A. 
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
(1) 
Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a) 
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(b) 
On a sidewalk or parkway;
(c) 
Within an intersection;
(d) 
On a crosswalk;
(e) 
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
(f) 
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(g) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
(h) 
On any railroad tracks. A violation of this subsection shall result in a minimum fine as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines, or 50 hours of community service.
[Amended 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 6161; 3-3-2009 by Ord. No. 6448]
(i) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking;
(j) 
On any controlled-access highway;
(k) 
In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
(2) 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pickup or discharge passengers:
(a) 
In front of a public or private driveway;
(b) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(c) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(d) 
Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(e) 
Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance (when properly sign-posted);
(f) 
At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(3) 
Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:
(a) 
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(b) 
At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
B. 
Subsection A 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 such position.
C. 
No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his/her control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street or portion thereof in the City at any time when such street is being cleaned or snow removed. Signs indicating such cleaning or snow removal shall be posted a reasonable time before such work is commenced.
A. 
It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any City street or City parking lot for a period of time in excess of the amount of time designated by ordinance and so posted.
B. 
The movement of a motor vehicle or conveyance from place to place within an area designated as a time-limited parking zone or lot shall not be deemed to interrupt the running of the time-limited parking prohibition. No vehicle shall be parked in the area designated by ordinance for any consecutive period of time beyond that set by ordinance.
[Added 10-3-2006 by Ord. No. 6116]
A. 
Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a street in violation of any provisions of this chapter, such officer is authorized to move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway.
B. 
Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed to a place of safety at the expense of the owner any unattended, abandoned or disabled vehicle left standing upon any street, highway, bridge, causeway, or elevated structure, or within a tunnel underpass or subway in such a position or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic. The same authority is also granted regarding any vehicle found upon any street when:
(1) 
Report has been made that such vehicle has been stolen or taken without the consent of its owner; or
(2) 
The person or persons in charge of such vehicle are unable to provide for its custody or removal; or
(3) 
When the person driving or in control of such vehicle is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper judicial official without unnecessary delay.
C. 
Whenever the Police Department finds an abandoned or disabled vehicle standing upon the paved or main traveled part of a highway, which vehicle is or may be expected to interrupt the free flow of traffic on the highway or interfere with the maintenance of the highway, the Department is authorized to move the vehicle to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of the highway.
[Amended 10-6-2009 by Ord. No. 6509]
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 roadway other than parallel with the curb or curbline and with the two right wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the regularly established curbline, except that upon those roadways that have been marked for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb or curbline indicated by such marks, with the front wheels against the curb or curbline.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 496-105.1, No back-in parking, added 8-7-2007 by Ord. No. 6241, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 10-6-2009 by Ord. No. 6509.
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 stand 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 City Council 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 a Sunday.
C. 
Directly in front of the entrance to any theater at any time that the theater is open.
[Added 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 6022]
A. 
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
VALET PARKING
The act of taking a vehicle from the street, whether or not a fee is charged, and parking it for the vehicle operator, but attendant parking at a licensed parking lot or garage shall not constitute valet parking.
VALET PARKING OPERATOR
Any person or entity that provides the service of valet parking.
VALET PARKING/VALET SERVICE ZONE
The area adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles for the expeditious loading and unloading of passengers and to turn control of the vehicle over to a valet parking operator for the expeditious removal of the vehicle from the valet parking zone to an authorized off-street parking facility.
B. 
Criteria for valet parking designation. Upon the application of any business or businesses, the Mayor and City Council may designate a curb as a valet parking zone for specified days and hours if it is determined that such valet parking zone is necessary and justified by traffic conditions and business operations of the applicant. In making that determination, the Mayor and City Council shall consider:
(1) 
The existing parking regulations and controls at the proposed location;
(2) 
The existing property uses at the location;
(3) 
The safety and convenience for the people of the City of Crystal Lake;
(4) 
The actual number of passengers to be served by the zone;
(5) 
The existing demands for curb use such as the number and location of existing transit and taxi loading zones, and existing commercial loading zones in the general area of the requested zone;
(6) 
The overall determination of available on-street parking for the area;
(7) 
The presence of other valet parking zones in the area;
(8) 
The designation of the valet parking zone will cause no significant impact on the environment; and
(9) 
Such other factors as the Mayor and City Council determine are relevant to the necessity and justification for the valet parking zone.
