Winter Parking
The City needs your assistance to ensure efficient snow clearing on your street and during times where snow removal is required.
On Street Parking
Vehicles parked on the street can delay or prevent effective snow clearing operations. Snowplow operators try to plow all streets back to the curb, but any road obstruction, such as a parked vehicle, make this impossible.
City of Oshawa Traffic By-law 79-99 states:
- Parking on City streets is prohibited between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., from December 1 to April 1.
- Parking that interferes with snow clearing operations is prohibited and any vehicle parked in a manner which hinders efficient snow clearing operations may be ticketed or towed.
- On-street parking is limited to a maximum of three hours, unless signed otherwise.
Snow pick up and removal in the downtown
When there has been a large accumulation of snow in the downtown core, snow pickup and removal may be required. During a full scale snow pickup and removal operation, trucks are brought in to collect and remove the snow from the boulevards.
In order to provide access to the boulevards, on street parking in the downtown core will not be allowed after 10:00 p.m. Temporary signs will be placed to advise motorists that snow removal operations will be occurring and that parking is temporarily unavailable.
Please help us to keep Oshawa's streets clear and safe for everyone!