Middleton, WI Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Storage threshold
- 24 continuous hours on a street or lot
- Covers
- Vehicles, boats, and trailers
- Deposit fee
- $20, rising to $30 after 5 days
- Separate from
- Seasonal alternate-side rule, § 15.04(5)
- Towing authority
- § 15.04(6)(c), owner pays costs
Summary
Middleton's on-street storage ban, Municipal Code § 15.04(6)(a), makes it illegal to leave any vehicle, boat, or trailer standing on a City street, highway, or municipal parking lot for 24 hours or more. Unlike the winter alternate-side rule, this year-round ban targets long-term storage rather than a specific overnight window, and applies to boats and trailers as well as cars.
(a)Storage of Vehicles, Boats, Trailers Prohibited No person shall leave a vehicle, boat, or trailer standing upon any street, highway, municipal parking lot in the City for storage purposes. Storage is defined as the leaving of a vehicle, boat, or trailer standing on a street, highway or municipal parking lot for a continuous period of twenty-four (24) hours or more.
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(6)(a) of the Traffic Code prohibits anyone from leaving a vehicle, boat, or trailer standing on a street, highway, or municipal parking lot in the City for storage purposes, and it defines storage precisely as parking continuously for twenty-four hours or more. m. 04(6)(a) reaches boats and trailers as well as motor vehicles, it covers a resident who parks a boat trailer at the curb for a weekend and leaves it there past the 24-hour mark, not just a car left for an extended trip.
00 if it remains unpaid after five days. 04(6)(c), which authorizes any Chief of Police, police officer, or traffic officer who finds a vehicle standing in violation of a parking restriction to move it or require the operator to move it, and allows towing to a public garage or other legal parking area with towing and storage costs charged to the owner on top of the forfeiture. 18 sets the penalty framework as a forfeiture under Wis. 04 of the Municipal Code, with the Chapter 2 schedule of deposits controlling the specific dollar figure for each numbered violation, including this storage prohibition.
Violations & Fines
Leaving a vehicle, boat, or trailer parked on a City street, highway, or municipal lot for 24 continuous hours or more violates § 15.04(6)(a) and draws a $20 deposit, rising to $30 if unpaid after five days. Police may also tow the vehicle to a public garage under § 15.04(6)(c), with towing and storage costs charged to the owner in addition to the underlying forfeiture.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long can I leave my car parked on a Middleton street?
Can I park my boat trailer on the street overnight in Middleton?
Is this the same as Middleton's winter overnight parking ban?
Sources & Official References
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