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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COOK COUNTY VEHICLE CODE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 82 (Traffic and Vehicles), Article I (County Vehicle Code), Division 3 (Vehicle Parking) of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follow:
Sec. 82-92. Parking of trucks restricted.
(a) No person shall stand or park any truck, tractor, semi-trailer, recreational vehicle more than 22 feet in length, self-contained motor home, or bus on any residential street for a longer period than is necessary for the reasonably or expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicle.
(b) No person shall stop or park any heavy truck with an empty weight of over 8,000 pounds gross weight, commercial vehicle, tractor, trailer, any other heavy operating equipment or any motor vehicle having a state license plate in excess of the "B" category or permit the stopping or parking of any such vehicle within two hundred feet (200) of any lot of record zoned for residential purposes within the unincorporated areas of Cook County, except in the case where the vehicle is loading or unloading and the truck departs the premises as soon as is reasonably possible after loading or unloading is complete, but in no case longer than two (2) hours; provided that signs restricting such parking are posted where this restriction is in effect.
(c) This Section shall be in effect only upon County highways or within the jurisdiction of another local authority with which the County has entered into an intergovernmental agreement to enforce the requirements of this Section.
(b) (d) No person shall stand or park any truck, tractor, semitrailer, trailer or self-contained motor home, or bus on any business street for a longer period than is necessitated for the reasonably expeditious loading or unloading of such vehicle.
(e) Any person found in violation of this Section will be fined $50.00.
Effective date: This ordinance shall ...
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