[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Grant County 10-2-1972
(Ch. 15 of the Grant County Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is the desire of Grant County to provide efficient and equitable
controls over the use, operation and registration of snowmobiles within this
County, and to accomplish this purpose the County Board adopts the provisions
of Chs. 350 and 346, Wis. Stats., made applicable to snowmobiles together
with County regulatory rules governing the operation of snowmobiles on County
lands and snowmobile trails established thereon.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory
provisions describing and defining regulations with respect to snowmobiles
in the following enumerated sections of the Wisconsin Statutes are hereby
adopted by reference and made part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein.
Acts required to be performed or prohibited by such statutes are required
or prohibited by this chapter.
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350.01
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Definitions
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350.02
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Operation of snowmobiles on or in the vicinity of highway
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350.03
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Right-of-way
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350.04
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Snowmobile races, derbies and routes
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350.045
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Public utility exemption
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350.047
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Local ordinance to be filed
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350.05
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Operation by youthful operators restricted
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350.055
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Safety certification program established
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350.07
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Driving animals
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350.08
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Owner permitting operation
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350.09
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Head lamps, tail lamps and brakes
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350.10
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Miscellaneous provisions for snowmobile operation
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350.12
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Registration of snowmobiles
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350.13
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Uniform trail signs and standards
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350.15
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Accidents and accident reports
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350.17
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Enforcement
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350.18
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Local ordinances
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350.19
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Liability of landowners
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350.035
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Meeting of snowmobiles
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350.101
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Intoxicated snowmobiling
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350.102
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Preliminary breath screening test
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350.1025
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Application of intoxicated snowmobiling law
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350.103
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Implied consent
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350.104
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Chemical tests
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350.106
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Report arrest to department
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350.107
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Officer's action after arrest
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350.11
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Penalties
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350.135
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Interference with uniform trail signs and standards
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350.155
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Coroners and medical examiners to report
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350.99
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Parties to a violation
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The Standing Committee on Law Enforcement jointly with any other committee
it determines to be affected shall conduct an ongoing evaluation of the need
for snowmobile trails, areas and facilities in this County and shall report
its findings together with recommended action to the County Board. In the
event the County Board determines that snowmobile trails, areas, and facilities
should be developed, built or maintained or that leases of private land or
easements to cross private lands should be acquired, the Standing Committee
on Law Enforcement shall be responsible to take the necessary action to carry
out the County Board directives.
All plans to develop or maintain snowmobile trails and facilities or
to acquire leases, easements or private property for snowmobile utilization
shall be submitted sufficiently far in advance of February of each year to
permit due consideration of the plans by the Board prior to any action to
adopt all or any part of the plans. If the County Board adopts all or any
part of the plans, a copy of the approving resolution together with a request
for appropriate grant in aid funding shall be submitted to be received by
the Department of Natural Resources on or before February 1. Because sufficient
aid funding may not be available for County aid requests, all legal documents
concerning easements, leases and land purchases shall be, unless otherwise
ordered by the County Board, specifically conditioned to provide a right of
cancellation without penalty in the event that the aid funding requests are
denied in part or in total. All development and facility projects, unless
otherwise ordered by the County Board, shall not be commenced until approval
of the grant in aid requests for such projects has been granted by the Department
of Natural Resources.
The Law Enforcement Committee shall prepare a detailed statement of
costs incurred by Grant County in the enforcement of Ch. 350, Wis. Stats.,
in the preceding year. This statement shall be presented to the County Board
with an attached resolution which seeks approval of the statement and contains
a clause requesting state reimbursement aids pursuant to § 350.12(4)(a)4.
This statement and resolution shall be prepared and submitted to the County
Board in a timely manner so that, if approved, they may be transmitted to
the Department of Natural Resources to arrive on or before February 1.
The Law Enforcement Committee shall submit an annual report to the County
Board and the Grant County Highway Safety Commission concerning snowmobile
accidents occurring in the County during that year. This report shall analyze
the apparent cause of the accidents and where possible shall recommend corrective
action. This report shall be considered together with any related reports
or information furnished by the Snowmobile Recreation Council.
In addition to the other responsibilities set forth herein, the Standing
Committee on Law Enforcement shall explore the possibility of utilizing lands
owned or leased by the Department of Natural Resources for snowmobile trails,
facilities or areas. Should such land be available, the Standing Committee
on Law Enforcement shall request approval of the County Board to enter into
an agreement with the Department of Natural Resources to utilize those lands,
and any costs or expenses therefor should be submitted to the Department of
Natural Resources as a grant in aid request to arrive on or before February
1 of the year the aid is sought.
A.
The forfeiture for violation of any provision of this
chapter is as provided for in § 350.11, Wis. Stats., plus statutory
costs. Any law enforcement officer in Grant County can issue a citation for
violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. The citation shall contain
the information required by § 345.11, Wis. Stats. The District Attorney's
office is authorized to handle the prosecution of any citations issued for
violating this chapter.
B.
Cash deposits.
(2)
Except as provided in Subsection B(3) and (4) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter and who, within the last three years prior to the conviction for the current violation, was two or more times previously convicted of violating the same provision of any Wisconsin Statute adopted under this chapter can pay a cash deposit of $500 plus statutory costs.
(3)
Any person who violates § 350.12(3j), Wis. Stats.,
which is adopted under this chapter can pay a cash deposit of $1,000 plus
statutory costs.
(4)
A person who violates § 350.101(1)(a), (b) or (bm)
or 350.104(5), Wis. Stats., which is adopted under this chapter can pay a
cash deposit of $400 plus statutory costs. If the violator is under age 19
years, the violator can pay a cash deposit of $50 plus statutory costs.
The County Clerk shall forthwith transmit a copy of this chapter to
the Department of Natural Resources and to the clerk of each city, village
or town within this County.
