When any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provision of this chapter regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner as shown by the ownership registration of the vehicle supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, or a comparable authority of any other state, shall be deemed to have committed the violation for purposes of enforcement of this chapter and specifically §
255-1 and shall be subject to the applicable forfeiture penalty, provided that the defenses defined and described in § 346.485(5)(b), Wis. Stats., shall be a defense for an owner charged with such violation.
The operator of every vehicle involved in an
accident shall, within five days after such accident, file with the
Dane County Sheriff's Department a copy of the report required by
§ 346.70, Wis. Stats., if any. If the operator is unable
to make such report, any occupant of the vehicle at the time of the
accident capable of making such report shall have the duty to comply
with this section. Such report shall be subject to the provisions
and limitations of §§ 346.70(4)(f) and 346.73, Wis.
Stats., specifically that accident reports filed under this section
shall be for the confidential use of the Department and shall not
be open to public inspection except as permitted by § 346.73,
Wis. Stats.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 346.48(2)(b)2, Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in §
255-1 to the contrary, school bus operators shall use flashing red warning lights in residential and business districts when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded or unloaded at locations at which there are no crosswalk or traffic signals so that pupils must cross the street or highway before being loaded or after being unloaded.
Pursuant to §§ 346.03(3), 346.94(14),
346.95(3) and 347.25(1), (1m)(a) and (b) and (4), Wis. Stats., marked
police vehicles of the Village as defined in § 340.01(3)(a),
Wis. Stats., shall be equipped with a blue light and a red light which
flash, oscillate or rotate. The lights on police vehicles so equipped
shall be illuminated when the operator of the police vehicle is exercising
the privileges granted under § 346.03, Wis. Stats. The Village
shall give notice of its intent to equip its police vehicles with
flashing, oscillating or rotating blue lights as a Class 2 notice
under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats., at least 90 days before so equipping the
first police vehicle.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to permit any construction, compaction, earth grading
or farm machinery which is self-propelled and moves upon the surface
of the earth and which is owned or controlled by him to stand for
any period of time unattended without locking the ignition system
or otherwise rendering said machinery inoperable so as to prevent
any person unauthorized by the owner or individual in control thereof
from starting said machinery.
[Added 1-10-2000 by Ord. No. 00-O-1;
amended 7-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-O-8]
A. No vehicle longer than 20 feet shall park at the following
locations during the following times:
(1) On both sides of Mills Street commencing at the corner
of South Street and Mills Street and running south on Mills Street
to the corner of Remington Street and Mills Street. This restriction
shall be in effect between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(2) On the west side of Center Street commencing at the
corner of South Street and Center Street and running south on Center
Street to the corner of Remington Street and Center Street. This restriction
shall be in effect between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(3) On both sides of the following streets between Mills
Street and Center Street: South Street, Webb Street, Ray Street, Spring
Street, Park Street, and Remington Street. This restriction shall
be in effect between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(4) Within school areas so designated and provided by
standard traffic control signs for school zones. This restriction
shall be in effect on schools days from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
B. No vehicle longer than 20 feet shall park for more
than 10 minutes in the area near the United States Post Office so
designated by standard parking control signs. This restriction shall
be in effect between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
C. There shall be no overnight parking between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. allowed in the locations set forth in Subsections
A and
B above.
Pursuant to the provisions of § 118.105,
Wis. Stats., the following regulations shall apply to the grounds
of the School District located within the Village upon authorization
by the Board of the Black Earth - Wisconsin Heights School District:
A. Parking. All parking on any grounds of the School
District from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. shall be restricted to areas
designated for parking by the School Board. When signs are erected
by the School Board giving notice of such restrictions, all persons
shall park only in areas designated and signed for visitor parking.
There shall be no parking on said grounds between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m., except when school functions extend past 11:00 p.m. On such
nights there shall be no parking one hour after the function has concluded.
B. Speed limits. No person shall at any time operate
a motor vehicle upon any School District grounds at a speed in excess
of 10 miles per hour.
C. Vehicles prohibited at specified times. No person
shall at any time operate a motor vehicle, other than a school bus
and emergency vehicle, in or upon any drive designated for buses only
by sign during the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and during the
hours of 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on any weekday during the months school
is in session.
No person other than the owner or operator thereof
shall remove a Village parking ticket from a motor vehicle.
[Added 6-7-1998 by Ord. No. 98-O-4]
A. Purpose. Heavy snowstorms may create emergency conditions
which impair transportation and the delivery of medical care, fire,
health or police protection or other vital services of the Village,
thereby requiring winter parking regulations to assist in maintaining
streets open to vehicular traffic and to assure needed services to
residents.
B. Declaration of emergency. The Village President, Dane
County Sheriff or the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall declare a snow
emergency during the period of a severe snowstorm, or immediately
thereafter, whenever traffic becomes congested by reason of said snowfall
of two inches or greater and the operation of emergency vehicles,
including snow removal equipment and machinery, is impeded.
