[Amended 8-19-1969 by Ord. No. 203; 3-6-1979 by Ord. No. 245]
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 384]
A.
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:
(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 30 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.
(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 signposted.
(12)
On any sidewalk or parkway.
(13)
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
(14)
Parallel to the curb on McCoy Street between Route 71 and Main
Street.
(15)
Within 10 feet of each side of any private driveway.
(16)
On the opposite side of the street from any private driveway
and 10 feet to each side thereof.
(17)
Within 10 feet of any alleyway intersecting the street.
(18)
On Elm Street between Silverspoon Avenue and Hopkins Avenue,
except parking is allowed on the east side of Elm Street between Hopkins
Avenue and Harrison Court for a period less than two hours per vehicle
for funeral purposes only.
[Added 9-18-2007 by Ord.
No. 538]
(19)
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of a street.
[Added 7-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 672]
(20)
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping,
standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
[Added 7-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 672]
(21)
On any railroad tracks.
[Added 7-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 672]
(22)
On any controlled-access highway.
[Added 7-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 672]
(23)
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
[Added 7-19-2016 by Ord.
No. 672]
(24)
On the south side of Main Street between McCoy Street and Church
Street.
[Added 7-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 697]
(25)
There will be no parking on the north side of East Grant Street
within the Commercial District at any time.
[Added 8-18-2020 by Ord.
No. 721[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Section III of this ordinance provided
that any person, firm, or corporation convicted of violating any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined no less than $50 and
no more than $500 for each offense.
B.
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Name of Street
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Church Street
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Between Main Street and Silverspoon Avenue
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Front Street
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Between McCoy Street and Church Street
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Hopkins Avenue
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Between Elm Street and Colby Street
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Main Street
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Between McCoy Street and Church Street
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Main Street
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Between School Street and Shafer Street
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McCoy Street
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School Street
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Between Main Street and Front Street
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[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 384[1]]
Any person, firm or corporation who or which violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of § 252-73A(15), (16) and (17) shall, upon conviction, be subject to penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, of the Village Code.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park
any vehicle upon any street after a snowfall of three inches or more
between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. or until streets
are plowed by the Village to remove sufficient snow to allow two lanes
of traffic on each such street.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to park
any vehicle upon McCoy Street between Route 71 and Main Street within
12 hours following any snowfall exceeding three inches or before snow-handling
and -removal operations are completed by the Village following each
snowfall.[1]
C.
The word "park" shall mean to leave any vehicle unattended at the
side of any street or at the curb of any street and to leave any vehicle
unattended with or without the motor running on any streets.
D.
Any vehicle left parked upon any Village street in violation of Subsection A or B above may be removed from the Village from any such street and stored at such a place as to the best convenience of the Village. Upon removal, the Village shall give notice to the last operator of the vehicle before parking, if known, and, if unknown, to the person to whom the vehicle was last registered by the State of Illinois. Such notice shall be in writing served personally or by mail, postage prepaid.
E.
If the last operator of the vehicle shall be unknown, it shall be
presumed that the vehicle was last operated by the person to whom
the vehicle was last registered by the State of Illinois.
A.
No person shall park a motor vehicle more than 20 feet long on McCoy
Street between Hopkins Street and South Street.
B.
No person shall park a motor vehicle more than seven feet wide in
the following locations:
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Name of Street
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Location
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|---|---|---|
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Hennepin Street
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West of School Street
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Hopkins Avenue
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East of McCoy Street
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Main Street
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Silverspoon Avenue
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East of Church Street
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It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street
or portion thereof in the Village at any time when such street is
being cleaned or snow is being removed. Signs indicating such cleaning
or snow removal shall be posted before such work is done.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle for a period of time
in excess of the amount of time designated by ordinance and so posted.
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 a 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 Village 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 Village
in removing and storing such vehicles.
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 curbline, 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.
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 street from which vehicle merchandise is peddled or sold.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stop a passenger
vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading
or unloading of passengers, in any place designated by the Village
Board as a loading zone and marked as such, or in any of the following
designated places:
A.
At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curb before the entrance
to any hospital or hotel at any time.
B.
At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curbline before the
entrance to a public building between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except
on Sunday.
C.
Directly in front of the entrance to any theater at any time that
the theater is open.
D.
No person shall park any truck or commercial vehicle on McCoy Street
for the purpose of unloading goods or merchandise.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley except for the
purpose of loading and unloading merchandise and then in such a manner
or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of
the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic,
and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley
in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting
property.
It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle on any private
property without the consent of the owner of the property.
Appropriate signs shall be posted in all areas where parking
is limited or prohibited, indicating such limitations or prohibitions.
[Added 2-6-1989 by Ord.
No. 310]
A.
Parking prohibited. No person owning or controlling any road tractor,
truck tractor, semi-trailer, stinger-steered semi-trailer, farm tractor
or truck as defined in 625 ILCS 5/13-119 shall cause or permit it
to be parked within the right-of-way of any public street, except
as otherwise permitted by 625 ILCS 5/13-120 and 5/13-121.[1]
B.
Definitions. The following words and phrases shall be defined for
the purpose of this section as set forth in the following sections
of the Illinois Vehicle Code:
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Road tractor
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625 ILCS 5/1-178
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Semi-trailer
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625 ILCS 5/1-187
| |
|
Stinger-steered semi-trailer
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625 ILCS 5/1-198
| |
|
Trailer
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625 ILCS 5/1-209
| |
|
Truck tractor
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625 ILCS 5/1-212
| |
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Farm tractor
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625 ILCS 5/1-120
| |
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Truck
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625 ILCS 5/1-211
| |
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Park
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625 ILCS 5/1-156
|
C.
Parking districts. Any owner or person in control of any vehicle regulated by this section may park any of the above-regulated vehicles upon any private property located in a zoning district classified as C Commercial District and M-1 Light Industrial District by Chapter 285, Zoning and Land Development, and which property has been improved in such a manner as to provide off-street parking.
D.
Delivering, loading and unloading. It shall be lawful to park any of the above-regulated vehicles on any right-of-way in the Village when the vehicle is actually delivering, unloading or loading personal property to or from any premises, except that it shall be unlawful to park any regulated vehicle on any public street within the C Commercial District and the M-1 Light Industrial District of the Village, as defined by Chapter 285 of the Village Code, for the purpose of delivering, unloading or loading personal property if a right-of-way for alley purposes exists and is surfaced and usable by the vehicle and if a rear entrance exists for any building being served and is accessible for use.