C. 
Permit application for valet parking/valet service zone designation. Any person, business, firm or corporation desiring a valet parking permit shall file a written application with the Mayor and City Council, or an authorized representative, on an application provided by the City Manager's office. The applicant shall accompany the application with a tender of the correct license fee as hereinafter provided and shall, in addition, furnish the following:
(1) 
The business name and address of the corporation, partnership or other business entity seeking the permit;
(2) 
Location of business, activity, or event where valet parking is proposed;
(3) 
Name of authorized representative available at all times during valet parking operations;
(4) 
Telephone number of authorized representative;
(5) 
Date valet parking is to commence;
(6) 
If applicable, date valet parking will cease (short-term parking only);
(7) 
Maximum number of attendees expected to use the valet parking service;
(8) 
Maximum number of vehicles to be valet parked at any one give time;
(9) 
The hours of operation during the day;
(10) 
The number of employees assigned to provide valet parking during the day;
(11) 
The hours of operation during the evening (after 5:00 p.m.);
(12) 
The location where vehicles will be stored;
(13) 
The number of parking spaces at this location available to the applicant for valet parking;
(14) 
If applicable, additional location where vehicles will be stored;
(15) 
The number of parking spaces at this location available to the applicant for valet parking;
(16) 
An indemnification and hold-harmless agreement signed by an authorized company representative and approved by the Mayor and City Council, or an authorized representative and the City Attorney;
(17) 
A statement signed by an authorized representative for the business, activity or event, confirming that there is a need for the proposed parking service and consenting to the service, including information as to the amount of seating or other measure of the capacity of the business, activity or event to be served;
(18) 
A plan showing passenger loading and unloading zone, parking storage location and proposed route to and from the authorized valet parking locations;
(19) 
A signed letter of authorization from the owner(s) of the parking facility, or person in control of any parking facility designated in the application as a location where vehicles are proposed to be parked or stored, the number of spaces in such parking facility; and an estimate of the amount (percentage) of use of the parking facility with and without the applicant's proposed use. Where the parking facility is part of a building or premises devoted to other uses that require off-street parking, the statement shall also include information as to the number of parking spaces that are required by law to be provided in the parking facility to serve such other uses;
(20) 
A copy of a written contract of covenant giving the applicant the right to use each facility for parking or storage proposed by the application, which contains a provision precluding cancellation of the applicant's right except by giving at least 10 days' prior written notice of such cancellation to the applicant and the City;
(21) 
A plan showing the location of the valet parking stand and each proposed valet parking sign, including the content of the sign;
(22) 
Proof of insurance showing the limits and terms required by the City of Crystal Lake.
D. 
Fee. The license fee for an annual valet parking permit shall be $50 per year. The license fee for a temporary valet parking permit (limit seven days per permit) shall be $20.
E. 
Permit provisions and restrictions. For the purposes of this section:
(1) 
The permittee shall not allow any person engaged in the valet parking service to either drive a vehicle of a customer, or handle keys of a vehicle of a customer, unless the permittee has certified that the person is at least 18 years of age, has a valid Illinois driver's license and has not been convicted of reckless driving or driving while under the influence of alcohol or narcotics within seven years preceding that date of certification. Valet service employees shall at all times obey traffic rules and regulations.
(2) 
All valet employees must have a valid Illinois driver's license with them at all times.
(3) 
Permittee shall provide adequate staffing to park vehicles so that traffic is not impeded by the activities of the permit. No double parking or blockage of lanes shall be allowed. No vehicle may stop or stand at a dropoff or loading area for longer than 15 minutes.
(4) 
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in a valet parking zone during its posted hours of operation for any purpose other than the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers and to turn control of the vehicle over to the valet parking operator. Valet parking operators must expeditiously remove vehicles from the valet parking zone
(5) 
Vehicles shall be moved to and from the parking facility only via the approved route as noted on the permit. Shortcuts and U-turns are prohibited.
(6) 
Pedestrian walkways must not be blocked at any time during valet operations, and the permittee must provide a minimum pedestrian passing clearance of five feet.
(7) 
The permittee shall provide a claim check to the owner upon receipt of each motor vehicle accepted for valet parking. The claim check shall explicitly state the terms and conditions under which the vehicle is being accepted.
