CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the first reading and pass the ordinance restricting parking in residential districts (requires six positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: William J. Novack, P.E., Director of Transportation, Engineering, and Development/City Engineer
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
On September 5, 2024, the Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) approved a recommendation to restrict parking in residential districts. Approve (6-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
Naperville's truck route ordinance was established in 1985 (Title 11 Chapter 3 of the Naperville Municipal Code). This section of the code restricts vehicles in excess of 12,000 pounds (6 tons) to the specific routes identified in Schedule V of section 11-1-5. Vehicles exceeding 6 tons are allowed to operate on non-designated streets using a direct route from the truck route to their destination for the purposes of delivery, pick-up, or services.
While the existing truck ordinance allows for the Police Department (PD) to cite vehicles that are operating without a permit and operating on routes not designated as truck routes, it is not effective for timely citation of overweight vehicles that are parked and vacant. For tickets to be written on parked overweight vehicles, the PD must wait for the overnight parking ordinance to be in effect (2:00 am - 5:00 am).
The PD and Code Enforcement team receive complaint calls regarding semi-truck parking overnight in residential areas for extended periods. There has been an increase in these calls in recent years and the areas where this issue has been reported and observed are increasing.
DISCUSSION:
The PD currently writes tickets for overnight parking based on request from the public, this list is about 200 locations long. The high number of requests does not allow for PD to enforce every location every night, this includes truck parking concerns.
The attached ordinance will all...
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