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Committee approves night‑parking changes for parts of Near West Side despite robust debate over enforcement and plowing
Summary
After extended debate about enforcement capacity and snow‑plowing impacts, the Public Safety and Health Committee approved an ordinance to exempt parts of the Fourth Aldermanic District from odd‑even night‑parking rules, a measure the sponsor said responds to chronic capacity problems.
The Public Safety and Health Committee approved an ordinance June 12 to exempt parts of the Near West Side (within the Fourth Aldermanic District) from the city’s alternate‑side, odd‑even night‑parking requirement, after a lengthy debate about enforcement, snow‑plow access and neighborhood parking capacity.
Alderman Russell Baumann, sponsor of file 250078, said the Concordia and nearby neighborhoods were effectively parked to capacity and that enforcement alone would not address the problem. He asked the committee to exempt the district from odd‑even rules so neighbors could park on both sides overnight; the ordinance…
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