A.
Seventy-two-hour limitation. No person, firm or corporation
shall park or leave standing any automobile, truck, tractor, trailer
or vehicle of any description on any public streets or public parking
lots in the City of Weyauwega for a period of 72 or more consecutive
hours in the same location at any time, except that where more restrictive
parking limits have been established, the more restrictive limits
shall apply. When any law enforcement officer shall find a vehicle
standing upon a public street or parking lot in violation of the provisions
of this section, he/she is authorized to move such a vehicle or to
require the operator in charge thereof to move such vehicle to a position
permitted under this chapter. The law enforcement officer may cause
said vehicle to be removed to a proper impoundment and storage area
within the City where storage space is available and in such case
the owner shall pay the costs of removing said vehicle and the storage
fees on said vehicle before he/she may recover the possession thereof.
B.
Posted limitations.
(1)
The City Council may designate certain streets or
portions of streets as no parking or no stopping or standing zones
or as zones for parking by physically handicapped persons and may
limit the hours in which the restrictions apply. The City shall mark,
by appropriate signs, each zone so designated in accordance with the
provisions of § 349.13, Wis. Stats.
(2)
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or
traffic control device, no person shall stop or park a vehicle in
an established no stopping or standing zone when stopping or standing
is prohibited. No vehicle shall be parked in a no parking zone during
hours when parking is prohibited, except physicians on emergency calls
or as permitted by state law or elsewhere by this Code of Ordinances.
(3)
The Chief of Police is hereby granted the authority,
within the reasonable exercise of police power, to prohibit, limit
the time or otherwise restrict the stopping, standing or parking of
vehicles beyond the provisions of Ch. 346, Wis. Stats. The City Council
shall have the authority to restrict the turning or movement of heavy
traffic and to impose special weight limitations on any highway or
portions thereof which, because of the weakness of the roadbed due
to deterioration or climatic conditions or other special or temporary
conditions, would likely be seriously damaged or destroyed in the
absence of any restrictions on heavy traffic movement or special weight
limitations.
(4)
No prohibition, restriction or limitation on parking
or restriction on movement or turning of heavy traffic and imposition
of special weight limits is effective unless official traffic control
devices have been placed or erected indicating the particular prohibition,
restriction or limitation.
(5)
After the parking limitations on any given street
have expired, any change of location of not more than one stall following
expiration of the parking period allowed shall be and constitute a
violation of this chapter.
A.
Street maintenance. Whenever it is necessary to clear
or repair a City roadway or any part thereof, the Public Works Department
and/or Police Department shall post such highways or parts thereof
with signs bearing the words "No Parking - Street Maintenance Work."
Such signs shall be erected at least two hours prior to the time that
street maintenance work is to be commenced. No person shall park a
motor vehicle in violation of such signs.
B.
Temporary parking restrictions for special events.
For the period of time during which a community event is being held
and upon proper resolution of the City Council, all or any portion
of a street adjacent to the area at which the community event is being
held may be designated as a temporary no parking zone. All such temporary
no parking zones shall be properly designated by an official no parking
sign placed or erected pursuant to the authority and direction of
the City Council. The operator of any motor vehicle shall not park
or allow such vehicle to stand in such temporary no parking zone.
C.
Parking during special snow removal. No person shall
park, place or leave standing any automobile, truck or other vehicle
on any street, public way, or municipal parking lot after one hour
from the time such area has been designated and marked with temporary
signs or barriers by the Public Works and/or Police Department of
the City indicating no parking due to special snow removal work.
A.
Parking prohibited at all times. No person shall at
any time park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended
and whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following locations:
(1)
Within an intersection.
(2)
On a crosswalk.
(3)
On a sidewalk or on a terrace or sidewalk area, except
when parking in such place is clearly indicated by official traffic
signs or markers or parking meters. "Terrace or sidewalk area" means
that area between the sidewalk and the nearest curbline running parallel
or generally parallel thereto or, in the absence of a sidewalk, four
feet beyond the curbline.[1]
(4)
Alongside or opposite any highway excavation or obstruction
when such stopping or standing would obstruct traffic or when pedestrian
traffic would be required to travel in the roadway.
(5)
On the roadway side of any parked vehicle unless double
parking is clearly indicated by official traffic signs or markers.
(6)
Within a fire lane consisting of either the driveway
between the front doors of a fire station and the public street or
such places properly designated and marked as fire lanes ordered by
the Fire Chief.
(7)
Upon any portion of a highway where and at the time
when stopping or standing is prohibited by official traffic signs
indicating the prohibition of any stopping or standing.
(8)
In any place or manner so as to obstruct, block or
impede traffic.
(9)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater
distance is indicated by an official traffic sign.
(10)
Upon any portion of a highway where and at the
time when parking is prohibited, limited or restricted by official
traffic signs.
(11)
Upon any bridge.
