Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department has vehicles towed when necessary to clear streets due to winter maintenance operations by the Department of Public Works. Towing typically occurs between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.. Vehicles in violation are towed from public highways and municipal parking lots in Middlebury and are removed to the Police Department impoundment lot at 1 Lucius Shaw Lane, Middlebury. The Department will select one (1) primary winter towing contractor and back-up or secondary contractors. 1. For scheduled winter ban towing, the department will notify the contractor in advance that vehicles may be towed overnight. Otherwise, a snow event requiring winter maintenance will serve as notice that police will ticket and tow vehicles in violation.