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Parking Rules in Illinois (2026)

282 rules on the books across Illinois, 38 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

RV & Boat Parking

Where you can park recreational vehicles and boats on your property, including front yard restrictions, screening requirements, and size limits.

Cicero

Heavy Restrictions

The Town of Cicero bans parking or storing any boat, boat trailer, or boat-and-trailer combination on town-owned…

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Des Plaines

Heavy Restrictions

Des Plaines residents may park a travel trailer, camper, recreational vehicle, boat, or moving trailer on the public…

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Springfield

Heavy Restrictions

Springfield City Code Sec. 79.22 makes it unlawful to park any trailer or motor home on any street, alley, highway, or…

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Bolingbrook

Significant Restrictions

Bolingbrook Code § 50-44(a) bans storing trailers, campers, boats, and buses in any front, side, or rear yard or on…

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Chicago

Significant Restrictions

Trucks, trailers, motor homes, and recreational vehicles over 22 feet cannot be parked on any residential street in…

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Cook County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Cook County, RVs, boats, and trailers can't be parked or stored on a residential lot unless garaged…

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Elgin

Significant Restrictions

Elgin bans parking any trailer without motive power, including boat trailers and campers, on public streets outright. A…

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Arlington Heights

Some Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois lets homeowners park recreational vehicles, trailers, and watercraft on a residential lot…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora limits residential lots to one recreational vehicle, boat or trailer at a time, capped at 25 feet, with…

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Champaign

Some Restrictions

Champaign's zoning code caps outdoor RV and boat storage at one unit per residential lot under Sec. 37-341. Park it…

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DuPage County

Some Restrictions

Single-family lots in unincorporated DuPage County must keep RVs behind the front wall of the house, out of setbacks…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

Evanston requires a City Manager permit to park any recreational vehicle on a street, caps each permit at seventy-two…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Kane County, RVs, boats, camping trailers, motor homes and utility trailers may NOT be parked in any…

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Kankakee County

Some Restrictions

A homeowner in unincorporated Kankakee County may keep exactly one travel trailer or camping trailer parked in the rear…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Kendall County limits how many unscreened RVs or trailers a residential lot may keep: two in…

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Madison County

Some Restrictions

In residential zoning districts in unincorporated Madison County, § 93.097(B) caps yard storage at four boats, campers…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated McHenry County, a resident may let a guest park or store one RV, trailer, or boat for no more than 60…

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Mclean County

Some Restrictions

McLean County zoning confines boat, boat trailer, camping trailer and converted bus or truck storage on residential…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville limits homeowners to one recreational vehicle or trailer parked outside an enclosed structure, confined to…

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Oak Lawn

Some Restrictions

Oak Lawn bans parking any trailer, camper, or boat trailer on streets or residential property unless enclosed in a…

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Peoria

Some Restrictions

Peoria's Unified Development Code limits how many recreational vehicles, trailers, and boats can sit outside in a…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

Peoria County limits how many recreational vehicles you can keep outside a home in the unincorporated county. On…

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Rock Island County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Rock Island County, a recreational vehicle can only sit in a required side or rear yard on…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford bars RVs, trailers, and vehicles over 8,000 pounds from parking on residential streets for more than one hour…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg allows recreational vehicle trailers in residential districts but caps hauling trailers at 9 feet tall and…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Skokie's zoning code lets residents keep a recreational vehicle, boat or boat trailer parked outdoors in any…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated St. Clair County, the zoning ordinance permits one boat and/or one unoccupied camp/utility trailer…

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Tazewell County

Some Restrictions

Tazewell County caps how many recreational vehicles a homeowner can park or store outdoors: up to four on unplatted…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan confines RV, trailer, and boat parking to the interior side or rear yard behind the front of the house, bans…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Will County caps RVs, boats and trailers parked outside a garage at 2-3 per lot, all on a driveway, and…

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Winnebago County

Some Restrictions

Winnebago County limits where RVs, boats, and trailers can sit on a residential lot and bars them from the rear yard if…

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Driveway Rules

Requirements for driveway width, materials, and whether you can park on unpaved surfaces or grass in your front yard.

