After giving drivers a break over the weekend, the town started implementing its in a single day winter parking ban early Monday with over 200 vehicles towed.
There have been 244 vehicles towed starting at 3 a.m. Monday for violating the town’s winter in a single day parking ban, based on a Division of Streets and Sanitation spokesperson.
Final 12 months, 263 vehicles were towed on the primary day of enforcement.
The three to 7 a.m. ban formally started Sunday however the division decided not to tow until Monday due to the vacation weekend. As an alternative, the town left warning fliers on vehicles parked on the restricted streets.
The in a single day parking ban lasts from Dec. 1 to April 1 and is enforced no matter snowfall.
Violators are towed and hit with a advantageous of at the very least $235, which features a minimal $150 towing charge, a $60 ticket and a storage charge of $25 per day. Towed automobiles will find yourself at a pound at 10301 S. Doty Ave. or 701 N. Sacramento Ave.
The ban impacts about 107 miles of essential streets all through the town.
To examine if a automobile was towed, go to chicagoshovels.org or name 311.
