A. 
Twenty-four-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 street or public parking lot in the Village of New Glarus for a period of 24 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 Village 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 Village Board 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 Village 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.
(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 Chief of Police 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 Village roadway or any part thereof, the Director of Public Works shall post such highways or parts thereof with appropriate "no parking" signs. Such signs shall be erected prior to 6:00 a.m. on the day the 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 "no parking" signs be erected during parades, festivals and other authorized events that require the regulating of vehicles stopping, standing or parking on Village 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 Director of Public Works indicating no parking. Such signs shall be erected prior to 6:00 a.m. on the day the work is to be commenced.
[Amended 11-7-2006 by Ord. No. 06-09; 2-17-2021 by Ord. No. 21-01]
A. 
Stopping or parking prohibited in certain specified places. No person shall stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, in any of the following places:
(1) 
Within an intersection.
(2) 
On a crosswalk.
(3) 
On a sidewalk.
(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 15 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station or directly across the highway from such entrance.
(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, or at any time upon any street or portion of any street along any curb painted yellow as authorized by the Village Board.
(8) 
In any place or manner so as to obstruct, block or impede traffic.
(9) 
Upon any bridge.
(10) 
Upon any terrace area when such parking creates a vision obstruction for regular vehicular traffic.
(11) 
Upon any street or highway within the Village 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.
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 restrict unreasonably 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 prohibited. No person shall stand or park a vehicle on any street, alley, public right-of-way or municipal parking lot in the Village for the purpose of repairing said vehicle.
E. 
Parking prohibited in certain specified places. No person shall stop or leave any vehicle standing in any of the following places, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in receiving or discharging passengers and while the vehicle is attended by a licensed operator so that it may promptly be moved in case of an emergency or to avoid obstruction of traffic:
(1) 
In a loading zone.
(2) 
In an alley in a business district.
(3) 
Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, unless a greater distance is indicated by an official traffic sign.
(4) 
Within four feet of the entrance to an alley or a private road or driveway.
(5) 
Closer than 15 feet to the near limits of a crosswalk.
(6) 
Upon any portion of a highway where and at the time when parking is prohibited, limited or restricted by official traffic signs.
F. 
Parking within four feet of a mailbox prohibited. Between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Monday through Sunday, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within four feet on either side of a mailbox which is placed and equipped for the purpose of depositing mail from vehicles on the roadway, except:
(1) 
Temporarily stopped for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the loading or unloading or receiving or discharging of passengers and while attended by a licensed operator so that it may be immediately moved to allow for the delivery or retrieval of mail.
(2) 
When a person is stopping, standing or parking a vehicle within four feet of their own mailbox, except as set forth under Subsection F(3) below, provided that while doing so, they are not within four feet of another person's mailbox.
(3) 
Temporarily stopped for the purpose and while actually engaged in the delivery or retrieval of mail or newspapers and while attended by a licensed operator so that it may be immediately moved to allow for the delivery or retrieval of mail.
[Amended 7-1-2014 by Ord. No. 14-02]
A. 
When official traffic signs indicating such restriction have been erected in accordance with § 288-3 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. 
The north side of Fourth Avenue west of Second Street shall be reserved for New Glarus Utility parking, as designated by the posted signs.
C. 
One space in the 300 Block of Second Street shall be reserved for police parking, as designated by the posted sign.
[Amended 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-03]
D. 
One space in front of 319 Second Street (Village Hall entrance) shall be designated for use by a physically disabled person (ADA compliant space), as designated by the posted sign.
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-03]
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 Village.
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. 
Angle parking or parking diagonally is prohibited on all the streets, alleys and highways of the Village except as designated in Subsection C and where vehicle parking markers indicate that angle parking is permissible. 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.
(3) 
With a trailer attached or any vehicle longer than 20 feet on any street where angle parking is so provided and allowed.
C. 
Angle parking shall be permitted as indicated by official markings.
[Amended 10-22-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
A. 
Two-hour parking. Only two-hour parking shall be permitted on the following designated streets between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays:
(1) 
Sixth Avenue from Railroad Street to First Street.
(2) 
First Street from Sixth Avenue to Fifth Avenue.
(3) 
Fifth Avenue from First Street to Second Street.
(4) 
Second Street from Fifth Avenue to Fourth Avenue.
(5) 
The west side of Second Street from Fourth Avenue north to the alley adjacent to 313 Second Street.
[Amended 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-04; 7-1-2014 by Ord. No. 14-02]
B. 
Fifteen-minute parking. Only fifteen-minute parking shall be permitted in those areas so designated near the post office on Railroad Street and Sixth Avenue.
C. 
No parking between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. There shall be no parking during the hours of 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the following streets:
[Amended 5-18-2004 by Ord. No. 04-05; 10-22-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
(1) 
Sixth Avenue from Railroad Street to Second Street.
(2) 
First Street from Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue.
[Amended 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 11-03; 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-03]
(3) 
Fifth Avenue from Railroad Street to Second Street.
(4) 
Second Street from Fifth Avenue to First Avenue.
(5) 
The east side of Second Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
(6) 
The east side of Railroad Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. This restriction does not apply to the first three marked and reserved stalls, directly to the north of Sixth Avenue. These are reserved for three United States Postal Service vehicles parked in those stalls for their official postal use.
[Amended 11-5-2019 by Ord. No. 19-04; 1-3-2023 by Ord. No. 23-02]
(7) 
In the municipal parking lot on Railroad Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues.
D. 
No parking between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. There shall be no parking during the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the east and west sides of Railroad Street between Third and Fourth Avenues.
[Amended 9-5-2000 by Ord. No. 00-02; 10-22-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07]
A. 
