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TO: Mayor Irvin
FROM: Marissa N. Spencer, Assistant Corporation Counsel
DATE: May 17, 2018
SUBJECT:
An Ordinance amending Chapter 27 of the City of Aurora Ordinances Entitled "Motor Vehicles and Traffic."
PURPOSE:
The proposed amendment seeks to prevent stopping, standing and parking in front of mailboxes and interfering with mail delivery.
BACKGROUND:
There has been a history of complaints made by residents that they are not getting their mail delivered due vehicles parking too close to their mailboxes and interfering with mail delivery.
DISCUSSION:
This proposed amendment to the Ordinance is meant to address resident concerns that they are not getting postal delivery because vehicles are obstructing their mailboxes.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
This amendment to the Ordinance should have a positive impact on the residents of the City of Aurora.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the Chapter 27 amendments be forwarded to Committee of the Whole
cc: Government Operations Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 27 of the City of Aurora Code of Ordinances Entitled "Motor Vehicles and Traffic".
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Citizens of Aurora to amend Chapter 27 of the City's Code of Ordinances in order to allow residents to receive their mail.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows: That Chapter 27 is hereby amended to:
Sec. 27-168. - Stopping, standing or parking prohibited.
(a) It shall be unlawful at all times to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places:
(1) Within any intersection;
(2) On any sidewalk except during or within twenty-four (24) hours after a snowfall specified under section 27-171, subsection (a) and then only upon the driveway of a residential premises, or on any crosswalk, parkway or tree bank;
(3) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(4) In any place where such vehicle would reduce to less than eighteen (18) feet the width of the roadway available for use by moving traffic;
(5) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction if it would result in the obstruction of moving traffic;
(6) On any railroad tracks;
(7) In any fire lane;
(8) In any subway or upon any bridge or viaduct;
(9) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb, or within twenty (20) feet of a point on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone;
(10) On that area of any front yard which lies as an open space between the front lot line and the nearest line of a principal building on that lot and which extends across the full width of the lot; unless that area has been covered with concrete, asphalt, blacktop or otherwise improved with a permanent material and commonly known as a driveway for automobiles;
(11) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(12) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of any street (double parking);
(13) In such a manner as to occupy more than one (1) adjoining parking space or encroaching in any way into an adjoining parking space (occupying more than one (1) parking space);
(14) Parking on any public street, alley or in any parking facility, regardless of whether signs are posted or not, for forty-eight (48) continuous hours unless a valid parking permit issued by the city is properly displayed in said vehicle.
(b) Except while momentarily engaged in the pickup or discharge of passengers, it shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle or any part thereof in any of the following places:
(1) In front of, or within five (5) feet on either side of, a public or private driveway;
(2) At any curb within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) Within twenty (20) feet of any crosswalk;
(4) Within thirty (30) feet of any flashing signal, stop sign or other traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(5) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the opposite side of the street, within seventy-five (75) feet of such an entrance;
(6) Within ten (10) feet of any mail box, Monday through Saturday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on postal holidays. (Exemption: This section shall not apply to residents parked in front of their mailbox only).
(7) At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
(c) Except while temporarily engaged in the act of loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, it shall be unlawful to stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following places:
(1) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking, unless a valid parking permit issued by the city is properly displayed in said vehicle.
(d) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such a distance as is unlawful.