With a decent amount of snowfall, it’s a good time to remind some residents in Guthrie County communities of their snow ordinances.

In Panora, whenever snow begins to fall and for 48 hours after it stops, vehicles are not allowed to park on city streets during snow removal, with the only exception of the west side of North 1st Street between Main and Market. Not moving vehicles can lead to a citation, or to the vehicle being towed. Snow also has to be removed off the sidewalks as well. Not cleaning sidewalks is a fineable offense.

In Stuart, the snow ordinance came into effect at the beginning of November, and will last through April 1st. Under the ordinance, cars cannot be parked along any street, or off street parking owned by the city from 2am-6am, and no parking on the streets at any time during snowfall and snow removal operations.

Under Guthrie Center’s snow ordinance, the city will enact an emergency parking ban anytime there is an accumulation of two or more inches of snow. During the emergency parking ban, there will be no parking on any residential street, alley, or city-owned off-street parking. The ban will stay in effect until snow has stopped falling, and has been removed from streets, alleys and parking areas. Vehicles left on streets, alleys or city parking areas will be fined. Residents are also responsible for removing snow from sidewalks that are against their property.