Peoria, IL Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 13-101 of the Peoria City Code declares two things public nuisances in the same sentence: storing or parking a damaged or inoperable vehicle in the open on any property, and parking on an unpaved surface on a residential lot, unless the parking is necessary for a lawfully conducted business. Section 13-102 spells out the paving requirement directly: all vehicles must be parked on a legally paved or hard surface, gravel driveways are not permitted in the City of Peoria on residential lots, and parking on an existing driveway that is not maintained under Chapter 5 of the Code is also prohibited.

The same section separately makes it unlawful for any owner or person in control of property to allow a damaged or inoperable motor vehicle to sit in the open, and it is likewise unlawful for the vehicle's owner to allow that vehicle to sit parked or stored in the open on any property. Where a violation exists, the property owner or person in control, along with the vehicle's owner, is required to move the vehicle into an enclosed location on the property or remove it from the property entirely.

Because Section 13-102 sits in Article IV of Chapter 13, titled Inoperable and Damaged Motor Vehicles, the unpaved-surface prohibition applies citywide to residential lots regardless of whether a vehicle parked there is otherwise in good condition; the driveway surface itself, not just the vehicle's condition, is what the ordinance regulates.