Indiana sets no statewide street-parking time limit, so rules come from the cities and from IC 9-21-16 clearance requirements. Lake-effect snow makes winter parking bans a real factor in Elkhart and Goshen, where posted snow routes must be cleared for plows.
Elkhart County's rural roads carry no posted parking clock, but a vehicle may not obstruct the traveled way or a bridge. Within the cities, Elkhart and Goshen enforce their own consecutive-parking limits and posted restrictions. Statewide, IC 9-21-16 bars parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant and blocking crosswalks, intersections, and driveways. The winter rule matters most here: lake-effect snow off Lake Michigan buries the county, and both cities declare snow emergencies that require moving vehicles off designated snow routes so plows can pass, often shifting parking to the odd- or even-numbered side by date. Unregistered or abandoned vehicles are removed under IC 9-22-1.
Fire-hydrant and crosswalk violations bring citations of roughly $50 and up; parking on a posted snow route during a declared snow emergency leads to ticketing and towing at the owner's expense.
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