Parking ban back in effect
Feb 17, 2015
The Wareham Police Department has announced that the parking ban has been put back into place as of Tuesday at 11 a.m.
The parking ban policy can be found here on the town website and reads as follows:
Listed below are more details of the policy.
- When an emergency snow plowing proclamation has been issued, vehicles parked on the public way must be removed in order to avoid damage to said vehicles and expedite plowing and sanding operations.
- Any vehicle or object in the public way, if not removed within one hour after the beginning of a storm, will be subject to towing and/or removal at the owner’s expense as specified in the Town’s Policy.
- Residents who contract with private snow plowers to plow their driveway are cautioned not to have the snow pushed out onto the roadway, or in a manner that covers or blocks access to fire hydrants. Snow pushed out onto the roadway is a danger to the traveling public and a liability to the resident. If the Municipal Maintenance Department has to remove snow pushed out onto the roadway, the resident will be billed for the expense incurred.
- During the hours of 7:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., the snow or weather emergency parking ban shall not apply to Main Street, from Chapel to the Tobey Homestead in the Wareham Village District, and Onset Avenue, from West Central to the Town Pier in the Onset Village District.
- The Municipal Maintenance Department will make every effort to plow carefully. However, the Municipal Maintenance Department will not be responsible for mailboxes, fencing, landscaping, etc., that a resident places within the layout of the road.
- The parking ban will remain in effect during snow removal operations and will be cancelled when the Director of Municipal Maintenance has determined that the streets have been properly cleaned.