Youngstown, OH Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

Youngstown Codified Ordinances Section 351.14, Emergency Due to Snow, declares an emergency whenever, within 24 hours or less, snow accumulates to an average depth of four inches or more, because such accumulation is found to impair transportation, fuel and food movement, medical care, and fire, health and police protection. The emergency continues until the Mayor, Commissioner of Engineering or Traffic Coordinator announces that snow removal operations are complete. Once declared, the emergency is announced through local press or radio and becomes effective no sooner than four hours after the first announcement on snow emergency routes, and twelve hours after it on residential streets, giving owners and operators time to move vehicles, though the ordinance places the burden on drivers themselves to track conditions and comply.

During the emergency, no one may park, cause to be parked, or abandon a vehicle on any covered street, except a resident whose home abuts a street, parklane or alley twenty-five feet wide or less with no driveway. A narrow exception allows parking up to fifteen minutes to actually load or unload passengers or property, provided snow equipment is not actively working that street. A separately numbered section, 351.13, covers routine street cleaning and snow removal operations apart from a declared emergency: the Department of Public Works posts barricades at the ends of affected streets, and no one may park behind the barricades while cleaning or plowing is under way.

Vehicles violating either section are declared a public nuisance and may be towed and impounded at the owner's expense, with towing charges set by the Board of Control through competitive bidding, and the City and any towing officer bear no liability for resulting damage.