Parking was one of the services either cancelled for the day or postponed, as the city struggled with the effects of the snowfall.
Council contractors began their road clearing efforts on arterial routes, with the council calling by Twitter for people to stay off the roads and "have a snow fight with neighbours instead".
Council roading maintenance engineer Peter Standring said contractors had to balance the resources they had.
The main focus was clearing snow from arterial and collector roads.
Snow ploughs, graders and sweepers had been pressed into service, and most work done in hill suburbs, rather than the flat.
The priority was to open access from the hill suburbs, Mr Standring said.
Parts of Stuart St, above Moana Pool, were not open until later in the day, and contractors were working in Highcliff, and trying to open access to Camp Rd yesterday afternoon.
Contractors would keep "vigil" overnight, and CMA and grit trucks would start work if low temperatures turned the snow into ice.
Most bus services were suspended yesterday morning, with a few exceptions, including buses running loops from St Kilda to the Octagon and Normanby to St Clair.
From early afternoon, buses were able to travel to Mosgiel and Brighton.
Rubbish and recycling collections were cancelled for the day, and would be done on Saturday, instead.
Building inspections for yesterday were rearranged, and today's will depend on the weather. The Green Island landfill was closed for the day, as was the Chinese Garden.
A three-day development contributions hearing, that was to have started yesterday to consider controversial charges to be paid by property developers to meet demands on infrastructure such as water and wastewater, roads and reserve, was postponed until further notice.
Moana Pool opened, but the Dunedin Public Art Gallery did not.
The Mosgiel Library, Port Chalmers, Blueskin Bay and Waikouaiti libraries were open for normal hours and the Dunedin Public Library in Moray Pl opened from 11am to 5pm. The book bus service was cancelled for the day.
