[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Allouez as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 4-21-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03 (§§ 5.03 and 5.15
of the Village Code)]
The purpose of this article is to define and regulate particular
types of vehicles and equipment that are authorized to park on Village
streets and on residential and commercial zoned property outside of
an enclosed garage, and under what conditions, as well as restrict
or exclude certain vehicles and equipment from such parking.
[Amended 5-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Wheeled vehicles not exceeding 26 feet in length, either
motorized or nonmotorized, capable of being moved by their own power
or transported by another vehicle, including, without limitation,
all classes of motor homes, recreational vehicles, travel trailers,
pop-up campers, and such other vehicles which are built and/or manufactured
for being readily located to and from temporary recreational facilities
and which are designed for human habitation.
The driveway of the residence only.
A nonautomotive vehicle designed to be hauled over the road
as a vehicle for transporting something and is enclosed on all sides.
This definition includes all types of trailers that are used to transport
miscellaneous cargo and material but not suitable for human conveyance
or habitation. For the purpose of this article, this is inclusive
of enclosed trailers and not utility trailers as defined in this section.
Enclosed trailers are not to exceed 20 feet in length.
Parking on the streets of the Village is authorized April
1 through October 31. Parking on the streets of the Village is prohibited
from November 1 through March 31. These general standards are subject
to modification and are modified where parking or no-parking signage
is installed.
A parking or storage area surfaced with concrete, blacktop,
porous pavement, bituminous paving, paving brick, patio block, and
other like materials which is sufficient to support the size and weight
of the item to be parked or stored.
A self-propelled device used or intended to be used for the
transportation of freight or passengers upon a street or highway or
off road.
Vehicles and equipment encompassed by this article must be
owned, commercially leased, or commercially rented by a person who
is a permanent resident at the subject address, and such permanent
resident must, upon demand by any law enforcement officer or authorized
agent of the Village, produce satisfactory documentary evidence thereof.
An individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
governmental agency, or combination thereof holding legal title and/or
otherwise owning the particular vehicle and/or equipment in question.
Licensed as appropriate and/or required and mechanically
and/or functionally operable for the purposes intended, to include,
without limitation, tires inflated and properly working safety equipment
as intended by the manufacturer. No vehicles and/or equipment subject
to this article may have the wheels removed and placed upon block,
except for repair purposes which shall be accomplished as expeditiously
as reasonably practicable.
Trailers designed for the storage and transport of watercraft,
motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.
A section of the yard that extends between the front line
setback of the main building and the rear line setback of the main
building and from the side of the main building to the side lot line.
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A portable structure made of skins, canvas, plastic, or like
material and supported by poles or a frame secured by ropes fastened
to stakes or pegs in the ground.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-02]
An unenclosed, nonmotorized, wheeled piece of equipment with
a cargo surface, not exceeding 10 feet in length and six feet in width,
designed to be hauled over the road and which is used periodically
and on a temporary basis to transport brush, equipment, cargo and
other materials, and which is not used for the permanent or semipermanent
storage of the same, and which is not suitable for human conveyance
or habitation.
Any boat, vessel or craft designed specifically for movement
on the surface of the water.
[Amended 2-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-02; 5-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-02]
A.
Parking restrictions and exceptions. The parking of seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers and camping equipment, as defined in § 318-2 of this article, shall not be allowed in the front, side or rear yard of any residentially or commercially zoned property, whether or not enclosed or fenced, with the following exceptions and conditions, and then only on a hard surface as defined herein:
(1)
Seasonal use trailers for motorcycles shall be permitted to park
in the driveway or side yard from March 1 through November 30. Seasonal
use trailers for watercraft shall be permitted to park in the driveway
or side yard from March 1 through November 30. Seasonal use trailers
for snowmobiles shall be permitted to park in the driveway or side
yard from November 1 through March 31. Seasonal use trailers for all-terrain
vehicles shall be permitted to park in the driveway or side yard year
round, provided that the all-terrain vehicle is actually being used
as opposed to parking merely for storage purposes. No watercraft,
snowmobile, or all-terrain vehicle shall be stored in the driveway
or side yard of a residentially or commercially zoned property as
herein permitted except upon a seasonal use trailer. In the event
that the seasonal use trailer is not being utilized for the storage
of watercraft, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles and
is otherwise empty, it may be stored in the driveway or side yard
year round.
[Amended 11-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
(2)
The Village Administrator has the authority to adjust the dates forward
for parking of seasonal use trailers based upon weather conditions.
