Around Town

Winter Parking Ban Temporarily Lifted for the Holidays

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Watertown Police Chief sent out the following letter:

Dear Watertown,

With the Holidays fast approaching, the Watertown Police Department recognizes the need for additional overnight parking to accommodate visiting family members and friends. Chief of Police Michael P. Lawn wishes to announce that effective December 23, 2017 officers will temporarily stop enforcing the All Night Parking Ban – barring any snowfall that would require plowing or sanding. Should there be a snow event please refer to the town website for available off street parking locations. Chief Lawn still encourages all homeowners to use available off street parking during the overnight hours. Enforcement of the All Night Parking ban will resume on January 3, 2018.

Government

Watertown Man’s Petition Seeks to End Town’s Winter Parking Ban

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A Watertown man has started an online petition seeking to end, or at least alter, the town’s winter parking ban. 

Baylor Bennett put the petition on Change.org asking the Town Council and officials in charge of parking to end the ban that lasts from after Thanksgiving to the end of March. “No matter what the weather conditions there is no overnight street parking in the City of Watertown from late November to the first of April. This rule forces property owners and landlords to accommodate all vehicles on their property for four months out of the year,” Bennett wrote in the petition. He argues that bigger communities of Cambridge and Somerville do not have a permanent ban, and only ban people from parking on one side of the street during snow storms.

In the past, Watertown Public Works officials argued the ban is needed to make sure snow and ice can be removed from Watertown’s streets to allow fire trucks and other emergency vehicles to get through. Residents who do not have off-street parking must park in municipal lots, or find some other place to park during the winter months.

Police/Fire

Watertown Police Chief Lifts Winter Parking Ban for Holidays

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Watertown –

With the Holidays fast approaching, the Watertown Police Department recognizes the need for additional overnight parking to accommodate visiting family members and friends. Chief of Police Michael P. Lawn wishes to announce that effective December 23, 2016 officers will temporarily stop enforcing the All Night Parking Ban – barring any snowfall that would require plowing or sanding. Should there be a snow event please refer to the town website for available off-street parking locations. Chief Lawn still encourages all homeowners to use available off street parking during the overnight hours. Enforcement of the All Night Parking ban will resume on January 3, 2017.

Around Town

Remember, Watertown’s Winter Parking Ban has Started

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Watertown’s Winter Parking Ban starts today, so make sure to get your cars off the street. 

The Watertown Police Department sent out the following information:

Effective November 28, 2016 and continuing to April 1, 2017 the Winter Parking Ban will be in effect and strictly enforced. The regulation reads in part; “No vehicle may remain on any public way for more than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. all days of the week.” For residents who lack sufficient off-street parking, the Town allows for temporary parking at any municipal parking lot and other locations noted:

• The police station at 552 Main Street (visitor’s parking lot only)

• Any public school parking lot

• Marion Road parking lot at Victory Field

• O’Connell Park, (lot at the corner of Boylston Street and Mt Auburn Street)

Please note that these locations may be used free of charge, however vehicles may only use available spaces after 7 p.m. and must be moved/removed by 7 a.m. the following day. Vehicles must be removed from school property no later than 6 a.m. Violators may be towed.

Police/Fire

Find Out When the Winter Parking Ban Starts for 2016-17

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Watertown Chief of Police Michael P. Lawn has announced the 2016-2017 Winter Parking Ban dates. Effective November 28, 2016 and continuing to April 1, 2017 the Winter Parking Ban will be in effect and strictly enforced. The regulation reads in part; “No vehicle may remain on any public way for more than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. all days of the week.” For residents who lack sufficient off-street parking, the Town allows for temporary parking at any municipal parking lot and other locations noted:

• The police station at 552 Main Street (visitor’s parking lot only)

• Any public school parking lot

• Marion Road parking lot at Victory Field

• O’Connell Park, (lot at the corner of Boylston Street and Mt Auburn Street)

Please note that these locations may be used free of charge, however vehicles may only use available spaces after 7 p.m. and must be moved/removed by 7 a.m. the following day. Vehicles must be removed from school property no later than 6 a.m. Violators may be towed. Please remember that parking your vehicle upon any sidewalk is prohibited.

Government

Warm Weather Brings Early End to Watertown’s Winter Parking Ban

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Watertown Police Chief Michael Lawn announced a suspension of the overnight parking ban in Watertown on Wednesday. 

With unseasonable warm weather and no snow in the long term forecast, Town Council President asked Lawn and Department of Public Works Superintendent Gerald Mee to end the parking ban early, Sideris said Tuesday night. The end of the ban is effective on Wednesday night, but the Police Department asked residents to continue to park off the street to allow emergency vehicles to pass more easily.

Police/Fire

Police Chief’s Present to Watertown – Parking Ban Lifted for Holidays

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Watertown Police Chief Raymond Dupuis announced he would be temporarily lifting the winter overnight parking ban over the holidays. “With the Holidays fast approaching, the Watertown Police Department recognizes the need for additional overnight parking to accommodate visiting family members and friends. Chief of Police Raymond J. Dupuis wishes to announce that effective December 23, 2015 officers will temporarily stop enforcing the All Night Parking Ban, barring any snowfall that would require plowing or sanding. Should there be a snow event please refer to the town website for available off street parking locations,” Dupuis said in his announcement. Enforcement of the All Night Parking ban will resume on Jan. 3, 2016.

Government

Remember, the Winter Parking Ban Begins Sunday Night!

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Watertown’s Winter Parking Ban begins Sunday, Nov. 29, so remember to move your car! The annual overnight parking ban runs from Nov. 29, 2015 to April 1, 2016. The town’s parking ordinance says: no vehicle may remain on any public way for more than one hour between the hours of 1 a.m and 6 a.m. all days of the week.