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(Online Service) Auto Pound Locations Auto Pound Locations 
Here is a listing of Chicago's auto pounds.

 

  City Festivals/Film Locations 
Towing Enforcement for City Festivals + Film Locations Temporary parking restrictions are posted with at least 24 hours notice when necessary to accommodate street festivals or location shooting of films, television programs or commercials. Festivals are coordinated by the Mayor's Office of Special Events (312-744-3315); film production assistance is provided through the Chicago Film Office (312-744-6415).

 

  File a Claim for Vehicle or Property Damage 
File a claim for damaged vehicle, damaged property or if you have you have incurred excessive charges on your water bill.

 

  Get a Driver's License or a State Identification Card 
The Illinois Office of the Secretary of State is the most diverse of its kind in the nation.

 

(Online Service) Parking Meter Business Feedback Form Parking Meter Business Feedback Form 
Business Feedback form for changes to the period of stay, requests to add parking meters and other feedback

 

(Online Service) Parking Permit Zone Lookup Parking Permit Zone Lookup 
Residents can look up their Residential Parking Permit Zone online.

 

(Online Service) Pay or Search for Parking, Red Light & Automated Speed Enforcement Tickets Pay or Search for Parking, Red Light & Automated Speed Enforcement Tickets 
You can search for and pay your parking tickets and red light tickets on-line. You can search for parking tickets and red light tickets using a variety of information including your license plate number and driver's license number.

 

(Online Service) Report Missing or Damaged Parking Meters Report Missing or Damaged Parking Meters 
Properly priced parking meters create turnover and availability, making locations served by meters more popular. Rates were increased in Chicago at many parking meters in early 2009.

 

(Online Service) Report Viaduct Light Out Report Viaduct Light Out 
Chicago has embarked on a program to greatly improve illumination under its viaducts.

 

(Online Service) Report a Dead Animal Report a Dead Animal 
Reports of dead animals should be made to city's request line at 3-1-1.

 

(Online Service) Report a Stray Animal Report a Stray Animal 
This service request is to report stray animals in your neighborhood.

 

(Online Service) Report a Street Pothole Report a Street Pothole 
This service request allows for Chicago residents to report street surface potholes. Please include the location of the pothole when making the request.

 

(Online Service) Report an Alley Pothole Report an Alley Pothole 
Use this service type to report an alley pothole (usually irregular in shape) in the surface of the alley.

 

  Snow Program/Winter of 2012-2013 
Information on overnight parking, snow ban and winter parking restrictions.

 

  Towing Information; Towing Process 
Overview information about the City of Chicago towing process.

 

  Traffic Signals 
The Department of Transportation Division of Electrical Operations maintains Chicago’s 2,732 traffic signalized intersections.

 

(Online Service) Vehicle Sticker and Residential Permit Parking Sales Vehicle Sticker and Residential Permit Parking Sales 
For the 2009-2010 vehicle sticker year, there will no longer be a separate annual residential permit parking sticker.