On-street parking regs in Chgo subs

[beechnut79]

Virtually all suburbs from, say, LaGrange westward have the bans on overnight street parking, and it usually applies to all streets within. I personally don't see the sense of it, that maybe it should be like Chicago where it is banned only on key street during snow removal season, generally from December through March. I hope someone can shed light on the reasons for this. I have a hunch that it may have been spawned during the racial unrest of the 1960's as a tool to try to keep "them" out of the then nearly all lily-white suburbs. If this is the case, the concept is now obsolete because, with few exceptions, the suburbs are a lot more dieverse than they used to be. Could someone also shed light as to whether this practice is common in suburban areas across the country or whether it is something unique to Chicagoland.

[TempesT68]

The vast majority of the burbs have the no parking 2-6am rule. You'd have to call the city itself you're looking into to get the exact rules.

[pvande55]

Parking regulations vary all over the map. Some allow it except for street cleaning, some not at all from 2-6 A.M. and a few allow overnight parking, but only if the parking lights are on. When it snows there are additional restrictions.