(8) 
A copy of the permittee's permit complete with route diagram must be maintained at every valet parking operation site.
(9) 
Each permittee shall install and maintain, at each location at which a patron or guest surrenders his or her vehicle for parking, a reflective sign, with letters and numerals plainly visible from the street, displaying "Public Valet Parking," the permittee's name, the address and telephone number of the business, the time when the permittee is no longer on duty, and the parking fees, if any.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 7036]
(a) 
If fees are charged, such fees also shall be stated as follows:
[1] 
Rates per hour;
[2] 
Rates per fraction of an hour, if any;
[3] 
Rates for subsequent hours or fractions thereof; and
[4] 
The maximum charge.
(b) 
All fractions of time must be spelled out in letters. Valet signs must not be less than 24 inches by 36 inches in size. The "Valet Parking" and the maximum rate portion of the sign must have a minimum lettering/numeral size of three inches per character. Prior to installation, plans for signage must be submitted to and approved by the Crystal Lake Community Development Department.
(10) 
At each closing time, the operator shall lock or cause to be locked each vehicle, except those locked by the person bringing the vehicle to the valet parking service, if a key is available, and shall deposit or cause to be deposited such key with a responsible person at a safe and convenient place, to be delivered to the person who parked the vehicle upon surrender of the parking ticket if one was given to such person, or otherwise upon proof that such person has the right to possess the vehicle.
(11) 
Permittee, or his or her agents and employees, shall notify the City of Crystal Lake Police Department whenever a vehicle has been left in his or her custody for a period in excess of 48 hours without a prior contractual arrangement for such period of time in order to determine whether the vehicle is stolen or abandoned.
(12) 
Permittee shall agree that valet service employees shall not park their own vehicles in the adjoining residential neighborhoods.
(13) 
Permittee employees shall wear clothing that indicates, at a minimum, the permittee's name, logo or similar approved identification.
(14) 
Valet personnel traveling on foot between the valet zone and the parking facility shall comply with all applicable traffic laws, ordinances and regulations and shall obey all traffic controls. Jaywalking and crossing against traffic signals is prohibited.
(15) 
Permittee will use the specified route for travel between the vehicle dropoff/pickup and parking area. All traffic rules and regulations shall be obeyed.
(16) 
Permittee shall not park valet vehicles on any public street, alley or in any off-street public parking facility, at any time except the approved spaces designated in the permit for dropoff/pickup areas and the designated approved lot.
(17) 
Permittee shall comply with all applicable City Code provisions and regulations of the City and state, including but not limited to those pertaining to traffic, noise and nuisances.
(18) 
Permits are nontransferable. Any change in the use, ownership, business or valet parking permit fee shall require reassessment and approval of a new permit by the City.
(19) 
All valet parking permits shall be reviewed on an annual basis for renewal.
(20) 
Each valet parking permit issued by the Mayor and City Council, or an authorized representative, shall be valid for not more than one year.
F. 
Revocation or suspension of license. Any valet parking license issued under this section shall be subject to the suspension or revocation by the Mayor and City Council, or their authorized representative, for violation of any provision of this section, for any grounds that would warrant the denial of issuance of such license upon an original application or if there is reasonable cause to believe that:
(1) 
The permittee has operated or managed the valet parking service in a manner that violated any provision of the Crystal Lake City Code, or any restriction or prohibition imposed in the permit, including but not limited to the following:
(a) 
Any employees of the permittee engaged in providing valet parking services under the permit have violated any condition or restriction or prohibition imposed in the permit conditions and the permittee has permitted them to do so, or failed to prevent them from doing so. The permittee shall be responsible for those acts of its employees, which are done in the course and scope of their employment. Moving violations by valet employees will be considered as a violation of these conditions.
(b) 
The permittee willfully made a materially false or misleading statement or omission of fact on any application or in any supplementary materials submitted or in any interview conducted in the processing of the applications for the permit.
(c) 
The permittee is operating or managing the valet parking service in a manner which poses a danger to the health and safety of employees, customers and/or the public or interferes with the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(2) 
Whenever the City Council has reasonable cause to believe that grounds for the suspension or revocation of a permit exists, the City Council, or its designee, shall give the permittee written notice stating the alleged grounds for the suspension or revocation. Failure by the permittee to comply with requirements of written notice within 10 days will result in revocation of valet parking permit.
