Yonkers, NY Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- City Code Chapter 108, adopted 11-14-2017
- Trigger
- Mayor or designee proclaims a snow emergency
- Emergency routes
- 11 signed streets, e.g. North/South Broadway, Warburton Ave.
- Snow tire streets
- Separate named list of hills/connectors requires tires or chains
- Penalty
- Class II offense: $100-$5,000 fine or up to 15 days jail
- Relief
- Mayor may release a route once the storm subsides
Summary
When the Mayor of Yonkers declares a snow emergency, City Code Chapter 108 bars parking on eleven signed emergency routes, including North Broadway, South Broadway, Warburton Avenue and Yonkers Avenue, until the order is lifted. The same emergency also requires snow tires or chains on designated hill streets, and violating either rule is a Class II offense punishable by fine or jail.
§ 108-1. Proclamation of snow emergency. When accumulation of snow, ice, sleet or freezing rain on the streets of the City of Yonkers is expected, a snow emergency may be instituted and declared by order of the Mayor or his/her designee. The provisions of this chapter shall then be in effect until removed by order of the Mayor or his/her designee. § 108-2. Parking not permitted on snow emergency routes. When a snow emergency has been ordered, parking of a vehicle ("vehicle" as defined in the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law), is not permitted on any street or portion thereof that is a signed snow emergency route. § 108-5. Penalties for offenses. The violation of any section of this chapter shall be a Class II offense.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4745274; v31 updated 2025-10-28; through 10-28-2025).
Full Breakdown
City Code Chapter 108, adopted November 14, 2017 by General Ordinance No. 16-2017, gives the Mayor or a designee sole authority to proclaim a snow emergency under § 108-1 whenever accumulation of snow, ice, sleet or freezing rain on City streets is expected; the emergency stays in force until the Mayor lifts it. § 108-3 names eleven of those routes by side of street, including North Broadway (east side, Getty Square to the north City line), South Broadway (west side, Getty Square to the south City line), Warburton Avenue (east side), McLean Avenue (north side) and both directions of Yonkers Avenue.
§ 108-5 makes violation of any section of the chapter a Class II offense, and § 108-6 lets the Mayor release a route or street from the chapter's requirements once a weather event subsides or when doing so serves the City's interests. Because Chapter 108 sets no dollar figure of its own, the offense falls under the citywide Class II schedule at § 1-21: a criminal fine of not less than $100 nor more than $5,000, imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both, or a civil penalty of not less than $250 nor more than $5,000.
Violations & Fines
Parking on a posted snow emergency route while the Mayor's declaration is active is a Class II offense under § 108-5. Under the citywide penalty table at § 1-21, that carries a criminal fine of $100 to $5,000, up to 15 days in jail, or both, or a civil penalty of $250 to $5,000. Driving without required snow tires or chains on the § 108-4 streets during the same emergency carries identical Class II exposure.
Frequently Asked Questions
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