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AN ORDINANCE
Amending City Code Section 5-1-3, 302.13 "Parking of Motor Vehicles",
Section 7-3-10-1 "Vehicles on Sidewalk, Parkway" and
Section "Stopping, Standing or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places"
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
SECTION 1: City Code Section 5-1-3, 302.13 of the Evanston City Code of
2012, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-1-3, 302.13. Parking Of Motor Vehicles. No vehicle, regardless of status of
licensing, registration or operability, shall be parked within any public sidewalk
area, parkway area (unless there is an approved substrate/surface. the vehicle
fits fullv between the sidewalk, street and concrete curbina_ inner edaes
where it meets the Darkwav, is reaistered with the State of Illinois with a
current license Dlate, and can be moved with DroDer notice if reauired),
private sidewalk, or upon any unimproved surface including any vegetation,
grass, soil, rock, stone or surface other than concrete, asphalt, pavers or similar
surface.
SECTION 2: City Code Section 7-3-10-1 of the Evanston City Code of 2012, as
amended, is hereby deleted to read as follows: S
7-3-10-1 -Vehicles on Sidewalk, Parkway.
No person shall drive any vehicle over any sidewalk, curb or parkway on any
public street unless it is in crossing the same to go into a yard or lot where no
other suitable crossing or means of access is 1provided, and in such case only
when such curb, parkway or sidewalk shall have been fully protected against
injury therefrom.
All crosswalks and parkways in the City shall be kept free from any vehicles,
unless there is an approved substrate/surface, the vehicle fits fullv between the
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sidewalk, street and concrete curbina inner edaes where it meets the Darkwav,
is reaistered with the State of Illinois with a current license plate, and can be
moved with proper notice if reauired, except so far as may be necessary in
crossing the same, subject to permission of the City Council. The parkwav is
Citv of Evanston Dropertv. and vehicles parked on the parkwav are subiect to
all Citv Code enforcement.
SECTION 3: City Code Section 10-4-1(A) of the Evanston City Code of 2012,
as amended, is hereby deleted to read as follows:$
10-4-1. - STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING PROHIBITED IN SPECIFIED
PLACES.
No person, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
compliance with the law or the directions of a police officer or a traffic control
device, in any of the following places shall:
(A) Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
1. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or
curb of a street. A violation of Section 10-4-1(A)(1) shall result in a
mandatory fine of fifty-five dollars ($55.00). If a ticket issued under this
Section is not paid within twenty-one (21) days following issuance of final
determination of liability, the City shall impose an additional penalty of fifty-
five dollars ($55.00);
2. On a sidewalk in such a way as to obstruct any portion thereof;
3. Within an intersection;
4. On a crosswalk;
5. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet
of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone,
unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings;
6. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when
stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
7. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway;
8. On any railroad tracks. A violation of this Subsection (A)8. shall result
in a mandatory fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or fifty (50) hours of
community service.
9. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing or
parking;
10. On any controlled -access highway;
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11. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including
crossovers;
12. On a parkway (further described in 7-3-10-1 of the Evanston Citv
Code);
13. Under a fire escape; and
14. In a public parking area if the vehicle does not display a current
annual registration sticker or current temporary permit pending
registration.
SECTION 4: The findings and recitals contained herein are declared to be
prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by
the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
SECTION 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 7: If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the
invalid application or provision, and each invalid application of this Ordinance is severable.
Introduced: September 29 , 2020 Approved:
Adopted: ortober 12 , 2020 November 5
Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor
, 2020
Attest: Approved as to form:
Devon Reid, City Clerk Kelley Gandurski, Corporation Counsel
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