Sun Prairie, WI Parking Rules: Street Parking Limits (2026)

010(A) sets a flat 48-hour limit: no vehicle may sit in the same spot on a public street or a city-owned parking lot for 48 or more consecutive hours, and a more restrictive posted limit controls wherever one exists. The common council can designate no-parking, no-stopping, and disabled-parking zones under subsection B, and the chief of police can further restrict stopping, standing, or parking beyond what state law requires; none of those extra limits are enforceable until signs are actually posted. 030(A) separately lists specific places where stopping or standing is always banned regardless of signage: within an intersection or crosswalk, in a bicycle lane, on a sidewalk or terrace, alongside a street excavation, on the roadway side of a parked car, within 20 feet of a fire station driveway, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, on a bridge, within 50 feet of a railroad crossing, in a designated transit bus stop, and facing the wrong direction against the flow of traffic.

Subsection B bars parking in a private driveway without the owner's or lessee's permission, whether or not the driveway is posted. Subsection C bars parking a vehicle on any street or municipal lot to repair it or display it for sale, and subsection D bars using a parked vehicle as a residence or living quarters on any street, alley, or municipal lot. A block-specific rule under subsection E bans parking within 10 feet of a mailbox on Hunters Trail and on several streets in the Meadow Crossing subdivision, including Sanibel Lane, Pelican Lane, and Whitetail Drive. 110.