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No person shall change any parts, repair, wash, grease, wax, polish or clean a vehicle on any boulevard except such repairing, cleaning or polishing as is necessary to insure good vision, or such emergency repairs as are necessary to remove such vehicle from the boulevard. Such emergency repairs shall be made only as close as possible to the right-hand edge of the roadway, with the vehicle facing in the direction of the traffic flow.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
(a) It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle upon any roadway for the sole purpose of displaying the vehicle for sale. The vehicle shall be subject to vehicle impoundment under Section 9-92-030(c). Any person that violates this subsection shall be fined $100.00. Each day the vehicle remains in violation of this subsection shall constitute a separate and distinct offense for which a separate penalty shall be imposed.
(b) No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway or in any alley to grease or repair the vehicle except for repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(c) No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway to sell merchandise from such vehicle except in a duly established market or pursuant to permit.
(d) Any person who violates or fails to comply with subsection (b) or (c) above shall be fined $25.00 for each offense.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 11-5-03, p. 10746, § 1)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or operates any motor vehicle which is powered by diesel fuel to stand such vehicle with the engine running for more than a total of three minutes within any sixty- minute period.
(b) The prohibition of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to:
(1) authorized emergency vehicles while in the course of providing services for which the vehicle is designed and vehicles that are operating equipment or devices used to prevent a safety or health emergency;
(2) vehicles used as airport support equipment, but only when the standing of such vehicles with the engine running is necessary for airport operations related to aircraft movements, airport safety, or airport security;
(3) vehicles or equipment standing with the engine running to operate auxiliary equipment that is required to accomplish the intended use of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, loading, unloading, mixing, controlling of cargo temperature, or operating necessary computer systems on a bus owned by a public transit authority, while in use and not for the convenience of the vehicle's operator;
(4) vehicles standing with the engine running for the purpose of service, repair or government inspection, when such standing is required for such service, repair or government inspection;
(5) vehicles standing in traffic;
(6) vehicles standing with the engine running to supply air conditioning when the outdoor temperature is greater than 80 degrees Fahrenheit or to supply heat when the outdoor temperature is less than 32 degrees Fahrenheit for the operator's or passengers' safety;
(7) the operation of an auxiliary power unit or generator set as an alternative to running the main engine of a motor vehicle operating on diesel fuel;
(8) vehicles standing with the engine running due to mechanical requirements or difficulties over which the operator of the vehicle has no control; and
(9) vehicles standing due to the automatic regeneration of diesel particulate filters or pre-shutdown cooling required by the engine manufacture.
(c) The operator or the registered owner of record of any vehicle standing in violation of this section shall be fined as set forth in Section 9-100-020 of this Code.
(d) Any police officer, traffic control aide, other designated member of the police department, parking enforcement aide or other person designated by the city traffic compliance administrator, the commissioner of health, or the commissioner of transportation shall have authority to enforce the provisions of this section.
(Added Coun. J. 10-7-09, p. 73413, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)
(a) No person shall board or alight from any vehicle while such vehicle is in motion.
(b) No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion thereof not designed or intended for the use of passengers. This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of a duty or to persons riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(c) No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's view ahead or to the sides or with his control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon any motor vehicle on any public way within the city. A vehicle shall be deemed to have been abandoned if it (i) is in such a state of disrepair as to be incapable of being driven in its present condition or (ii) has not been moved or used for more than seven consecutive days and is apparently deserted or (iii) has been left on the public way without state registration plates or a temporary state registration placard for two or more days. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense. Each day a vehicle remains abandoned shall constitute a separate and distinct offense for which a separate penalty may be imposed.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle in full view of the general public. Members of the police department and employees of the department of streets and sanitation are hereby authorized to issue a notice of parking violation and may authorize the immediate removal of any hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle where such vehicle is left in full view of the general public, whether on public or private property. Any vehicle so removed shall be towed to an authorized facility. The owner of a vehicle towed under the provisions of this subsection shall be entitled to notice, pursuant to Section 4-205 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, of the right to request a hearing regarding the validity of the tow and any towing or storage charges as provided in Section 9-92-080. Unclaimed hazardous dilapidated motor vehicles shall be disposed of as provided in Sections 4-208 and 4-209.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, as amended; provided, however, that if the hazardous dilapidated motor vehicle bears no ascertainable vehicle identification number, and no registration-registration sticker as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, and no other identification by which the last registered owner of the vehicle can be determined for the purpose of giving notice, the vehicle may be disposed of immediately after it is impounded at a public facility. Nothing in this subsection shall apply to any motor vehicle that is kept within a building when not in use, to inoperable historic vehicles over 25 years of age, or to a motor vehicle on the premises of a place of business engaged in the wrecking or junking of motor vehicles. Any person who violates this section shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense. Each day a vehicle remains abandoned shall constitute a separate and distinct offense for which a separate penalty may be imposed.
(c) [Reserved.]
(d) Whenever any vehicle shall have been abandoned in violation of this section, the person in whose name the vehicle has last been registered shall be prima facie responsible for the violation and subject to the penalty therefor. The last registered owner of an abandoned vehicle shall also be liable to the city for the towing and storage charges as provided in Section 9-92-080 and the costs of postage for notices and costs of collection.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 3-15-00, p. 27706, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 12-12-01, p. 75777, § 5.6; Amend Coun. J. 9-4-02, p. 92682, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. I, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-22, p. 54984, § 7)
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person not so entitled to park a vehicle in a private parking lot established voluntarily or pursuant to the Chicago Zoning Ordinance to provide off-street parking facilities for tenants or employees of the owner. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense.
(c) Whenever any vehicle is parked in violation of this section, any police officer or other person authorized to issue parking violation notices pursuant to Section 9-64-220, upon a written complaint signed by the owner of the parking lot or by his authorized agent that the vehicle is not entitled to the privileges of the parking lot, may attach a parking violation notice to the vehicle.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. I, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 20)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle in a city-owned parking facility unless the vehicle is properly parked in a designated parking space and such person has paid the appropriate parking fee. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain in a city-owned parking facility during the hours that the facility is not open for use. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle or allow a vehicle to remain in a city-owned parking facility at any airport for more than 30 consecutive days. Any person who violates this subsection shall be fined the amount set forth in Section 9-100-020 for each offense.
(d) Whenever a vehicle is parked in violation of this section, any person authorized to issue a notice of parking violation pursuant to Section 9-64-220, may attach a parking violation notice to the vehicle.
(e) Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be subjected to an immediate tow and removal to city vehicle pound or authorized garage.
(f) At the request of the Traffic Compliance Administrator, the Commissioner of Transportation shall cause to be erected signs indicating the hours when parking is prohibited at such facility and the length of time which a vehicle may be parked at such facility and warning that unauthorized or illegally parked vehicles shall be ticketed and towed.
(Added Coun. J. 7-12-90, p. 18634; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832; Amend Coun. J. 9-10-97, p. 51490; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. I, § 6; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-18, p. 88803, § 21)
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