Mount Prospect, IL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Street ban hours
- 2:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. on any day
- Exception
- Vehicles on emergency calls
- Commuter lots and Wille Street lot
- 1:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M., unauthorized vehicles barred
- Maple and Emerson decks
- 2:00 A.M. to 5:00 A.M. Monday to Friday
- Posted time limits
- Each consecutive period is a separate violation (§ 18.1320)
- Penalty
- Fine in appendix A, division III (§ 18.1905A)
Summary
In the Village of Mount Prospect, section 18.1319 bars parking any vehicle on any street between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any day, except vehicles on emergency calls. Section 18.1320 adds posted time limits, and each consecutive period equal to the posted maximum counts as a separate violation.
No person shall park any vehicle on any street within the village between the hours of two o’clock (2:00) A.M. and six o’clock (6:00) A.M. on any day, except vehicles on emergency calls. ... It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle in any space designated by the Village Manager as a time restricted parking area, whether the area is on-street or a village parking lot or parking deck, be it owned, metered or leased by the village, for a period longer than the time posted on signs in the area. The Village Clerk’s office maintains a list of streets and parking areas deemed time restricted parking areas. Each consecutive period, equal in length to the maximum permitted parking period, during which a vehicle is parking in a limited time parking area shall constitute a separate violation of this section.
Full Breakdown
Section 18.1319 of the Mount Prospect Village Code bans parking any vehicle on any street within the village between 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. on any day. The one printed exception is for vehicles on emergency calls. The section was last amended by Ord. 6533 on October 6, 2020.
Time limits are handled by section 18.1320. It is unlawful to park in any space the Village Manager designates as a time restricted parking area, whether on-street or in a village parking lot or parking deck, be it owned, metered or leased by the village, for longer than the time posted on signs in the area. The Village Clerk's office maintains a list of the streets and parking areas deemed time restricted. Each consecutive period, equal in length to the maximum permitted parking period, during which a vehicle stays in a limited time parking area is a separate violation, so a car left through several periods draws several violations.
Other day and hour restrictions run through schedules the Village Manager designates and signposts. Section 18.1316 covers Sunday parking (schedule VII), section 18.1317 covers weekday parking (schedule VIII), and section 18.1318 bars parking on school days between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. on streets listed in schedule IX.
Village lots and decks have their own overnight hours. Section 18.1323D bars unauthorized vehicles in the West Commuter Lot, Metra Train Station Lot, East Commuter Lot or Wille Street Parking Lot between 1:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. on any day including weekends and holidays. Section 18.1323E bars unauthorized vehicles in the Maple Street or Emerson Street Parking Deck between 2:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. Monday through Friday. Under section 18.1302B a police officer can also remove any vehicle left unattended on a highway in the village for 24 hours or more.
Violations & Fines
Section 18.1325A sends violations of the parking article to section 18.1905, a fine set in appendix A, division III of the Village Code. Under section 18.1905B a police officer can issue a citation instead of filing a court complaint for any article XIII parking section. Section 18.1326A names section 18.1320 among the sections whose violation subjects a vehicle to towing by the village or its contractors at the owner's expense, with written notice to the registered owner within 24 hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
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