No more free meters

CHICAGO -- Cubs fans traveling to Wrigley Field this season will have to look harder for free parking spaces at Sunday games.\nThe city has decided to add several streets around the ballpark to a small list of areas in the city where parking meters must be fed seven days a week.\nThe change goes into effect April 11, one week before the Cubs open their first Sunday home game against the Cincinnati Reds.\nMotorists will have to pay 25 cents an hour to park at the two-hour meters. Those who fail to feed the meters risk getting a $30 parking ticket.\nThe change comes in response to complaints from area business owners who say baseball fans occupy parking spaces for hours at a time and the lack of available parking discourages potential customers from visiting their shops.\nAlderman Thomas Tunney, a restaurant owner whose ward includes Wrigley Field, supports the change.\n"This is not about harassment. This is about keeping a community of small businesses healthy," Tunney said.\nMost parking meters in Chicago require payment Monday through Saturday. Days and hours when meters must be fed are posted on the meters.