Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or official traffic control device, no person shall:
A. 
Stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1) 
Within the Village limits, on:
[Amended 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-12]
(a) 
Any Village street;
(b) 
Illinois Route 22;
(c) 
Any street shoulder; or
(d) 
Any area adjacent to any Village street or Illinois Route 22, at any time.
(2) 
On any Village path.
(3) 
Within an intersection.
(4) 
On a crosswalk.
(5) 
Upon any bridge or other elevated structure.
(6) 
On any railroad tracks.
(7) 
At any place where the standing of a vehicle will reduce the usable width of the roadway for moving traffic to less than 12 feet.
(8) 
At any place where official traffic control devices prohibit stopping.
B. 
Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:
(1) 
In front of a public or private driveway or parking space, or upon the opposite side of the street from such driveway or parking space where such parking interferes with the normal ingress to or egress from such driveway or parking space.
(2) 
Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant.
(3) 
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk or an intersection.
(4) 
Left wheel to curb.
(5) 
At any place where official traffic control devices prohibit standing.
C. 
No vehicle shall be parked for longer than the designated and posted time limit in any posted parking zone so designated and authorized by the Village Board, including:
(1) 
The designated spaces at Bannockburn Green Retail Center, Bannockburn, Illinois.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for anyone to park a vehicle in the Village in excess of the time limits fixed by this section.
No person shall stand or park any vehicle:
A. 
Upon any roadway, parkway, vacant lot, or any private property for the principal purpose of displaying it for sale; or
B. 
Upon any roadway, parkway, or vacant lot for the principal purpose of:
(1) 
Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except repair necessitated by an emergency; or
(2) 
Peddling merchandise of any kind.
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, groceries, or freight in any place designated by the Village Board in Schedule III as a loading zone and marked as such.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule III is included as an attachment to this chapter.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to park, store, or leave, or to permit the parking, storing, or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed motor vehicle or part thereof upon any private property within the Village for more than seven days if said motor vehicle or part thereof, whether attended or not, is in a discarded, wrecked, partially dismantled, inoperative, or abandoned condition. Any motor vehicle or part thereof found to be parked, stored, or left in violation of this section shall be deemed "abandoned" and subject to towing and removal pursuant to Article IV of this chapter.
B. 
This section shall not apply to any motor vehicle or part thereof that is parked, stored, or left in a fully enclosed building.
A. 
No driver shall park, or allow any vehicle to stop, stand, park, or leave a vehicle unattended in any area which is designated as a fire lane, whether on public or private property, including those areas designated by the Village Board as a fire lane. This prohibition shall not apply to authorized security, public safety, or postal vehicles in the performance of their duties.
B. 
Fire lanes are established for the express purpose of providing unrestricted access for emergency vehicles, and, notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the driver of any vehicle within a fire lane shall immediately, upon becoming aware of the presence of an emergency vehicle approaching or entering said fire lane or upon the direction of a police officer, remove such vehicle from said lane.
C. 
This section shall be effective at all locations within the Village where signs giving notice of the same are posted and are visible, including the areas designated as fire lanes are set forth in Schedule IV.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule IV is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D. 
In addition to any other penalties and/or fines levied under this section, any vehicle found in a marked fire lane in violation of this section shall be subject to immediate towing as a hazardous vehicle in accordance with other sections of this code.
The fact that an automobile which is illegally parked is registered in the name of a person shall be considered prima facie proof that such person was in control of the automobile at the time of parking.
No person other than the owner or driver of the vehicle to which a parking violation notice has been attached may remove the same from said vehicle.
On the occasion of special public events creating unusual traffic conditions, the Chief of Police, after investigation and upon his or her determination that the public safety and convenience would be served, may temporarily authorize the parking of vehicles in places and at times otherwise prohibited under the provisions of this article. The Chief of Police shall, by posting appropriate signs or otherwise, give notice of the times and locations at which the parking of vehicles is so temporarily permitted.
Each period of posted time limit or, if no time limit is posted, each day that a vehicle is illegally parked shall constitute a separate offense and shall be prosecuted accordingly.
A. 
Failure of an authorized holder to properly display the disabled persons parking decal when parked in any parking space specifically reserved for persons with disabilities, as required by Section 11-1301.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code (625 ILCS 5/11-1301.3), shall subject the authorized holder to a fine in the amount of $25.
B. 
Any person violating any provision of Section 11-1301.3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code shall pay the fine therein prescribed; provided, however, such person may make an out-of-court settlement by payment of $250 for each offense, if paid within 30 days of such offense.
Any person violating any provision of this Article III, where a fine or penalty has not been specified, shall be subject to the following penalties:
A. 
Any person accused of a violation of an ordinance prohibiting parking, standing, or stopping of a vehicle, except handicapped persons who may be exempt from certain violations pursuant to 625 ILCS 5/11-1301.1, may settle and compromise the claim against him or her for such alleged parking violation by paying to the Village:
(1) 
The sum of $25, except as provided in Subsection A(2) and (3); or
(2) 
The sum of $25, for any alleged violation of timed parking pursuant to § 232-16C; or
(3) 
The sum of $100 for any alleged parking violation on, upon, or along Lakeside Drive in the Village, which shall be the minimum penalty for each or any parking violation on Lakeside Drive; or
(4) 
The sum of $25 for any alleged violation parking in a fire lane, in violation of § 232-20 of this chapter.
B. 
The payments of fines in settlement of any parking violations must be paid within 30 days after the time of such alleged offense was committed. Failure to pay any fine assessed pursuant to this section within 30 days shall result in an increase of said fine to twice the amount set forth herein. For each thirty-day period thereafter during which said fine and any resulting penalties are not paid, an additional penalty of $50 shall be assessed; provided that the total cost of a single fine does not exceed $500. Such payment may be made to the Village at 2275 Telegraph Road in Bannockburn, Lake County, Illinois, and, if requested, a receipt shall be issued for all money so received, and such money shall be promptly turned over to the Treasurer to be used in the manner provided for the disposition of fines for traffic violations.
C. 
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 so as to obstruct an emergency entrance of a hospital; nor shall this section apply to any person charged with 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; nor to any person who refuses to move a vehicle illegally parked at the request of any member of the Police Department. The penalties contained in § 232-15 of this chapter shall apply to the violations described in this Subsection C.