Waukegan, IL Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

City Code Sec. 21-129 makes it unlawful to park on any street designated a "snow route" once two inches or more of snow has fallen, and the ban stays in effect until snow removal operations are complete as determined by the police department. for accumulations of two inches or more that fell within the prior six hours, giving overnight snowfall a grace window before enforcement starts. 00, on top of any other penalties the section allows. Any vehicle stopped, parked or left unattended in violation of the snow route ban or the city's separate snow-emergency parking rules is declared a traffic hazard, and the chief of police may order it removed and towed under Sec.

21-129 and Sec. 21-133, in addition to issuing a citation. 1 designates dozens of specific streets as emergency snow routes running east-west and north-south across the city, including stretches of Sheridan Road, Belvidere Street, Grand Avenue, Washington Street and Green Bay Road, with exact block-by-block boundaries listed by ordinance. Separately, Sec. 21-129(d) bars depositing snow onto any street or public thoroughfare, and bars piling snow so as to obstruct a public sidewalk or block the clear sightline at a street intersection when dumped on a parkway or private property.