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 Amery 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/she may recover the possession thereof.
B.
Posted limitations.
(1)
The City 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 City 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 Public Works Department and/or
Police Department 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. For the period
of time during which a community event is being held and upon proper
resolution of the City Council, all or any portion of a street, adjacent
to the area at which the community event is being held, may be designated
as a temporary no parking zone. All such temporary no parking zones
shall be properly designated by an official no parking sign placed
or erected pursuant to the authority and direction of the City Council.
The operator of any motor vehicle shall not park or allow such vehicle
to stand in such temporary no parking zone.
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 temporary signs or barriers by the Public Works and/or
Police Department of the City, indicating no parking due to special
snow-removal work.
D.
Parking
during snow removal. No person shall park, place or leave standing
any automobile, truck or other vehicle on any City-owned parking lot
during snow removal. Individuals must remove parked cars within 24
hours of such event to allow Public Works to clean the area of snow.
[Added 9-1-2021 by Ord. No. 12-2021]
A.
Parking prohibited at all times. No person shall at any time park
or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and
whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following locations:
(1)
Within an intersection.
(2)
On a crosswalk.
(3)
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.
(4)
On the roadway side of any parked vehicle unless double parking is
clearly indicated by official traffic signs or markers.
(5)
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.
(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)
Upon any terrace or sidewalk in the City at any time.
(13)
In a loading zone.
(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.
(16)
Closer than 15 feet to the near limits of a crosswalk.
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 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 Amery 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.
A.
Parking regulated. When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 405-3 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.
B.
Parking designated for physically disabled persons. The following
is designated as restricted parking for a physically disabled person:
(2)
On the west side of Keller Avenue.
(3)
On Elm Street.
(a)
The first parking space east on the south side of Elm Street
east of Keller Avenue.
(4)
On Central Street.
(a)
The first parking space east on the south side of Central Street
east of Keller Avenue.
(5)
On Center Street.
(a)
The last parking space on the north side of Center Street east
of Harriman Avenue.
(6)
On Maple Street.
(a)
The first parking space on the south side of Maple Street east
of Keller Avenue.
(b)
The last parking space on the north side of Maple Street east
of Keller Avenue.
(c)
The first parking space on the north side of Maple Street west
of Keller Avenue.
(d)
The last parking space on the north side of Maple Street east
of Harriman Avenue.
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 unoccupied motor vehicle with the motor or refrigerator
unit running for more than 30 minutes within 300 feet of any residence
within the City of Amery 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/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.
A.
The City Council shall from time to time have certain streets or
portions of streets marked with white lines to designate parallel
or diagonal parking places. Angle parking or parking diagonally is
prohibited on all the streets, alleys and highways of the City except
as provided herein in designated angle parking stalls. All vehicles
shall park parallel to, and within one foot of, the curb except where
streets and parking lots are so marked for angle parking.
B.
No person shall at any time park any vehicle:
(1)
In any direction other than the designated parking angle, where angle
parking spaces are so designated and provided by appropriate markings.
(2)
Backwards into angle parking spaces so designated and provided by
appropriate markings, unless engaged in actual repair, construction
or maintenance work.
(3)
With a trailer attached or any vehicle longer than 20 feet on any
street where angle parking is so provided and allowed.
No person shall park any vehicle for a period of time longer
than 30 minutes between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. of any
day, except physicians on emergency calls, on any of the following
streets:
A.
On Keller Avenue between Maple Street and Baker Street.
[Amended 9-1-2021 by Ord. No. 12-2021]
It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing
any motor vehicle on any City street between November 1 and April
15 between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[Amended 9-1-2021 by Ord. No. 12-2021]
When signs have been erected at or reasonably near the corporate
limits of the City as provided in § 349.13, Wis. Stats.,
no person shall park or leave standing any vehicles on any street
for longer than the period hereinafter specified at any time between
the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., upon the following streets
or portion thereof, except temporarily for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers:
A.
Two-hour parking limit.
(1)
On the east side of Keller Avenue between Central Street and Tower
Street.
(2)
On the west side of Keller Avenue between Baker Street and Burman
Avenue.
(3)
On the east side of Harriman Avenue between Center Street and Maple
Street.
(4)
On Birch Street from the intersection with Harriman Avenue east to
the river.
(5)
On the south side of Maple Street from the intersection with Harriman
Avenue east to Keller Avenue.
(6)
On the north side of Minneapolis from Keller Avenue to the alley.
A.
