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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 27-12.2 Of
Chapter 27 Of The Code Of
The City of Evanston,
1957, As Amended
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY'COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 27-12.2 of Chapter 27 of the Code of the
City of Evanston, 1957, as amended, be and hereby is
further amended to read -as follows:
"Sec. 27-12.2. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified
places.
No person, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer
or a traffic control device, in any of the following places shall:
1 1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(a) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of.a street;
(b) on a sidewalk;
(c) within an intersection;
(d) on a.crosswalk;
(e) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within
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;
(f) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruc-
tion when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct
• traffic;
(g) upon any bridge or other,elevated structure upon a
highway or within a highway tunflel;
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(h) on any railroad tracks;
(i) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
(j) in the area between roadways of a divided highway, in-
cluding crossovers.
2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether, occupied or not, except
momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:
(a) in front of a public or private driveway;
(b) within 15 feet of.a fire hydrant;
(c) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(d) within 30 feet.upo.n the approach to any flashing signal,
stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located
at the side of.a roadway;
(e) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire sta-
tion and on the.side of a street opposite the entrance to
any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance (when
properly sign -posted);
(f) at any place where official signs prohibit standing.
• 3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
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property or passengers:
(a) within 50 feet of the nearest rail or a railroad cross-
if1g;
(b) at any place where official signs prohibit parking.
4. No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his con-
trol into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance
as is unlawful.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
• and after.its passage, approval,.and piblication in the
mariner provided by law.
Introduced Mara, 9R
Adopted Ai)ri l 11
1977
1977
Approved April 11
/s/ Edgar Vanneman, Jr.
Playor
ATTEST:
/s/ Maurice F. Brwwn
City Clerk
Approved as to form: /s/ Jack M. Siegel
• Corporation Counsel
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, 1977