Elgin

Heavy Restrictions

Elgin's zoning code requires every driveway, parking stall and parking aisle in every zoning district to be built on a…

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Peoria

Significant Restrictions

Parking on an unpaved surface at a residential property in Peoria is a declared public nuisance under City Code Section…

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Arlington Heights

Some Restrictions

In Arlington Heights, Illinois, home driveways in the R-E, R-1, R-2, and R-3 zoning districts must be paved in concrete…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora, Illinois bans parking vehicles on grass or dirt anywhere on a property and restricts gravel parking to surfaces…

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Bolingbrook

Some Restrictions

Bolingbrook requires every driveway serving a garage to be paved in concrete, asphalt or paving brick, bans unpaved…

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Champaign

Some Restrictions

Champaign Municipal Code Sec. 22-302.1(b)(11) makes it a public nuisance to park any vehicle on private property except…

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Cicero

Some Restrictions

Cicero Section 22-11 fixes exact construction specs for driveways and parking pads: driveways must be at least eight…

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DuPage County

Some Restrictions

DuPage County requires residential driveways to be paved from the street to the property line, with 6 inches of…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

In Evanston's residential districts, open off-street parking must sit within 30 feet of the rear lot line or alley, no…

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Joliet

Some Restrictions

City Code Sec. 19-139(a)(24) bans parking anywhere in a residential front yard except inside a designated residential…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

Vehicles, boats, campers, ATVs and utility trailers can't sit on the grass in a front, side, back or corner yard on…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

Every principal building in unincorporated Kendall County needs its own driveway connecting to a public street, and the…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lake County, a car, van, or truck parked between the house and the street in a residential zone must…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

Vehicles must generally park on an approved driveway, not on lawns. In Crystal Lake, motor homes over 25 feet may sit…

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Mclean County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated McLean County, the zoning code prohibits parking spaces open to the sky in front yards and…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville bars parking in the required front or corner side yard in residential districts, with a narrow exception for…

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Oak Lawn

Some Restrictions

Village of Oak Lawn residents parking in a required front yard without a driveway that leads to a garage need a front…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

The Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois requires every driveway and parking area serving one to four vehicles to…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

Peoria County requires paved, all-weather driveway and parking surfaces for most developments near incorporated areas…

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Sangamon County

Some Restrictions

Off-street parking areas in unincorporated Sangamon County must be paved or seal-coated, and uncovered spaces must sit…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg requires every vehicle, trailer, camper or boat in a residential, commercial or industrial district to sit…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Village of Skokie Code requires a Village permit before anyone builds, rebuilds, enlarges or resurfaces a driveway that…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated St. Clair County, off-street parking has to sit on an improved surface. Zoning Code Section 40-6-2(F)…

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Tazewell County

Some Restrictions

Tazewell County requires a driveway to sit at least 1 foot off the side or rear property line, caps a driveway's width…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan limits front-yard parking to single-family and two-family homes and townhouses, and only on an actual…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Will County limits residential parking to five vehicles outside an enclosed building and requires every…

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Winnebago County

Some Restrictions

Winnebago County's zoning code bans parking in front yards for single-family and two-family homes but allows it inside…

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Commercial & Oversized Vehicles

Rules about parking work trucks, vans with commercial lettering, and vehicles over a weight or length threshold in residential areas, the thresholds, the exemptions, and the fines.

Des Plaines

Heavy Restrictions

Des Plaines City Code Section 7-3-2 makes it unlawful to park a commercial vehicle (over a B plate or exceeding 8,000…

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DuPage County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated DuPage County bars commercial vehicles from residential lots outright. Zoning Ordinance Sec…

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Madison County

Heavy Restrictions

Unincorporated Madison County zoning bans large transport trailers, the trucks and semi-trailers hauled by a tractor…

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Arlington Heights

Significant Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois, bars parking a commercial vehicle on a public street in or next to a residential zoning…

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Bolingbrook

Significant Restrictions

Bolingbrook Code § 50-44(c) bars trucks, buses, and trailers over 9 feet tall, 20 feet long, or 8,000 pounds from…

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Champaign

Significant Restrictions

City Code Section 33-141 bars parking any vehicle over 12,000 pounds gross weight, including truck tractors…

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Chicago

Significant Restrictions

Chicago bans parking any truck, commercial vehicle, van, or trailer on residential streets at any time, including…

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Cicero

Significant Restrictions

Cicero bans parking or storing any truck, tractor, semitrailer or other second-division vehicle on town streets between…

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Cook County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Cook County, trucks, tractors, semi-trailers, big RVs and buses can't sit on a residential street…

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Elgin

Significant Restrictions

Elgin bans parking, keeping or storing a commercial vehicle at any time on a public street or municipal lot within or…

