§ 94-276. Parking in municipal parking lots.

(a)

Commercial vehicles, vehicles of the second division and tow trucks, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code (65 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq.), are prohibited from entering, stopping, standing and parking in municipal parking lots and at all other property now or hereafter owned and/or controlled by the Town of Cicero, regardless of the designation of such property as a parking lot. Notwithstanding the forgoing, commercial vehicles, vehicles of the second division and tow trucks which have been issued a parking permit by the town may park in the municipal parking area commonly known as the L-Strip.

(b)

Vehicles of the second division having class B registration and vehicles making a delivery or service call to a municipal building are exempt from subsection (a) of this section.

(c)

All vehicles are prohibited from parking in all municipal parking lots and at all other property now or hereafter owned and/or controlled by the Town of Cicero, regardless of the designation of such property as a parking lot, for a period of time exceeding 23 consecutive hours. With the exception of subsection (d) of this section, any vehicle parked in any municipal parking lot and at any other town owned property between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. must display a valid town parking license.

(d)

No person shall park a vehicle in that certain parking lot located at 2525 South Laramie Avenue for a period of more than one hour between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Any vehicle parked in such lot between the hours of 12:01 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. must display a valid town vehicle sticker. Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, any person parking a vehicle in violation of this subsection (d) shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of $50.00 for each violation. In addition to these penalties, any vehicle parked in violation of this subsection (d) is declared to be a hazardous vehicle and is subject to immediate tow without prior notice in accordance with the procedures for towing hazardous vehicles as set forth in division 7 of this article.

(e)

With the exception of subsection (d) of this section, any person parking a vehicle in violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not less than $100.00 and not more than $750.00 for each violation. In addition to these penalties, any vehicle parked in violation of this section is declared to be a hazardous vehicle and is subject to immediate tow without prior notice in accordance with the procedures for towing hazardous vehicles as set forth in division 7 of this article.

(Code 1958, § 33-87.3; Ord. No. 47-93, § 1, 6-15-1993; Ord. No. 75-14, § 3.00, 9-23-2014; Ord. No. 107-17, § 3.00, 12-27-2017; Ord. No. 77-18, § 3.00, 9-11-2018)

Cross reference

Businesses, ch. 26.