Middleton, WI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Permitted use
- Actively loading, unloading, or passengers only
- Active zone
- Terrace Avenue, 105 ft, 3-6 p.m. weekdays
- Time limit
- Fifteen minutes per posted zone
- Deposit fee
- $30, rising to $40 after 5 days
- Expired zone
- Parmenter/Hubbard zone ended December 31, 2021
Summary
Middleton designates specific curb loading zones under Municipal Code § 15.04(11), where vehicles may stop only while actually loading, unloading, or picking up and dropping off passengers, never for ordinary parking. The active example, a 105-foot stretch of Terrace Avenue near 7737 Terrace, allows only fifteen minutes and only from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays.
(11)Loading Zones No person shall stop or leave any vehicle standing in any of the following places except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or in receiving or discharging passengers, and signs indicating such restriction shall be erected in each restricted area on said streets, as follows: ... (a)Fifteen Minute Loading Zone, Weekdays, 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Terrace Avenue, south side, from an extension of the easterly property line of 7737 Terrace Avenue to a point 105' westerly
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Supplement 3 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
04(11) of the Traffic Code bars anyone from stopping or leaving a vehicle standing in a designated loading zone except temporarily, and only while actually engaged in loading or unloading goods or receiving or discharging passengers; the City posts signs marking each restricted area. m. on Parmenter Street and on Hubbard Avenue between the Library and City Hall crosswalk, but the ordinance text itself states that zone expired after December 31, 2021, so only the Terrace Avenue zone remains posted and enforceable today. 04(6)(c) let police move or tow a vehicle left in a loading zone outside the permitted window.
Because the loading-zone privilege only covers time actually spent loading, unloading, or handling passengers, a delivery driver who parks in the zone and then leaves the vehicle to run an unrelated errand is parked unlawfully the moment the loading activity stops, even within the posted fifteen-minute or time-of-day window.
Violations & Fines
Parking in a designated loading zone for anything other than actively loading, unloading, or receiving or discharging passengers, or staying past the posted time window, violates § 15.04(11) and carries a $30.00 deposit, rising to $40.00 if unpaid after five days. Officers may move or tow a vehicle left in the zone under § 15.04(6)(c), with towing and storage costs billed to the owner.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I park in a Middleton loading zone while I run into a store?
Where is Middleton's active loading zone?
Is the Hubbard Avenue loading zone by the Library still active?
Sources & Official References
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