Minneapolis, St. Paul declare second snow emergency in 3 days

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) - St. Paul and Minneapolis have each declared their second snow emergency in three days. The new snow emergencies begins at 9 p.m. Sunday night, Feb. 25.

Sunday, Minneapolis is completing Day 3 of the first snow emergency declared on Friday. There is no parking on the ODD side of non-snow emergency routes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Starting at 9 p.m. in Minneapolis, there is no parking on snow emergency routes until 8 a.m. Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS SNOW EMERGENCY RULES

Snow emergency parking rules begin at 9 p.m. on the day of the declaration. Vehicles in violation of snow emergency parking rules will be tagged and possibly towed to the Minneapolis impound lot.

Day 1 - No parking on snow emergency routes (marked with a red sign) beginning at 9 p.m. until 8 a.m. the next day.

Day 2 - No parking on the EVEN side of non-snow emergency routes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Day 3 - No parking on the ODD side of non-snow emergency routes from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

After a street is fully plowed curb-to-curb, you are free to park there, even if snow emergency parking rules are still in effect. Plows may come through more than once, so make sure that it is fully plowed as wide as possible before parking.

Street look-up: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/snow/snowStreetLookup

Impound lot search: http://www.minneapolismn.gov/impound/impound-lot_search

ST. PAUL SNOW EMERGENCY RULES 

Day 1 - Snow emergencies begin with NIGHT PLOW ROUTES at 9 p.m. the day of the declared snow emergency. Night Plow Routes are marked with signs, except for downtown St. Paul where all streets are part of the Night Plow Route. Parking is banned on Night Plow Routes until the street is plowed full-width. Vehicles not moved from Night Plow Routes by 9 p.m. on the day of the declared snow emergency will be ticketed and towed.

Day 2 - Snow emergencies continue with DAY PLOW ROUTES the morning following the declared snow emergency. Plowing starts around 8 a.m. There are NO SIGNS on Day Plow Routes, but parking is banned on these routes until the street has been plowed full-width.

Next 4 days - Tagging and towing continues for 96 hours of night plow and day plow cycles following a snow emergency.

More info: https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/public-works/street-maintenance/snow-emergency-update