Four cities in this metro publish winter parking restrictions and no two of them agree on the dates, the hours or the mechanism. One runs on the calendar rather than the weather and is enforceable on bare, dry pavement. If you have a contractor coming, these rules decide whether the truck can actually reach the drive.
These are the cities’ own published restrictions, reported here for reference. Enforcement is the city’s; this site arranges private clearing only.
| City | Season | Hours | Mechanism |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids | November 1 – April 1 | 1:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Odd-even by calendar date |
| Wyoming | December 1 – March 31 | Midnight – 6:00 p.m. | Odd-even, plus cul-de-sac rule. $30 fine |
| Kentwood | November 15 – March 15 | 1:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Overnight ban on public streets |
| Hudsonville | November – April | 2:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. | Citywide overnight ban |
No published winter parking restriction was found for East Grand Rapids, Walker, Grandville, Rockford or Lowell, or for any of the townships. For the townships that is consistent with how they work — a county road commission plows, and parking control on a county road is a different question from a city ordinance — but for the cities it means the rule was simply not located, not that none exists. Call the city before assuming you can leave a car on the street overnight in February.
From November 1 through April 1, park on the side of the street that matches the calendar date — odd date, odd-numbered address side. The restriction runs 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The part that catches people out is what happens in the evening. Both sides are open from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. — but the vehicle has to be on the correct side by 1:00 a.m., which is also the moment the date rolls over. Parking on the legal side at eleven at night can mean parking on the wrong side two hours later without the car having moved.
A citation figure circulates for this but only in a news headline, never confirmed against the city, so this page does not publish an amount. Mobile GR Parking Services can state the current fine.
The city also runs a substantial salt-reduction program worth knowing about if you wonder why your street looks untreated: salt goes on first-attention streets, bridges, hills and curves rather than everywhere, trucks run side wings to widen each pass, and pre-wetting cuts salt usage by as much as thirty percent. Road-temperature sensors and GPS application tracking are being piloted at seven locations.
Wyoming’s restriction runs December 1 through March 31, from midnight to 6:00 p.m., odd-numbered addresses on odd calendar dates. The fine is $30.
Two details make it the strictest of the four in practice. First, the city states plainly that the ordinance is enforceable even when there is no snow. It is a calendar rule, not a storm response — a clear, dry Tuesday in February is still a ticketable day if the car is on the wrong side. Second, cul-de-sacs allow parking only on even-numbered calendar days, which is a different rule from the rest of the city and easy to get wrong if you have just moved onto one.
For anyone arranging clearing, the calendar-based version is actually the easier one to work with: the operator knows in advance which side will be clear, every day of the season, without watching the forecast.
Kentwood prohibits parking on public streets from 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., November 15 through March 15 — and separately at any time when parking would impede snow removal, which is a discretionary clause worth taking seriously during a large storm. The eight o’clock end is later than the others here, which matters if a contractor is running a pre-dawn route: the street may legally still need to be clear when the truck arrives.
Hudsonville runs a citywide ban from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m., November through April — the longest season of the four, five months on the calendar. The city’s plowing typically begins around 4:00 a.m., major routes first, squarely inside that window, which is plainly the point of it.
Both are simpler than the odd-even systems and both are unforgiving in the same way: a car left out on a storm night is in the way of the only pass that street may get for hours.
A snow contract assumes the truck can get to the driveway and that there is somewhere to put what comes off it. Parking restrictions shape both. Three things worth settling before the season:
Every date and hour above is the city’s own published figure as researched in September 2026. Municipalities revise these, so confirm with the city before relying on a specific date in a specific season.
Say the town, whether the street is a cul-de-sac, and when the household needs the drive clear.
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