Peoria, IL Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)

Unlike Chicago and many northeastern cities, Peoria does not enforce a general overnight parking ban on residential streets. Peoria Code Chapter 28, Article VII, Division 6, Section 28-386 (Parking on snow emergency routes) is the city's main overnight-parking restriction and only activates during snow events. The trigger condition is automatic: any accumulation of 2 inches of snow or ice on a designated snow emergency route, combined with a forecast of 1 or more additional inches from the National Weather Service or other weather service, triggers the parking ban without further declaration. The City Manager or designee may also declare a snow emergency based on falling snow, sleet, or freezing rain conditions. The ban remains in effect for 48 hours unless extended; the City posts distinctive snow emergency route signage at intervals along covered streets. Emergency vehicles, physicians' vehicles, and other authorized emergency response vehicles are exempt. Peoria typically announces snow emergencies through its CivicReady alerts, the City website, and local media (25 News, WMBD, Pantagraph). Side-street residential overnight parking is generally unrestricted absent a posted no-parking sign or a Bradley-area permit zone. Residents should also note Peoria's commercial-vehicle restriction in Section 28-251 (no overnight trucks/trailers) and the broader trailer/RV street rule. After major snowstorms, the Peoria Public Works Department posts route maps and ban notices on peoriagov.org.