Ottawa overnight winter parking ban in effect

The City of Ottawa has issued its first winter overnight parking ban of the season to clear up the heavy dump of snow that started just after midnight Tuesday.

• Snow clean-up underwayas winter storm hits Ottawa

On-street parking permit holders are exempt but others could beticketed, towed and fined between1 a.m. and 7 a.m.

For the first time this year, residents have free access to six city-owned garagesduring overnight bans. Garages have different times when the free period begins.

Find out more about free parking at city-owned garages during the overnight parking ban here.

Overnight parking bans are issued when seven or more centimetres of snow falls, so that plows can clear the streets. By 3 p.m. Tuesday, more than 25 centimetres of snow had fallen in some parts of Ottawa.