Little Chute, WI Parking Rules: Snow Removal Parking Rules (2026)

The operative sentence is § 26-64(c), headed "Parking during snow removal." It bars any person from parking, placing or leaving standing any automobile, truck or other vehicle on any street or public way after one hour from the time the area has been designated and marked with signs or barriers indicating no parking due to snow removal. The marking authority is the police department and/or the director of public works. The clock starts at the marking, not at the first snowfall, so a driver who parks legally on a clear street can still be caught once crews post the area.

The section sits in Article III (Parking Regulations) of Chapter 26 and shares its number with two neighbors that work differently. Subsection (a) covers street maintenance: the street superintendent, water plant operator and/or police department post "No Parking - Street Maintenance Work" signs at least two hours before work begins. Subsection (b) lets the chief of police direct temporary "No Parking" signs for parades, festivals and other authorized events under Wis. Stats. § 349.13, limited to the time the event exists or is likely to exist. Only subsection (c) carries the one-hour grace period for snow.

Section 26-63(d) explains why the signs and barriers matter: no parking prohibition or restriction is effective unless official traffic control devices have been placed indicating it.

A separate mechanism applies in a declared snow emergency under § 26-70(c). The village administrator, or in his absence the village president or a designated trustee, declares a state of public emergency by public proclamation, which can go out by radio, placards, newspapers or other means. The code defines an emergency snowstorm as one in which snow is falling in such a manner as to produce a congestion of traffic or impede the operation of emergency vehicles. While the emergency lasts, no person shall park or abandon any vehicle, or load or unload any merchandise or freight truck or vehicle, on any village road, alley, street or lane until the emergency is declared over. Subsection (c)(4) contains no one-hour grace period.

Under § 26-74, a vehicle parked in violation of anything in Article III is declared a hazard to traffic and public safety. An officer can order it moved or towed, and the owner or operator pays the actual cost of moving, towing and storage.