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 Colby 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 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 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 snow removal.
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
or sidewalk 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.
(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)
Within a fire lane consisting of either the driveway between the
front doors of a fire station and the public street or in such places
properly designated and marked as fire lanes ordered by the Fire Chief.
(7)
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.
(8)
In any place or manner so as to obstruct, block or impede traffic.
(9)
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater distance is indicated
by an official traffic sign.
(10)
Upon any portion of a highway where and at the time when parking
is prohibited, limited or restricted by official traffic signs.
(11)
Upon any bridge.
(12)
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.
(13)
In a loading zoning.
(14)
Within four feet of the entrance to an alley, private road or
driveway.
(15)
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 Colby 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; and
(b)
The owner of the vehicle is on the premises or resides there;
and
(c)
The vehicle displayed for sale is parked entirely on the premises;
and
(d)
The premises contain only one vehicle displayed for sale; and
(e)
The advertisement or sign for sale of the vehicle is not larger
than two square feet.
When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 432-3 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 either 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 section, 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 Colby 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.
PARK or PARKING
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
The halting of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading property or passengers.
B.
All-night parking regulated. No person shall park a vehicle on any
street in the City of Colby between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00
a.m. between the 15th day of November and the 15th day of April, inclusive.
C.
Parking, stopping and standing regulated. When signs are erected
in any block giving notice thereof, no person shall park a vehicle
for longer than the period hereinafter specified on the following
streets or portions of streets:
(1)
North Second Street on the east side extending from High Street to
Dolf Street. This prohibition on parking shall apply between the hours
of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on all days when school is in session.
[Amended 1-2-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-1]
A.
PARK or PARKING
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
The halting of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading property or passengers.
B.
State Highway 13. All parking, except for emergencies, shall be prohibited
on the east and west sides of State Highway 13 in the City of Colby.
C.
North Second Street. Parking shall be prohibited on the west side
of North Second Street from High Street to Dolf Street (except for
bus parking, which shall be permitted on the west side of North Second
Street extending north from the north side of the main Colby High
School entrance 220 feet to the corner, except those areas where bus
parking would otherwise not be permitted).
D.
West Dolf Street. There shall be no parking on the north side of
West Dolf Street from North Second Street to 200 feet west of North
Fourth Street between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on days
when school is in session.
E.
West Dolf Street. There shall be no parking on the south side of
West Dolf Street from North Second Street and extending 350 feet west
between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on days when school is
in session.
F.
South East Street. There shall be no parking on the east side of
South East Street from East Broadway to East Clark Street.
G.
Lincoln Street. There shall be no parking on the south and north
sides of Lincoln Street between South Division Street and South Main
Street.
H.
High Street. There shall be no parking on both sides of High Street.
I.
South Second Street. There shall be no parking on the west side of
South Second Street starting 285 feet south of the intersection of
West Clark Street and S Second Street and extending 220 feet south
between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on days when school is
in session.
J.
East Graves Street. There shall be no parking on the south side of
East Graves Street between South Main Street and East Street.
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 12,000 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 6:00 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
of Colby for the actual loading or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise,
provided, however, the "loading" and "unloading," as used in this
section, shall be limited to the actual time consumed in such operation.
The Common Council may, however, designate specific truck parking
zones.
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 § 432-25, 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
from a motor vehicle a City of Colby notice of parking violation or
other parking citation.
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 § 432-1 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 traffic 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 Colby
School District located within the City of Colby:
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.