C. Duration of emergency. Such emergency shall exist
so long as traffic remains congested and the operation of emergency
vehicles is impeded or likely to be impeded by the falling of snow
and the congestion of traffic upon the streets, alleys or public parking
lots of the Village.
D. Notice of emergency. The Village President or other
authorized officials listed above may proclaim the state of emergency
through the press, radio or other public means of communication and
may designate and authorize law enforcement officers and snow removal
personnel to inform the citizenry of the existence of the emergency.
E. Parking prohibited during emergency. No person shall
park any vehicle on a street, alley or public parking lot during the
period of snow emergency, or immediately thereafter, until such street,
alley or public parking lot has been cleared of snow.
F. Removal of vehicles. The Dane County Sheriff, or any
of his employees under his supervision and direction, may remove any
vehicle which may interfere with the operation of any snow removal
equipment or any emergency vehicle and charge the cost of removing
such vehicle to the owner or the operator thereof. Said Dane County
Sheriff may cause removal to be made either by his own Department
with Village help or may contract for such removal with any serviceman,
person, firm or corporation that has as a part of its business towing
service with proper equipment to move vehicles.
G. Penalty. Anyone who violates Subsection
E of this section shall be subject to a fine of $20 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense and $200 for each offense thereafter. Nonpayment of fines shall subject the offender to suspension of driving privileges. All fines shall have as additional costs added thereto the towing charges involved in removing a vehicle subject to removal under the terms of this section.
[Amended 10-1-2002 by Ord. No. 02-O-13]
A. Except as provided under Subsection
B or as provided in § 347.38(1), Wis. Stats., which is incorporated in §
255-1, no person may:
(1) Operate, park, stop or leave standing a motor vehicle
while using a radio or other electric sound amplification device emitting
sound from the vehicle, which includes but is not limited to a horn
that is clearly audible under normal conditions from a distance of
50 or more feet, unless the electric sound amplification device is
being used to request assistance or warn against an unsafe condition;
(2) Operate a motor vehicle so as to cause unreasonable
and excessive noise levels, whether by excessive acceleration or braking
causing the tires to squeal, by excessive horn blowing, by excessive
racing of the motor, by having a modified or inadequately maintained
exhaust or braking system or by any other means; or
(3) Use motor vehicle brakes which are in any way activated
or operated by the compression of the engine of any motor vehicle.
B. Subsection
A does not apply to any of the following:
(1) The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, when
responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual
or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon
returning from a fire alarm.
(2) The operator of a vehicle of a public utility, as
defined in § 11.40 (1)(a), Wis. Stats.
(3) The operator of a vehicle that is being used for advertising
purposes.
(4) The operator of a vehicle that is being used in a
community event or celebration, procession or assemblage.
(5) The activation of a theft alarm signal device.
(6) The operator of a motorcycle being operated outside
of a business or residence district.
C. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection
A that compression brakes were applied in an emergency and were necessary to prevent immediate danger to life or property.
D. Any person violating the provisions of this section
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200,
and each instance of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle
except a municipal or county maintenance vehicle on any pedestrianway
or sidewalk within the Village.
No person shall drive or back any motor vehicle
over any curbing in the Village. No person shall park any vehicle
or other piece of equipment on any tree bank in the Village, except
in such areas where standup curbing does not exist. No person shall
park any vehicle or other piece of equipment on any sidewalk or on
any portion of the street right-of-way designated as a sidewalk area
in the Village.
[Added 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 93-O-3; amended 8-4-1998 by Ord. No. 98-O-7]
A. No person shall ride a skateboard for any purpose
upon any portion of Mills Street, including sidewalks, from Park Street
to South Street.
B. Except as provided in Subsection
A, the operator of a play vehicle, including a skateboard, may ride upon any sidewalk within the Village of Black Earth.
C. No person shall operate a play vehicle, including
a skateboard, on the tennis courts.
D. "Play vehicle" within this section means a coaster,
skateboard, roller skates, sled, toboggan, unicycle, or toy vehicle
upon which a person may ride, not including in-line skates.
[Amended 7-11-2005 by Ord. No. 05-O-8]
[Added 10-6-2003 by Ord. No. 03-O-11]
No person shall operate upon any street, highway,
alley, right-of-way or sidewalk, or upon any private property unless
consent has been given by the property owner, any motorized vehicle
for which the Wisconsin Department of Transportation does not require
a license. Such prohibited vehicles shall include but not be limited
to motorized skateboards and motorized scooters. Notwithstanding the
above, motorized wheelchairs operated by handicapped individuals shall
be exempt from this section. The penalty range for violation of this
section shall be $50 to $75 for a first offense and $100 to $150 for
a second offense (within one year).