Loading and Special Parking Zones.

(1) 

Definitions.

(a) 

Loading Zone. For the purpose of this section, a loading zone is defined as that portion of a public street adjacent to a curb or property line reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles loading or unloading passengers or material.

(b) 

Special Parking Zone. For the purpose of this section, a special parking zone is defined as that portion of a public street adjacent to a curb or property line where parking is limited to thirty (30) minutes or less.

(2) 

Prior Permits Revoked. No loading zone or special parking zone permits shall be valid, except as authorized by Subsection (3). All permits for loading zones or special parking zones granted before the effective date of this section are hereby revoked and may be reissued only in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (3).

(3) 

Permit Required. Loading and special parking zone permits shall be issued by the Director of Public Works after review and approval of the City Engineer. Application for such permit shall be made by the owner or lessee of property abutting the loading or special parking zone areas, shall be made in writing on forms provided and shall be issued upon payment of the fees hereinafter specified. If the application for a permit is denied by the Director of Public Works, an appeal from such decision may be made to the Board of Public Works. The decision of the Board shall be final. All permits shall be for a period of one (1) year or less and shall expire on the first day of May, unless sooner revoked by the Board of Public Works.

(4) 

Fee Required. No permit shall be issued unless there is paid to the City Clerk/Treasurer a fee in accordance with the following schedule:

[Ord. 6546, 11/21/2000; Ord. 6608, 2/19/2002]

(a) 

Initial Application. Three dollars ($3.) for each linear foot of loading or special parking zone in an unmetered area with a minimum fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.); and, four dollars ($4.) for each linear foot of loading or special parking zone in a metered area with a minimum fee of one hundred twenty dollars ($120.).

(b) 

Annual Renewals. Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each linear foot of loading or special parking zone in an unmetered area with a minimum of sixty dollars ($60.); and, three dollars ($3.) for each linear foot of loading or special parking zone in a metered area with a minimum fee of ninety dollars ($90.).

(5) 

Authority of Director. The Director of Public Works or the Board of Public Works may grant a permit with limitations as to the amount of curb space to be utilized or restrictions as to the time of operation of any loading or special parking zone. The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed, upon issuance of a permit, to furnish and erect appropriate signs designating the loading or special parking zone established by the permit. The Director of Public Works is further authorized and directed to remove summarily all loading or special parking zone signs erected without permit.

(6) 

Bus Loading Zones.

(a) 

As an accommodation to motor buses engaged in urban transportation service over fixed routes, the Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to designate, by appropriate signs, loading zones for the reception and discharge of passengers by such motor buses. No permits or fees provided for in this section shall be required, but the Director of Public Works shall maintain a list of approved motor bus loading zones. Where possible, the length of such motor bus loading zones shall be eighty (80) feet, provided that where more than one motor bus may load or unload at the same time in the same loading zone, the Director of Public Works may add an extra forty (40) feet for each additional vehicle permitted to use the area to avoid traffic hazards or excessive delay. When a motor bus loading zone is established in mid-block, or where the rear limit of the zone is at or near the corner, an additional twenty-five (25) feet of no-parking space shall be provided ahead of the regular loading zone for pullout purposes.

(b) 

The operator of any motor bus shall not stop at any place other than an approved loading zone to receive or discharge passengers, unless prevented therefrom by street construction or illegally parked vehicles, and any such operator making use of a motor bus loading zone shall stop in such a manner that any person alighting therefrom or boarding thereon shall be able to board or alight from said motor bus directly from the sidewalk or curbline without entering on or upon the public highway, provided that the latter is free from obstructions which prevent proper approach and that the normal angle of approach is not disturbed by other street obstructions such as double parked vehicles or street constructions.

(7) 

Restricted Parking Zones for Physically Disabled Persons.

[Ord. 5988, 1/19/1993]

(a) 

Residential Disabled Parking Zones.

1. 

