A.
Forty-eight-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 in the Village of
Dane for a period of 48 or more consecutive hours in the same location
or as posted in public parking lots 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 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 Village 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 may recover the possession
thereof.
B.
Posted limitations.
(1)
The Village Board 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 Village 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.
(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 Village Board 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
Village 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. Pursuant to the
provisions of § 349.13, Wis. Stats., the Chief of Police
is authorized to direct that temporary "No Parking" signs be erected
by the Director of Public Works during parades, festivals and other
authorized events that require the regulating of vehicle stopping,
standing or parking on Village roadways. The temporary regulation
shall be limited to the time the event exists or is likely to exist.
C.
Parking during snow removal. No person shall park, place or leave
standing any automobile, truck or other vehicle on any street or public
way after one hour from the time such area has been designated and
marked with signs or barriers by the Public Works Department and/or
Police Department of the Village indicating no parking due to snow
removal.
A.
Parking prohibited at all times. Except temporarily for the purpose
of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in receiving
or discharging passengers or property and while the vehicle is attended
by a licensed operator so that it may be moved promptly in case of
an emergency or to avoid obstruction of traffic, no person shall at
any time park or leave standing any vehicle:
(1)
Within an intersection.
(2)
On a crosswalk.
(3)
On a sidewalk or terrace area, except when parking in such place
is clearly indicated by official traffic signs or markers or parking
meters. "Sidewalk or terrace area" means that area between the sidewalk
and the nearest curbline running parallel or generally parallel thereto
or, in the absence of a sidewalk, 10 feet beyond the curbline.
(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 in 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 Village 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.[1]
(13)
In a loading zone.
(15)
In any municipal park when said park is closed to the public.
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 Village of Dane 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.
When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 495-3 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.
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
at the same location for more than a total of 30 minutes every four
hours within 300 feet of any residence within the Village of Dane
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 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.
Angle parking or parking diagonally is prohibited on all the streets,
alleys and highways of the Village, except as provided herein. 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 10-7-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-05B]
A.
Parking of any motor vehicle is prohibited upon any street within
the Village limits between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. from November 15
to March 15.
B.
Whenever any police officer shall find an unattended vehicle violating
the terms of this section, such officer may provide for the removal
of such vehicle, at the owner's expense, to the nearest garage or
other place of safety.
C.
The Village shall erect signage at all entryways to the Village,
and in all municipal parking lots, notifying the public of the provisions
of this section.
D.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any person violating
provisions of this section regarding winter parking regulation shall
forfeit not more than $25.
[Amended 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-04; 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-04]
A.
MOBILE HOME
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which
is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling
with or without permanent foundation, when connected to the required
utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and
electrical systems contained therein. Length of a mobile home means
the distance from the exterior of the front wall (nearest to the exterior
of the drawbar and coupling mechanism) to the exterior of the rear
wall (at the opposite end of the home) where such walls enclose living
or other interior space and such distance includes expandable rooms,
but not bay windows, porches, drawbars, couplings, hitches, wall and
roof extensions, or other attachments. Width of a mobile home means
the distance from the exterior of one side wall to the exterior of
the opposite side wall where such walls enclose living or other interior
space and such distance includes expandable rooms, but not bay windows,
porches, wall and roof extensions or other attachments.
Any of the following:
Travel trailer is a vehicular, portable structure built on a
chassis and on wheels designated to be used as a temporary dwelling
for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses and towed by a car,
station wagon or truck. It includes so-called fifth-wheel units.
Pick-up coach is a structure designed to be mounted on a truck
chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation, vacations
or other uses.
Motor home is a portable, temporary dwelling to be used for
travel, recreation, vacation or other uses, constructed as an integral
part of a self-propelled vehicle.
Camping trailer is a canvas or folding structure mounted on
wheels and designed for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.
Chassis mounts, motor homes and mini-motor homes are recreational
structures constructed integrally with a truck of motor-van chassis
and incapable of being separated therefrom.
Converted and chopped vans are recreational structures which
are created by altering or changing an existing auto van to make it
a recreational vehicle.
Boat or snowmobile trailer are vehicles on which a boat or snowmobile
may be transported and is towable by a motor vehicle. When removed
from the trailer, a boat or snowmobile, for purposes of this section,
is termed an unmounted boat or snowmobile.
Boat includes every description of watercraft used or capable
of being used as a means of transportation on water.
Utility trailer is a portable structure built on a chassis and
on wheels that is designed to be used as a storage device.
B.
Permitted
parking or storage of recreational vehicles. In all residential and
commercial districts, the parking or storage of recreational vehicles
on public streets or public property is not permitted in excess of
48 hours and not more than four occasions in any calendar month. It
is permissible to park or store a recreational vehicle on private
property in the following manner:
(2)
The
entire body of the recreational vehicle must be at least 15 feet from
the face of any curb, unless parked in a driveway.
(3)
No
part of the recreational vehicle may extend over the public sidewalk
or public right- of-way.
(4)
Parking
is permitted only for storage purposes.
(5)
Notwithstanding
the above, a recreational vehicle may be parked anywhere on the premises
during active loading or unloading, and the use of electricity or
propane fuel is permitted when necessary to prepare a recreational
vehicle for use.
(6)
The
recreational vehicle shall be owned by the resident on whose property
the recreational vehicle is parked for storage.
C.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsections A or B above, may be removed from the street by order of law enforcement officer pursuant to § 495-23 and the expense of so moving and storing such vehicles shall be paid by the operator or owner of said vehicle as a forfeiture in addition to the penalties herein prescribed.
No person, other than the owner or operator thereof, shall remove
a Village parking ticket 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 § 495-1 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 who 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.
