No vehicle shall be parked on any street, highway, or parkway (which consists of the area between the curb of the street and the innermost edge of the sidewalk) within the city except under the following conditions:
(A) Physicians on emergency calls.
(B) Emergency vehicles.
(1) The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm, may park or stand irrespective of the provisions of this title.
(2) The foregoing provision shall not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle from the duty to park or stand with due regard for the safety of all persons, nor shall the provision protect the driver from the consequences of his reckless disregard for the safety of others.
(C) Multiple automobiles. When there are three or more passenger automobiles each of which is licensed to the same residence address under the provisions of this title, and three or more of the automobiles are present at the same time at the residence address, two of the automobiles shall be parked off the street and parkways and the remaining automobiles, not exceeding two, may be parked immediately in front of the residence address, provided the accumulation of snow on the street does not exceed one inch in depth. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

No person shall park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device in any of the following places:
(A) On a sidewalk;
(B) In front of a public or private driveway;
(C) Within an intersection;
(D) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(E) On a crosswalk;
(F) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(G) Within 30 feet upon approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the right side of a roadway;
(H) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of the points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
(I) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad grade crossing;
(J) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within 75 feet of the entrance when proper sign posted;
(K) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when parking would obstruct traffic;
(L) On the roadway side of any vehicle parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(M) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway;
(N) At any place where the standing of a vehicle will reduce the usable width of a roadway for moving traffic to less than 18 feet; and
(O) At any place where official signs prohibit parking. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

No person shall park a vehicle within an alley except for the purpose of loading arid unloading merchandise and then not in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no persons shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

(A) Upon any highway outside of a business or residence district no person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main-traveled part of the highway when it is practical to stop, park, or so leave the vehicle off that part of the highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed width of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles and a clear view of the stopped vehicles shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.
(B) This section shall not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or main-traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position. However, at least one door of any motor vehicle permitted to stand unattended on the paved or main-traveled part of any highway shall be left unlocked. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

The police department and all members thereof assigned to traffic duty are authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by commercial towing service any car or other vehicle illegally parked in any place where the parked vehicle creates or constitutes a traffic hazard, blocks the use of a fire hydrant, obstructs or may obstruct the movement of any emergency vehicle, or which has been parked in any public street or other public place for more than 48 consecutive hours. Vehicles so towed away shall be stored on any city property or in a public garage or parking lot and shall be restored to the owner or operator thereof after payment of the expense incurred by the city in removing and storing the vehicles. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70; Ord. 1533, passed 4-1-03)

No vehicle shall be parked with the driver’s side of the vehicle next to the curb, except on one-way streets. It shall be unlawful to stand or park any vehicle in a street other than parallel with the curb and with the two right wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the regularly established curb line, except that upon those streets that have been marked for angle parking, vehicles shall be parked at the angle to the curb indicated by the marks. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle upon any street for the purpose of displaying it for sale, or to park any vehicle upon any street from which vehicle merchandise is peddled or sold. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to stand a passenger vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers in any place designated by ordinance as a loading zone and marked as such or in any of the following designated places:
(A) At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curb before the entrance to any hospital or hotel at any time.
(B) At any place not to exceed 75 feet along the curb before the entrance to a public building between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on a Sunday.
(C) Directly in front of the entrance to any theatre at any time that the theatre is open. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle on any public street or portion thereof in the city at any time when the street is being cleaned or snow removed. Signs indicating cleaning or snow removal shall be posted before the work is done. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle for a period of time in excess of the amount of time designated by ordinance and so posted. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

No vehicle other than a licensed taxicab shall be parked in any area designated by ordinance as a cab stand. No vehicle other than a bus shall be parked in a place so designated as a bus loading zone. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle on any private property without the consent of the owner of the property. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

Appropriate signs shall be posted in all areas where parking is limited or prohibited, indicating such limitations or prohibitions. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

Every person in whose name a vehicle is registered pursuant to state law and who leases the vehicle to others, after receiving written notice of a violation of this title, shall upon request provide police officers and the court having jurisdiction thereof, with a written statement of the name and address of the lessee at the time of the offense and the identifying number upon the registration plates of the vehicle. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70) Penalty, see 76.99

The fact that an automobile which is illegally parked is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie proof that the person was in control of the automobile at the time of the parking. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70)

(A) It shall be unlawful for trucks, vans, campers and any vehicle that tends to restrict the vision of any parked vehicle to park diagonally on any city street where such diagonal parking is allowed.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to park in any city street any vehicle that tends to restrict or obstruct the vision of any moving motor vehicle. (Ord. 780, passed 3-18-80) Penalty, see Section 76.99

