[Amended 10-28-2013 by Ord. No. 611; 7-27-2015 by Ord. No. 629]
As set forth in § 207-20, the Village Board may designate parking restrictions on streets, portions of streets, and in municipal parking lots by resolution and inclusion in the Street and Parking Schedule. Once the appropriate signage and/or pavement markings are installed in any block giving notice of the restrictions, the operator of a vehicle shall not park in violation of the signs and/or pavement markings. The following restrictions are authorized:
A.
Fifteen-minute parking.
B.
Thirty-minute parking.
C.
One-hour parking.
D.
Two-hour parking.
E.
No parking at any time.
F.
No trailer parking.
G.
No heavy traffic parking.
H.
Parking prohibited certain hours.
I.
Loading zones. Loading zones may be designated by the Village Board
by resolution but are not required to be included in the Street and
Parking Regulation Schedule.
J.
Angle parking. Angle parking may be designated by the Village Board
by resolution and may be enforced by appropriate pavement marking;
provided, however, that if no sign is present, enforcement of angle
parking is prohibited if the pavement marking is not visible due to
snow accumulation.
K.
Temporary parking restrictions. Temporary parking restrictions may
be authorized by resolution or motion of the Village Board and shall
not be included in the Street and Parking Regulation Schedule.
L.
Municipal parking lots. Parking may be restricted in municipal parking
lots by any combination of hours, days, and/or identification of persons
or vehicles that may or may not park in any area.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 207-8, Fifteen-minute parking; § 207-9, Thirty-minute parking; § 207-10, One-hour parking; § 207-11, Two-hour parking; § 207-12, No parking at any time; and § 207-13, Parking prohibited certain hours, as amended, were repealed 10-28-2013 by Ord. No. 611. For current regulations, see § 207-20.
[Amended 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 457; 9-26-2005 by Ord. No.
484, effective 1-1-2006]
A.
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle
on a state or county trunk highway within the Village between the
hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B.
No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle
on any street or alley in the Village which is not a state or county
trunk highway between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., except
as herein provided:
(1)
On even-numbered calendar dates, vehicles may be parked
on the side of the street adjacent to lots and houses which have been
assigned even numbers. On odd-numbered calendar dates, vehicles may
be parked on the side of the street adjacent to lots and houses which
have been assigned odd numbers. Alternate-side parking rules are determined
on the calendar date after 12:00 midnight; e.g.: It is December 3,
at 10:00 p.m., and a person does not plan to move his or her vehicle
until the next morning; that person would park on the even side of
the street because it will be December 4 after midnight, and alternate-side
parking is in effect from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
(2)
Alternate side-parking.
[Amended 5-9-2016 by Ord.
No. 634]
(a)
Where alternate-side parking is not available, including but
not limited to a cul-de-sac or a block where no parking is allowed
on one side of the street at any time, parking during the specified
hours shall be allowed on the only available side of the street.
(b)
Where a street is circular and there are no odd-numbered addresses,
the person shall park on the outside (even side) of the circle on
even days and the inside of the circle on odd days.
(3)
Parking of 60 minutes shall be allowed in designated
areas in front of all overnight business establishments from 2:00
a.m. to 6:00 a.m., except during snow emergencies.
C.
This section shall not apply to physicians on emergency
calls or other emergency vehicles.
[Amended 1-23-2006 by Ord. No. 489; 12-13-2010 by Ord. No.
564]
A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the Director
of Public Works or his or her designee, together with either the Village
Administrator or his or her designee, or the supervisory law enforcement
officer on duty, upon consultation, determine that an emergency exists
because of fire, flood, heavy snowstorm (six inches or more in a twenty-four-hour
period), blizzard or blowing and drifting snow, or other catastrophe,
they may, in the interest of public safety, convenience and necessity,
declare an emergency and prohibit parking on any street or alley in
the Village. The declaring officials shall notify the appropriate
media of the emergency pursuant to the Village protocol for such notification,
and shall be responsible for notifying the same media at the termination
of the emergency. The emergency may not be terminated without the
consent of the Director of Public Works, who shall determine that
street clearing operations have been substantially completed.
