CHAPTER 480
Parking Generally
480.01   Signs prohibiting parking.
480.02   General parking prohibitions.
480.03   Prohibited parking areas.
480.033 Parking prohibited during school hours.
480.035 Permitted parking areas.
480.04   Two-hour parking areas.
480.05   Parking in loading zones.
480.06   Parallel and angle parking.
480.07   Parking for purposes of sale washing or servicing.
480.08   Using vehicles for the primary purpose of advertising.
480.09   Blocking driveways or garages.
480.10   Parking limitations in certain alleys.
480.11   Waiver.
480.12   Handicapped parking.
480.13   Parking of truck tractors and semi-trailers on City streets.
480.14   Motor home, travel trailer and trailer parking.
480.99 Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Power to regulate standing or parking of vehicles - see 111. R.S. Ch. 95-1/2, Sec. 11-208
   Parking regulations - see 111. R.S. Ch. 95-1/2, Secs. 11-1301 et seq.
   Starting parked vehicles - see TRAF. 460.17 
   Parking of bicycles - see TRAF. 468.04(h)
   Off-street parking and loading - see P. & Z. Ch. 1284 
   Fire lanes - see F.P. 1610.06
480.01 SIGNS PROHIBITING PARKING.
   When official signs prohibiting parking are erected on a street or portion thereof, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place. (Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
480.02 GENERAL PARKING PROHIBITIONS.
   (a)   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or, when necessary, in obedience to traffic regulations, traffic signs or signals or a police officer.
   (b)   No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic. (Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.) f
   (c)   No person shall leave standing a vehicle at any time, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic regulations or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
      (1)   On Victor Street (S.B.I. Route 148) between the north corporate limits and S.B.I Route 14;
      (2)   On a sidewalk;
      (3)   In front of a public or private driveway;
      (4)   Within an intersection;
      (5)   Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant;
      (6)   On a crosswalk;
      (7)   Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
      (8)   Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
      (9)   Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing;
      (10)   Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station;
      (11)   Alongside or opposite a street excavation or construction when such parking would obstruct traffic;
      (12)   On the roadway side of a vehicle parked at the edge of the curb of a street;
      (13)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street;
      (14)   At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
(Adopting Ordinance)
      (15)   For more than ten minutes in the marked parking space or spaces on the east side of North Emma Street directly in front of the United States Post Office building at 116 North Emma Street;
(Ord. 329. Passed 8-16-65.)
      (16)   On North State Street from its intersection with East Market Street to its intersection with S.B.I. Route 14.
(Ord. 357. Passed 9-16-68.)
      (17)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: This paragraph was repealed by Ordinance 637, passed March 14, 1994.)
   (d)   No person, other than a police officer, shall move a vehicle into a prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful, or start or cause to be started the engine of a motor vehicle, or shift, change or move the levers, brake, starting device, gears or other mechanism of a parked motor vehicle to a position other than that in which it was left by the owner or driver thereof, or attempt to do any of the foregoing acts, without the permission of the owner or driver of such vehicle.
480.03 PROHIBITED PARKING AREAS.
   When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle at any time upon any of the following streets or portions of streets:
   Victor Street;
   Sylvia Street;
   The west aide of Snider Street at the Lincoln School block;
   The south side of West Market Street from Thomas Street to Snider Street;
   The east side of Ollie Street from Washington Street to Main Street;
   North State Street from Washington Street to Egyptian Avenue;
   The north side of Washington Street;
   The north side of East Belleville Street from Victor Street to the C.B. & Q. Railroad tracks;
   The north side of East Cherry Street from Victor Street to Maple Street, except for church parking on Sunday morning;
   The north side of West Cherry Street from Thomas Street to Emma Street;
   The north side of West Market Street between Thomas and Jesse Streets;
   The north side of Sylvia Avenue for a distance of seventy-five feet east from North Emma Street;
   Egyptian Avenue (S.B.I. Route 14) from Victor Street to State Street;
   The north side of Washington Street between Mulkey Street and Ollie Street;
   The south side of Washington Street between Mulkey Street and Ollie Street, except for funerals or special occasions; and
   The west side of Ollie Street from Washington Street to Main Street.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54; Ord. 508. Passed 10-15-84; Ord. 551. Passed 11-9-87; Ord. 599. Passed 9-18-90; Ord. 595. Passed 5-13-91.)
480.033 PARKING PROHIBITED DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
   There shall be no parking in the following locations during regular school hours:
   (a)   On both the north and south sides of Sixth Street between Snider Street and the first alley immediately east of Snider Street.
   (b)   On both the north and south sides of Ninth Street between Snider Street and the first alley immediately east of Snider Street.
(Ord. 710. Passed 11-10-97.)
480.035 PERMITTED PARKING AREAS.
   Parking shall be permitted in the following locations:
   The south and north sides of Washington Street between Ollie Street and the Urbain Road (Township Road); and
   Along Illinois State Route 14 (Egyptian Avenue) within designated parking lanes and parallel to curbs. Parking lanes are those on the north and south sides of Illinois State Route 14 from the intersection of Illinois State Route 148 to 100 feet west of Myrtle Street.
(Ord. 595. Passed 5-13-91; Ord. 601. Passed 5-13-91.)
480.04 TWO-HOUR PARKING AREAS.
   (a)   When signs are erected in each block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. of any day, except Sundays and public holidays, upon any of the following streets:
   Emma Street one-half block north and one-half block south of Market Street to the alleyways immediately north and south of Market Street;
   Market Street in the business district of the City;
   North Maple Street one-half block to the alleyway;
   Thomas Street one-half block north and one-half block south of Market Street to the alleyways immediately north and south of Market Street.
(Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54; Ord. 457. Passed 8-6-79.)
   (b)   Parking shall be limited to two hours on the public boulevard located on the north side of Sylvia Avenue from the first alley west of Victor Street to seventy-five feet from North Emma Street. (Ord. 551. Passed 11-9-87.)
480.05 PARKING IN LOADING ZONES.
   No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place marked as a loading zone during the hours when the provisions applicable to such loading zone are in effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed one hour. (Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
480.06 PARALLEL AND ANGLE PARKING.
   No person shall stand or park a vehicle on a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway, headed in the direction of traffic and with the curbside wheels of the vehicle within twelve inches of the edge of the roadway, except that upon those streets which have been marked or signed for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb that is indicated by such mark or sign. (Ord. 244. Passed 9-13-54.)
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