(A) Overnight parking permit program established. There is hereby established in the Village an overnight parking permit program. An overnight parking permit issued pursuant to this section shall entitle the permittee to park 1 vehicle in a designated place for a period not to exceed 12 months. The program shall be administered by the Finance Director, or his or her designee.
(B) Overnight parking permit applications. To obtain an overnight parking permit, an application must be submitted to the Finance Director, on a form created by the Finance Director, along with a permit fee of $100 for 6 months or $200 for 1 year of overnight parking. Each such application shall set forth the name and address of the applicant; the license number of the vehicle, the make, year and type of vehicle; the reason an overnight parking permit is necessary for the period requested and such other pertinent information as the Finance Director may require. Only residents of the Village shall be eligible to receive annual or biannual overnight parking permits.
(C) Investigation. Upon receipt of an overnight parking permit application, the Finance Director shall cause to be made such investigation as he may deem proper to ascertain whether such permit should be granted. No overnight parking permit shall be issued for vehicles without current Village vehicle stickers or to individuals with outstanding Village parking citations. Proof of residency of the applicant in the form of a lease or proof of property ownership shall be required. The vehicle for which parking is requested must be registered to the resident whose name is reflected on the lease or property ownership documents. The applicant’s driver’s license must reflect the address for which the parking permit is requested. No permit shall be issued for single-family homes where the applicant has a driveway or otherwise has access to the backyard through an alley or has a garage on the property. No more than 2 overnight parking permits may be issued per dwelling unit. If, upon submission of the application and all materials required, the Finance Director, after investigation, determines there is no adequate off- street parking space reasonably obtainable by the applicant at the place of his residence, or within 300 feet thereof, for the overnight parking of the vehicle described in the application, an overnight parking permit shall be granted; otherwise, it shall be denied.
(D) Permits: contents; term. Each permit shall contain a brief description of the vehicle, the area within which the vehicle may be parked and the expiration date thereof. An overnight parking permit shall authorize the vehicle to which it applies to park overnight on a street in the area designated in the permit and in a location within said area where the vehicle may otherwise be legally parked. Such permit does not authorize the parking of a vehicle in no parking zones, handicapped spaces, tow and loading zones, adjacent to fire hydrants, blocking a driveway or in any other place where parking is restricted for any purpose other than overnight parking. The permit shall be effective only for the vehicle stated on the permit and only when said vehicle is parked in the area stated on the permit. Permits shall be for a period of time between 3 months and 1 year as requested by the applicant and deemed necessary by the Finance Director.
(E) Transfer of ownership of vehicle; change of residence; termination of necessity. Upon the transfer of the vehicle described in any permit or upon the permittee’s change of place of residence or obtaining off-street parking facilities for such vehicle rendering the permit unnecessary, the permittee shall destroy the permit and report such destruction to the Finance Director.
(F) Renewal. Upon application for renewal at the expiration of any overnight parking permit or within 7 days prior thereto, the Finance Director shall cause to be made such investigation as he may deem proper to ascertain whether a renewal of the permit should be granted. The Finance Director may grant a renewal of the permit if, as a result of the investigation, he determines that the need for the permit still exists and the permittee is otherwise eligible pursuant to this section.
(G) Lost permit. If a permittee loses, surrenders or destroys a permit for a permitted vehicle, he may obtain another permit for the same vehicle for the remaining permit term or a permit for a substituted vehicle for the term upon the payment of a permit replacement fee in the amount of $100 for 6 months or $200 for 1 year.
(H) Display of permits. A sticker supplied by the Village evidencing the issuance of an overnight parking permit shall be at all times displayed in the 5-inch square of the lower left-hand corner of the rear window of the vehicle. All previously issued stickers shall be removed prior to display of newly issued sticker. The sticker shall be plainly visible from the exterior.
(I) Vehicles for which permits shall not be issued; exemptions. No overnight parking permit shall be issued for any vehicle other than a passenger automobile, van or pickup truck whose primary purpose is to transport passengers for non-commercial purposes. No permit shall be issued for any automobile, truck, trailer, van or pickup truck whose primary purpose is commercial in nature, passenger trailer, motor home, house car, camper, boat, boat trailer, commercially licensed vehicle or vehicle other than a car, van or pickup truck whose primary purpose is to transport passengers for non-commercial purposes. In the case of a van or pickup truck, the applicant shall sign a declaration, under penalty of perjury, stating that the primary use of the vehicle is non-commercial transportation of passengers. Permits issued under this section are subject to revocation if it is discovered that the vehicle to which the permit is issued is not in compliance with the declaration on file. Upon a written application to the Finance Director, or his or her designee, and a showing of good cause that the application of this division works an unreasonable hardship upon the owner or occupant of real property within the Village, the Finance Director, or his or her designee, with or without holding a hearing thereon, may grant an exemption from the provisions of this section upon such terms and conditions as the Finance Director, or his or her designee, shall determine in his or her sole discretion.
(J) Designated areas and prohibited areas. The Finance Director, or his or her desginee, may approve an application for an overnight parking permit as provided in this section for use on any street in the Village, except that no overnight parking permit shall be issued for use on the following streets:
(1) 1st Avenue (entire Village).
(2) 5th Avenue (entire Village, except from Roosevelt Road to Filmore Avenue).
(3) 9th Avenue (entire Village).
(4) 17th Avenue (from 1000 S. to Village limits).
(5) 19th Avenue (from 100 S. to 1000 S).
(6) Chicago Avenue (entire Village).
(7) Lake Street (entire Village).
(8) St. Charles Road (entire Village).
(9) Washington Blvd. (entire Village).
(10) Madison Avenue (entire Village).
(11) Harrison Avenue (entire Village).
(12) Bataan Avenue (entire Village).
(13) Roosevelt Road (entire Village).
(Ord. CO-07-35, passed 8-21-2007; Am. Ord. CO-2013-25, passed 4-16-2013; Am. Ord. CO-2020-06, passed 3-3-2020)