(12)
Upon any street or highway within the City limits,
any vehicle which faces a direction different from the direction of
normal traffic flow for the lane of traffic in which said vehicle
is stopped or standing.[2]
(13)
In a loading zone.
(14)
Within four feet of the entrance to an alley,
private road or driveway.
(15)
In any municipal park when said park is closed
to the public.
(16)
Within four feet of any mailbox.
[Added 8-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-1]
B.
Parking in driveways. No person shall park or leave
standing any motor vehicle in any private driveway without the permission
of the owner or lessee of the property on which such driveway is located,
whether or not such driveway is posted to limit or restrict parking.
C.
Vehicles not to block private drive, alley or fire
lane. No vehicle shall, at any time, be parked so as to unreasonably
restrict the normal access to any private drive, alley or fire lane.
Said access shall be deemed to be unreasonably restricted if any vehicle
is parked within four feet of either side of said access. Upon discovery
by a police officer or upon complaint by the owner of any such blocked
drive, alley or fire lane, the Chief of Police may order said vehicle
towed from such position at the risk and expense of the owner of said
vehicle.
D.
Parking vehicle for repair or to display for sale
prohibited.
(1)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle on any street,
alley, public right-of-way or municipal parking lot in the City of
Weyauwega for the purpose of repairing said vehicle or to display
such vehicle for sale. No person shall park on any street or avenue
any vehicles for the primary purpose of advertising.
(2)
No person other than an owner and/or operator of a
business located on business-zoned property engaged in the regular
business of selling vehicles may display a vehicle for sale upon private
premises unless the following conditions are met:
(a)
Consent to display the vehicle has been given
by the owner or lessee of the premises;
(b)
The owner of the vehicle is on the premises
or resides there;
(c)
The vehicle displayed for sale is parked entirely
on the premises;
(d)
The premises contains only one vehicle displayed
for sale; and
(e)
The advertisement or sign for sale of the vehicle
is not larger than two square feet.
A.
When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 454-3 of this chapter, no person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle upon any portion of a street, highway or public or private parking facility reserved for vehicles displaying special registration plates or identification cards or emblems issued by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation or, for vehicles registered in another jurisdiction, by such other jurisdiction designating the vehicle as one used by a physically disabled person.
B.
In addition, the City Council may designate portions
of a parking lot, situated on private property and which is open for
public parking, as zones for parking vehicles of physically handicapped
persons. Such parking zones shall be so designated based upon a request
by the property owner and after receiving the recommendation of the
Chief of Police and Supervisor of Public Works. The City Council shall
determine who shall bear the cost of properly signing the designated
parking zone. All such designated areas should be displayed and maintained
on the Weyauwega Official Traffic Map.
A.
Leaving keys in vehicle. No person shall permit any
motor vehicle to stand or remain unattended on any street, alley or
other public area, except an attended parking area, unless either
the starting lever, throttle, steering apparatus, gear shift or ignition
of the vehicle is locked and the key for such lock is removed from
the vehicle. Whenever any police officer shall find any vehicle standing
with the key in the ignition in violation of this section, such officer
is authorized to remove such key from the vehicle and deliver the
key to the Police Department for safe custody.
B.
Parking vehicles with motor running. No person shall
park or leave standing any motor vehicle with the motor or refrigerator
unit running for more than 30 minutes within 300 feet of any residence
within the City of Weyauwega between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to permit any construction, compaction, earth-grading
or farm machinery which is self-propelled and moves upon the surface
of the earth and which is owned or controlled by him/her to stand
for any period of time unattended without locking the ignition system
or otherwise rendering said machinery inoperable so as to prevent
any person unauthorized by the owner or individual in control thereof
from starting said machinery.
A.
The City Council shall from time to time have certain
streets or portions of streets marked with white lines to designate
parallel or diagonal parking places. Angle parking or parking diagonally
is prohibited on all the streets, alleys and highways of the City
except as provided herein in designated angle parking stalls. All
vehicles shall park parallel to, and within one foot of, the curb
except where streets and parking lots are so marked for angle parking.
B.
No person shall at any time park any vehicle:
(1)
In any direction other than the designated parking
angle, where angle parking spaces are so designated and provided by
appropriate markings.
(2)
Backwards into angle parking spaces so designated
and provided by appropriate markings.
(3)
With a trailer attached or any vehicle longer than
20 feet on any street where angle parking is so provided and allowed.
[Amended 1-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-02; 1-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-2; 2-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-4]
Pursuant to the provisions and notice requirements
of § 349.13, Wis. Stats., it shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation, or any other to park or leave unattended any
automobile, truck, or any other vehicle for a period of time longer
than 30 minutes on any streets or municipal parking lots of the City
of Weyauwega, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, between the hours of 11:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m. during the months of November, December, January,
February, and March, with the exception of Main Street from Mill Street
to Pine Street and municipal parking lots. No parking shall be on
Main Street from Mill Street to Pine Street and the municipal parking
lots between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. Nighttime parking
on all other City streets during these months is not allowed. Daytime
parking is from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
When signs are erected in any block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park or leave standing any vehicle upon any
of the following highways or parts of highways at the times indicated,
except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
receiving or discharging passengers or property:
A.
