CHAPTER 72: PARKING REGULATIONS
Section
Method of Parking
   72.01   General parking regulations
   72.02   Unattended motor vehicles
Restrictions on Stopping, Standing, and Parking
   72.10   Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places
   72.11   Stopping, standing, or parking outside business or residence district
   72.12   Unauthorized use of parking spaces reserved for handicapped
Violations
   72.40     Officers authorized to remove vehicles
   72.41     Duty of lessor of vehicle on notice of violation of this chapter
 
   72.99     Penalty
METHOD OF PARKING
§ 72.01 GENERAL PARKING REGULATIONS.
   (A)   Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a two-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels parallel to and within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder.
   (B)   Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a one-way roadway shall be so stopped or parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway, in the direction of authorized traffic movement, with its right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the right-hand curb or as close as practicable to the right edge of the right-hand shoulder, or with its left-hand wheels within 12 inches of the left-hand curb or as close as practicable to the left edge of the left-hand shoulder.
   (C)   No angle parking shall be permitted except as set forth in Title VII of this code.
   (D)   No person shall park in violation of signs placed by and under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Transportation which prohibit, limit, or restrict the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles on any highway.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1304) Penalty, see § 72.99
§ 72.02 UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLES.
   Except for a law enforcement officer or an operator of an authorized emergency vehicle performing his or her official duties, no person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any perceptible grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. An unattended motor vehicle shall not include an unattended locked motor vehicle with the engine running after being started by a remote starter system.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1401) Penalty, see § 72.99
RESTRICTIONS ON STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING
§ 72.10 STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED PLACES.
   (A)   Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer, or an official traffic-control device, no person shall:
      (1)   Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
         (a)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
         (b)   On a sidewalk;
         (c)   Within an intersection;
         (d)   On a crosswalk;
         (e)   Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
         (f)   Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;
         (g)   Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or within a highway tunnel;
         (h)   On any railroad tracks. A violation of any part of this subsection shall result in a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service;
         (i)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
         (j)   On any controlled-access highway;
         (k)   In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
         (l)   In a public parking area if the vehicle does not display a current annual registration sticker or digital registration sticker or current temporary permit pending registration.
      (2)   Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:
         (a)   In front of a public or private driveway;
         (b)   Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant or in any manner obscure the location of a fire hydrant from a roadway that provides fire engine and hose access to the hydrant.
(Ord. 2942, passed 11-28-94)
         (c)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
         (d)   Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
         (e)   Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of the entrance (when properly sign-posted);
         (f)   At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
      (3)   Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
         (a)   Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
         (b)   At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
   (B)   No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any prohibited area or away from a curb a distance as is unlawful.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-1303)
   (C)   It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle upon any street for the purpose of displaying it for sale, or to park any vehicle upon any business street from which vehicle merchandise is peddled.
   (D)   It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any private property without the consent of the owner of the property.
(Ord. 2872, passed 12-13-93; Am. Ord. 2883, passed 4-11-94)
   (E)   It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle upon any public street in the city at any time within 12 hours after a snowfall of three inches or more has occurred or until the street has been cleared, whichever occurs first.
(Ord. 2873, passed 12-13-93)
   (F)   It shall be unlawful to park any commercial vehicle over one-ton capacity on any city street or on the public right-of-way, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.
(Ord. 2951, passed 1-10-95)
   (G)   It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle over one-ton load capacity in any city-owned or operated parking lot. An exception to this prohibition are vehicles or displays that have over a one-ton load capacity that will be using a city-owned parking lot and are associated with a carnival or similar type event, so long as the sponsor or operator of this type of vehicle or displays has obtained a city permit or license for the carnival or similar type event.
(Ord. 3027, passed 12-4-95) Penalty, see § 72.99
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