Beverly Snow Emergency Parking Ban Declared For Saturday Night

BEVERLY, MA — Beverly declared a snow emergency parking ban effective at midnight Saturday night with up to 8 inches of snow expected to fall across the North Shore.

The parking ban will extend to Sunday night unless circumstances change. Any cars parked on city streets will be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.

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Municipal lots will be available to residents on Saturday with regular meter fees charged. The MBTA garage on Rantoul Street will be open to residents as of 8 p.m. Saturday night.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)