[Amended 4-17-2018 by Ord. No. 15-2018; 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
No person shall use any County of Green Lake County-owned or
-operated boat launch facility for launching purposes without an annual
or daily launching permit. The annual permit shall be valid from April
1 of the year of issuance to March 31 of the next year. The daily
permit shall only be valid during the day of purchase. Daily permits
will be sold through self-registration at each boat launch site. Annual
permits will be sold at the County Clerk's office and all establishments
approved by the Parks Commission. Boat launch sites include Margaret
Dodge Memorial Park and Sunset Park.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
A. The annual permit fee shall be $30 for residents and $40 for nonresidents.
"Resident" for the purposes of this article shall mean a resident
of the County.
B. The daily permit fee shall be $7.
C. A "boat launch" is defined as the use of the launch facility for
the placement of one boat into the water and for the retrieval of
the boat from the water to a trailer or device used to remove the
boat from the water.
D. All annual permits shall be prominently placed and displayed on the
interior of the driver's side windshield of the vehicle used to transport
the boat to the launching area.
Exemption from payment of the boat launch user fee may be granted
for launching of certain authorized government water craft or Fire
Department water rescue vehicles with the express approval of the
Green Lake County Sheriff.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
Vehicles with boat trailers or other vehicles used to transport watercraft launched at any County-owned or -operated boat launch facility shall have affixed an annual launching permit as described in §
187-12 above when parking in the Margaret Dodge Memorial Park parking areas and the Sunset Park parking area.
For any vehicle with a boat trailer that has used a boat launch
without obtaining the proper permit or does not have the permit affixed
as set forth in this article, and the vehicle is parked upon any street,
alley, highway, park or other public grounds of the County, and the
identity of the driver cannot readily be determined, the owner or
person in whose name such vehicle is registered, shall be held prima
facie responsible for such violation.
The Sheriff shall develop a citation for use in enforcing parking violations described in Chapter
187. The citation shall provide that payment of the forfeiture shall be mailed or delivered to the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office and shall not be filed with any court. The amount of the forfeiture for such violation shall be paid in cash, money order, or bank check and shall be made payable to Green Lake County. If the defendant informs the Sheriff's Office that he or she wishes to contest the parking citation, the citation shall be dismissed and either a uniform traffic citation or uniform municipal citation, as applicable, shall be issued and filed with the Court.
[Amended 3-19-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
Any person who shall violate any parking restriction under Chapter
187 shall forfeit $50 for each violation, plus, if applicable, the costs of removal and storage of the vehicle.
A. If the $50 prescribed above is not paid within 10 days after the
citation was issued, and the citation is not contested, the forfeiture
shall increase to $100.
B. If the $100 is not paid within 20 days of the citation, collection
action for the forfeiture or proceedings to suspend the vehicle owner's
registration as provided for in W.S.A. § 345.28 will be
commenced, and an additional administrative fee of $50 shall be added
to the forfeiture amount, bringing the total due to $150.
The net revenue resulting from the sale and enforcement of launch
fee permits shall be used to establish, maintain and improve boat
launch facilities within the County of Green Lake. (NR 1.91, Wis.
Admin. Code).