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1. I usually park on the street. What will happen to my car?

To best serve the City of Canton, we ask that when there is a chance for snow and ice that you limit the parking of vehicles on the road. If you have access to a driveway please use it to park your vehicles during the snow and ice event. Parking on the street greatly limits the plow driver's ability to do a thorough job clearing and treating the pavement. It reduces the lane width creating a limited and often cramped lane for our plow driver to operate within. It also defeats our goal of treating the pavement from curb to curb.

Codified Ordinances of the City of Canton

Ordinance 357.04 prohibits parking on emergency snow routes.

The parking ban is instituted when four inches or more of snow is on the streets of Canton and the Street/Sewer Department is actively involved in the removal of this snow. Designated Emergency Snow Routes are marked as such by signage. When the Mayor or Service Director declares an emergency and invokes the parking ban, such notice shall be conveyed through local radio stations. Vehicles parked on designated Emergency Snow Routes during the ban will be towed at the owner's expense. The parking ban remains in effect until the Mayor or Service Director lifts it.

2. Who do I contact if my street needs plowed?

Feel free to call the Street Department for any unplowed street at 330-489-3030. Office staff will take your request and your street will be added to our list. Please keep in mind there are 1090 lane miles in Canton, divided into 13 districts. That means most of our plow drivers are averaging over 70 lane miles driven per snow and ice event. They can't be on every road at the same time.

Repeated Calls

Repeated calls from citizens to the office will have no impact on when your street will be plowed. There is a "Procedure for Snow and Ice Events" in place that the drivers follow.

3. Did you know it was against the law to blow or plow snow into a city street?

Ordinance 311.01 - 311.01 Placing Injurious Material or Obstruction in Street; Snow Removal prevents blowing or plowing of snow into a city street.

• No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority (Ordinance 4511.74).
• Snow removed from private or public parking lots shall not obstruct public sidewalks, streets, highways or alleys. Snow shall be contained within the parking lot and shall not be piled more than three feet high or so as to obstruct visibility.
• Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

4. What is spot salting?

It's the practice of salting intersections and intermittent salting on flat straight-a-ways.

5. What are the procedures that occur when it snows?

Take a look at the Snow and Ice Removal page to learn about the snow procedures.

6. What are the main snow routes?

View our Snow District Map page to learn about our main snow routes.