Everett, MA Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

On-street parking in the City of Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, is governed by Article V of Chapter 18, Traffic and Motor Vehicles, and Section 18-131 is the general list of places where no person can stand or park. The lead-in covers any vehicle registered in the person's name that they allow, permit or suffer to stand or park in a prohibited place, and Section 18-2 holds the registered owner prima facie responsible when the driver cannot be readily identified.

The list includes intersections, sidewalks and crosswalks, any way where parking would impede plowing or removal of snow or ice, any roadway where less than a clear lane at least 10 feet wide is left for passing traffic, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, upon or in front of any private road or driveway, and within 20 feet of an intersecting way except alleys. Subsection (j) adds 15 feet from the wall of a fire station, or directly across from it, where signs are posted. Subsection (e) requires both right-side wheels within 12 inches of the curb, and on one-way streets vehicles park in the direction of travel, again within 12 inches of the curb. Double line parking is barred by subsection (l), and subsection (m) bars obstructing a curb cut for handicapped persons or a space reserved for a disabled veteran or handicapped person.

Street cleaning is covered by subsection (n). From April 1 through November 30, parking is prohibited from 4:00 A.M. to 7:00 A.M. on Broadway, Main Street, Elm Street, Ferry Street and Chelsea Street, along with stretches of School Street and Norwood Street. On other streets the ban runs 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. on the side scheduled and posted. Vehicles in violation pay $25 and are towed at the owner's expense.

Other sections add timed limits: Section 18-134 limits parking to 45 minutes between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on scheduled streets, and Section 18-139(f) bars vehicles not validly registered in the City of Everett from public ways between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. The chief of police enforces the chapter under Section 18-4 and can suspend or impose temporary restrictions under Section 18-132.