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Joliet

Significant Restrictions

Joliet bars parking any truck over 8,000 pounds, or any semitrailer, trailer, pole trailer, RV, or bus, on city…

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Oak Lawn

Significant Restrictions

Oak Lawn bars any vehicle over 10,000 pounds loaded, 21 feet long, 8 feet wide, or 9 feet tall from parking on Village…

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Peoria

Significant Restrictions

Peoria bans parking trucks, tractors, semitrailers, trailers or buses on residential streets beyond the time reasonably…

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Peoria County

Significant Restrictions

Peoria County bars parking a commercial truck accessory to a residence if it exceeds 8,000 pounds gross vehicle weight…

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Schaumburg

Significant Restrictions

Schaumburg bars parking any commercial vehicle over 8,000 pounds gross weight, or classified other than 'B,' in a…

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Skokie

Significant Restrictions

Skokie limits what can sit outdoors on a residential lot to motorcycles, recreational vehicles and boats, licensed…

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Tinley Park

Significant Restrictions

Tinley Park bans parking or storing any vehicle heavier than a three-quarter-ton pickup, panel truck, station wagon or…

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Waukegan

Significant Restrictions

Waukegan bars limousines, buses, tow trucks, semi-trailers, box trucks, and construction, landscaping, and agricultural…

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Will County

Significant Restrictions

In unincorporated Will County, heavy commercial trucks over a Class D plate can't park in A-2 or residential districts…

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Winnebago County

Significant Restrictions

Winnebago County caps recreational vehicles and trailers in residential subdivisions at 22 feet and two per lot, bars…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) bans street parking of commercial vehicles and trailers over 8,000 lbs GVWR overnight…

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Champaign County

Some Restrictions

A residential lot in unincorporated Champaign County running a home occupation may keep only one commercial vehicle…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

Evanston bars parking a commercial vehicle, trailer, or bus overnight from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. on any block that's more…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Kane County, oversized recreational vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles and inoperable vehicles are tightly…

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Kankakee County

Some Restrictions

Trucks over one ton in capacity cannot be parked or stored in the RE rural estate or R1 single-family residential…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Kendall County, residential off-street parking is limited to passenger cars plus one truck of 1.5…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lake County, residential-zoned properties can park only one commercial vehicle under eight feet wide…

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Macon County

Some Restrictions

A private garage in unincorporated Macon County is defined for zoning purposes as storage for the household's own…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

Large RVs and oversized vehicles face storage limits. In Crystal Lake, a recreational vehicle over 25 feet long or 11…

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Mclean County

Some Restrictions

In McLean County's C Commercial District, accessory truck parking within 150 feet of an R-1 or R-2 residential boundary…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville bars parking vehicles of 8,000 pounds curb weight or more outdoors overnight in residential districts, from…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

Oak Park bans parking a Class C or heavier commercial-plated truck, or any vehicle over 8,000 pounds gross weight, on a…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford caps residential-street parking for trucks, RVs, and vehicles over 8,000 pounds at one hour under City Code…

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Sangamon County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Sangamon County, garbage trucks, construction machinery and other vehicles with an adverse…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

Springfield City Code Sec. 79.29 prohibits parking trucks (other than Illinois B-license vehicles), buses seating 20 or…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated St. Clair County residential districts, the zoning ordinance excludes parking of commercial vehicles…

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Street Parking Limits

Time limits for parking on public streets, permit parking zones, and rules about moving your car to avoid tickets.

DuPage County

Significant Restrictions

Stopping, parking or leaving any vehicle standing on the paved or main-traveled part of a DuPage County highway is…

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Arlington Heights

Some Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois, bars parking on a public street wherever official signs restrict it, on an improved…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora prohibits parking within five feet of any driveway, in intersections, on sidewalks, within 18 feet of a…

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Bolingbrook

Some Restrictions

Bolingbrook Code § 50-42 lists 16 places where parking is banned, including on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within…

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Champaign

Some Restrictions

Champaign requires vehicles parked on a two-way street to sit with right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the curb under…

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Chicago

Some Restrictions

Chicago bans parking that blocks a driveway, alley or firelane, with a flat $150 ticket for blocking access to any of…

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Cicero

Some Restrictions

Cicero requires every parked vehicle's right-hand wheels to sit within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, facing the…

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Cook County

Some Restrictions

Cook County's Vehicle Code bars stopping or parking in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, or within 20…

