PARKING AT PARKING METERS AND MULTI-SPACE METERS; METER RATES.
Madison General Ordinances § 12.145
in effect12.145 - PARKING AT PARKING METERS AND MULTI-SPACE METERS; METER RATES.
(1) Restrictions. In all parking meter zones established by Secs. 12.143, 12.1495, 12.150, 12.1505, 12.151, 12.1515, 12.1516, 12.1517 and 12.1518 or at any other on-street parking meter space or on-street multi-space metered zone established under the authority of the Director of Traffic Engineering or Parking Division Manager, no person shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, unless the following provisions are strictly complied with:
(a) The operator of every vehicle, upon parking in a paid parking zone, shall make the required payment by meter, pay station, kiosk, mobile application, or other authorized means.
(b) No such vehicle shall be parked, stopped or left standing for a longer period than the applicable time limit specified in Secs. 12.1495, 12.150,12.1505, 12.151, 12.1515, 12.1516, 12.1517, or 12.1518, or the applicable limit specified by signage in accordance with Sec. 12.143.
(c) The operator any such vehicle shall comply with all other provisions of this chapter relating to parking, stopping or standing of vehicles, except those provisions which by their nature would have no application.
(d) No person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle in a paid parking zone for the purpose of conducting street vending directly from the vehicle during the hours of enforcement. "Street vending" shall have the meaning established in Sec. 9.13. This prohibition shall apply to all on-street parking meter zones established by this Chapter, during the hours of enforcement established herein.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Hours of Enforcement. The provisions of subs. (1)(a), (b), (d), and (e) apply only during the following times and days, unless otherwise posted:
1. 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on all days except Sundays and holidays.
(b) In the event of a complete functional failure of a meter, pay station, kiosk, or mobile payment system, operators of vehicles shall be exempted from the provisions of subsection (1)(a) for the duration of such failure, but must comply with all other provisions of this chapter.
(3) Rates. The rate of payment for on-street parking meters shall be:
(a) Parking meter zones established by Sections 12.1495, 12.150, 12.1505, 12.1515, 12.1516, 12.1517 and 12.1518: one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per hour for the ten-hour meters, and two dollars ($2.00) per hour for all other meters.
(b) Parking meter zones established by Section 12.151: one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) per hour for all meters.
(c) The hourly rate for all on-street metered parking designated for motorcycles and mopeds shall be one dollar ($1).
(d) The rate for any other on-street parking meter installed under the authority of the Director of Traffic Engineering or Parking Division Manager, but not included in the zones listed above shall be either two dollars ($2) per hour, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour, one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) per hour, one dollar and ten cents ($1.10) per hour, or seventy-five cents (75¢) per hour, as determined by the Director of Traffic Engineering and Parking Division Manager.
(e) Minimum payments for transactions made by methods other than cash may be established by the Director of Traffic Engineering or Parking Division Manager.
(f) Test area program rates may be set at the amounts above or by the Transportation Commission.
(Am. by ORD-06-00061, 6-3-06; ORD-06-00178, 12-8-06; ORD-09-00073, 5-8-09; ORD-12-00066, 5-9-12; ORD-16-00044, 4-27-16; Am. by ORD-25-00085, 12-2-25)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOIICH11--19_CH12VECO_PAME_12.145PAPAMEMUACMEMERAFetched: 11/1/2026