Parking restrictions lifted, except in a snow emergency

Dearborn officials are reminding residents that Public Service Days have ended for 2011 and will begin again on April 2, 2012. That means parking restrictions on Public Service Days/trash collection days are lifted for the winter.

When Public Service Days are in effect, drivers are required to keep their parked vehicles off residential streets if it is a trash collection day in that Dearborn neighborhood.

This allows for the smoother delivery of seasonal city services, such as street sweeping, as well as the curbside collection of trash, compost and recycling materials.

Although the parking restrictions are lifted until April 2012, residents are reminded that during a snow emergency, parked vehicles must be off the streets or be ticketed. This is to allow safe and efficient street plowing.

It is also a good idea to remove parked vehicles during any heavy snowfall, whether a snow emergency is declared or not.

Call the Snow Emergency Hotline at 943-2444 for details.