When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with §
360-3 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/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.
[Amended 8-9-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-06]
A. From the 15th day of November to the 15th day of April of the following year, no person shall park any vehicle for a period of time longer than 15 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day on any street or highway area in the City of Princeton without first having obtained a permit as set forth in Subsection
E.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles on emergency
calls.
C. Signs must be erected at or reasonably near the corporate limits of the City pursuant to § 349.13, Wis. Stats., to validate the above parking provisions of Subsection
A above. In addition, the City Council may approve signs to be placed within corporate limits, specifically upon Water Street, Pearl Street, and Washington Street.
D. Any vehicles found to be in violation of this section may be removed
and stored at the owner's expense.
E. Permit requirements.
(1) No permit shall be issued by the City Administrator without having
first received a completed application and the corresponding permit
fee.
(2) The permit fee as prescribed in Chapter
182, Fees, shall be paid prior to issuance of a permit.
(3) Any parking permit granted hereunder may not be assigned or transferred
to any other person or vehicle.
(4) The permit does not exempt persons from parking vehicles during snow advisories as set forth in Subsection
G.
F. Application for a permit. Any person desiring to park a vehicle on any street or highway area in the City of Princeton during the times and dates as noted in Subsection
A shall file a completed application to the City Administrator on the form provided. A completed form shall include the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the vehicle owner.
(2) The make, model, year, color, and vehicle identification number (VIN)
of the vehicle to be permitted.
(3) The license plate number/letters of the vehicle to be permitted.
(4) Any other item of information that may be reasonably required by
the City Administrator or other City officials for the purpose of
application evaluation.
G. Snow emergencies. No person shall park any vehicle on any street
or highway area in the City of Princeton during a snow emergency.
"Snow emergencies" are defined as any time that two or more inches
of snow has accumulated and/or a television or radio broadcast has
declared a winter storm advisory for the City of Princeton and its
surrounding area.
H. Snow removal.
[Amended 9-27-2016 by Ord. No. 02-2016]
(1) Any person who has failed to move his/her parked vehicle during a
snow emergency and as a result the snowplow was forced to move snow
around the vehicle, the vehicle owner is responsible to move the snow
from the parking and roadway area.
(2) For a permit holder that fails to remove his/her vehicle during a
snow emergency event, their permit will be revoked, the vehicle ticketed,
and the vehicle may be removed (towed) and stored at the owner's expense,
in addition to the responsibility of moving the snow off the roadway
and parking area.
(3) Should the snow not be removed from the roadway and parking area
as required causing the City to remove the snow, the cost of $50/hour
plus the current rate for use of the equipment associated with the
snow removal will be charged to the owner of the vehicle.
No person other than the owner or operator thereof shall remove
a City parking citation from a motor vehicle.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 118.105, Wis. Stats.,
the following regulations shall apply to the grounds of the Princeton
Public School District located within the City of Princeton:
A. Parking. All parking on any grounds of the Princeton School District
from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shall be restricted to 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.
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.
E. Miscellaneous rules.
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on such school premises at
a rapid or sudden acceleration with the intent of squealing tires
or leaving tire marks.
(2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on such premises across parking
lot islands or parking lot dividers.
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.