(3)
Camping equipment may park in the driveway or side yard of residentially
zoned property from March 1 through November 30.
[Amended 11-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10; 8-1-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
(4)
Vehicles, machinery and equipment used for construction activities
shall not be stored or parked on residentially or commercially zoned
property except during the course of ongoing and continuously progressing
construction activities at that property.
(5)
One utility trailer may be parked in the driveway or rear or side
yard of a residentially zoned property year round and need not be
on a hard surface.
(6)
Nothing herein shall limit or otherwise affect a resident's ability
to store any seasonal use trailer, utility trailer, enclosed trailer
and/or item of camping equipment entirely within the confines of the
resident's garage or other permitted accessory structure.
(7)
All seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers, and
camping equipment permitted for parking under this article shall not
park within four feet of the lot line or required Zoning Code setback,
whichever is greater. In addition, no such items shall be permitted
to park more than 10 feet from the primary structure housed on the
lot measured to the furthest point away from the structure.
(8)
The parking of more than two seasonal use trailers, enclosed trailers,
utility trailers, and/or items of camping equipment simultaneously
on a residentially or commercially zoned property is prohibited. This
quantity limitation shall not apply, and there shall not be counted,
any such item(s) parked and/or stored entirely within the confines
of the resident's garage or other permitted accessory structure.
[Amended 11-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-06]
(9)
Enclosed trailers are permitted to be parked in the driveway or side
yard year round.
(10)
Tent structures are to be used for recreational purposes only.
A tent structure shall not be used for storage purposes. A tent is
for temporary uses only; 72 hours.
[Added 3-19-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-02]
B.
Living and sleeping purposes. Use of camping equipment for living
or sleeping purposes is permitted on a temporary basis in residentially
zoned districts only under the following conditions:
(1)
Such use of camping equipment shall only be permitted on premises
with an existing house and not on a vacant parcel of land.
(2)
No monetary gain shall be realized by the property owner.
(3)
The vehicle must be parked on a hard surface no closer than four
feet to any lot line or the required setback, whichever is greater.
(4)
The parking area for "A" Residential lots are the property owners'
designated driveways that lead to a garage. No other parking areas
would be allowed in the front yard.
(5)
The combined use of any camping equipment for temporary living and
sleeping purposes may not exceed 10 days within any calendar year.
(6)
The use of internal combustion engines is not permitted for generation
of electricity.
(7)
For purposes of this subsection only, such camping equipment need
not be owned/maintained by the Village resident.
C.
Owned/maintained and proper working condition. All vehicles and equipment
subject to this article shall be at all times owned/maintained and
be in proper working condition and have necessary safety equipment
and accessories also in proper working condition as required by law.
By the act of parking vehicles or equipment on his property or Village
streets as provided herein, the property owner does thereby grant
to any law enforcement officer, or authorized agent of the Village,
express consent to enter upon such property without notice for the
purpose of inspecting and verifying that any vehicles or equipment
parked thereon are in compliance with this article.
D.
Street parking. Except as hereinafter provided, no owner shall park
or leave standing any seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed
trailers, camping equipment, and/or any other item of machinery or
equipment which is designed to be towed behind a motor vehicle, regardless
of whether or not it is properly hitched, coupled or secured to a
motor vehicle, upon any Village street, alley or public way. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to modify, alter or change the general
street parking prohibition established by separate Village ordinance.
E.
Vision triangle/obstruction. All seasonal use trailers, utility trailers,
enclosed trailers, and camping equipment shall not be parked on the
property or on any Village street so as to block line of sight for
general vehicular traffic or otherwise cause a "blind spot" for other
drivers backing their vehicles onto or driving upon any Village street,
alley or public way. Parking on a sidewalk or the blocking of sidewalk
access is prohibited.
F.
Unloading. Except as provided herein, camping equipment shall not
be parked on residentially or commercially zoned property or on the
streets, alleys or public ways of the Village of Allouez, except for
the purposes of loading or unloading, cleaning or maintenance for
a period not to exceed 24 hours.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-02]
G.
Manufactured homes. Nonmotorized vehicles built for semipermanent
or permanent human habitation, commonly referred to as "manufactured
homes" or "house trailers," regardless of size or configuration or
whether the wheels are removed, shall not be parked and/or stored
on any residentially or commercially zoned property or on any Village
street, alley or public way.
H.
