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(A) Outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the roadway when it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the roadway, but in every event an unobstructed width of the highway opposite a standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.
(B) The village, with respect to highways under its jurisdiction or for the maintenance of which it is responsible, may place signs prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion stopping, standing or parking is dangerous to those using the highway, or where stopping, standing or parking vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. Any regulations adopted by the village regarding the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles upon any specific street, streets or highways become effective at the time of the erection of appropriate signs indicating the regulations.
(C) This section, and § 72.15 of this chapter and 625 ILCS 5/11-1304 shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the vehicle in that position.
(D) Any Second Division vehicle used exclusively for the collection of garbage, refuse or recyclable material may stop or stand on the road in a business, rural or residential district for the sole purpose of collecting garbage, refuse or recyclable material. The vehicle, in addition to having its hazard lights lighted at all time that it is engaged in stopping or standing, shall also use its amber oscillating, rotating or flashing light or lights as authorized under 625 ILCS 5/12-215(b)(12), if so equipped.
(625 ILCS 5/11-1301) (Prior Code, § 72.11)
(E) No person shall park any motor vehicle on any village street, alley or public way for a period of more than seven days at any one location. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any such motor vehicle to remove such motor vehicle from one location to another so as to evade the time limit provided in this section.
(Ord. 21-123, passed - -2021) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle which is not properly displaying registration plates or decals issued to a person with disabilities, as defined by § 70.01, pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/3-616, 5/11-1301.1 or 5/11-1301.2, or to a veteran with a disability pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/3-609, as evidence that the vehicle is operated by or for a person with disabilities or a veteran with a disability, in any parking place, including any private or public off-street parking facility, specifically reserved, by the posting of an official sign as designated under 625 ILCS 5/11-301, for motor vehicles displaying such registration plates. It shall be prohibited to park any motor vehicle in a designated access aisle adjacent to any parking place specifically reserved for persons with disabilities, by the posting of an official sign as designated under 625 ILCS 5/11-301, for motor vehicles displaying such registration plates. When using the parking privileges for persons with disabilities, the parking decal or device must be displayed properly in the vehicle where it is clearly visible to law enforcement personnel, either hanging from the rearview mirror or placed on the dashboard of the vehicle in clear view. Disability license plates and parking decals and devices are not transferable from person to person. Proper usage of the disability license plate or parking decal or device requires the authorized holder to be present and enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. It is a violation of this section to park in a space reserved for a person with disabilities if the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device does not enter or exit the vehicle at the time the parking privileges are being used. Any motor vehicle properly displaying a disability license plate or a parking decal or device containing the international symbol of access issued to persons with disabilities by any local authority, state, district, territory or foreign country shall be recognized by state and village authorities as a valid license plate or device and receive the same parking privileges as residents of the state.
(1) An individual with a vehicle displaying disability license plates or a parking decal or device issued to a qualified person with a disability under 625 ILCS 5/3-616, 5/11-1301.1 or 5/11-1301.2 or to a veteran with a disability under 625 ILCS 5/3-609 is in violation of this section if:
(a) The person using the disability license plate or parking decal or device is not the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device or is not transporting the authorized holder of the disability license plate or parking decal or device to or from the parking location; and
(b) The person uses the disability license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through the disability license plate or parking decals or devices under this code.
(2) A driver of a vehicle displaying disability license plates or a parking decal or device issued to a qualified person with a disability under 625 ILCS 5/3-616, 5/11-1301.1 or 5/11-1301.2 or to a veteran with a disability under 625 ILCS 5/3-609 is in violation of this section if:
(a) The person to whom the disability license plate or parking decal or device was issued is deceased; and
(b) The driver uses the disability license plate or parking decal or device to exercise any privileges granted through the disability license plate or parking decal or device under this code.
(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3(a) - (a-2))
(B) Any person or local authority owning or operating any public or private off-street parking facility may, after notifying the Police Department, remove or cause to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any vehicle parked within a stall or space reserved for use by a person with disabilities which does not display person with disabilities registration plates or a special decal or device as required under this section.
(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3(b))
(C) The village shall impose fines as established in § 72.99 of this chapter for violations of this section.
(D) As used in this section, AUTHORIZED HOLDER means an individual issued a disability license plate under 625 ILCS 5/3-616, an individual issued a parking decal or device under 625 ILCS 5/11-1301.2 or an individual issued a license plate for veterans with disabilities under 625 ILCS 5/11-609.
(E) Any police officer may seize the parking decal or device from any person who commits a violation of this section. Any police officer may seize the disability license plate upon authorization from the Secretary of State. Any police officer may request that the Secretary of State revoke the parking decal or device or the disability license plate of any person who commits a violation of this section.
(625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3(d), (e), (g))
(Prior Code, § 72.12) Penalty, see § 72.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to park on public property any motor vehicle having a gross weight of 8,000 pounds or more for a period of more than two continuous hours in any one location in any one day.
(Prior Code, § 72.13) (Ord. 502, passed 12-10-1973) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park any semi-tractor, semi-trailer or combination thereof, any dumptruck, tandem axle truck, straight axle truck (excluding non-commercial pickup truck or van), any truck or van used for commercial purposes, any motor home, camping trailer, boat trailer, pole trailer, utility trailer or any other trailer in any parking lot of Tremont Park between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday of each week and between the hours of 10:00 p.m. on Friday and 7:00 a.m. on Monday of each week.
(B) Any vehicle or trailer parked in violation of this section shall be towed at the owner’s expense pursuant to the direction of any police officer.
(Prior Code, § 72.14) (Ord. 89-104, passed 7-17-1989) Penalty, see § 72.99
SNOW EMERGENCIES
(A) Whenever the Village President finds that falling snow, sleet or freezing rain will create a condition which makes it necessary that the parking of motor vehicles on snow emergency routes be prohibited, or whenever he or she finds on the basis of a firm forecast of snow, sleet or freezing rain that the weather conditions so forecasted may create a condition making it necessary that such parking be prohibited, he or she is authorized to announce the prohibition, to become effective at a time specified by him or her. After the effective time of the prohibition no person shall park any vehicle or permit any vehicle to remain parked on a snow emergency route.
(B) (1) However, if a fall of snow, sleet or freezing rain occurs after 11:00 p.m. and prior to 6:00 a.m., and the Village President has not announced prior to 11:00 p.m. that parking on snow emergency routes is to be prohibited after a specified time, a vehicle parked on a snow emergency route may remain so parked until 7:00 a.m. following the fall.
(2) The prohibition of parking announced by the Village President under the authority of this section shall remain in effect until he or she announces the termination of the snow emergency, in part or in whole, after which the prohibition of parking authorized by this section shall no longer be in effect.
(Prior Code, § 72.25) Penalty, see § 72.99
(A) Whenever the Village President shall find that some or all of the conditions which gave rise to the snow emergency prohibition no longer exist, he or she is authorized to declare the termination of the emergency, in part or in whole, effective immediately on announcement.
(B) If the announcement is made other than between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., it shall be repeated between those hours.
(Prior Code, § 72.26)
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