Springfield, IL Parking Rules: Commercial & Oversized Vehicles (2026)
Key Facts
- Code Section
- Springfield City Code Sec. 79.29(a); 625 ILCS 5/11-1303
- Truck/bus/equipment street limit
- 5 consecutive hours
- Exempt
- Illinois B-license-classification trucks
- Parkway parking
- Prohibited unless approved by the city
- Bus threshold
- Rated seating capacity of 20 or more passengers
Summary
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.
Sec. 11-1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. (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; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; ... g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel; h. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any part of this subparagraph h. shall result in a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service. i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping; ... 2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up 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; ... 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.
Full Breakdown
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).
Violations & Fines
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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