Establishing a Moped Parking Area

Property owners may apply to establish a Moped Parking Area on the public terrace adjacent to their property. The City will consider granting an encroachment agreement to property owners for the creation of a Moped Parking Area in specific locations.

Moped Parking Area

To apply to establish a Moped Parking Area, the property owner must submit a Privilege in Street Application. 

If the application is approved, an encroachment agreement will be drafted. The applicant will be responsible for funding and maintaining the Moped Parking Area, including, but not limited to, installation and maintenance of any official signs and pavement markings, and snow and ice removal. Moped Parking Areas must be open for public use, at no charge to users, and cannot be reserved for private use.

Is the property located in an eligible area?

• Must be in zoning district UMX, DC, TSS, NMX, or TE.
  Property owners can look up their zoning district online from the Assessor’s Office Property Look-up page
• A Moped Parking Area will not be approved if it abuts a local, state, or national historic building, place, or landmark, or is located in a local, state, or national historic district.
• A Moped Parking Area may not be located on State Street or any area designated as part of the State Street pedestrian mall.
• The sidewalk and terrace area must already be paved prior to January 1, 2018 (grass/unpaved areas may not be paved for the purpose of creating a Moped Parking Area).
• City staff will review the application for other criteria, such as whether it would obstruct pedestrian traffic, interfere with access to parked vehicles on-street, create a vision obstruction, etc.

For additional information regarding the Street Encroachment/Privilege in Street Application Process or Approval Requirements and Guidelines, please contact the Office of Real Estate Services.

Economic Development Division
Office of Real Estate Services
 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 2983
Madison, Wisconsin 53701-2983

Hours: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday – Friday