Snow rules
Belmont, MA
CallDPW Highway Division: 617-993-2680After hours: 617-993-2698 (severe weather hotline)
Ban alertsBelmont Police Reverse 911 (Hyper-Reach) signupsignup.hyper-reach.com
School closingsBelmont Public Schoolsbelmont.k12.ma.us
- Winter parking ban
- No parking on any public or private street for over 1 hour between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. Year round.
- Snow emergency
- Select Board can declare a Snow Emergency Parking Ban: no parking on any street for the hours stated.
- Odd / even side
- No published rule found
- Where to park during a ban
- Town and school lots allow overnight parking in the standing rule if you leave by 7 a.m. But the town bans overnight parking on town lots when snow is forecast.
- Tow lot and fees
- Cars blocking plows or breaking a ban are towed at the owner's cost.
- Sidewalk clearing and fines
- Homes: clear by 8 p.m. the day after the storm ends.
- Where snow can and cannot go
- Keep driveway snow on your property, the tree lawn or gutter.
- Hydrants
- Town asks residents to shovel out hydrants and catch basins near them.
- Trash and recycling in storms
- The town says trash and recycling are rarely interrupted by winter storms.
MBTA: Belmont and Waverley stations are on the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line. Service alerts: mbta.com/alerts
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