LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – The calendar has flipped to November and that means one thing here in the upper Midwest: Alternate side parking! For most of the area, alternate side parking ordinances went into effect as of midnight, November 1st. A select few start a little later in the season.

As a refresher, alternate side parking means you park on the same side of the street as the date on the calendar. If the date will be an odd number, then you park on the odd side of the street. If the date will be an even number, then park on the even side of the street.

Clear as mud? Maybe this, from the City of Tomah Alternate Side Parking Information Printout, “There are 3 important numbers to remember. The first number is the date, the second is the time and the third is building numbers. (Overnight) is the time that determines the date, not 5 p.m., 6 p.m., or 7 p.m. when you might be parking your car for the night, but (Overnight) the following day.

Here is an example: the date is the 10th when you park your car in the evening before midnight but when it becomes (overnight) it is now the following day with a date of the 11th so your vehicle should be parked on the odd side of the street. Remember when parking your vehicle overnight on the street the date changes after midnight and the restriction goes into effect at (overnight).”

LA CROSSE

La Crosse is the one exception to the normal alternate side parking rules around the area. La Crosse goes with the Snow Emergency method. Meaning, if there is an emergency declared, then Alternate side parking goes into effect. You can find out whether or not the city will be ticketing by checking local radio stations, or by watching Fox 25/48 where the information will be dispersed when necessary.

Other ways to know if an emergency has been declared in La Crosse:

West Salem

(Village of West Salem) Night Parking Alternate Sides of the Street. Between 1:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m., vehicles shall be parked only on even-numbered sides of streets on those nights with an even calendar date, and on odd-numbered sides of streets on those nights with an odd calendar date from November 1 – April 1.

Also, note that cul de sacs are restricted as noted in ordinance “6.05(E) Night Parking cul de sacs.” Between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., no vehicles shall be parked within the circular turn-around portion of any cul de sac from November 1 to April 1.

Violation of either ordinance may result in a $15 parking ticket.

Holmen

(Village of Holmen Police Department) Alternate side parking is enforced between 1:00 am and 8:00 am, vehicles shall be parked only on even-numbered sides of the streets on those nights with an even calendar date and on odd-numbered sides of the streets on those nights with an odd calendar date. “Nights” as used in this section means the period between 1:00 am and 8:00 am. Alternate side parking is in effect from November 1st through April 1st every year.

Tomah

(Download Tomah PD file) After the hour of 2:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., motor vehicles or any other type of vehicle shall be parked on even-numbered calendar dates on the side of the street where the dwellings are even-numbered and on days having odd-numbered calendar dates on the side of the street having odd-numbered dwellings. This provision shall be effective between November 1 and April 1 following each year. The effective calendar date shall be determined as of the date at 2:00 a.m. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to all streets in the city except as otherwise specified herein.

The fine is $15.00 to $20.00 after 5 days.

Sparta

(City of Sparta) After the hour of 2:00 am and before 6:00 am, motor vehicles or any other type of vehicle shall be parked on even-numbered calendar dates on the side of the street where the dwellings are even numbered and on dates having odd number calendar dates on the side of the street having odd number dwellings. This provision shall be effective between November 1 and April 1 following each year. The effective calendar date shall be determined as the date at 2:00 a.m. Further, after the hour of 2:00 am and before 6:00 am, motor vehicles or any other type of vehicle shall not be parked on any cul-de-sac within the city between November 1 and April 1 following each year.

Onalaska

(From the City of Onalaska) Between 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., vehicles shall be parked only on even-numbered sides of the streets on those nights with an even calendar date and on odd-numbered sides of the streets on those nights with an odd calendar date.  “Nights” as used in this section means the period between 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. Alternate side parking is in effect from December 1st through March 15th every year.

Winona

(City of Winona) From November 15 to March 15, vehicles parked on all city streets between midnight (12:01 a.m.) and 6:30 a.m. must be on the even-numbered side of the street when the date is even and on the odd-numbered side of the street when the date is odd.

This is based on street addresses; generally, the north or east side of a street is even-numbered and the south or west side of a street is odd-numbered.