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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Title 10, Chapter 4, "Stopping, Standing Or Parking"
of the Evanston City Code, 1979, to Add a New Section
Regulating the Standing or Parking of Idling Motor Vehicles.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 11, Section 208 of the Illinois
Vehicle Code, the City of Evanston as a home rule unit may enact local Police
regulations regulating the standing and parking of vehicles.
WHEREAS, the standing and parking of idling motor vehicles
releases particles which can cause lung damage and aggravate existing lung
• diseases such as asthma; and
WHEREAS, children and the elderly are particularly susceptible to
the negative health effects of motor vehicle pollution; and
WHEREAS, the standing and parking of idling motor vehicles for
extended periods of time is generally unnecessary, contributes to noise pollution and
wastes fuel;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That the Evanston City Code, 1979, as amended, be
and hereby is further amended by adding to Title 10, Chapter 4, a new section,
Section 18-1, which reads as follows:
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10-4-18-1: REGULATION OF STANDING OR PARKED IDLING MOTOR •
VEHICLES:
No standing or parked motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of eight
thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.) or greater shall be allowed to idle for more than a
total of five (5) minutes within a sixty (60) minute period except under the
following circumstances:
1. the motor vehicle is an official City of Evanston vehicle being
utilized for official City of Evanston business;
2. the motor vehicle idles while forced to remain motionless because
of traffic, an official traffic control device or signal, or at the direction of a law
enforcement official;
3. the motor vehicle idles when operating defrosters, heaters, air
conditioners, or other equipment solely to prevent a safety or health emergency;
4. a police, fire, ambulance, public safety, other emergency or law
enforcement motor vehicle, or any motor vehicle used in an emergency capacity,
idles while in an emergency or training mode and not for the convenience of the
vehicle operator; •
5. the motor vehicle is owned by an electric utility and is operated for
electricity generation or hydraulic pressure to power equipment necessary in the
restoration, repair, modification or installation of electric utility service;
6. when the motor vehicle idles due to mechanical difficulties over
which the operator has no control;
7. a bus idles a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes in any sixty (60)
minute period to maintain passenger comfort while non -driver passengers are
on board;
8. an armored motor vehicle idles when a person remains inside the
vehicle to guard the contents, or while the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded;
9. when idling of the motor vehicle is required to operate auxiliary
equipment to accomplish the intended use of the vehicle (such as loading,
unloading, mixing, or processing cargo; controlling cargo temperature;
construction operations), provided that this exemption does not apply when the
vehicle is idling solely for cabin comfort or to operate non -essential equipment
such as air conditioning, heating, microwave ovens, or televisions; •
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• 10. a motor vehicle idles as part of a government inspection to verify
that all equipment is in good working order, provided idling is required as part of
the inspection;
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11. the primary propulsion engine idles for maintenance, servicing,
repairing, or diagnostic purposes if idling is necessary for such activity.
SECTION 2: That the Evanston City Code, 1979, as amended, be
and hereby is further amended by adding to Title 10, Chapter 4, a new section,
Section 18-2, which reads as follows:
10-4-18-2: PENALTY: Any person who violates the provisions of Section
10-4-18-1 of this title shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of one -
hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00).
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner
provided by law.
Introduced:
Adopted:
Attest:
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Mary . 1�6r�i ity Clerk
, 2006 Approved:
, 2006 �� , 2006
—",Vorraine H. Morton, Mayor
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