It shall be unlawful for any person other than a city employee or duly appointed fireman of the city to park a motor vehicle in any place reserved or specifically marked for parking by city employees or firemen. Any vehicle parked in any such restricted parking place marked as a tow-away zone may be removed and towed as herein provided:
(A) The police department is hereby authorized to remove and tow away, or have removed and towed away by any private or commercial towing service any car or other vehicle parked in any place marked as a tow-away zone.
(B) Cars so towed for illegal parking shall be stored in a safe place and shall be restored to the owner or operator of such car upon payment of the fee for such towing. The owner of such vehicle shall be responsible for all towing costs.
(C) When a motor vehicle is authorized to be towed away, the police department shall keep and maintain a record of the vehicles towed, listing the color, year of manufacture, manufacturer’s name, manufacturer’s series name, body style, vehicle identification number, license plate year and number displayed on the vehicle. The records shall also include the date and hour of towing, location towed from, location towed to, the reason for towing, and the name of the officer authorizing the tow. (Ord. 871, passed 2-1-83)

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle in any area designated as a limited time parking area and so marked by signs designating the time limit of such parking for a consecutive period of time in excess of the time limits so posted.
(B) The chief of police or any other person authorized by the mayor and council shall cause signs to be posted in all areas where parking is so limited, indicating such time limitations as the Council may set.
(C) Set a 2-hour parking limit on school days from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to restrict parking on the following streets:
Wildcat Court
Wilshire Court
Fairchild Drive
Lexington Court
East Ridge Street
Residents of these streets will be issued two parking stickers to cover their vehicles. The city will issue additional stickers when necessary. (Ord. 871, passed 2-1-83; Am. Ord. 1633, passed 4-20-04; Am. Ord. 08-05-06-03, passed 5-6-08)

(A) No person shall park or leave standing any semi-trailer truck, commercial vehicle, commercial trailer or combination thereof weighing or licensed in excess of 12,000 pounds in any residential-zoned district as defined by the city of Wilmington Zoning Ordinance.
(B) The prohibition imposed in this section shall not apply to the parking or standing of said vehicles for the purposes of delivering or picking up merchandise or delivering or picking up materials or equipment to be used in the repair, alteration, remodeling or construction of any building or structure for which a building permit has been obtained. This prohibition shall also not apply to vehicles parked in enclosed garages. (Ord. 1352, passed 12-19-00)

(A) Upon finding any vehicle parked in violation of this chapter, any police officer of the city or any other person authorized to enforce parking violations may attach to the vehicle a notice to the owner or operator thereof that the vehicle has been parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter and shall instruct the owner or operator thereof to report to the city collector at the city offices at the City Hall regarding each violation. Each vehicle owner or operator found in violation of this chapter may satisfy the parking violation by the following mean:
(1) Within thirty (30) days of the date of violation, any owner or operator of a vehicle may settle and compromise the claim for illegal parking by paying to the city collector the sum of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for each violation. For purposes of this provision, the mailing of the required amount, so long as postmarked within thirty (30) days, shall be considered as paid within the thirty (30) day period.
(2) If not earlier paid and within thirty-one (31) days and sixty (60) days from the date of the violation, any owner or operator of a vehicle may settle and compromise the claim for illegal parking by paying to the city collector the sum of fifty ($50.00) dollars for each violation. For purposes of this provision, the mailing of the required amount, so long as postmarked within sixty (60) days, shall be considered as paid within the sixty (60) day period.
(B) If an owner fails, refuses or otherwise elects not to settle and timely pay the parking violation to the city in the amount and within the time provided in subsection (A) hereof, the city may initiate an ordinance violation proceeding in the circuit court of Will County, Illinois, to enforce the provisions of this chapter and if convicted, the owner shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 76.99 of the Code of Ordinances.
(C) These subsections (A)(1) and (A)(2) of this section shall not apply to persons parking a vehicle so as to obstruct the entrance or exit of any place where police or fire department apparatus or other emergency equipment is kept or housed, or parking a vehicle without appropriate license or permit in a space assigned and limited to handicapped parking, parking a vehicle so as to entirely obstruct traffic in any street or alley, or parking in such a way as to reduce traffic on an arterial street to one-way traffic only; to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the police department, block an entrance to a medical clinic. (Ord. 636, passed 9-15-70; Am. Ord. 832, passed 10-6-81; Am. Ord. 1286, passed 6-16-98; Am. Ord. 08-05-20-08, passed 5-20-08) Penalty, see Section 76.99

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision in this title, for which another penalty is not provided, shall for a first conviction be fined not less than $25 nor more than $750, for a second conviction within one year thereafter, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $750 and for a third or subsequent conviction within one year after the first conviction, the person, firm or corporation shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $750. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or which a violation occurs or continues. (Ord. 848, passed 4-6-82; Am. Ord. 957, passed 11-19-85; Am. Ord. 1286, passed 6-16-98; Am. Ord. 1317, passed 11-2-99; Ord. 1574, passed 7-15-03)