[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Grand Chute 1-7-1997 as
§§ 9.07 and 9.12 of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be allowed to operate or maintain or allow upon any premises in the Town of Grand Chute any racetrack, stock car track, karting track or any track or concourse not a public highway upon which any gasoline engine, electric engine or steam engine propelled vehicle shall travel without first obtaining a license as herein required. This chapter shall not apply to snowmobile events or tracks regulated under Chapter 515, Vehicles and Traffic, of this Code. The license period hereunder shall be semiannual and shall expire April 30 or October 30 following the date of issuance.
Every application for a license shall be made
upon a blank furnished by the Town Clerk and verified and shall contain
the name, place of residence, age, and occupation of the applicant,
the purposes for which a license is desired, and the place where and
the time when and the terms and conditions for which he proposes to
carry on the track or concourse to be licensed.
Upon the filing of the application as provided
in the preceding section, the Town Board shall, upon the approval
of such application and the payment to the Town Clerk or Town Treasurer
of the license fee hereinafter provided, issue to the applicant a
license. The semiannual license fee hereunder shall be as prescribed
in the Town Fee Schedule. Said license issued shall continue in force
until April 30 or October 30 next succeeding the date of issuance
thereof unless sooner revoked as provided by law.
The licensed premises shall at all times be
kept, maintained and used in strict conformity with the provisions
of any state law, county or Town ordinance or bylaw and the rules
and regulations of every public authority pertaining thereto.
Upon sufficient verified complaint stating the
facts of such violation being made in writing by any Town official
or resident of the Town to the Town Clerk that any licensee has violated
any of the provisions of this chapter or of law, the Town Board shall,
upon 10 days' notice, summon such licensee to appear before it at
the time specified in the summons, a copy of said complaint being
served therewith, to show cause why the license shall not be revoked.
The Board shall proceed to hear the matter, and if it finds that the
allegations of said complaint are correct, the license shall be revoked.
Whenever any license shall be revoked, no refund of any unearned portion
of the fee therefor shall be made and no license shall be granted
to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation whose license has
been revoked within a period of three years from the date of such
revocation.
All licensees shall issue to the Town Board an annual surety or cash bond of $1,000 to guarantee that the track premises shall be restored to its prior natural condition (state), and in the case of established tracks, permanent in nature, said bond shall be issued to guarantee that at the finish of each track sport season, all race vehicles covered by this chapter shall be removed from the licensed premises. This bond requirement shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of a license under § 492-1 above.
A.
A first violation of any provision of this chapter
shall be punished by a fine as prescribed in the Uniform Forfeiture
and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution, and on
default of the payment of any such fine and/or costs of prosecution
such person shall be committed to the county jail of Outagamie County
until such fine and costs are paid, but not to exceed 90 days.
B.
Any person violating this chapter who shall previously
have been convicted of a violation of this chapter shall, upon proof
and conviction thereof, forfeit an amount as prescribed in the Uniform
Forfeiture and Bond Schedules, together with the costs of prosecution,
and on default of the payment of any such fine and costs of prosecution,
or either of them, such convicted person shall be committed to and
confined within the county jail of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, until
such fine and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to exceed six
months.
C.
Each day of violation under this chapter shall constitute
a separate and distinct offense.