Five-minute parking limit upon that portion of the
east side of Pine Street in the City of Weyauwega directly in front
of the post office building at any time between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and public holidays.
B.
Two-hour parking limit upon that portion of Main Street
between the east line of Mary Street and the west line of Pine Street
in the City of Weyauwega between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
of any day except Sunday and public holidays.
[Amended 7-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
A.
Public lots; parking restrictions.
(2)
It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle in
Parking Lots 1 and 2 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.,
unless the operator has obtained and properly displayed a valid City
of Weyauwega overnight parking permit.
(3)
It shall be unlawful to park any motor vehicle overnight
in Parking Lot 3.
B.
Permits. Overnight parking permits for municipal parking
lots shall be issued by the City Administrator. The annual permits
shall be issued on October 1 of each year and expire on September
30 of the following year. The permit fee shall be set by the City
Council.[1] No prorated permit fee shall be allowed and the permit
is nonrefundable and nontransferable. The permit must be displayed
in the vehicle, as required by the permit application, so that it
is plainly visible from outside of the motor vehicle. For short-term
parking, no permit is required, for a maximum of 48 hours, with prior
approval from the Chief of Police or City Administrator.
[Amended 7-9-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
C.
Conditions for permit issuance. No overnight parking
permit shall be issued unless the applicant has a valid driver's license
and the vehicle is operable. No overnight parking permits shall be
issued to any vehicle deemed by the Chief of Police to be too large
to be parked safely in a single stall.
D.
Permit conditions. As a condition to the issuance
of an overnight parking permit, the owner shall agree to the following
requirements:
(1)
The owner of the vehicle shall have two hours to remove
the vehicle from the City parking lot to allow for snow removal services
to be performed. Any owner who fails to remove his/her vehicle within
said two-hour time period shall be responsible for and agrees to pay
the City for all towing charges incurred by the City.
(2)
Any motor vehicle that uses any City lot may not remain
parked for more than one week without being operated outside the lot.
Continual storage of a motor vehicle in any City lot for more than
one week is prohibited, and, upon 24 hours' written notification on
the vehicle by the City, the vehicle will be towed from the lot if
not removed by the owner. All expenses incurred by the City for towing
services will be reimbursed to the City by the vehicle owner.
E.
Administration. The Chief of Police or designee shall
administer the permit system established by this section and make
any determination regarding compliance and the applicability of this
section.
F.
Exception. This section does not apply to any City
parking lots which are leased to private entities. The terms and condition
of said lease control those parking lots.
A.
Parking. No person owning or having control of any
truck, trailer, truck power unit, tractor, bus, recreation vehicle,
camping/recreational use camper, or combination of vehicles weighing
in excess of 12,000 pounds gross weight, or over 22 feet in length
(including accessories, racks, or other physical extensions), or having
a height of more than eight feet from the roadway, shall park the
same upon any street, avenue, or public way in the City of Weyauwega
for a continuous period exceeding three hours between the hours of
6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the parking
of such trucks is prohibited. The provisions of this subsection shall
not be deemed to prohibit the lawful temporary parking of such equipment
upon any street, avenue, public way or private property in the City
for the actual loading or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise;
provided, however, that the "loading" and "unloading," as used in
this subsection, shall be limited to the actual time consumed in such
operation. The City Council may, however, designate specific truck
parking zones.
B.
Exceptions. Any municipal vehicle or public works equipment is excepted from the provisions of Subsection A above.
C.
Bus parking. No operator of a school bus or other
bus, regardless of its size, shall park such vehicle in any residential
district, on the street, on a lawn, in the alley, in a driveway or
anywhere else, except for such time as is reasonably necessary to
facilitate the loading or unloading of the vehicle, except that school
buses may park at any school when required.
D.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsection A or C above may be removed from the street by order of a law enforcement officer, pursuant to § 454-25, and the expense of so moving and storing such vehicle shall be paid by the operator or owner of said vehicle as a forfeiture in addition to the penalties hereafter prescribed.
No person other than the owner or operator thereof
shall remove a City parking citation from a motor vehicle.
A.
Unlicensed operators prohibited. No person who does
not hold a valid operator's license shall operate a vehicle in any
public parking lot or ramp or in any private parking lot or ramp held
out for the use of parking for the general public.
B.
Traffic regulations applicable. All provisions of § 454-1 of this chapter and of the Wisconsin Statutes and laws incorporated herein by reference shall be applicable on any public parking lot or ramp and on any private parking lot, road or ramp held out for use for the general public for parking or vehicular traffic.
