(1)
Forty-eight (48)-hour limitation. No person, firm or corporation shall park or leave standing any automobile, truck, tractor, trailer, machinery or vehicle of any description on any public streets or public parking lots in the Village of Belleville for a period of forty-eight (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 or 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 towed to the facility of the person providing the towing service, and in such case the owner shall pay the costs of removing said vehicle and the storage fees on said vehicle before he or she may recover the possession thereof.
(2)
Posted limitations.
(a)
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 Section 349.13, Wis. Stats.
(b)
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.
(c)
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 Chapter 346, Wis. Stats. The Village Board 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.
(d)
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 prohibition, restriction or limitation.
(e)
After the parking limitations on any given street have expired, any change of location of not more than one (1) stall following expiration of the parking period allowed shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
(3)
Other parking restrictions.
(a)
Parking within four (4) feet of a mailbox prohibited. No person shall leave any vehicle parked, stopped, or standing, on any Village highway or street directly in front of or within four (4) feet in any direction of any United States Postal Service (USPS) approved mailbox, which is located alongside the highway or street, commonly referred as curbside, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or at any other time during which the daily USPS mail is actively being delivered, preventing the USPS mail from being delivered to and/or collected from said mailbox. This section shall not apply to any federal, state, or municipal registered vehicle or emergency vehicle which is engaged in official business.