Full Notification

The City of Janesville has declared a snow emergency for Saturday, December 17th beginning at 12:00 P.M. A snow emergency means that all parked vehicles must be removed from city streets and public parking lots until snow plowing operations are complete. To ensure that you do not receive a parking ticket, please move your vehicle prior to 12:00 P.M. and keep your vehicle off city streets until they have been completely plowed.

Snow and ice accumulations have been forecasted for Friday and Saturday, December 16th - 17th, that will require City staff to complete a full plow. Main and arterial streets will be maintained throughout the duration of the snowfall event on Friday and Saturday. Snow accumulations are expected to end on Sunday evening, after which the full plow will begin and all City streets will be cleared. The full plow is not expected to be completed until Sunday, although every effort will be made to complete residential streets as soon as possible. Please plan on keeping parked vehicles off the street until plows have completely removed snow from curb to curb.

Snow Emergency Parking

The best place to park during a snow emergency is in your garage or driveway. If you are unable to park in a driveway or garage, please park in one of the designated snow emergency parking stalls. These stalls are located in the seven downtown municipal parking lots listed below (click lot name to display location on Google Maps):

- East Wall Street Lot at E Wall Street & N Parker Drive

- City Hall Lot at W Wall Street & N Jackson Street

- S High Street Lot at W Court Street & S High Street

- Senior Center Lot at St. Lawrence Avenue & Water Street

- Hedberg Public Library Lot on Water Street

- River/Union Street Lot at S River Street & Union Street

- N Parker Drive Parking Ramp at N Parker Drive and E Wall Street

When you arrive at the lot, look for the signs designating the snow emergency parking stalls. Fines for parking on the streets during a snow emergency are $50. The Police Department may begin issuing tickets to violators before plowing operations begin.

Additional Information

Janesville residents can get additional snow emergency information from the City’s Snow & Ice Removal webpage or by calling the Snow Hotline at (608) 755-SNOW. To report problems or concerns, please call the City Services Center at 755-3110.

Downtown Snow Removal Scheduled for December 19th

The City of Janesville has scheduled downtown snow removal activities for Monday, December 19th beginning at approximately 10:00 PM. During removal activities, citizens are encouraged to refrain from parking in on-street stalls in the downtown area. Also, business owners in the downtown are encouraged to remove snow and ice from their sidewalks as best they can prior to this event.

Due to the significant amount of snow that has accumulated as a result of the last two snowfall events, removal operations may also be scheduled for Tuesday evening.

Janesville residents can get additional downtown snow removal information from the City's Snow & Ice Removal webpage or by calling the City Services Center at 755-3110.