De Pere, WI Parking Rules: Driveway Rules (2026)

Section 150-14 of the De Pere Code of Ordinances regulates where vehicles can sit on residential lots that face a public street. Subsection (b) bans parking in any unpaved parkway, defined as the strip of city right-of-way between the curb line and the sidewalk edge farthest from the street's centerline. Parking on the paved portion of a parkway is allowed except between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. The section also blocks a homeowner from paving over an unpaved parkway on their own: no unpaved parkway can be paved except a driveway apron built as part of new construction after February 17, 1981, unless the traffic and parking committee grants express permission on application.

Subsection (c) turns to the yard itself. No vehicle can be parked in a front setback area or corner side yard setback area adjoining a public street, and the code defines both terms: the front setback area runs from the inside sidewalk line to the front corner of the building or the zoning ordinance's front yard setback line, while the corner side yard setback area runs from the sidewalk to the building's side or its zoning side-yard line. The single carve-out is a permanent driveway constructed under section 14.80, and even that parking cannot conflict with any other Code provision.

Subsection (d) adds a third layer for property dedicated to public use, including mapped but unopened streets and alleys: parking there is barred unless the city has surfaced the area or designated it for public parking, and towable trailers or campers detached from a motor vehicle cannot sit in any area set aside for public parking. The section was last amended by Ordinance No. 04-03 in January 2004.