A.
Hazard to public safety. Any vehicle parked, stopped
or standing upon a highway or public parking lot or ramp in violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter is declared to be a hazard
to traffic and public safety.
B.
Removal by operator. Such vehicle shall be removed
by the operator in charge, upon request of any law enforcement officer,
to a position where parking is permitted or to a private or public
parking or storage premises.
C.
Removal by traffic officer. Any law enforcement officer,
after issuing a citation for illegal parking, stopping or standing
of an unattended vehicle in violation of this chapter, is authorized
to remove such vehicle to a position where parking is permitted.
D.
Removal by private service. The officer may order
a motor carrier holding a permit to perform vehicle towing services,
a licensed motor vehicle salvage dealer or a licensed motor vehicle
dealer which performs vehicle towing services to remove and store
such vehicle in any public storage garage or rental parking grounds
or any facility of the person providing the towing services.
E.
Towing and storage charges. In addition to other penalties
provided in this chapter, the owner or operator of a vehicle so removed
shall pay the actual cost of moving, towing and storage. If the vehicle
is towed or stored by a private motor carrier, motor vehicle salvage
dealer or licensed motor vehicle dealer, actual charges regularly
paid for such services shall be paid. If the vehicle is stored in
a public storage garage or rental facility, customary charges for
such storage shall be paid. Upon payment, a receipt shall be issued
to the owner of the vehicle for the towing or storage charge.
A.
Storage prohibited. No person owning or having custody of any partially dismantled, nonoperable, wrecked, junked or discarded motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to remain on any public street or highway, parking lot or ramp longer than 72 hours after notification thereof by the Police Department. Any such vehicle not removed within 72 hours is declared to be a public nuisance and may be removed as provided in § 454-25.
B.
Exemptions. This section shall not apply to a motor
vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained in
a lawful place and manner authorized by the City of Weyauwega.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 118.105,
Wis. Stats., the following regulations shall apply to the grounds
of the Weyauwega Public School District located within the City of
Weyauwega:
A.
Parking.
[Amended 3-15-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-02]
(1)
General parking. All parking on any grounds of the
Weyauwega School District from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shall be restricted
to the areas designated for parking by the School Board. When signs
are erected by the School Board giving notice of such restrictions,
all persons shall park only in areas designated and signed for visitor
parking. There shall be no parking on said grounds between 11:00 p.m.
and 6:00 a.m., except when school functions extend past 11:00 p.m.;
on such nights there shall be no parking one hour after the function
has concluded.
(2)
Student parking. When school is in session, all students
parking on school grounds of the Weyauwega-Fremont School District
from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. shall be restricted to areas designated
for student parking by the School Board. Students must also register
their vehicle(s) and purchase a parking permit in the Weyauwega-Fremont
High School office. This permit must be on display in their vehicle
in the appropriate location. When signs are erected by the School
Board giving notice of such restrictions, all students shall park
only in areas designated and signed for student parking. Failure to
follow these guidelines may result in a citation or their vehicle
being towed. When school is not in session and during other times,
students must abide by the other traffic and parking regulations on
school district grounds.
B.
Speed limits. No person shall, at any time, operate
a motor vehicle upon any school district grounds at a speed in excess
of 10 miles per hour.
C.
Vehicles prohibited at specified times. No person
shall, at any time, operate a motor vehicle, other than a school bus
or emergency vehicle, in or upon any drive designated for buses only
during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and during the hours of
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on any weekday during the months school is
in session.
D.
State traffic forfeiture laws adopted. All provisions of Chs. 340 to 349, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic for which the penalty is a forfeiture only, including penalties to be imposed and procedures for prosecution, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this section.
[Amended 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
F.
Direction signs. No person shall enter, exit or drive
a vehicle within a parking lot contrary to the directions as specified
by signs and markings appearing therein.
G.
Designated parking stalls. No person shall park or
leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, except
within the marked parking stalls in said parking lot or ramp.
H.
Parking limits. No person shall park a vehicle, whether
attended or unattended, in any school district parking lot or ramp
for a continuous period of more than 24 hours.
[Amended 7-19-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-02]
[Added 7-21-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-06; amended 9-20-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-04]
No person shall leave standing or stop or permit or allow to stand or stop any railroad train, engine, or car upon any street or highway crossing within the City so as to obstruct public travel for a greater period of time than 10 minutes, unless such train or engine or car is continuously in motion. Any conductor, engineer, firefighter, or brakeman on any train or locomotive so obstructing any street or railroad crossing or any yard master, flagger, switcher, or section hand who shall allow and be responsible for such obstruction shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 454-35E. The corporation running or operating such train, engine, or cars so obstructing any street or railroad crossing shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $500, and $250 for every 1/2 hour, or fraction thereof, after the first 1/2 hour.
