Chicago Winter Overnight Parking Ban Starts Tuesday

City drivers need to be more mindful about where they park starting Tuesday.

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Chicago’s annual winter overnight parking ban begins at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1 and runs through April 1, 2016. The ban will be enforced from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. and covers 107 miles of arterial streets throughout the city. 

The ban aims to facilitate plowing and salting of critical routes after snowfall.

Violators face a minimum $150 towing fee, $60 ticket and a storage fee of $20 a day. Vehicles will be towed to Pound 2, located at 10301 S. Doty Ave., or Pound 6, located at 701 N. Sacramento Blvd.

See a list of the overnight parking ban routes and a map of streets covered by the overnight parking ban. (Map applies to winter 2015-2016 despite dates listed.)

A separate snow ban exists for another 500 miles of main streets and can be activated after at least 2 inches of snow has fallen on the street, regardless of the time of day or the calendar date, according to the city of Chicago’s Streets and Sanitation Department. While this ban isn’t implemented often, motorists who are parked along such routes could receive a ticket or have their vehicles relocated.

Upcoming forecast

Snow showers are possible overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, according to WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling’s seven-day weather forecast. But by the end of the week, temperatures will rise to the 50s as a strong El Nino cycle continues.

Skilling explained El Nino’s potential impact on the coming winter earlier this month. Hear what he had to say.

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