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VEHICLES
(625 ILCS 5/) Illinois Vehicle Code.
625 ILCS 5/11-1302
(625 ILCS 5/11-1302) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1302)
Sec. 11-1302. Officers authorized to remove vehicles. (a) Whenever any police officer
finds a vehicle
in violation of any of the provisions of Section
11-1301 such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the
driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position
off the roadway.
(b) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause to be removed
to a place of safety any unattended
vehicle illegally left standing upon any highway, bridge, causeway,
or in a tunnel, in such a
position or under such circumstances as to obstruct the normal movement of traffic.
Whenever the Department finds an abandoned or disabled vehicle
standing upon the paved or main-traveled part of a highway, which
vehicle is or may be expected to interrupt the free flow of traffic
on the highway or interfere with the maintenance of the highway,
the Department is authorized to move the vehicle to a position off
the paved or improved or main-traveled part of the highway.
(c) Any police officer is hereby authorized to remove or cause
to be removed to the nearest garage or other place of safety any
vehicle found upon a highway when:
1. report has been made that such vehicle has been |
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2. the person or persons in charge of such vehicle
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3. the person driving or in control of such vehicle
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| is arrested for an alleged offense for which the officer is required by law to take the person arrested before a proper magistrate without unnecessary delay, or
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4. the registration of the vehicle has been
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(Source: P.A. 97-743, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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(625 ILCS 5/11-1303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-1303)
Sec. 11-1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.
(a) 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:
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;
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b. On a sidewalk;
c. Within an intersection;
d. On a crosswalk;
e. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or
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| 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;
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f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
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g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure
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h. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any
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| part of this subparagraph h. shall result in a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.
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i. At any place where official signs prohibit
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j. On any controlled-access highway;
k. In the area between roadways of a divided
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l. In a public parking area if the vehicle does
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2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
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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
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d. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any
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e. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any
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| fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of such entrance (when properly sign-posted);
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f. At any place where official signs prohibit
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3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except
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a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a
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b. At any place where official signs prohibit
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(b) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into
any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(Source: P.A. 101-395, eff. 8-16-19.)
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