Springfield City Code Sec. 79.29 prohibits parking trucks (other than Illinois B-license vehicles), buses seating 20 or more, and farm or construction equipment on any public street for five consecutive hours or more, and bars such vehicles from parkways unless approved by the city. The Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1303) supplies the underlying stopping-and-standing prohibitions.
Under Title VII, Chapter 79, Sec. 79.29(a), no person shall park a truck (except those licensed by the State of Illinois with a B license classification), a bus having a rated seating capacity of 20 or more passengers, farm equipment, construction equipment, trailers, or any motor home on a parkway unless approved by the City of Springfield, or on any public street for five consecutive hours or more (with the 48-hour exception for motor homes and trailers). These local rules operate alongside the state Illinois Vehicle Code, 625 ILCS 5/11-1303, which governs where any vehicle - including commercial trucks - may not stop, stand, or park, such as within intersections, on crosswalks and sidewalks, within 15 feet of fire hydrants, on bridges, and at signed no-parking locations. Commercial loading and unloading at the curb is addressed by the city's curb-loading-zone provisions referenced in Sec. 79.20(15).
Parking a regulated commercial truck, bus, or equipment on a public street beyond five consecutive hours, or on a parkway without city approval, is a Chapter 79 parking violation subject to citation and towing under the notice procedures of Sec. 79.29. State prohibited-place violations under 625 ILCS 5/11-1303 carry the statutory penalties, including the mandatory $500 fine or 50 hours of community service for parking on railroad tracks.
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