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Des Plaines

Some Restrictions

Des Plaines regulates on-street parking through Title 7, Chapter 3, with prohibited and time-limited zones; restricted…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Elgin requires every parked vehicle to sit within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, facing with traffic, and bars…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

Evanston bars stopping or parking on the roadway side of a curbed vehicle, in a bike lane, or within 8 feet of a…

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Joliet

Some Restrictions

Joliet bars parking in two dozen specific spots citywide: on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within intersections or…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

Kane County does not run a countywide residential street-parking permit system. On public streets, the Illinois Vehicle…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

On roads under Kendall County's jurisdiction, the County Engineer designates 'no parking, stopping, or standing' zones…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Lake County bans parking or standing in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, 20 feet of crosswalks, and…

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Macon County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Macon County only restricts parking on the specific county highway segments the County Board posts as…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville requires vehicles to park parallel within 12 inches of the curb and bars parking against traffic flow on…

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Oak Lawn

Some Restrictions

Oak Lawn bars parking in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, on sidewalks and crosswalks, and requires…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

Oak Park bars parking in any posted prohibited zone, overstaying a limited zone, blocking a driveway, sitting in an…

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Peoria

Some Restrictions

Peoria's traffic code bars parking within five feet of any driveway or alley and prohibits standing in front of a…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

Illinois sets no statewide street-parking time limit, so the City of Peoria sets its own rules by posted sign. A…

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Rock Island County

Some Restrictions

Rock Island County's § 71.01 bars stopping, standing, or parking on sidewalks, in intersections, on crosswalks, on…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford bans parking in front of driveways, within 15 feet of hydrants, and requires parking parallel within 12 inches…

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Sangamon County

Some Restrictions

Sangamon County prohibits parking along a set stretch of Chatham Road (County Highway 27) and part of Washington Street…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg bars parking on the parkway strip between the curb and the property line, and separately bans letting any…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Skokie requires vehicles parked on the street to be headed in the direction of traffic and within 12 inches of the…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

On-street stopping, standing, and parking in Springfield is governed by Chapter 79 of the City Code of Ordinances…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Tinley Park bars parking in front of driveways, within 15 feet of fire hydrants, in crosswalks, and on the roadway side…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan bans parking in 17 specific locations under city code, including in front of any driveway, within an…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Will County bars parking in front of driveways, near hydrants and crosswalks, and requires vehicles to park facing…

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Winnebago County

Some Restrictions

Winnebago County bans stopping, standing, or parking anywhere official signs prohibit it on county highways, with…

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Overnight Parking

Whether cars can be left on the street overnight, including any permit programs and restrictions during street sweeping hours.

Cicero

Heavy Restrictions

Cicero bars parking or storing any trailer, or any passenger vehicle or motorcycle with a trailer attached, on town…

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Arlington Heights

Significant Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois, bars parking any vehicle on a public street between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. every day…

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Bolingbrook

Significant Restrictions

Bolingbrook Code § 50-43 bans parking on any street, parkway, alley, or public place between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m…

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Chicago

Significant Restrictions

Chicago bans overnight street parking from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. between December 1 and March 31 on streets posted as…

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Oak Lawn

Significant Restrictions

Oak Lawn bars parking on any public street or alley village-wide between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., with narrow…

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Schaumburg

Significant Restrictions

Schaumburg bans parking any motor vehicle, trailer, camper, boat or recreational vehicle on a dedicated street between…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora bars overnight parking from 3 to 5 a.m. downtown and on major arterial and collector streets citywide, unless…

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Champaign

Some Restrictions

City Code Section 33-77 makes it unlawful to park at any on-street metered parking space between 3:00 a.m. and 5:00…

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Des Plaines

Some Restrictions

Des Plaines does not impose a blanket citywide overnight street-parking ban, but restricted resident districts post 'No…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Elgin bars any vehicle from parking overnight in a city park between 10pm and 7am, and separately bans parking on…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

Evanston restricts overnight street parking only in designated 'resident only parking districts'; District E-2…

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Joliet

Some Restrictions

Joliet caps how long any vehicle can sit on a public street, alley, or public way: Sec. 19-138 makes it unlawful to…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

Kane County sets no countywide overnight on-street parking ban; that is a municipal matter under the Illinois Vehicle…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated McHenry County sets no blanket overnight ban, but cities do. In Crystal Lake, no vehicle may park on any…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville bans parking on any street or alley between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless the vehicle is enrolled in the…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

