Fitchburg, WI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Use limit
- Handicapped passenger pick-up/drop-off only
- Time cap
- 15 minutes, § 68-215(a)
- Zone designation
- Board of public works, by resolution
- Required recommendation
- Chief of police or public works director
- First-offense forfeiture
- $25 to $500
Summary
Fitchburg, Wisconsin reserves signed loading zones for handicapped passenger loading only: Fitchburg City Code § 68-215 bars anyone from parking there except to load or unload a handicapped person, caps that use at 15 minutes, and lets the board of public works create new zones on the recommendation of the chief of police or the director of public works.
(a)When signs are erected giving notice thereof, no person shall park any vehicle within a handicapped loading zone, at the indicated times, unless they are directly engaged in loading or unloading a handicapped person. Vehicles may park in the handicapped loading zone for up to 15 minutes for the purpose of loading or unloading a handicapped passenger.(b)The board of public works may authorize, by resolution or otherwise, the issuance of permits for handicapped loading zones upon recommendation of the chief of police or director of public works.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 30).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 68's loading-zone rule in Fitchburg City Code § 68-215 is narrower than a general commercial loading zone: it only covers zones the city has specifically signed for handicapped passenger loading. Once those signs are up, no driver may occupy the space unless they are actively loading or unloading a person with a disability, and even a qualifying driver only gets 15 minutes before the space must be cleared for the next vehicle. Subsection (b) puts the board of public works in charge of designating new handicapped loading zones citywide, but only on a formal recommendation from the chief of police or the director of public works, giving both the enforcing agency and the roads department a say before a curb space is converted.
The city's general commercial loading needs, by contrast, are addressed elsewhere in Chapter 68's prohibited-parking division through location-specific carve-outs like the bus-stop exception in § 68-235, which lets a driver stop briefly for passenger loading without violating the bus-stop restriction, rather than through a citywide commercial loading-dock ordinance. Fitchburg does not appear to run a separate downtown commercial loading-hours program the way larger cities do; its loading-zone regulation in the code is built specifically around the handicapped-access use case.
Violations & Fines
Parking in a signed handicapped loading zone without actively loading or unloading a handicapped passenger, or overstaying the 15-minute limit, is a nonmoving violation under § 68-341, drawing the § 1-21 forfeiture: $25.00 to $500.00 for a first offense and $50.00 to $1,000.00 for a repeat offense within a year, plus prosecution costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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