(A) Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
SNOW EMERGENCY. A SNOW EMERGENCY may be declared and in effect in the city whenever there is a snow accumulation of 12 inches or more on the ground, and dependent upon forecasted weather conditions. The declaration of a SNOW EMERGENCY may be called by the city through a universal communication system or other appropriate methods.
TOW AWAY ZONE. For the purpose of this section, any zone, designated by the placing of authorized signs upon any street or public way, where it is unlawful and prohibited for any person to stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle in violation of the signs. The signs shall indicate that the standing or parking is prohibited at all times, during designated hours or under designated weather conditions.
(B) Snow routes and emergencies.
(1) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle, or place any barricade, furniture or other obstacle, upon any designated snow route in the city, for each snow accumulation of six inches regardless whether a snow emergency has been declared, until the removal of snow, from curb to curb, has been completed. The following streets in the city have been designated as snow routes:
Cermak Road |
East Avenue |
Harlem Avenue |
Oak Park Avenue |
Ogden Avenue |
Pershing Road |
Ridgeland Avenue |
Riverside Drive |
Sixteenth Street |
Stanley Avenue (north side of street) |
Thirty-First Street (from Ridgeland Avenue to Harlem Avenue) |
Thirty-Fourth Street (from Ridgeland Avenue to Harlem Avenue) |
Twenty-Sixth Street |
Windsor Avenue (south side of street) |
(2) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle, or place any barricade, furniture or other obstacle, upon any designated snow route in the city, for each snow accumulation of two inches regardless whether a snow emergency has been declared, until the removal of snow, from curb to curb, has been completed. The following streets in the city have been designated as snow routes:
(a) Roosevelt Road.
(3) (a) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle, or place any barricade, furniture or other obstacle, upon any public street or way in the city, not heretofore listed in division (B)(1) and (B)(2) hereof, under the following conditions:
1. Whenever a snow emergency will have been declared and in effect;
2. Between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. seven days a week, including holidays; and
3. On the even street number side of the street on even numbered days of the month and on the odd street number side of the street on odd numbered days of the month.
(b) Violators under this division shall be ticketed.
(C) Depot parking/Vacin Fairway parking/Library Parking Lot.
(1) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle in the following parking lot areas under the following conditions:
(a) Whenever a snow emergency will have been declared and in effect;
(b) Between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and odd numbered days of the month:
1. In the Stanley Avenue Depot parking.
2. In the Vacin Fairway parking on the north side of the lot.
3. On the east sides of Wenoah, Home, Clinton, Kenilworth, Grove, Euclid, Wesley, Clarence, Scoville, Gunderson and Elmwood Avenues from Cermak Road north to the northern most alley.
4. On the east sides of Cuyler, Highland and Harvey Avenues from Cermak Road north to the alley.
5. On the east sides of Home, Clinton, Kenilworth, Grove, Clarence, Scoville, Gunderson, Elmwood, Cuyler, Highland and Harvey Avenues from Cermak Road south to the alley.
(c) Between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. and even numbered days of the month:
1. In the Windsor Avenue Depot parking.
2. In the Vacin Fairway parking on the south side of the lot.
3. On the west sides of Wenonah, Home, Clinton, Kenilworth, Grove, Euclid, Wesley, Clarence, Scoville, Gunderson and Elmwood Avenues from Cermak Road north to the northern most alley.
4. On the west sides of Cuyler, Highland, Harvey and Lombard Avenues from Cermak Road north to the alley.
5. On the west sides of Clinton, Kenilworth, Grove, Oak Park, Clarence, Scoville, Gunderson, Elmwood, Cuyler, Highland, Harvey and Lombard Avenues from Cermak Road south to the alley.
(2) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle in the following parking lot areas under the following conditions:
(a) Whenever there is a snow accumulation of two inches or more on the ground;
(b) Between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and
(c) In the West Library Parking Lot on odd numbered days of the month and in the East Library Parking Lot on even numbered days of the month.
(3) No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle in the following parking lot areas under the following conditions:
(a) Between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.; and
(b) In the West Library Parking Lot on Tuesdays and in the East Library Parking Lot on Wednesdays.
