Skokie, IL Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

Two sections of the Village Code work together to define legal on-street parking. Section 106-98(d) sets the basic orientation rule: outside the diagonal-parking zones the Village has specifically marked, a vehicle must stand or park parallel to the curb, headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement, with its curbside wheels within 12 inches of the curb or roadway edge, and double parking is prohibited outright, closing off the wrong-way and mid-street parking that create the most conflict with moving traffic. Section 106-103 then lists 21 specific places where stopping, standing or parking is banned regardless of orientation, including intersections, crosswalks, within 15 feet of a fire hydrant, within 20 feet of a crosswalk at a signal, and within 50 feet of a railroad crossing.

Item (9) is the driveway rule drivers ask about most: vehicles must stay back 8 feet from a driveway edge in a residential district and 15 feet in a commercial district, measured from where the curbline meets a line perpendicular to the road at the driveway's narrowest point. Skokie carved out one exception to its own driveway buffer: an occupant of a detached, duplex or townhouse residence in the R1, R2, R3 or R4 districts may park within 8 feet of a driveway used solely by that occupant, since it is their own access being affected rather than a neighbor's.

The Village Manager designates several of these restricted zones, including safety-zone buffers and bus zones, by curb markings or signs under the closing paragraph of Section 106-103(a).