CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland's snow emergency parking pan will be lifted Tuesday evening at 6 p.m., the city said in a news release.

Even though the parking ban -- which was enacted 11 a.m. Monday -- has been lifted, drivers are "encouraged to avoid parking vehicles on city streets" to allow plows time to remove snow and ice from city streets, the release states.

Nevertheless, vehicles are allowed to be parked on streets that have white and red parking ban signs, the release says.

The ban lift comes after several days of heavy snow, and about 5 inches of snow fell within 12 hours into Tuesday morning across Ashtabula, Cuyahoga and Geauga counties.