Milford's Winter Parking Ban Light Signal Installed

Wondering when you can park overnight this winter? Just look for the light.

Milford has established a new Snow Removal Parking Ban system to replace their blanket ban during the winter season. There are many ways to know when the ban is in effect, including a light in the front of Milford Town Hall at 1 Union Square.

When winter weather conditions are predicted in that timeframe, town personnel will evaluate the forecast each day and consider if any clean up may be needed overnight. If it is determined that clean up will be required during that following night the Snow Removal Winter Parking Ban (the Ban) will be put into effect. Residents will then be notified of the ban through television, phone, internet or when the light is turned on.

Once it is determined that snow removal has been completed the notice will be removed from the web site, notification will be sent via the phone/email based information service, and the indication light on Town Hall will be shut off. This system will run each year from Nov.15-April 15.

When the Ban is in effect it is illegal for any vehicles to be parked on, or adjacent to, any public roadway or street between the hours of 1:00 am and 6:00 am.  During the Ban it is also illegal to park in most of town-owned/maintained public parking lots (i.e., on Putnam Street Lot, Police Station parking area, the Wadleigh Library Lot, all other municipal building lots, etc.) between the hours of 1:00 am and 6:00 am.

During the Ban if vehicles are parked in any of these areas they will be subject to fines and in addition the vehicle may be being towed without notice and at the owner’s expense for tow charges and possible vehicle storage fees, as determined necessary by town personnel (see Milford’s web site - Milford Municipal Code Appendix B - Fines for details).

If the Ban is put into effect public notice will be given by no later than 4 pm for that coming night. If the Ban is in effect over several days, the notifications will continue to show that the Ban is in effect between the hours of 1:00 am and 6:00 am.

Other Ways To Find Out If The Ban Is In Effect:

• Web Site- A notice will be posted on the front page of Milford’s official web site (http://www.milford.nh.gov/) and will appear in an off-white box, with a bold red border located directly under the dark green main menu bar that lists ‘Town’, ‘Departments’, ‘Residents’, ‘Business’.
• TV Broadcast- A constant streaming notice will display on Milford’s PEG Access channels (Comcast Cable channels 20 and 21) along the bottom of the screen in a black bar with white text. A full screen ‘bulletin board’ type message will periodically be viewable amongst the other full screen messages in a rotating schedule.  The bulletin board message will show a winter scene and will have the notification text in it.
• Automated Notification to Personal Mobile Devices via Nixle Service- Notification will be sent to anyone with a mobile device who has signed up with Milford’s community notification program utilized through Nixle.  Nixle is a free notification service that the town has partnered with that sends emergency information to its subscribers as needed.  When users subscribe to this service they designate by what means they receive emergency/urgent information (to a mobile phone, via email, or over the web). This service will send a notice that the Ban is in effect, but will also notify of any developing emergency situations (flooding, hurricanes, emergency evacuations, etc.). The service is free and subscriber info/email addresses/mobile numbers and/or your personal information will not be sold to third parties.
• Notification via Facebook- Notification will be posted on Milford Fire Department’s Facebook page. Please “Like” the page to be connected.