It shall be unlawful to permit any vehicle to stand at any time in any of the following places, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a policeman or traffic-control device:
(A) Prohibited.
(1) In any intersection;
(2) In a crosswalk;
(3) Upon any bridge or viaduct, or in any subway or tunnel or the approach thereto;
(4) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a point of the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone;
(5) Within 20 feet of a traffic signal, beacon or sign on the approaching side;
(6) Within 20 feet of any intersection or crosswalk;
(7) At any place where the standing of a vehicle will reduce the usable width of the roadway for moving traffic to less than 18 feet;
(8) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(9) At any place where the vehicle would block the use of a driveway or alley;
(10) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing;
(11) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any Fire Department station and on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any such station, within 75 feet of such entrance when properly sign-posted;
(12) On any sidewalk or parkway;
(13) At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
(14) More than 12 inches from the curb with the right-side wheels;
(15) Parking shall be within the painted parking slots, parallel with them and front wheels to curb. Rear-wheel parking will be permitted for the purpose of loading and unloading only.
(16) Those places described in Article VIII, Schedule D.
(B) Diagonal parking. All vehicles shall be parked diagonally within official parking lines established by the City Council at the locations designated in Article VIII, Schedule L.
(C) Parallel parking. All vehicles shall be parked parallel with the sides of streets wherever parking is permitted and not designated as a diagonal parking area.
(D) Commercial parking prohibited on all residential streets.
(1) No person shall park or leave standing on any street or alley or portion thereof in a residential district as defined by the Zoning Code of the city the following:
(a) Any commercial vehicle registered in the state of Illinois as a Class C motor vehicle and above, or the equivalent ratings in a different state except that the vehicle may be parked or left standing at or near an address where business is being conducted.
(b) Any construction equipment except during construction in conjunction with a valid building permit issued by the city.
(2) In addition tractors (trucks) are permitted in the residential districts during the months of December, January, February and March for the purpose of engine heaters. See Article VIII, Schedules D, E, and I.
(E) Recreational vehicles - definitions and parking.
(1) For purposes of this section, RECREATIONAL VEHICLE is defined as including but not limited to the following: any camping trailer, motor home, mini motor home, travel trailer, truck camper, van camper, boat, jet ski, and recreational off-highway vehicle (as defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code).
(2) It shall be unlawful to park a recreational vehicle upon any public street, or alley, or portion Thereof, located within the city limits of the City of Waterloo, Illinois.
(F) Trailers - parking. It shall be unlawful to park, at any time, any trailer (not included in the definition of a “recreational vehicle”) that is not attached to a motor vehicle on any public street, or alley, or portion thereof located within the city limits. When attached to a motor vehicle, a trailer (other than a recreational vehicle) may be parked on a public street except between sundown and sunrise.
(G) Construction. In the event of a conflict or ambiguity this § 24-6-3 shall be strictly construed so as to disfavor rather than favor parking upon public streets or alleys or portions thereof.
(1993 Code, § 24-6-3) (Ord. 590, passed 6-6-1977; Am. Ord. 849, passed 11-18-1991; Am. Ord. 892, passed 8-16-1993; Am. Ord. 1244, passed 11-18-2002; Am. Ord. 1736, passed 10-16-2017) Penalty, see § 24-6-6