Can you park there? It’s the time of year when you need to think twice about claiming that open spot on the street.
Since the ban went into effect overnight, 232 cars were towed, according to Cristina Villarreal, director of public affairs for Chicago’s Department of Streets & Sanitation. That’s down slightly from 248 towed cars on Dec. 1, 2019.
The city’s
winter overnight parking ban begins Tuesday, Dec. 1, prohibiting parking on 107 miles of main streets from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. — regardless of snow — until April 1, 2021. Another 500 miles of streets prohibit parking after two inches of snow or more falls, no matter the time of day or the date.