Parking conditions. All seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers, and camping equipment shall be kept clean and free of debris, litter, rubbish and any waste materials as defined in Chapter 432 of the Village Code. This includes all areas in and around where the seasonal use trailer, utility trailer and/or camping equipment is parked or stored, to include, without limitation, the cutting and trimming of grass around the storage site, removal of weeds, and the preventing of gouging or rutting of the grass and lands of the property in moving the seasonal use trailer, utility trailer and/or camping equipment to the intended parking or storage location.
I.
Other parking restrictions. No person, firm or corporation shall
park, or allow or permit to be parked, stopped, or left standing,
any seasonal use trailer, utility trailer, enclosed trailer, camping
equipment, or any other machinery or equipment which is designed to
be towed behind a motor vehicle, regardless of whether or not it is
properly hitched, coupled or secured to a motor vehicle, upon a Village
street, alley or public way, except as follows:
(1)
Construction sites. This Subsection I does not apply to trailers, machinery and equipment of a person, firm or corporation which is engaged in improvements to real estate in close proximity to where such trailers, machinery and/or equipment is parked, stopped, or standing, and such trailers, machinery and equipment are then being used in the construction of such improvements while actively and continuously progressing, and the presence of the same is properly known to travelers upon the street, alley or public way by lighted warning lights, reflectors, and/or barriers of suitable size and brilliance, and which have been placed in a suitable location in keeping with Village ordinance.
(2)
Loading and unloading. This Subsection I does not apply to seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers, and/or other machinery and equipment which is temporarily stopped, standing or parked for the purpose of being, and while actually engaged in being, loaded and/or unloaded, provided that it is then hitched, coupled or secured to a motor vehicle which is then currently licensed to be operated on a public highway.
(3)
Hooking up and delivery. This Subsection I does not apply to seasonal use trailers, utility trailers, enclosed trailers, camping equipment and/or other machinery and equipment which is temporarily stopped, standing or parked for:
(a)
The purpose of being hitched, coupled or secured, or being unhitched,
uncoupled or unsecured, to or from a motor vehicle which is currently
licensed to be operated on a public highway and is present on such
street, alley or public way, and is then attended by a person who
is then licensed to operate the vehicle;
(b)
The purpose of being delivered to the premises for storage or
use, or removed from the premises for storage or use, all for a reasonable
period of time; and
(c)
Emergency purposes for as long as the emergency exists.
A.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article, except § 318-3D, upon conviction, shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 and pay the costs of prosecution, or, in the event of failure to pay such forfeiture and costs within the time set by the court, any such person shall be committed to the Brown County jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but every such commitment shall be for a definite term which shall not exceed 90 days. Each act of violation shall constitute a separate offense.[1]
B.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of § 318-3D of this article shall forfeit a sum of $50 plus costs for each calendar day in which a violation occurs, plus court costs and any other costs of prosecution. This remedy shall be in addition to and shall not be exclusive of any and all other remedies of the Village under this article or any other chapter of this Code or as may otherwise be permitted by law.
[Adopted 4-21-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-03 (§ 5.04 of the Village
Code)]
The unsheltered accumulation or storage of wrecked or partially
dismantled or otherwise nonoperating or unlicensed motor vehicles,
and of any other vehicles, machinery, implements, equipment, any parts
thereof, and personal property of any kind which is no longer safely
usable for the purposes for which it was manufactured, hereinafter
collectively described as "said personalty," within the Village of
Allouez is declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public health,
safety and well-being.
The owner, owners, tenants, lessees and occupants of any lot
upon which such accumulation or storage is made, and also the owner,
owners, and lessees of said personalty involved in such storage, all
of whom are hereinafter referred to collectively as "owners," shall
jointly and severally abate the nuisance by promptly moving said personalty
into completely enclosed buildings authorized to be used for such
storage purposes, if the same can be found within the Village, or
otherwise by moving said personalty to a location outside the Village.
Whenever the owners fail to abate the nuisance, the Village
shall move said personalty to a location of its selection, and the
expense thereof shall be billed to the owners, jointly and severally,
which bill shall be recoverable in a suit at law. When said personalty
has been removed and placed in storage by the Village, said personalty
shall be sold by the Village after the lapse of such time as is provided
by § 66.0139, Wis. Stats., or any other applicable provision
of law. If the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to pay the costs
of abatement, the owners shall be jointly and severally liable to
the Village for the balance of the costs, to be recoverable in a suit
at law. If the proceeds are in excess of costs, the balance shall
be paid to the owners or deposited with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
for their use.
Any owner who allows the nuisance described in this article
to exist, or fails to abate the nuisance, shall upon conviction thereof
be subject to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000
for each offense, together with the costs of prosecution, and a separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which such
nuisance is permitted to exist.
