a valid disabled placard or plate are exempt but must park as close to the curb as possible to leave room for plows and emergency vehicles. Once an alert takes effect, drivers have six hours to remove motor vehicles and trailers from the affected streets. 252d(f), and the registered owner pays the towing and impound costs on top of any fine. A stalled vehicle must be removed by its owner or operator as soon as assistance can be secured; it cannot simply be abandoned during an alert.

The registered owner or lessee is presumed responsible for a vehicle parked in violation. Sec. 34-8 sets the penalty for any Article I violation, including this one, at a municipal civil infraction of $100 to $1,000 per violation, plus costs, and a separate infraction may be issued for each 24-hour period the vehicle remains in violation.