Parking over the Sidewalk

I have gotton tons on questions about parking and blocking the sidewalk and in fact it was a topic at the village board meeting a few weeks ago. Its pretty simple you can not block the sidewalk when you park on your driveway (1b). This is NOT village code but rather Illinois State Law. I am taking the relevant passage from state statute and pasting it here.

I would also note that you may not park you car on train tracks (1h), or you face a fine and community service, as well as losing your car when the train hits it. I do not get many complaints about this however for some reason!

(625 ILCS 5/11‑1303) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11‑1303)
Sec. 11‑1303. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in specified places. directions of a police officer or official traffic‑control device, no person shall:

• 1. Stop, stand or park a vehicle:
• a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
  
• b. On a sidewalk;
• c. Within an intersection;
• d. On a crosswalk;
• e. 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;
• f. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
• g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel;
  
• h. 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.
• i. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping;
• j. On any controlled‑access highway;
• k. In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers;
• l. In a public parking area if the vehicle does not display a current annual registration sticker or current temporary permit pending registration.
• 2. Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge passengers:
• a. In front of a public or private driveway;
• b. Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
• c. Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
• d. 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;
• e. 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);
• f. At any place where official signs prohibit standing.
• 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:
• a. Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
• b. At any place where official signs prohibit parking.
• c 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.

(Source: P.A. 89‑245, eff. 1‑1‑96; 89‑658, eff. 1‑1‑97.)