Macon County, IL Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

16, Category 2 of the county's nuisance ordinance, prohibits an owner from storing, accumulating, discharging, depositing, dumping or placing an abandoned or derelict vehicle on any premises where the vehicle shows at least one of three conditions: no registration plate, or a plate without a current valid registration sticker; the vehicle propped on jacks, chains or other supports; or the absence of parts the vehicle needs to be lawfully driven on streets, roads and highways. A vehicle only violates the section once it has shown one of those conditions for at least seven consecutive days, so a car briefly up on a jack for a same-day repair isn't a Category 2 violation.

The county carves out two exceptions. First, agricultural machinery, trucks, tractors and related equipment kept for agricultural purposes are exempt regardless of operating condition, as long as the lot is used principally for agriculture. Second, a junkyard created outside a zoning district that permits junkyards is treated as its own violation under subsection (C), on top of any zoning enforcement. 03 that applies to garbage and debris nuisances. 05 draws $400 to $1,000 per day instead.