Where access to a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person, as defined in § 346.503 of the Wisconsin Statutes, in front of his residence is rendered difficult by reason of existing parking conditions, the City Engineer is authorized to designate, by appropriate signs, a restricted parking zone in the street in front of such physically disabled person's residence. Such zone shall permit parking therein only for vehicles used by a physically disabled person, shall be limited in size to provide parking and maneuvering space for one (1) vehicle only and shall be subject to all applicable parking regulations otherwise in force on such street.

2. 

Persons desiring such a zone may make application to the City Engineer and, the City Engineer, if satisfied that the conditions for establishing such a zone have been met, shall issue a permit to the applicant establishing the disabled parking zone and the location thereof for vehicles used by physically disabled persons. A copy of the permit shall be sent to the Chief of Police. All permits shall be valid for a period of one (1) year or less and shall expire on May 1 of each year. Permits may be renewed where the conditions for establishing a disabled parking zone still exist. The City Engineer may revoke any permit when the conditions for the disabled parking zone are eliminated or where an abuse of the permit is found to exist.

(b) 

Commercial Disabled Parking Zones.

1. 

Where access to a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person in front of or adjacent to a business establishment is rendered difficult by reason of existing parking conditions, the City Engineer is authorized to designate, by appropriate signs, a restricted parking zone or zones in the street in front of or adjacent to the business establishment. Such zone shall permit parking therein only for vehicles used by a physically disabled person, shall be limited in size to provide parking and maneuvering space for one (1) vehicle per permit and shall be subject to all applicable parking regulations otherwise in force on such street.

2. 

The owner of a building or the tenant of a building in which there is a commercial establishment may make application to the City Engineer and, that City Engineer, if satisfied that the conditions for establishing such zone have been met and, if satisfied that there are no conditions adverse to issuing a permit such as traffic congestion or limited parking, may issue a permit to the applicant establishing the disabled parking zone and the location thereof for vehicles used by physically disabled persons. A copy of the permit shall be sent to the Chief of Police. All permits shall be valid for a period of one (1) year or less and shall expire on May 1 of each year. Permits shall be renewed where the conditions for establishing a disabled parking zone still exist. The City Engineer may revoke any permit when the conditions for the disabled zone no longer apply or where an abuse of the permit is found to exist.

3. 

No permit shall be issued pursuant to this subsection, unless the fee set forth in Sec. 10.065(4)(a) is paid for each lineal foot of the Physically Disabled Person Parking Zone.

(c) 

For purposes of this section, a handicapped person is one who, because of some serious physical ailment, has extreme difficulty in moving about on foot.

(d) 

Except for a motor vehicle used by a physically disabled person as defined under Sec. 346.503(1) of the Wisconsin Statutes, no person may park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying special registration plates issued for physical disability under Wisconsin Statutes or special identification card issued under Sec. 343.51 of the Wisconsin Statutes or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person.

[Ord. O-2006-0043, 9/5/2006]

(e) 

No person may park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility so as to obstruct, block or otherwise limit the use of any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying special registration plates issued for physical disability under Wisconsin Statutes or a special identification card issued under Sec. 343.51 of the Wisconsin Statutes or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a physically disabled person.

[Ord. O-2006-0043, 9/5/2006]

(f) 

No person may park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended and whether temporarily or otherwise, upon any portion of a street, highway or parking facility that is clearly marked as and intended to be an access aisle to provide entry to and exit from vehicles by persons with physical disabilities and which is immediately adjacent to any portion of a street, highway or parking facility reserved, by official traffic signs indicating the restriction, for vehicles displaying special registration plates issued for physical disability under Wisconsin Statutes or a special identification card issued under Sec. 343.51 of the Wisconsin Statutes or vehicles registered in another jurisdiction and displaying a registration plate, card or emblem issued by the other jurisdiction which designates the vehicle as a vehicle used by a person with a physical disability.

[Ord. O-2006-0043, 9/5/2006]

(g) 

Any person violating the restrictions set forth in Section 10.065(7)(d), (e) or (f) of this ordinance shall be subject to a forfeiture of three hundred dollars ($300.).

[Ord. O-2006-0043, 9/5/2006]