Marathon County, WI Short-Term Rentals: Parking Rules (2026)

Marathon County's Conservation, Planning and Zoning Department administers Chapter 17 of the General Code under Wis. Stat. 59.69 and 91 only in unincorporated towns that have adopted county comprehensive zoning. In those towns, parking minimums for residential use, driveway access standards and any limits on parking in front-yard or shoreland setbacks come from Chapter 17 and are administered alongside the state Tourist Rooming House license. Cities such as Wausau, Mosinee and Schofield, and villages such as Rothschild, Weston and Kronenwetter, administer their own zoning and on-street parking ordinances independent of the county. The Marathon County Highway Department enforces parking restrictions on County Trunk Highways. Wis. Stat. 66.1014 caps how restrictively a town or county may regulate the rental itself - stays of seven consecutive days or longer cannot be prohibited - but the same statute preserves municipal and county authority to enforce parking, noise and nuisance ordinances against STR hosts and their guests on the same terms as any other resident. Confirm off-street parking minimums and any winter on-street parking ban with the host town clerk and with the Marathon County Conservation, Planning and Zoning Department before listing.