Snow and Ice Control

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Snow and Ice control is a critical, highly essential component of Bensenville’s Public Works Department. Every year, the Village faces an array of different and unpredictable challenges to combat the snow and ice to keep our mobile public moving safely and efficiently. The Village’s main goal is to provide our transportation system with the best quality of roadways to make travel as safe as possible. 

Roadways are classified and plowed in this order:

  1. Arterial – plowed curb to curb with bare pavement between 4 & 8 hours after the snow stops falling.
  2. Collector – plowed curb to curb with bare pavement in the wheel lanes, slushy snow outside the wheel lanes and slushy snow on medians between 6 to 10 hours after the snow stops falling.
  3. Local Thru-Roads – plowed curb to curb & may have slushy drive lanes & light snow on curb lanes within 12 hours of the end of snowfall. This includes dead-ends and cul-de-sacs.

Some roadways within the Village are maintained by other entities. View the jurisdictional plowing map Jurisdictional Plowing Map.

Winter Parking Restrictions 

Village Code 5-2-18 specifies the following:
A. It is unlawful to park or allow to remain any vehicle on any portion of any public street or highway following a snowfall of two inches (2") or more for a period of twenty four (24) hours, or until the streets have been cleared of snow, whichever period is less.
B. Vehicles which are parked in violation of this restriction will be ticketed and will be towed from the location of the violation to the storage area maintained by the towing firm authorized to remove the vehicle.
C. Permission for overnight parking on Village streets will not be granted following a snowfall of two inches (2") or greater. (Ord. 42-99, 7-20-1999) In order to ensure effective plowing and salting operations it is imperative vehicles are not parked on Village streets or in alleys. Alley parking is prohibited at any time. (Ord. 12-83, 5-5-1983).

Snow Plowing or Dumping Prohibitions

Village Code 8-1-3: Snow Removal: No owner of any property situated in any zoning district shall place, deposit or dump snow removed from the sidewalks and driveways on said property onto the public streets or public alleyways. (Ord. 26-89, 5-16-1989) 605 ILCS 5/9-130:Sec. 9-130. No person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, shall plow or remove or cause to be plowed or removed ice or snow from any shopping center, parking lot, commercial or institutional service area or driveway or any other public or private service area or driveway and deposit such ice or snow upon a public highway or along the shoulder or edge of a public highway. Such prohibition shall not pertain to a residential driveway or sidewalk. Any person, firm, corporation or institution, public or private, who violates this Section is guilty of a petty offense. (Source P.A. 83-1362)