Parking. No person owning or having control of any truck, trailer,
truck power unit, tractor, bus, recreation vehicle, camping/recreational
use camper, or combination of vehicles weighing in excess of 12,000
pounds gross weight, or over 22 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 of Amery for a continuous period
exceeding one hour between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. The
provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the
lawful temporary parking of such equipment upon any street, avenue,
public way or private property in the City for the actual loading
or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise; provided, however, that
"loading" and "unloading," as used in this section, shall be limited
to the actual time consumed in such operation. The City Council may,
however, designate specific truck parking zones.
C.
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.
D.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsection A, B or C above may be removed from the street by order of a law enforcement officer, pursuant to § 405-30, 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.
E.
Temporary parking by permit of recreational vehicles on City streets.
(1)
Temporary permit required. No person shall park, stop or leave standing
any mobile recreational vehicle or equipment for more than 24 consecutive
hours on any City street, alley, highway, public right-of-way, or
City off-street parking lot unless they possess a temporary parking
permit. In no case may a person inhabit a mobile recreational unit
overnight unless a temporary permit is obtained prior to such habitation
and in no event shall a recreational vehicle be parked in or inhabited
in a City park.
(2)
Definitions. "Mobile recreational vehicle or equipment" means any
boat, boat trailer or unit designed as temporary living quarters for
recreational, camping or travel use, regardless of size or weight,
including, but not limited to, motor homes, travel trailers, pickup
trucks with camping units, pop-up camping trailers, house trailers,
mobile homes, or private or converted buses. The unit may have its
own automotive power or be mounted on or drawn by an automotive vehicle.
(3)
Permit application. A temporary permit may be obtained from the Amery
Police Department where there is no alternative parking available.
Such permit shall be valid for a period of not more than seven consecutive
days. The permit may be renewed up to a maximum period of 14 days
in any calendar year. No permission shall be granted for parking in
lots adjacent to or included in a City park.
No person other than the owner or operator thereof shall remove
a City 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 ramp or in any private parking lot or ramp held out for the use
of parking for the general public.
B.
Traffic regulations applicable. All provisions of § 405-1 of this chapter and of the Wisconsin Statutes and laws incorporated herein by reference shall be applicable on any public parking lot or ramp and on any private parking lot, road or ramp 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 City 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 City law enforcement officer, after
issuing a citation 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. A City 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 which 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.
F.
Liability. No person who removes or stores a vehicle under this section
or otherwise at the request of a law enforcement officer shall incur
any civil liability for the act, except for failure to exercise reasonable
care in the performance of the act or for conduct that is willful,
wanton, or malicious.
G.
Release of personal property.
(1)
A person who has custody of a vehicle removed or stored pursuant
to this section, or otherwise at the request of a law enforcement
officer, shall release the personal property within the vehicle to
the owner of the vehicle during regular office hours upon presentation
by the owner of proper identification.
(2)
PERSONAL PROPERTY
PROPER IDENTIFICATION
As used in this subsection, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
All property within the vehicle which is not mounted, attached
or affixed to the vehicle.
Identification which would be sufficient to establish ownership
to release the vehicle.
(3)
No charge may be assessed against the owner for the removal or release
of personal property.
(4)
If the owner removes the personal property from a motor vehicle under
this subsection, the vehicle shall be deemed abandoned unless the
person enters into a written agreement to pay the full charges for
towing and storage. The owner shall be informed of this provision
by the person who has custody of the vehicle before the property is
released. A vehicle deemed abandoned under this subsection may be
disposed of as are other abandoned vehicles by the Amery Police Department.
H.
Private trespass parking. No vehicle involved in trespass parking
on a private parking lot or facility shall be removed without the
permission of the vehicle owner, except upon the issuance of a repossession
judgment or upon written complaint of the property owner and a citation
for illegal parking issued by the officer.
A.
Storage prohibited. No person owning or having custody of any partially dismantled, nonoperable, wrecked, junked or discarded motor vehicle shall allow such vehicle to remain on any public street or highway, parking lot or ramp longer than 48 hours after notification thereof by the Police Department. Any such vehicle not removed within 48 hours is declared to be a public nuisance and may be removed as provided in § 405-30.
B.
Exemptions. This section shall not apply to a motor vehicle in an
appropriate storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place
and manner authorized by the City of Amery.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 118.105, Wis. Stats.,
the following regulations shall apply to the grounds of the Amery
Public School District located within the City of Amery:
A.
Parking. All parking on any grounds of the Amery 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 15 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 Chapters
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.
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.
