Oak Park, IL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 2:30 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily
- Exceptions
- Emergency vehicles, permitted enclave parkers
- Lease disclosure
- Required, or lease is voidable
- Fine
- $43 within 14 days, $53 after
- Enclaves
- South Blvd, Fillmore-Pleasant bays, North Blvd
Summary
No vehicle may sit on any Oak Park street between 2:30 and 6:00 a.m., under Village Code section 15-1-17, unless it is an emergency vehicle or holds a permit for an authorized parking enclave. Residential leases must disclose the restriction or the tenant may void the lease.
15-1-17: NIGHT PARKING; RESTRICTED HOURS: In order to facilitate police protection, street cleaning, leaf and snow removal, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to park said vehicle, or for the owner of said vehicle to permit said vehicle to be parked, on any street in the Village between the hours of two thirty o'clock (2:30) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. of any day, except for emergency vehicles, and except where vehicles having permits are parked in authorized parking enclaves established pursuant to this chapter and identified below. ... Any lease and application for lease of residential property in the Village shall contain a clause advising the tenant of the Village overnight parking restriction, and that the lessee is responsible for providing off street parking for the lessee's vehicle during those hours specified above to the extent such parking is not provided by the lessor. Any lease not containing the foregoing language shall be voidable by the lessee.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Code current through: Ord. 26-159, passed - -2026).
Full Breakdown
of any day, adopted to facilitate police protection, street cleaning, and leaf and snow removal. The only exceptions are emergency vehicles and vehicles displaying a permit for one of the Village's authorized overnight parking enclaves, listed by name in the section: metered bays on South Boulevard between Ridgeland and Cuyler Avenues and near Austin Boulevard, bays on several east-west streets west of Austin Boulevard including Fillmore, Van Buren, Adams, Randolph, and Pleasant Streets, and spaces on North Boulevard west of East Avenue. The section also protects tenants: any lease or lease application for Village residential property must contain a clause advising the tenant of the overnight restriction and stating the lessee is responsible for off-street parking during those hours unless the lessor provides it; a lease that omits this language is voidable by the lessee.
The restriction predates the Village's current permit-enclave system, having been carried forward from 1981 Code sections and 1983 ordinances that established the original parking bays.
Violations & Fines
Overnight parking falls under Village Code section 15-5-1.B's 'prohibited and restricted parking' category, carrying a forty three dollar fine if paid within fourteen days of the citation, rising to fifty three dollars if unpaid past that deadline. Vehicles parked in violation do not receive the grace periods that apply to metered or time-limited spaces elsewhere in Chapter 15.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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