Well, the first big snowfall of this winter season commenced at almost exactly midnight, this morning, December 1st. There's no denying it now, folks... It's winter in Chicago! Now we get to look forward to all the wonderful challenges that go along with snow in this city. Not the least of which is trying to park on the street.
For those of you in the City of Chicago who have garages or own/rent parking spaces, this isn't that big of an issue. For the rest of us however, there can be some very real consequences to parking in the wrong place.
Chicago has many streets and roads that are designated "Snow Routes". And there are two important parking regulations that come attached to those words.
The first snow route parking regulation is the "Winter Overnight Parking Ban". On approximately 107 miles of arterial city streets from 3am to 7am EVERYDAY - regardless of snow - there is absolutely no parking allowed. You WILL get ticketed, you WILL be towed, and you WILL pay Chicago a lot of money. I recommend that you not test this out. They get quite a bit of revenue from this and will not hesitate to take your car. You can see a map of these streets here.
The second snow route parking regulation is enforced when there has been a snowfall of two inches or more. And while the City of Chicago claims that this is not activated often, and that they'll usually just 'relocate' your vehicle instead of bringing it to the impound lot, I suggest that you be mindful of these areas too. Here is a map of these 500 miles of roads.
Because of these parking rules, spaces will be limited. Try to stay calm. Plan to spend extra time looking for parking, digging out your car, and parking farther away. Keep your tempers under control and remember that we are all dealing with the same situation.
Good luck and happy parking!
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This is all FANTASTIC information that should be all in ONE easily searchable place. Also maybe a SNOW-O-METER website that tells us when the CITY thinks there is 2 inches of snow on the ground? Do they count the curb? Is it semantics that hold up in traffic court? "If the nachos are stuck together...."
To ADD to your info there are a number of areas in Chicago that are considered buffer zones (for instance my zone sticker is 827). What this means for you few you happy few that have a zone that isn't actually posted anywhere is that any zone that touches your immediate surrounding is OK to park in with this buffer zone sticker on your window. What this also means is you had etter call your alderman's ward office and VERIFY exactly where you can park with that sticker and expect your car to still be there.
Remember this is hog heaven time for the Lincoln park pirates "Yay-hay tow them awaaaay..."
I digg your blog.
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