Sun Prairie, WI Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

010 makes it unlawful to leave any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home unattended on a public street or on private or public property under circumstances making it reasonably appear abandoned; once 48 hours pass without the property owner's permission, the vehicle is deemed abandoned and constitutes a public nuisance. A vehicle is irrebuttably presumed unattended if it sits in the same spot 48 hours after a citation is placed on the windshield. 030 before it may be sold or junked. 080 caps how long a disassembled, inoperable, unlicensed, junked or wrecked vehicle, truck body, tractor, trailer or piece of farm machinery may sit in the open on private property at five days, unless it is connected to a properly licensed and zoned auto sales, repair or storage business.

Registered antique or collector vehicles may be stored with unlicensed parts if screened from public view by a fence, fast-growing trees or shrubbery. Once the police department or building inspection department cites a violation, the vehicle must be removed from the property for at least 180 days; the chief of police or building inspector may grant a one-time extension of up to 30 additional days for exceptional circumstances.