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…

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Peoria

Some Restrictions

Peoria bars parking longer than two hours between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. within the downtown district bounded by…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

Peoria County limits outdoor vehicle storage at a home to four automobiles for more than seventy-two continuous hours…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford bars leaving any vehicle on a public street, alley, or bridge for 48 consecutive hours or more; police can…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

Springfield has no blanket overnight parking ban, but City Code Sec. 79.29 limits how long a vehicle may sit on a…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

St. Clair County sets no blanket overnight on-street parking ban for unincorporated roads. A parked vehicle becomes an…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Tinley Park bans parking on any village street between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. every day of the week, no exceptions for…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan bars parking anywhere in the city between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless the vehicle displays a current city…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Will County makes it unlawful to park a vehicle beyond the time limit posted on official signs under Code § 74.09…

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EV Charging

Rules about installing home EV chargers, running cables across sidewalks, and any incentives or permits required for charging stations.

Illinois: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Illinois law guarantees renters and condo owners the right to install EV charging stations, preempting local…

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Arlington Heights

Some Restrictions

In Arlington Heights, Illinois, Village parking facilities enforce four specific rules for spaces marked for electric…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora requires a building permit for every electric vehicle charging station and sets a minimum ten-foot setback in…

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Chicago

Some Restrictions

Chicago requires an electrical permit from the Department of Buildings (DOB) for every Level 2 EV charger installation…

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Cicero

Some Restrictions

Cicero requires a Building Department permit before any electric vehicle charging station or EV parking space goes in…

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DuPage County

Some Restrictions

County-owned EV charging stations at the DuPage County campus are restricted to electric vehicles actively charging…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Elgin requires EV-capable parking stalls on new single-family homes permitted on or after January 1, 2024, and new…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

New commercial and multifamily construction in Evanston must build electric vehicle charging capacity under City Code…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Kane County reserves marked electric vehicle charging station spaces exclusively for EVs under Code…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

New commercial and multifamily construction in unincorporated Lake County must install EV charging stations and wire…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville reserves marked electric vehicle parking spaces exclusively for charging electric vehicles and caps…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

The Village of Oak Park charges 25 cents per kilowatt-hour at its public electric vehicle charging stations and caps…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg dedicates electric-vehicle charging spaces exclusively to plugged-in EVs under Village Code Chapter 79…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Tinley Park Village Code Chapter 83 caps village-owned EV charging use at three continuous hours and eight hours total…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

New single-unit and two-unit dwellings built in Waukegan must include at least one EV-ready parking space per dwelling…

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Skokie

Light Restrictions

Skokie allows EV charging stations as an accessory use in any zoning district anywhere a vehicle may legally park, but…

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Springfield

Light Restrictions

Springfield's municipal utility, City Water, Light and Power (CWLP), lets electric vehicle owners install a dedicated…

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Cook County

Few Restrictions

Cook County supports EV charging expansion through a $5.5 million infrastructure program targeting suburban charging…

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Will County

Few Restrictions

Unincorporated Will County allows private EV charging stations for apartment and condo renters as an accessory use in…

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Abandoned Vehicles

How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.

Illinois: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

The Illinois Vehicle Code establishes uniform procedures for declaring, towing, and disposing of abandoned vehicles on…

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Oak Lawn

Heavy Restrictions

Oak Lawn bans abandoning any motor vehicle on a highway or on private or public property in view of the public anywhere…

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Arlington Heights

Significant Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois can tow any vehicle parked illegally or determined abandoned at the owner's expense under…

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Champaign

Significant Restrictions

Champaign bans inoperable, unregistered, or nuisance vehicles from streets, alleys, and public property under Sec…

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Chicago

Significant Restrictions

Chicago bans abandoning vehicles on public ways for more than seven days or in undrivable condition, and lets the city…

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Cicero

Significant Restrictions

Cicero's Town Code defines an abandoned vehicle as one on the public way that is either incapable of being driven or…

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Evanston

Significant Restrictions

Evanston bans keeping any inoperative, unlicensed, or unregistered motor vehicle, boat, or trailer on private premises…

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Joliet

Significant Restrictions

Joliet prohibits storing an abandoned or inoperable vehicle anywhere in the city unless the zoning ordinance…

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Kane County

Significant Restrictions

Kane County bars parking any inoperable, wrecked or unregistered motor vehicle, trailer, boat, ATV or camper on public…

