The City of Lowell has declared a parking ban tonight which means that cars MUST NOT be left in our the surface lot overnight. Please move your car to either the Hamilton Canal garage behind Canal Place 3 (free to residents as long as the ban is in effect) or to the Leo Roy garage (NOT free unless you have a pass card already) as soon as possible. Cars left in the lot may be towed to allow for plowing.

The city announcement appears below.

Snow Emergency Parking Ban

A Snow Emergency Parking Ban has been declared for Thursday, January 6, 2022 at 5:55 p.m.  The ban shall be effective six hours later at 11:55 p.m. 

There shall be no parking on all City Streets from 11:55 p.m. until such time that the ban is lifted.  Motor vehicles parking in violation of such ban (City Ordinance, § 266-103: Parking prohibited) are subject to towing under the authority of the Lowell Police Department and such towing will be at the owner’s expense (§ 266-104: Removal authorized; charges).  Motor Vehicles shall also receive a parking violation ticket. 

FREE Parking for City residents who do not have access to “off-street” parking during “Snow Emergency – Parking Ban” is available beginning at 5:55 p.m. at:  

George Ayotte Parking Facility 
1 Post Office Square  
Lowell, MA  01852 

Lower Locks Garage 
90 Warren Street 
Lowell, MA 01852 

Hamilton Canal Garage 
Dutton St. @ Broadway St.

Once the “Snow Emergency” is lifted, any City of Lowell residents that have parked in the free parking spaces will have 2 hours to remove their vehicles from the facility without incurring any additional expenses.  Vehicles not removed within two hours will be assessed a fee from that time until the vehicle is removed.