Portland Declares Yellow Zone Parking Ban 10PM Tonight

Portland, Maine - A yellow zone parking ban for the City of Portland has been declared beginning at 10:00 PM tonight, February 11th, and ending at 6:00 AM tomorrow morning, February 12th. Last night, city crews were able to clear more than half of the downtown area and are hoping to clear and remove snow from the remaining streets during tonight's ban. The Yellow Zone is an area within the downtown business district that is geographically bounded by:

•   Commercial Street on the South
•   Cumberland Avenue on the North
•   Franklin Street Arterial on the East
•  State Street on the West

The parking ban is in effect within the square area of these four streets. As winter operations are still underway, the city asks residents and visitors to extent possible to park off-street. Keeping the streets open allows for expedient snow removal.

Yellow Zone parking bans provide Public Works the opportunity to remove snow from the streets and sidewalks in this area improving traffic flow and commerce within the business district. Vehicles left on the street during a ban will be towed at the owner’s expense (tow fee - $70, impound fee - $35, ticket cost - $30 and all outstanding tickets must be paid. Vehicles not claimed within 24 hours will be charged $25 storage fee per day). Owners of towed vehicles should call the city’s Parking Division at 874-8443 during normal business hours for tow lot locations (outside of regular business hours, call the Police Department at