10 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated towns under county zoning, only one recreational vehicle may be parked on a residentially zoned lot, kept outside the district offset area unless on a driveway, and never in the C-1 Conservancy Overlay. Cities and villages set their own rules.
Waukesha County Basic Zoning Ordinance §3.12(6)B
A maximum of one (1) Recreational Vehicle may be parked on a property zoned for residential use. Recreational Vehicles must be parked outside of the required offset area specified in the District unless parked on a driveway. A Recreational Vehicle may not be parked within the C-1 Conservancy Overlay District.
County zoning requires off-street parking to sit at least 10 feet from the abutting lot line and the base setback line, and driveways must be at least 12 feet wide. Off-street lots for more than four vehicles must be surfaced and kept dustless.
Waukesha County Basic Zoning Ordinance §3.12(3)(A)-(B)
Offset. In any off-street parking area, no vehicle shall be allowed to park closer than ten (10) feet to the abutting lot line. Setback. No vehicle shall be parked closer than ten (10) feet to the Base Setback Line.
County zoning bars parking or storing commercial and industrial vehicles — trucks, buses, semi-trailers, tractors, and equipment — on any lot except in B-3, M-1, M-2, P-I, and Q-1 districts, unless a Conditional Use Permit or a farm/agricultural exception applies.
Waukesha County Basic Zoning Ordinance §3.12(7)
No vehicular equipment of a commercial or industrial nature (such as trucks, construction vehicles, grading equipment, buses, semi-trailers and tractors, and similar vehicles, trailers and related equipment)... shall be parked or stored on any Lot in any zoning district except as permitted in the B-3, M-1, M-2, P-I and Q-1 Districts or except as follows.
Waukesha County does not run its own on-street parking program. Parking on public streets is regulated by the city, village, or town where the street sits, so rules on time limits, permits, and winter bans differ by community.
There is no countywide overnight parking ban. Overnight and winter on-street parking restrictions are set by each municipality. Many Waukesha County communities prohibit overnight or snow-season street parking, so check your city or village ordinance.
Waukesha County has no dedicated ordinance mandating or restricting electric-vehicle charging stations. EV charger installation follows Wisconsin state electrical code and any city, village, or town permitting; the county zoning code sets no EV-specific parking requirement.
Under Wis. Stat. 342.40, a vehicle left unattended without the owner's permission — beyond 48 hours in first-class cities, or a period set locally elsewhere — is deemed abandoned and a public nuisance. A sheriff's deputy or county traffic patrolman may have it removed and impounded.
Wis. Stat. 342.40(1m)
Whenever any vehicle has been left unattended without the permission of the property owner for more than 48 hours in cities of the 1st class and, in other cities, villages and towns, a period set by the governing body thereof, the vehicle is deemed abandoned and constitutes a public nuisance.
Waukesha County does not regulate curb painting or curb color markings — public streets and their curbs are controlled by the municipality or town. Only the local authority may paint or authorize red/yellow no-parking or fire-lane curb markings.
County zoning requires off-street loading space in business and industrial districts: one loading space for every 10,000 square feet (or fraction over 3,000) of commercial building area. Each loading space must be at least 10 by 45 feet, separate from the parking area.
Waukesha County Basic Zoning Ordinance §3.13(1)
In any local business, general business, limited industrial or general industrial district an off-street loading space shall be provided, in addition to the defined off-street parking area, for every ten thousand (10,000) square feet or fraction thereof in excess of three thousand (3,000) square feet of building area... used for commercial purposes.
County zoning treats oversized commercial and industrial vehicles — trucks, buses, semi-trailers, tractors, construction and grading equipment — as prohibited on residential and most lots, allowing them only in specified business/industrial districts or by Conditional Use Permit.
Waukesha County Basic Zoning Ordinance §3.12(7)
No vehicular equipment of a commercial or industrial nature (such as trucks, construction vehicles, grading equipment, buses, semi-trailers and tractors, and similar vehicles, trailers and related equipment)... shall be parked or stored on any Lot in any zoning district except as permitted in the B-3, M-1, M-2, P-I and Q-1 Districts or except as follows.
3 cities in Waukesha County have their own parking rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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