The north side of Fifth Avenue from Third Street to Sixth Street.
B. 
The east side of Second Street between Sixth Avenue and the southern intersection with 14th Avenue.
C. 
The east side of Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
D. 
The south side of First Avenue between Second and Third Streets.
E. 
The west side of Second Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, with the exception of designated parking spaces on the east side near Sixth Avenue.
F. 
The north side of First Avenue from Second Street east to its end.
G. 
The south side of Fourth Avenue from Third Street east to a point 90 feet from the intersection.
H. 
The north side of Fourth Avenue from the west edge of the driveway at Fourth Street to a point 165 feet east.
I. 
The east side of Third Street between Second and Third Avenues.
J. 
The west side of Second Street from First Avenue to a point 170 feet north of the intersection.
K. 
The north and south side of Sixth Avenue between State Highway 69 and Railroad Street.
L. 
Kubly Road from State Highway 69 to the bridge.
M. 
The east side of Highway 69 from County Highway W to 12th Avenue.
N. 
The west side of State Highway 69 from 1/10 mile south of 14th Avenue to 1/10 mile north of Sixth Avenue.
O. 
The west side of Railroad Street from Fifth Avenue to the south edge of the driveway north of the post office.
P. 
The east side of Railroad Street from Fifth Avenue north to the DNR property driveway.
Q. 
State Highway 39 (also known as Sixth Avenue) from Seventh Street west.
[Amended 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 11-03]
R. 
The east and west side of Elmer Road beginning 100 feet north of the northern intersection with Valle Tell Drive and ending 100 feet south of the said intersection, as marked.
[Added 3-20-2012 by Ord. No. 12-01]
S. 
A twenty-five-foot area on the north side of Industrial Drive located directly across from the loading dock of 215 Industrial Drive.
[Added 10-15-2013 by Ord. No. 13-03]
T. 
The first 100 feet of the west side of Railroad Street south of Seventh Avenue, as marked.
[Amended 3-17-2015 by Ord. No. 15-02]
U. 
The west side of Second Street, 83 feet south from the center line of Second Street and Fourteenth Avenue and 50 feet north from the southern property line of 1401 Second Street (Parcel Number 2316106640000).
[Added 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 16-04]
V. 
Tenth Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, during the alternate-side winter parking time period, prescribed in § 288-22.
[Added 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 18-03]
W. 
The east side of Railroad Street between Sixth Avenue to Ninth Avenue.
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01]
X. 
The south side of Fourth Avenue from Sixth Street west for 100 feet.
[Added 4-16-2019 by Ord. No. 19-01]
Y. 
The south side of Eleventh Avenue between First and Second Street.
[Added 1-17-2022 by Ord. No. 23-03]
A. 
No person shall park any motor vehicle on any avenue or street in the Village between November 15 of any year and March 31 of the succeeding year between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., except in accordance with the terms of this section.
B. 
Between the dates and during the times specified in Subsection A, parking on Village streets and avenues shall be allowed on the even-numbered side of the street and avenue on the even-numbered days of the month and on the odd-numbered side of the street and avenue on the odd-numbered days of the month.
C. 
Sides of streets and avenues are hereby defined as odd or even in accordance with the last digit of the house or building number of the buildings on that particular side of the street.
D. 
Nothing in this section would permit parking in any area where parking is otherwise specifically prohibited or limited by official signs and/or markings.
E. 
The following shall be exempted from the provisions of this section:
[Amended 11-16-2004 by Ord. No. 04-12; 10-22-2008 by Ord. No. 08-07; 2-15-2011 by Ord. No. 11-03]
(1) 
County Trunk Highway W.
(2) 
Kubly Road.
(3) 
Second Street between Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Avenue.
(4) 
First Avenue between First and Third Streets.
(5) 
Elmer Road from Kubly Road south to the Village limits.
(6) 
Third Street between Second and Third Avenues.
(7) 
Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
No person other than the owner or operator thereof shall remove a Village parking ticket 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 § 288-1 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 traffic officer, to a position where parking is permitted or to a private or public parking or storage premises.
C. 
Removal by traffic officer. Any traffic 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. The 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.
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 or parking lot longer than 24 hours after notification thereof by the Police Department. Notification shall be accomplished by placing in a conspicuous place on the vehicle and by mailing or serving upon the owner or occupant in charge of the premises a written notice setting forth briefly the applicable provisions of this section and the date of the notice. Any vehicle so tagged which is not removed within 24 hours after notice is declared to be a public nuisance and may be removed as provided in § 288-25.
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 Village.
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Editor's Note: See also Ch. 229, Art. I, Junked Vehicles and Appliances.
[Added 4-17-2012 by Ord. No. 12-05]
No person shall leave attended or unattended any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or mobile home on a public street or highway, not currently registered and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle to reasonably appear to have been unregistered for not less than 30 days. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whenever any vehicle has been found unregistered it may be cited for the violation, towed or impounded at the owner’s expense. Fine: $50.
[Amended 7-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-04]
No person owning or having control of any trailer, boat trailer, snowmobile trailer, bus, camper, farm implement, or recreation vehicle shall park the same upon any street, avenue, Village parking lot or other public way in the Village between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. In addition, no truck, power unit, or other vehicle with a weight in excess of 12,000 pounds, or over 16 feet in length, or having a height of more than eight feet from the roadway, shall park the same upon any street, avenue, Village parking lot or other public way in the Village between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the lawful parking of such equipment upon any street, avenue, Village parking lot, or other public way in the Village for the actual loading or unloading of goods, wares, or merchandise; providing, however, that "loading" and "unloading," as used in this section, shall be limited to the actual time consumed in such operation. The Police Department may, however, designate specific parking zones and issue permits for parking in those zones.