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Mclean County

Significant Restrictions

McLean County Code § 350-23 declares every inoperable or unlicensed motor vehicle a nuisance, whether it sits on public…

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Naperville

Significant Restrictions

Storing an inoperable motor vehicle in the open on any Naperville property, public or private, is a declared nuisance…

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Peoria

Significant Restrictions

Peoria makes it unlawful to abandon a vehicle on any street or highway under Sec. 28-341, letting police impound it to…

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Waukegan

Significant Restrictions

Waukegan bans junked, wrecked or unlicensed vehicles from any street outright, and gives private property owners only…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora bars inoperative, unregistered or unlicensed vehicles from sitting on residential, commercial or industrial…

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Bolingbrook

Some Restrictions

Bolingbrook bans keeping an unlicensed or junk vehicle on any private or public property for more than five days unless…

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Champaign County

Some Restrictions

Storing an inoperable vehicle outside a fully enclosed building is a public nuisance in unincorporated Champaign County…

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Cook County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Cook County, an inoperable vehicle must be stored inside a fully enclosed structure unless it's…

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DuPage County

Some Restrictions

An inoperable motor vehicle sitting on public or private land anywhere in unincorporated DuPage County is a declared…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Elgin's city council has declared any inoperable motor vehicle a public nuisance, whether it sits on public or private…

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Kankakee County

Some Restrictions

Kankakee County treats dumping, abandoning or dismantling a junked, inoperable or wrecked motor vehicle on any public…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Kendall County, storing an inoperable motor vehicle, one missing or having altered engine, wheels, or…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated Lake County, keeping an inoperable vehicle outside an enclosed building or a licensed wrecking yard…

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Macon County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Macon County bans keeping an abandoned or derelict vehicle on any property once it lacks valid…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

Illinois law (625 ILCS 5/4-201) makes abandoning a vehicle on public or private property unlawful, and it may be…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

The Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois bans abandoning any vehicle anywhere in the Village and separately bans…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

The City of Peoria makes it unlawful to abandon a vehicle on a street, and an inoperable vehicle left in open view on…

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Rock Island County

Some Restrictions

Rock Island County treats an inoperable motor vehicle kept outside an enclosed building as a nuisance under § 90.03…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford outlaws abandoning any vehicle or vehicle part on streets, alleys, parks, or other public areas, and on…

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Sangamon County

Some Restrictions

Sangamon County treats an abandoned vehicle left on unincorporated property as regulated refuse, letting the health…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg treats an unmoved car as abandoned fast: 24 hours on a local street, 72 hours on any street or right-of-way…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Village of Skokie Code Sec. 42-40 declares an abandoned or inoperable vehicle a public nuisance whether it sits on a…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

An inoperable motor vehicle, trailer, ATV, golf cart, boat or other watercraft left on private property in public view…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

In unincorporated St. Clair County, a vehicle left unmoved seven or more days is deemed abandoned. Abandoning a vehicle…

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Tazewell County

Some Restrictions

Tazewell County declares it a nuisance to store an inoperable motor vehicle on unincorporated property, including one…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Tinley Park bans abandoning any vehicle or vehicle part on a village highway, and on private or public property in…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Leaving a vehicle or any part of one on a county roadway is unlawful, and an abandoned vehicle left in public view on…

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Winnebago County

Some Restrictions

An inoperable vehicle left on public or private property for more than seven days is a nuisance the sheriff can order…

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Loading Zones

Yellow and white loading zone rules, time limits for commercial and passenger loading, and which vehicles qualify as commercial loaders.

Arlington Heights

Some Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois, limits how long a vehicle may stand in a designated loading zone under Municipal Code…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora, Illinois (Kane County) freight loading zones run 4:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., or 3:00 p.m. for extended-hours…

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Champaign

Some Restrictions

City Code Section 33-122 designates per se loading zones up to 75 feet before hospital, public-building and hotel…

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Champaign County

Some Restrictions

Champaign County's Zoning Ordinance requires commercial and industrial establishments in the unincorporated area to…

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Chicago

Some Restrictions

Commercial vehicles get 30 minutes in a marked Chicago loading zone; passenger drop-off is capped at the posted time or…

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Cicero

Some Restrictions

The Town of Cicero designates specific curbside stretches as commercial loading zones under Town Code Sec. 94-191…

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Cook County

Some Restrictions

Cook County requires vehicles parked on a two-way road to sit within 12 inches of the right-hand curb, and sets…

