Short-term rental guests in the City of Waukesha are subject to the citywide overnight street parking ban from 2:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under City Ordinance 7.04(6). A night parking permit is required to park on a public street during those hours, and the City uses an alternate-side rule that ties parking to even-numbered or odd-numbered sides of the street based on the calendar date. Wisconsin Statute 66.1014 preserves municipal parking authority even for rentals of seven days or longer.
Waukesha City Ordinance 7.04(6) provides that no vehicle shall be parked on any public street within the City between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. without a night parking permit. Vehicles must also be moved every 72 hours. Permits are sold by the Waukesha Police Department through the City's online portal at waukeshawi.cmrpay.com and cost $6 for three nights, $18 for thirty nights, $42 for ninety nights or $160 for a 365-night annual permit; ramp and lot permits are also available at separate fees. Permits are non-transferable and non-refundable, are enforced by license-plate verification, and are automatically void during snow emergencies. The alternate-side rule directs permitted vehicles to park on the even-numbered side of the street on even calendar dates and on the odd-numbered side on odd dates, except where signs limit parking to one side. Vehicles exceeding 10,000 pounds gross weight, recreational vehicles, boats and trailers may not be parked overnight on any City of Waukesha street regardless of permit status. A licensed Rooming House under Waukesha Municipal Code 17.10 must satisfy the off-street parking required for its underlying zoning district under Chapter 22 (Zoning), and the Common Council may consider parking adequacy when reviewing the annual rooming house license. Wisconsin Statute 66.1014 prohibits the City from outright banning short-term rentals of seven days or longer but expressly preserves the City's authority to enforce parking ordinances against STR guests.
Overnight parking violations of Section 7.04(6) are enforced by the Waukesha Police Department and result in a parking citation; uncontested deposits are paid through the City's customer portal. Violations during a snow emergency can include ticketing and tow-away under the City's snow ordinance. Repeated parking complaints associated with a Rooming House may be raised at the November 1 annual renewal under Ordinance 17.10 and may support non-renewal of the license by the Common Council.
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