(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