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DuPage County

Some Restrictions

DuPage County's zoning ordinance requires commercial, industrial, and institutional developments in unincorporated…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Elgin marks certain curbs as passenger or freight loading zones, and parking there for anything but active loading is…

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Evanston

Some Restrictions

Passenger curb loading zones cap stops at 3 minutes and freight zones at 30 minutes under Evanston's loading-zone…

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Kane County

Some Restrictions

Kane County does not maintain countywide residential loading zones. On public streets, loading and standing rules come…

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Kankakee County

Some Restrictions

Kankakee County requires any nonresidential building of 10,000 square feet or larger in unincorporated areas to provide…

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Kendall County

Some Restrictions

Kendall County requires commercial loading berths to sit at least 50 feet from a residential district unless screened…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Lake County requires off-street loading spaces at least 10 by 25 feet (12 by 65 feet for semi-trailers)…

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Macon County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Macon County requires off-street loading spaces at any building that is erected or structurally altered…

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Madison County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and industrial sites in unincorporated Madison County must provide off-street loading space under County…

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Mchenry County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and industrial buildings in unincorporated McHenry County must provide off-street loading spaces at least 12…

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Mclean County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated McLean County requires commercial and industrial uses to provide off-street loading berths at least 12…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville caps passenger loading at three minutes and commercial freight loading at thirty minutes in marked loading…

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Oak Lawn

Some Restrictions

Oak Lawn caps how long commercial vehicles can sit at the curb: only as long as loading or unloading takes, with a hard…

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Oak Park

Some Restrictions

Oak Park bans parking in any bus stop, loading zone, or cabstand under Village Code section 15-1-19.F, and the Director…

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Peoria

Some Restrictions

Peoria caps loading-zone stops under Sec. 28-369: no more than three minutes for passenger loading, and no more than 30…

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Peoria County

Some Restrictions

Commercial buildings in Peoria County must provide off-street loading spaces sized by floor area under UDO Section…

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Rock Island County

Some Restrictions

Rock Island County requires off-street loading space for any new commercial building of 10,000 square feet or more in…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford restricts posted commercial loading zones to commercial vehicles only, and drivers can't linger past the time…

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Sangamon County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Sangamon County zoning requires any use that receives or ships goods by vehicle to provide on-site…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg limits parcel pickup and loading zones to vehicles actively loading or unloading people or merchandise, bars…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Skokie, Illinois limits stops in a marked passenger curb loading zone to 3 minutes and stops in a marked truck loading…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

Commercial delivery vehicles with a $25 annual permit can load or unload in a marked loading zone or alley for up to 45…

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St. Clair County

Some Restrictions

St. Clair County has no curbside loading-zone program for unincorporated roads. Instead, its zoning ordinance requires…

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Tazewell County

Some Restrictions

Tazewell County's zoning code sets minimum size, placement, and screening standards for off-street loading docks…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Tinley Park limits loading zone stops to three minutes for passenger loading and 30 minutes for freight, in public…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan limits how long trucks, trailers, buses, and other large commercial vehicles can sit on a street for loading…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Will County Code § 74.07 bars overstaying marked passenger loading zones and caps curbside waiting near hospitals…

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Winnebago County

Some Restrictions

Commercial and industrial buildings in unincorporated Winnebago County must build dedicated off-street loading docks…

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Preferential Parking Districts

Permit-only residential parking districts, how they're established, who qualifies for permits, and how visitor passes work.

Champaign

Significant Restrictions

Champaign's East Park Street Residential Permit District, created by City Code Section 33-90, bars parking between 3:00…

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Cicero

Significant Restrictions

The Town of Cicero designates specific blocks as "residential parking only" areas under Code § 94-179, barring anyone…

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Evanston

Significant Restrictions

Evanston can designate streets as resident-only parking districts once traffic counts show the area is impacted by…

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Joliet

Significant Restrictions

Joliet lets residents petition the city council to convert a block into a residential permit parking area under City…

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Oak Park

Significant Restrictions

The Oak Park Board of Trustees creates resident-only overnight parking enclaves under Village Code section 15-3-15…

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Chicago

Some Restrictions

Chicago issues residential zone parking permits letting registered vehicle owners park in their assigned residential…

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Naperville

Some Restrictions

Naperville's preferential parking system for its Central Business District runs on employer- and landlord-sponsored…

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Oak Lawn

Some Restrictions

Oak Lawn can post residents-only permit parking on a block once over half the parked cars belong to non-residents…

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Peoria

Some Restrictions

Peoria residents can petition for a Residential Parking Permit Program on residentially zoned streets under Sec…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Skokie can designate a street a zoned permit residential parking area, letting residents there buy an annual street…

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Springfield

Some Restrictions

Springfield runs a Residential Parking Permit Program administered by the office of public works traffic engineering…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan designates dozens of specific residential streets, from Berwick Boulevard to Willow Court, as permit parking…

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Snow Removal Parking Rules

On-street parking bans during declared snow events, alternate-side rules for plow access, and tow/fine schedules in snow-belt cities.

