(A) Illegal parking.
(1) Towing cars away.
(a) The Police Department and all members thereof assigned to traffic duty are hereby authorized to remove and tow away or have removed and towed away by commercial towing service, any car or other vehicle illegally parked in any place where such parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant or obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle; or any vehicle which has been parked in any public street or other public place for a period of 24 consecutive hours.
(b) Cars so towed away shall be stored on any city property or in a public garage or parking lot and shall be restored to the owner or operator thereof after payment of the expense incurred by the city in removing and storing such vehicle.
(2) Parking at curb. No vehicle shall be parked with the left side of such vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets, and it shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two right wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the regularly established curb line, except that upon those streets that have been marked for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by such marks.
(B) Downtown permissible parking.
(1) Automobiles, trucks and other vehicles shall be permitted to park along either side of Vine Street between 7th Street and U.S. Route 45. Parking in this area shall be parallel parking only, diagonal parking being hereby expressly prohibited. Such parallel parking shall be so executed that the wheels of the vehicles nearest the curb shall be not farther away from the curb than 12 inches. Parking will not be permitted within the limits of intersections as determined by the state from intersection studies. Parking will not be permitted on any other portion of this project.
(2) All applicable portions of the State Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-303, will also apply and be a part of this section.
(1975 Code, § 24.84) Penalty, see § 73.99