Springfield, IL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

City Code § 110.114 sets out the privileges that come with a commercial delivery vehicle permit, which costs $25 annually and is issued by the mayor under § 110.110 after the city traffic engineer confirms it is reasonably necessary for the applicant's business, per § 110.111. A permitted vehicle may park in an alley or a designated curb loading zone within a restricted parking district to load or unload merchandise for up to 45 minutes unless signs specifically limit or prohibit it further. If no loading zone or curb space is available within 50 feet, the vehicle may instead park in a traffic lane for up to 45 minutes, but never between 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., and never for more than 10 minutes at a time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; that lane-parking privilege does not extend to semi-trailer trucks or tractor-trailer trucks between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at all, and double parking is barred outright on specific downtown block faces (the west side of 4th and 6th Streets, east side of 5th and 7th Streets, south side of Jefferson and Adams Streets, and north side of Washington and Monroe Streets).

If a delivery cannot be finished within these windows, the driver can get an obstruction permit from the manager of the department of motor vehicle parking under Ch. 99, § 99.12, to use a parking lane as a temporary loading zone. Every loading zone must be marked with signs and kept open: § 110.114(c) bars any non-permitted vehicle, and even a permitted commercial vehicle not actively using the zone, from occupying it. The location of curb loading zones themselves is set by the city traffic engineer under § 72.14(b), who posts signs stating the hours each zone functions as loading-only.