(D) Street maintenance. No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle upon any public street or way in the city under the following conditions:
(1) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; and
(2) On the following streets under the following conditions:
(a) On Tuesdays on the west side and on Wednesdays on the east side of the following streets, running from Roosevelt Road south to Pershing Road:
Clinton Avenue |
Euclid Avenue |
Grove Avenue |
Maple Avenue |
Wenonah Avenue |
(b) On Tuesdays on the east side and on Wednesdays on the west side of the following streets, running from Roosevelt Road south to Pershing Road:
Home Avenue |
Kenilworth Avenue |
Oak Park Avenue |
Wesley Avenue |
Wisconsin Avenue |
(c) On Thursdays on the west side and on Fridays on the east side of the following streets, running from Roosevelt Road south to Pershing Road:
East Avenue |
Gunderson Avenue |
Highland Avenue |
Lombard Avenue (west side only) |
Ridgeland Avenue |
(d) On Thursdays on the east side and on Fridays on the west side of the following streets, running from Roosevelt Road south to Pershing Road:
Clarence Avenue |
Cuyler Avenue |
Elmwood Avenue |
Harvey Avenue |
Scoville Avenue |
(e) On Tuesdays on the south side and on Wednesdays on the north side of the following streets, from Oak Park Avenue west to Wisconsin Avenue:
Thirtieth Place |
Twenty-Ninth Place |
(f) On Tuesdays on the north side and on Wednesdays on the south side of the following streets:
Thirtieth Street | (from Oak Park Avenue west to Wisconsin Avenue) |
Twenty-Ninth Street | (from Kenilworth Avenue west to Harlem Avenue) |
(g) On Thursdays on the north side and on Fridays on the south side of the following streets, running from Ridgeland Avenue west to East Avenue:
Fairfield Avenue |
Sinclair Avenue |
Twenty-Eighth Place |
Twenty-Seventh Place |
Twenty-Sixth Place |
(h) On Thursdays on the south side and on Fridays on the north side of the following streets, running from Ridgeland Avenue west to East Avenue:
Thirty-Second Street |
Thirty-Third Street |
Twenty-Eighth Street |
Twenty-Seventh Street |
(i) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays on the south side of Windsor Avenue from Harlem Avenue to Oak Park Avenue and from Elmwood Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue;
(j) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Tuesdays on the north side of Stanley Avenue from Harlem Avenue to Ridgeland Avenue;
(k) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Tuesdays on the north side of 16th Street from Harlem Avenue to Lombard Avenue;
(l) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Wednesdays on the south side of 16th Street from Harlem Avenue to Lombard Avenue and east and west sides of Euclid Avenue south of 16th Street to the alley;
(m) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Thursdays on the north side of 26th Street from Harlem Avenue to Lombard Avenue;
(n) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Mondays on the south side of 26th Street from Harlem Avenue to Lombard Avenue;
(o) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Mondays on the east side of Ridgeland Avenue from 26th Street to 31st Street;
(p) From January 1 through December 31, inclusive, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Thursdays on the west side of Ridgeland Avenue from 26th Street to 31st Street; and
(q) On all other east/west streets not specified in this division as follows:
1. On Mondays on the south side on odd dates; and
2. On Mondays on the north side on even dates.
(E) Further restrictions. No person shall stop, stand, park or leave unattended any motor vehicle under the following conditions:
(1) Between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. seven days a week, including holidays, in the following locations:
(a) Roosevelt Road, running from Lombard Avenue west to Harlem Avenue.
(b) Cermak Road from Harlem Avenue to Lombard Avenue.
(c) Ogden Avenue from Lombard Avenue west to Harlem Avenue.
(2) Between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on the days and at the locations specified below:
(a) On Thursdays on the west side of Highland Avenue, from Cermak Road north to the Vacin Fairway.
(b) On Tuesdays on the east side of Highland Avenue, from Cermak Road north to the Vacin Fairway.
(c) On Tuesdays on the west side of Oak Park Avenue from 31st Street to 3300 Oak Park Avenue.
(d) On Mondays on the west side of Grove Avenue from 32nd Street to 34th Street.
(e) On Tuesdays on the north side of 32nd Street from Oak Park Avenue to the alley west.
(f) On Wednesdays on the east side of Oak Park Avenue from 31st Street to 3300 Oak Park Avenue.
(g) On Fridays on the east side of Grove Avenue from 32nd Street to 34th Street.
(h) On Wednesdays on the south side of 32nd Street from Oak Park Avenue to the alley west of Kenilworth Avenue.
(3) Between 4:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Thursdays at the locations specified below:
(a) East side of Maple Avenue from 16th Street south to the alley.
(b) East side of Wisconsin Avenue from 16th Street north to the alley.
(c) West side of Wenonah Avenue from the cul-de-sac at 16th Street north to the alley.
(d) East side of Wenonah Avenue from 16th Street south to the alley.
(e) East side of Wesley Avenue north of 16th Street to the alley.
(f) East and west sides of Wesley Avenue south of 16th Street to the alley.
(g) West side of Clarence Avenue south of 16th Street to the driveway.
(h) East and west sides of Gunderson Avenue at the angled parking located north and south of 16th Street.
(i) East and west sides of Elmwood Avenue at the angled parking located south of 16th Street.
(j) East and west sides of Elmwood Avenue north of 16th Street to the alley.
(F) Tow away zones. The Director of Public Works and/or the Superintendent of Police shall each, individually, have the authority to cause any vehicle violating this section to be towed away and to authorize the assessment of towing and storage costs against the legal owner or operator of the vehicle.
(G) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to any ambulance, to any emergency vehicle of any governmental agency or to the vehicle of any public utility while the operator of the vehicle is engaged in the necessary performance of emergency duties. This section shall not apply to any vehicle brought to a stop to avoid a collision or standing in compliance with the orders of any police officer or the direction of any traffic control signal.
(H) Signs. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to post signs as are applicable to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
(Ord. 87-48, passed 9-22-1987; Ord. 97-18, passed 5-13-1997; Ord. 00-56, passed 12-12-2000; Ord. 09-13, passed 3-24-2009; Ord. 09-40, passed 10-27-2009; Ord. 10-10, passed 2-9-2010; Ord. 10-50, passed 8-10-2010; Ord. 11-10, passed 3-8-2011; Ord. 14-24, passed 8-12-2014; Ord. 19-06, passed 2-15-2019)