{"data":{"id":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-11-1303","jurisdiction":"us-il","citation":"625 ILCS 5/11-1303","heading":"Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places.","body":"(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:\n1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:\na. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;\nb. On a sidewalk;\nc. Within an intersection;\nd. On a crosswalk;\ne. 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;\nf. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;\ng. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;\nh. On any railroad tracks. A violation of any part of this subparagraph h. shall result in a mandatory fine of $500 or 50 hours of community service.\ni. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;\nj. On any controlled-access highway;\nk. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;\nl. In a public parking area if the vehicle does not display a current annual registration sticker or digital registration sticker or current temporary permit pending registration.\n2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:\na. In front of a public or private driveway;\nb. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;\nc. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;\nd. Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;\ne. Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any 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);\nf. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.\n3. Park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers:\na. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;\nb. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.\n(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.","path":["CHAPTER 625 VEHICLES","Illinois Vehicle Code."],"source_url":"https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ILCS/details?ActID=1815\u0026ChapterID=49\u0026ChapAct=FullText\u0026Print=True","current_through":"at least Public Act 104-790","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-15T04:46:40Z","sha256":"dd22a09e4a6e6866a544af5a23ccb9f0a2d17a876658a8f2fb1e878c58d4616c","source_id":"us-il","stale":false,"prev":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-11-1302","next":"us-il/625-ilcs-5-11-1304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}