Cicero, IL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Overnight ban hours
- 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., townwide
- Residential tow-truck limit
- 30 minutes max in R-1, R-2, R-3
- Fine
- $100 to $750 per offense
- Late-payment fine
- $500 minimum after 28 days unpaid
- Vehicle status
- Declared hazardous, immediate tow allowed
Summary
Cicero bans parking or storing any truck, tractor, semitrailer or other second-division vehicle on town streets between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. under Sec. 94-274, and separately bars tow trucks from sitting on any street in an R-1, R-2 or R-3 residential district except for short pickups, deliveries or service calls.
Sec. 94-274. - Overnight truck parking prohibited; declaration of hazardous vehicles. (a) No person shall park or store any truck, tractor, semitrailer, truck-tractor-semitrailer combination or any vehicle of the second division, as those terms are defined in the Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq., on any street within the corporate limits of the town or in the parking lot commonly known as the L Strip... between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m... (d) It shall be unlawful to park any tow truck or truck bearing a T/W registration or to permit a tow truck or truck bearing a T/W registration to remain parked at any time on any street located in a district zoned R-1 single-family residential, R-2 multifamily residential, or R-3 residential-commercial, except for the purposes of making a vehicle pickup, delivery or service call and then for a period not to exceed 30 minutes.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 121).
Full Breakdown
Sec. m. A vehicle actively loading or unloading, attended the whole time by a licensed driver, is exempt for as long as the loading takes. The ordinance also exempts class B-registered second-division vehicles that carry no commercial writing, cargo, construction or landscaping equipment, or attached racks, and it lets the town collector issue permits exempting vehicles used by on-call medical, heating and cooling, or street-maintenance workers. Subsection (d) reaches further into residential zoning specifically: it is unlawful for a tow truck or any truck bearing a T/W registration to remain parked at any time on a street in a district zoned R-1 single-family, R-2 multifamily or R-3 residential-commercial, except while making a pickup, delivery or service call, and then only for up to 30 minutes.
Town-owned vehicles and tow trucks performing town business are exempt from that residential restriction. A vehicle found in violation anywhere under Sec. 94-274 is declared a hazardous vehicle and can be towed immediately without prior notice under the Division 7 impounding procedures.
Violations & Fines
Violating Sec. 94-274, whether the townwide overnight truck ban or the residential tow-truck restriction, carries a fine of not less than $100.00 and not more than $750.00 per offense. If the minimum fine is not paid within 28 days of the citation, the violator becomes liable for a minimum fine of $500.00 for that violation. Because a violating vehicle is declared hazardous under the ordinance, it is also subject to immediate tow without prior notice, with towing and storage costs charged to the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park my semi-truck on a Cicero street overnight?
Can a tow truck sit on my residential street during the day?
Is my pickup truck exempt from the overnight ban?
Sources & Official References
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