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Portland committee backs sending snow‑ban fee increase to council with conditions

Portland City Council Sustainability and Transportation Committee · October 8, 2025
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Summary

City staff proposed raising the emergency snow‑ban citation from $40 to $175 and expanding approved overnight parking locations to improve compliance and snow‑removal efficiency. The committee voted to forward the proposal to the full council with requests for additional analysis on enforcement capacity, equity mitigations and communications.

City staff told the Sustainability & Transportation Committee they want to amend Chapter 28 (traffic and motor vehicles) to raise the emergency snow‑ban citation from $40 to $175 and to add additional approved overflow parking locations.

Tony Workas, the parking division director, said the change is intended to increase compliance during declared snow bands (10 p.m.–6 a.m.) after the Ocean Gateway impound lot…

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