Some Near Northwest Side Business Owners Say Ban On Parking Boots Is Making It Harder To Provide Parking Spots for Customers – CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — A booting ban went into effect in Chicago’s 1st Ward this summer, and Near Northwest Side businesses are already complaining.

They say it is making it even harder to provide parking spots for customers.

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Peter Vaselopulos keeps the shelves stocked at Vas Foremost Liquors, 2300 N. Milwaukee Ave. But at least one thing can be hard to find at his Logan Square store.

“Customers have complained there’s no parking,” Vaselopulos said.

Vaselopulos shares a parking lot with a few other nearby businesses, but he said many of the parkers aren’t customers.

“They might be visiting a friend, they might be going to the post office, they might be taking a quick run to the restaurant,” he said.

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