Snow rules
Wakefield, MA
CallPublic Works, Highway Division: 781-246-6301
Ban alertsEverbridge e-Alert signupmember.everbridge.net
School closingsWakefield Public Schoolssites.google.com
- Winter parking ban
- Wakefield no longer has an all-night winter parking ban.
- Snow emergency
- A ban may be put in place during snow or weather emergencies and is announced by Everbridge.
- Odd / even side
- No published rule found
- Where to park during a ban
- No published rule found
- Tow lot and fees
- Police coordinate towing when cars block snow work.
- Sidewalk clearing and fines
- Bylaw: owners of commercial property and buildings with more than 4 units clear sidewalks within 24 hours after snow stops, 36 in wide. $200 per violation, each day…
- Where snow can and cannot go
- Bylaw bans moving snow from private land onto any public street, sidewalk or common land.
- Hydrants
- The town asks residents and businesses to clear hydrants and catch basins near them; DPW cannot.
- Trash and recycling in storms
- Trash and recycling are collected during snowstorms; put bins where workers can reach them and away from plows.
MBTA: Haverhill Line stations at Wakefield and Greenwood. Service alerts: mbta.com/alerts
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