(3) 
The permittee fails to procure and maintain in full force and effect the required City insurance coverages and limits.
(4) 
No application for any valet parking permit shall be accepted by the City Manager from the same applicant within one year following revocation of a valet parking permit or while the applicant has a suspended permit.
(5) 
The Mayor and City Council or authorized representative, upon such revocation or suspension, shall state the reasons in writing, specifying the particular grounds for such revocation or suspension.
G. 
Transfer prohibited. No valet parking permit is transferable, separate or divisible, and such authority as a permit confers shall be conferred only on the permittee named therein.
H. 
Penalty. Any person, business, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this section may, in addition to any penalty imposed under Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of this Code, suffer the penalty of having the permit revoked for any such violation. Revocation shall be in writing signed by the Mayor.
No person, except physicians on emergency calls, shall park any vehicle for a period of time longer than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any day on any streets in the municipality.
No person shall park a vehicle within an alley, except for the purpose of loading and unloading merchandise and then in such manner or under such conditions as to leave available not 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.
No vehicle other than a licensed taxicab shall be parked in any area designated by ordinance as a cab stand; and no vehicle other than a bus shall be parked in a place so designated as a bus loading zone.
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.
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine and removing the ignition key, and when standing upon any perceptible grade, without effectively setting the brake and turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
[Amended 3-21-2006 by Ord. No. 6047; 3-3-2009 by Ord. No. 6448; 2-2-2010 by Ord. No. 6531; 10-4-2011 by Ord. No. 6703]
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON WITH DISABILITIES
A natural person who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician, or by an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the advanced practice nurse to make this determination:
(1) 
Cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; or
(2) 
Is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest; or
(3) 
Uses portable oxygen; or
(4) 
Has a cardiac condition to the extent that his or her functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV, according to standards set by the American Heart Association; or
(5) 
Is severely limited in his or her ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic condition; or
(6) 
Cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest because of one of the above five conditions; or
(7) 
Is missing a hand or arm or has permanently lost the use of a hand or arm; and
(8) 
As otherwise defined or provided in Section 1-159.1 of, or elsewhere in, the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq.
VEHICLE
Has the same meaning as defined in Section 1-217 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-217.
B. 
No parking in handicapped parking space unless disabled. It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle, or to permit any vehicle owned or controlled by that person to remain parked, in any parking space designated as parking for a handicapped or disabled person, unless the driver or an occupant of the vehicle is a person with disabilities and there is clearly displayed on or in the vehicle a current, properly authorized official decal, certification, device, or registration plate issued by the State of Illinois or by the proper officials of another state or the United States government stating that the driver or occupant is handicapped or disabled. This prohibition applies to all parking spaces designated as parking for a handicapped or disabled person, including public or private spaces, spaces in public or private parking lots, on-street or off-street spaces, and surface spaces or spaces in parking structures.
C. 
No use of handicapped parking authorization except by person with disabilities. No person other than the authorized person with disabilities may use any decal, certification, device, or registration plate to park a vehicle in any parking space designated as parking for a handicapped or disabled person. The authorized person with disabilities must be present in the vehicle at the time the vehicle is parked in the designated space and must purposefully enter or exit the vehicle while the vehicle is parked in the designated space.
D. 
Proper display of parking authorization. The decal, certification, device, or registration plate authorizing parking by the person with disabilities must be displayed properly and prominently in or on the vehicle where it is clearly visible to law enforcement personnel. "Prominently" means display by hanging from the rearview mirror, placing on the dashboard, or placing elsewhere in or on the vehicle in plain and clear view from the exterior of the vehicle.
E. 
Marking of designated parking spaces. Parking spaces and any adjacent access aisles for persons with disabilities will be marked by the City with paint or with posted signs designating the spaces for handicapped parking only.
F. 
Registered owner presumed in control. For any vehicle parked in violation of this section, the person in whose name a vehicle is registered will be presumed, prima facie, to have been in control of the vehicle at the time the violation was committed.
G. 
Penalty. Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section will be fined as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines, of this Code in addition to being liable to pay all costs and charges connected with the removal or storage of the vehicle parked in violation of this section. In addition to the fine, costs, and charges, a late-payment administrative fee shall be added to all fines paid more than 30 days after issuance of the citation, as set forth in Chapter 248, Fines.