Kenosha, WI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Fee basis
- Per linear foot, annual
- B-3, 24-hour zone
- $25 per foot
- 24-hour zone (other districts)
- $50 per foot
- Business-hours zone (non-B-3)
- $25 per foot
- Payment deadline
- January 2, grace to Jan. 31
- Late payment result
- Zone resolution automatically repealed
Summary
Kenosha lets property occupants apply to the Common Council for a curbside loading zone, but charges an annual per-linear-foot fee that varies by hours of use and zoning district under Code Section 7.11. A 24-hour zone in a B-3 district costs $25 per foot, while a round-the-clock zone anywhere else costs $50, and unpaid fees automatically dissolve the zone.
Definition. A loading zone is that portion of the street frontage, as designated by the Common Council, to be used for the loading or unloading of people or goods and shall not be used for any other type of parking. Every occupant of any premises served by a loading zone shall pay for the privilege of such loading zone an annual fee. The annual fee per linear foot of the length of the loading zone is as follows: In Districts Zoned B-3: For Monday through Sunday, 24 Hours per Day, Holidays Included. .....$25.00 For All Zoning Districts Other Than B-3: For Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M.—5:00 P.M. Each Day, Statutory Holidays Excepted. .....$25.00 For Monday through Friday, 7:00 A.M.—7:00 P.m., and Saturdays, 8:00 A.M.—12:00 Noon, Statutory Holidays Excepted. .....$25.00 For Monday through Sunday, 24 Hours Per Day, Holidays Included. .....$50.00
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 11 Update 1 | Zoning Ordinance: Supplement 9).
Full Breakdown
11 defines a loading zone as street frontage the Common Council designates for loading or unloading people or goods, and it may not be used for any other parking. weekday and Saturday morning schedule outside B-3 districts, costs $25 per foot, with statutory holidays excepted. The fee is due to the City Clerk/Treasurer by January 2 each year; if it is not paid by January 31, the Council resolution creating the zone is automatically repealed, and the Clerk/Treasurer directs the Traffic Engineer to pull the zone's signs.
An applicant for a new zone must deposit the full annual fee per foot with the Clerk/Treasurer before the Council will even consider the request; if the Council denies it, the deposit is refunded for the footage not granted. A zone created partway through the year is prorated in quarters, from the full annual fee if it takes effect in the first three months down to one-quarter of the fee if it takes effect in the final three months of the year.
Violations & Fines
A loading zone is not a general parking spot, and using it for anything other than the loading or unloading of people or goods is enforceable as an improper-parking violation under the City's traffic ordinances. Failing to pay the annual per-foot fee by January 31 does not carry a separate fine but automatically repeals the Council resolution creating the zone, so vehicles parked there afterward lose the loading-zone exemption from ordinary parking rules.
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