(A) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer, deputy sheriff, or official traffic-control devices, no person shall:
(1) Stop, Stand or Park a Vehicle:
- On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
- On a sidewalk;
- Within an intersection;
- On a crosswalk;
- Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (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;
- Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
- Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
- On any railroad tracks;
- At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
- On any controlled-access highway;
- In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
- In any alley that is open and maintained;
(2) Stand or Park a Vehicle (whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers):
- In front of a public or private driveway;
- Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
- Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
- Within thirty feet (30′) upon the approach to any flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or traffic-control signal located at the side of the roadway;
- Within twenty (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 seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance (when properly sign-posted);
- At any place where official signs prohibit standing or parking;
(3) Park a Vehicle (whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers):
- within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
- at any place where official signs prohibit parking;
- that is classed as a recreational vehicle on a public street, highway, or road.
(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. (See 625 ILCS 5/11–1303)
