[Amended 1997 by Ord. No. 1636; 7-1-2002 by Ord. No. 2069]
A.
It is unlawful to permit the following described vehicles to stand
on any public street of the City for more than one hour (60 minutes)
except as reasonably required for loading and unloading or except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance
with the directions of a policeman or traffic control device:
(1)
Self-propelled vehicles designed or used as a tractor to pull
one or more semi-trailers; semi-trailers designed to be pulled by
a tractor; and combination tractor and semi-trailer or semi-trailers;
(2)
Motor vehicles designed to carry more than 10 persons, including
but not limited to buses;
(3)
Vehicles designed or used for living quarters;
(4)
Motor vehicles designed for carrying not more than 10 persons
which have been remodeled and are being used for carrying freight
or for use as living quarters;
(5)
Trailers which are attached to or detached from a motor vehicle
that would be used to draw them, such trailers being defined as every
vehicle without motive power in operation, designed for carrying persons
or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle without regard
to whether or not the vehicle so constructed is designed for part
of its weight to rest upon the towing vehicle.
B.
Vehicles exceeding 25 feet in length or 10,000 pounds gross vehicle
weight rating shall be prohibited from parking on public streets within
residential zoning districts or adjacent to residential land uses,
except as follows:
[Amended 3-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 3450]
(1)
Such vehicles may be parked in a public right-of-way for no
longer than one hour while in the process of loading or unloading.
(2)
A commercial, business, or industrial vehicle, as defined in
Section 17.04.030 of the City's Zoning Code, may be parked in a public
right-of-way within one block of an address where it is actively being
used to conduct business.
(3)
Heavy construction/excavation equipment may be parked in a public
right-of-way within one block of an address where it is actively being
used for construction work. Such parking shall not include storage
during non-working hours.
The provisions of this section apply to tank vehicles which
are to be used for the transportation of asphalt or flammable or combustible
liquids (hereinafter referred to as "tank vehicles").
A.
Parking restrictions.
(1)
Parking on streets, avenues, alleys or highways in the City.
Tank vehicles shall not be parked or left unattended on any street,
highway, avenue or alley in the City; provided that this shall not
prevent a driver from the necessary absence from the vehicle in connection
with the delivery of his load, except that during actual discharge
of the liquids some responsible person shall be present at the vehicle,
nor shall it prevent stops for meals during the day or night if the
street is well lighted at the point of parking. Tank vehicles shall
not be parked out of doors at any one point for longer than one hour
except at flammable liquid bulk terminals, bulk plants and other locations
approved by the City Fire Marshal.
(2)
Tank vehicles shall not be parked or garaged in any building
or structure other than those specifically approved for such use by
the City Fire Marshal.
B.
Filling and discharging. The driver, operator or attendant of any
tank vehicle shall not leave the vehicle while it is being filled
or discharged. Delivery hose, when attached to a tank vehicle, shall
be considered to be part of the tank vehicle. When making or breaking
hose connections, the motors of tank trucks or tractors shall be shut
down. If loading or unloading is done without the use of a power pump,
the tank truck or tractor motor shall be shut down throughout such
operations.
It is unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street or portion
thereof in the City at any time when such street is being cleaned.
Signs indicating that a street or portion thereof is being cleaned
shall be posted immediately before the cleaning of the street, and
shall be removed after the cleaning of the street is finished.
A.
The Police Department and all members thereof assigned to traffic
duty are 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 may be illegally
parked in violation of this chapter.
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 vehicles.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It is unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stand a passenger
vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading
or unloading of passengers, not to exceed 30 minutes, in any place
designated by the Mayor and City Council as loading zones and marked
as such, or in any of the following designated places:
A.
At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curbs before the entrance
to any hospital or hotel at any time.
B.
At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curb 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.
[Amended 1999 by Ord. No. 1751; 8-7-2006 by Ord. No. 2487]
Between the hours of 11:00 p.m. of every day and 7:00 a.m. of
the following day, it is unlawful to park any motor vehicle in the
parking lot east of City Hall and between Cedar Street and Cherry
Street, unless one or more of the occupants of the motor vehicle are
attending City Hall for the purpose of conducting business or receiving
City services thereat, or unless one or more of the occupants of said
motor vehicle are City officials or employees.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley 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 is unlawful to park any motor vehicle on any private property
without the consent of the owner of the property.
The Chief of Police or any other person authorized by the Mayor
and City Council shall cause signs to be posted in all areas where
parking is limited or prohibited, indicating such limitations or prohibitions.
[Added 6-18-2007 by Ord.
No. 2567]
It shall be an offense punishable by fine to park motor vehicles
or trailers, as defined by the Illinois Vehicle Code, in City parks
outside of improved surface areas.
