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.
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.
[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. Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
MOBILE HOME
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.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
Any of the following:
(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
Camping trailer is a canvas or folding structure mounted on
wheels and designed for travel, recreation, vacation or other uses.
(5)
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.
(6)
Converted and chopped vans are recreational structures which
are created by altering or changing an existing auto van to make it
a recreational vehicle.
(7)
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.
(8)
Boat includes every description of watercraft used or capable
of being used as a means of transportation on water.
(9)
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:
(1) Parking is permitted pursuant to the street yard requirements of Chapter
520.
(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.