Pay attention to where you park on the street in Minneapolis. Through April 1, parking is only allowed on both sides of snow emergency routes, and the odd numbered side of other streets.
With the streets narrowing thanks to record-setting snowfall, city officials have enacted parking restrictions for the first time since 2014 to allow large vehicles like fire trucks and buses to pass.
"We started off trying to plow our way out of this and post our way out of this, but we got to the point now where areas like Stevens Square, Uptown, the Wedge, Dinkytown, and expanding out from there, anywhere that high-demand for on-street parking is, has now been critically affected," Mike Kennedy with the Public Works Department said. "It got to the point now where the most efficient way to do this is the city-wide ban."
If the city declares a snow emergency, those rules will take over. The restriction will then return once the snow emergency expires.
Not following the parking restriction could lead to a ticket and towing. Those with disabled parking permits can apply for waivers.