Skowhegan, ME Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

On-street parking in the Town of Skowhegan, Maine is governed by Article III of the Traffic Ordinance (October 27, 2020 version). Sec. 39 sets the basic manner of parking: park headed in the direction of traffic, which rules out wrong-way parking, with the curb-side wheels within one foot of the edge of the roadway. The exceptions are streets marked or signed for angle parking and cases where an accident or obedience to traffic regulations, signs or signals dictates otherwise. On angle streets, Sec. 40 requires parking at the marked angle, and Sec. 42 bars any vehicle with an overall length of more than twenty feet from angle spaces.

Sec. 48 lists places where stopping, standing or parking is unlawful, unless needed to avoid conflict with traffic or to follow a police officer, sign or signal: on or within 25 feet of any intersection on a public way, on or within 20 feet of any crosswalk, within 30 feet upon the approach to a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal, in front of any driveway or alley entrance so as to obstruct it or within 10 feet to either side, within 10 feet of a bus stop pole or sign, and within 15 feet of a fire hydrant where signs or markings indicate it.

Sec. 47 defines double parking as parking outside any area designated by painted lines and contrary to Sec. 39, or with the curbside wheels more than ten feet from the paved edge, and makes it unlawful except for loading or unloading. Sec. 49 bars leaving a vehicle stationary so as to obstruct free passage of other vehicles, and Sec. 52 makes it unlawful to park a vehicle on a street for the sole purpose of displaying it for sale. Sec. 43 lists named street segments, such as parts of Cedar Street and Main Street, where parking is barred at all times when signs are posted.

Sec. 56 makes the registered owner answerable: the fact that a vehicle is unlawfully parked is prima facie evidence of unlawful parking by the person in whose name it is registered.