Peoria, IL Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Automatic trigger
- 2 inches snow/ice plus 1+ inch forecast
- Ban duration
- 48 hours, extendable by declaration
- Non-route streets
- Odd-even ban possible, 9 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- Stalled vehicles
- Must be towed/pushed off route immediately
- Penalty
- $50 minimum, chargeable every 24 hours
Summary
Peoria automatically bans parking on any snow emergency route once two inches of snow or ice have accumulated and another inch is forecast, under Sec. 28-386(a)(1). The ban runs 48 hours unless extended, and stalled or abandoned vehicles on the route can be towed under Sec. 28-391.
(a)Whenever the city manager or his designated representative finds... that weather conditions will make it necessary that motor vehicle traffic be expedited and that parking on city streets be prohibited or restricted for snowplowing or other purposes, the city manager or his designated representative shall put into effect a parking prohibition on part or all snow emergency routes as is necessary by declaring such prohibition in the manner prescribed in subsection (a)(5) of this section.(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a parking prohibition shall automatically go into effect on any part of any snow emergency route on which there has been an accumulation of snow and/or ice of two inches and an additional one or more inches is forecasted.(2)A prohibition under this section shall remain in effect for 48 hours unless the city manager or his designated representative, by declaration prior to the end of such 48-hour period, extends such prohibition beyond the initial 48-hour period.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 119).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 28-386(a) lets the city manager or a designee declare a parking prohibition on part or all of the city's designated snow emergency routes whenever falling or forecast snow, sleet or freezing rain requires expedited traffic flow. Paragraph (1) makes the ban automatic, without waiting for a declaration, once a snow emergency route has accumulated two inches of snow or ice and another inch or more is forecast. Paragraph (2) sets a default 48-hour duration, extendable by a further declaration before the period expires, and paragraph (3) lets the city manager terminate the prohibition early once conditions clear.
Paragraph (4) requires the routes, listed in Schedule 'U,' to be posted with distinctive signs, and paragraph (5) requires each declaration to be announced through the news media stating the affected streets and effective time. Sec. the next day, on non-emergency-route streets when accumulated snow makes it necessary. Sec. 28-389 bars operating a vehicle on a snow emergency route without functioning tire chains, snow tires or radial tires if it could become stalled, and Sec. 28-390 requires a driver whose vehicle stalls on the route to get it towed or pushed off onto the nearest non-emergency cross street rather than abandon it. Sec. 28-391 authorizes towing and impounding any vehicle found parked, abandoned or stalled on a route in violation of these sections.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 28-392 sets the penalty for any violation of the snow emergency division at not less than $50.00 and not more than the Sec. 1-5 maximum, and the violation may be charged again every 24 hours it continues. Vehicles left on a snow emergency route in violation may be towed and impounded under Sec. 28-391, with towing and storage costs charged to the owner.
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