B.
Whenever such an emergency has been declared and announced through
the media, no person shall park, or allow to be parked, any vehicle
of any kind or description between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. upon any street or alley in the Village.
(1)
Removal. A vehicle of any kind or description parked in violation
of these regulations may be immediately removed, without notice, by
an authorized towing service to a storage facility, as directed by
a law enforcement officer, and shall be ticketed for illegal parking.
The Village shall not be responsible for any damage to the vehicle
while illegally parked, resulting from being towed, or while in the
storage facility.
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Editor’s Note: Former § 207-16, Loading zones,
was repealed 10-28-2013 by Ord. No. 611.
[Added 11-12-2001 by Ord. No. 418; amended 5-9-2011 by Ord. No.
574]
The Village Board, upon the recommendation of
the Public Works and Utilities Committee, may reserve parking, standing
or stopping spaces upon any portion of a street, roadway or alley
for any vehicle bearing special registration plates or a special identification
card officially issued to designate that the vehicle is entitled to
the parking privileges of disabled persons as specified in § 346.50(2a),
Wis. Stats. In making its recommendations to the Village Board, the
Public Works and Utilities Committee shall consider the availability
of such parking in nearby parking lots. Any person who is not entitled
to such parking privileges shall not park in such a reserved space.
[Added 2-10-2003 by Ord. No. 431; amended 1-23-2006 by Ord. No.
489; 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 527]
A.
No person shall fail to move an illegally parked,
stopped or standing vehicle after being cited for such illegal parking,
stopping or standing. No person shall fail to obey a police officer's
order to move an illegally parked, stopped or standing vehicle.
B.
Vehicles deemed abandoned.
(1)
Any vehicle that has been parked on public or private
property (including any private street) not posted as a tow-away zone,
without being moved for at least 72 hours, and which has been the
subject of a citation for a violation of parking restrictions at least
twice during that time period shall be deemed abandoned.
(2)
A law enforcement officer shall affix a brightly colored warning to any vehicle which is deemed abandoned under Subsection B(1), giving notice that the vehicle must be moved within 15 hours of the time of such notice or be subject to removal and impoundment. Upon the expiration of said time period, a law enforcement officer shall make arrangements for such removal and impoundment, and shall notify the Village Police Department and the Racine County Sheriff's Department that such action has been taken.
C.
Vehicles parked, stopped or standing illegally.
(1)
Pursuant to § 349.13, Wis. Stats., whenever
any law enforcement officer finds a vehicle parked, stopped or standing
on a highway in violation of any of the officially posted provisions
of this chapter, or parked, stopped or standing in violation of Ch.
346, Wis. Stats., or obstructing the roadway, the officer is authorized
to require the owner or operator in charge thereof to move the vehicle
to a position to which parking is not prohibited, or to have the vehicle
towed to a storage facility by an authorized towing service. The officer
shall notify the Village Police Department and the Racine County Sheriff's
Department when a vehicle is towed. The officer shall also notify
the towing service of the name and last-known address of the registered
owner and all lienholders of record of the vehicle within 24 hours
of the removal of the vehicle.
(2)
In addition to other penalties provided by this chapter,
the owner or operator of a vehicle towed to a storage facility shall
pay the actual reasonable charges of the towing service, along with
the actual reasonable charges for storage of the vehicle. Upon payment,
a receipt shall be issued for the towing and storage charges, and
the vehicle may be released to the owner thereof.
(3)
In the event that the owner or operator is determined
by a court to be not guilty of the citation upon which removal and
storage was based, or the Village Attorney declines to prosecute said
citation, the Village shall refund the towing charges upon showing
proof of payment for said charges.
(4)
If a vehicle has been removed and/or impounded pursuant
to this section, the provisions of § 779.415, Wis. Stats.
shall apply.
