Chicago Overnight Parking Ban Begins Monday
CHICAGO (STMW) -- It's that time of year again, and we don't mean the holiday season.
The city's annual winter overnight parking ban begins at 3 a.m. Monday, according to a statement from the city Department of Streets and Sanitation.
Regardless of snow, the ban will be enforced along 107 miles of arterial streets from Dec. 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015 from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., according to the statement.
Cars parked in violation of the overnight ban prevent routes from being fully plowed and salted when it snows.
The city began posting flyers on cars on restricted streets last week as a reminder.
Violators will be towed and will face a minimum $150 towing fee, a $60 ticket and a storage fee of $20 per day. Vehicles will be towed to Pounds 2 or 6, at 103011 S. Doty Ave. or 6 or 701 N. Sacramento.
Last year on the first night of the ban, 239 vehicles were towed, according to the statement.
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