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 or public parking
lots in the City of Fox Lake for a period of 48 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 may recover the possession thereof.
B.
Posted limitations.
(1)
The Common 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 Common 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 Chief of Police and/or Director
of Public Works 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 limited parking signs be erected
during parades, festivals and other authorized events that require
the regulating of vehicle stopping, standing or parking on City roadways.
The temporary regulation shall be limited to the time the event exists
or is likely to exist.
C.
Parking during special 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 Chief of Police and/or Director
of Public Works of the City indicating no parking due to special snow
removal activities.
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. "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.[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)
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.
(7)
In any place or manner so as to obstruct, block or impede traffic.
(8)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater distance is indicated
by an official traffic sign.
(9)
Upon any portion of a highway where and at the time when parking
is prohibited, limited or restricted by official traffic signs.
(10)
Upon any bridge.
(11)
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.
(12)
In a loading zone.
(14)
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 City of Fox Lake 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.
E.
No-parking areas. The Common Council shall have the power to determine
and mark those portions of the streets within the City within which
no vehicle shall be parked and may designate such no parking limits
by a suitable sign indicating the limits within which no parking is
to be allowed, and when any street or portion of street is so set
off and designated by the sign "No Parking," then no person shall
park any vehicle within such prohibited area.
F.
No person shall park more than three vehicles for longer than 72 hours in a front yard or on a paved or graveled driveway. No vehicle may be parked within five feet of a front property line or within three feet of a side property line, as provided in § 520-45 of this Code. This subsection shall not apply to a car dealership.
[Added 10-15-2002[3]]
When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 462-3 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 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 subsection, 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 Fox Lake 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.
Two-hour parking. When signs are erected in any block giving notice
thereof, no person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours
at any time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Sundays and legal
holidays, upon the following streets or portions of streets:
[Amended 1-5-2011]
(1)
State Street between Spring Street and the outlet bridge of Fox Lake.
B.
Overnight parking. No person shall park a motor vehicle other than
a privately owned passenger automobile on the City streets between
9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
C.
Truck parking in City parks. No person shall park any truck, automotive
tractor, trailer or semitrailer, except a pickup truck with a capacity
of one ton or less, for more than one hour in any park in the City.
A.
Parking during snow removal season. No person shall park a motor
vehicle on the City streets from December 1 to April 1, the snow removal
season, between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B.
Exception. A person may park a motor vehicle on City streets from
December 1 to April 1 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.
if the person complies with all of the following:
(2)
A new permit for each vehicle must be procured and purchased each
month and the price of the permit shall not be prorated for a portion
of the month.
(3)
Permit parking shall only be permitted on the even side of the street
on even dates and the odd side of the street on odd dates. Even side
and odd side of streets are determined by the house numbers on the
sides of the street.
(4)
The parking permit shall be displayed on the driver's side door window
and shall be plainly visible.
(5)
If a snow emergency is declared, the parking permit would be void
during the period of the snow emergency and no parking would be allowed
on City streets during the period of the snow emergency.
(6)
The permit holder shall remove all snow accumulated around the permit
holder's vehicle(s) if snow accumulates around the vehicle(s) due
to a snowplowing operation while the vehicle is parked overnight as
provided for herein within 12 hours of the accumulation.
(7)
For a violation of this section, a snowplow operator may report an
offending vehicle's license number to the City police for issuance
of a citation.
A.
Street parking. No person owning or having control of any truck,
trailer, truck power unit, tractor, bus or recreation vehicle or combination
of vehicles weighing in excess of 14,000 pounds gross weight, or over
20 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 between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. One-hour parking
will be allowed between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The provisions of
this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the lawful temporary
parking of such equipment upon any street, avenue or public way in
the City for the actual loading or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise;
provided, however, that "loading" and "unloading," as used in this
subsection, shall be limited to the actual time consumed in such operation.
The Common Council may, however, designate specific truck parking
zones.[1]
B.
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.
C.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsection A or B above may be removed from the street by order of a law enforcement officer, pursuant to § 462-25, 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 notice of parking violation or other 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 in any private parking lot held out for the use of parking for
the general public.
B.
Traffic regulations applicable. All provisions of § 462-1 of this chapter and of the Wisconsin Statutes and laws incorporated herein by reference shall be applicable on any public parking lot and on any private parking lot or road 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 law enforcement officer. Any law enforcement officer,
after issuing a notice of parking violation 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. Any law enforcement 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.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 118.105, Wis. Stats.,
the following regulations shall apply to the grounds of the Fox Lake
School District located within the City:
A.
Speed limit. No person shall operate a motor vehicle on school premises
where motor vehicle traffic is permitted at a speed in excess of 15
miles per hour.
B.
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.
[Added 5-2-2012]
A.
Permit parking. Parking permits shall be available to semi-truck
and trailer operators which shall entitle the holder to occupy a parking
space in the following public parking lot deemed specifically for
semi-truck and trailer parking, as identified by signs:
(1)
The parking lot located at the north end of Ann Street and east end
of Jay Street behind the public works garage located at 110 Warehouse
Street.
B.
Parking permit issuance. A parking permit shall be available for
such fee as determined from time to time by resolution of the Common
Council. The parking permit shall be valid for 24 consecutive hours
on any day of the week. A permit issued under this section shall be
valid during the time frame that it has been issued; the dates shall
be reflected on the permit. The permit and costs shall not be prorated;
the permit will be issued based on a monthly calendar period. The
permit may be obtained at City Hall upon payment of the prescribed
fee and submittal of a completed application. No person shall duplicate
a parking permit issued under this section.
C.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsections A and B may be removed from the parking lot by order of a law enforcement officer, pursuant to § 462-25, and the expense of moving and storing such vehicle shall be paid by the owner or operator of said vehicle as a forfeiture in addition to penalties hereinafter prescribed.