Arlington Heights

Significant Restrictions

Arlington Heights, Illinois, bars parking on any public street or public parking facility once two inches or more of…

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Evanston

Significant Restrictions

A snow route parking ban kicks in automatically after 2 inches of snow, and a citywide snow emergency after 4 inches…

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Oak Lawn

Significant Restrictions

Once an inch of snow is on the ground, Oak Lawn switches to odd/even side parking overnight and bans parking entirely…

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Oak Park

Significant Restrictions

Once two inches of snow accumulates, Oak Park bans street parking on the odd-address side on even calendar days and the…

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Peoria

Significant Restrictions

Peoria automatically bans parking on any snow emergency route once two inches of snow or ice have accumulated and…

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Springfield

Significant Restrictions

When Springfield's public works director declares a snow emergency, parking is banned on designated snow emergency…

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Aurora

Some Restrictions

Aurora bans parking on any public street or alley once two inches of snow has fallen, until the lane nearest the curb…

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Bolingbrook

Some Restrictions

Bolingbrook Code § 50-38 bans parking on any public street, parkway, or public place during a snow removal operation…

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Chicago

Some Restrictions

Chicago bans standing or loading on signed Snow Route streets once snow exceeds two inches, and the ban stays in force…

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Elgin

Some Restrictions

Once two inches of snow falls, Elgin bans parking on any street designated a snow emergency route for a full 24 hours…

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Joliet

Some Restrictions

Once two inches or more of snow falls in Joliet within any 24-hour period, on-street parking is banned wherever it's…

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Lake County

Some Restrictions

On posted state, county, and township highways in Lake County, parking is banned for 12 hours after any 2-inch-plus…

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Rockford

Some Restrictions

Rockford bans parking on arterial streets after 2 inches of snow and shifts residential parking to odd/even sides once…

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Schaumburg

Some Restrictions

Schaumburg bans parking on any public street once two inches of snow has fallen if the vehicle blocks a plow. Owners…

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Skokie

Some Restrictions

Once 2 inches or more of snow accumulates, Skokie switches to alternate-side parking on every roadway in the Village…

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Tinley Park

Some Restrictions

Once snow on a Tinley Park street exceeds one inch, on-street parking is capped at three minutes for passengers or 30…

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Waukegan

Some Restrictions

Waukegan bans parking on designated snow routes after a snowfall of two inches or more until the police department…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

Will County bans parking on designated snow routes once accumulation hits two inches, with tow-away enforcement by the…

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Towing & Impound Rights

What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.

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StatewideSome Restrictions

Illinois runs two layers of private-property towing law, and which one you are under depends on the county. Statewide…

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Chicago

Heavy Restrictions

When Chicago tows your car to a City pound, Municipal Code Section 9-92-080 sets exactly what you owe to get it back: a…

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Rockford

Heavy Restrictions

Rockford sets hard dollar ceilings on nonconsensual tows from private property: $216.00 for a light duty vehicle…

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Aurora

Significant Restrictions

When Aurora police seize a vehicle under City Code Sec. 29-48, the owner of record owes the city a $500 administrative…

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Cook County

Significant Restrictions

Cook County's own towing and impound ordinance is narrow but expensive. Where the Sheriff polices, a vehicle used in…

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Evanston

Significant Restrictions

Evanston's Title 10, Chapter 6 lets the City Manager tow a vehicle immediately and without prior notice on nineteen…

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Naperville

Significant Restrictions

Naperville charges a flat $500 city administrative fee when police seize and impound a vehicle as an unlawful vehicle…

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Oak Lawn

Significant Restrictions

Oak Lawn charges a flat $600 administrative fee to release a vehicle the Police Department has towed under Title 11…

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Will County

Some Restrictions

When a Will County Sheriff's deputy impounds your vehicle, the county charges a $350 administrative fee on top of the…

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