[Code 1992, § 7.01]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all
provisions of W.S.A., chs. 340 to 348 and § 941.01(1), including
any future revisions or amendments thereto, describing and defining
regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic for which the penalty
is a forfeiture only; Chapter MVD 5, Wis. Adm. Code, describing and
defining standards for motor vehicle equipment; Chapter Trans 302,
Wis. Adm. Code, describing and defining vehicle marking; and Chapter
Trans 308, Wis. Adm. Code, describing and defining requirements for
trailer and semitrailer brake, hitch and coupling, safety chains,
cables and leveling bars, including penalties to be imposed and procedure
for prosecution, are hereby adopted by reference and made part of
this chapter as if fully set forth in this section. Any act required
to be performed or prohibited by any statute or administrative code
provision incorporated in this section by reference is required or
prohibited by this chapter.
[Code 1992, § 7.31; Ord. No. 07-06, § 1, 6-11-2007]
(a)
Enforcement procedure. This chapter shall be enforced according to
W.S.A., §§ 23.33, 66.12, 345.11 to 345.61, 350.17 and
800.01 et seq.
(b)
Deposit by violators. Violators of this chapter shall make deposits
of money at the police station or Clerk of Court's office as follows:
(1)
Any person arrested for a violation of this chapter may make a deposit
of money as directed by the arresting officer at the police station,
the Clerk of Court's office or by mailing the deposit to such places.
The arresting officer or the person receiving the deposit shall notify
the arrested person, orally or in writing, that:
a.
If the person makes a deposit for a violation of a traffic regulation,
the person need not appear in court at the time fixed in the citation,
and the person will be deemed to have tendered a plea of no contest
and submitted to a forfeiture and penalty assessment if required by
W.S.A., § 165.87, a jail assessment if required by W.S.A.,
§ 302.46, plus any applicable fees prescribed in W.S.A.,
ch. 814, not to exceed the amount of the deposit that the court may
accept as provided in W.S.A., § 345.37.
b.
If the person fails to make a deposit for a violation of a traffic
regulation or appear in court at the time fixed in the citation, the
court may enter a default judgment finding the person guilty of the
offense or issue a warrant for his arrest.
(2)
The amount of the deposit shall be determined in accordance with
the deposit schedule established by the state judicial conference
and shall include the penalty assessment established under W.S.A.,
§ 165.87, a jail assessment if required by W.S.A., § 302.46,
and costs. If a deposit schedule has not been established, the arresting
officer shall require the alleged offender to deposit the forfeiture
established by the Chief of Police, which shall include the penalty
assessment established under W.S.A., § 165.87. Deposits
for nonmoving violations shall not include the penalty assessment.
(3)
The arresting officer or the person receiving the deposit shall issue
the arrested person a receipt therefor.
(c)
Petition to reopen judgment. Whenever a person has been convicted
in this state on the basis of a forfeiture of deposit or a plea of
guilty or no contest and the person was not informed as required under
W.S.A., § 345.27(1) and (2), the person may, within 60 days
after being notified of the revocation or suspension of the operating
privilege, petition the court to reopen the judgment and grant him
an opportunity to defend on merits. If the court finds that the petitioner
was not informed as required under W.S.A., § 345.27(1) and
(2), the court shall order the judgment reopened. The court order
reopening the judgment automatically reinstates the revoked or suspended
operating privilege.
[Code 1992, § 7.30]
(a)
As required by specific state laws. The penalty for violation of
any provision of this chapter shall be a forfeiture and penalty assessment
if required by W.S.A., § 165.87, a jail assessment if required
by W.S.A., § 302.46, plus any applicable fees prescribed
in W.S.A., ch. 814.
All traffic control signs, signals, devices and markings in
place on the date of adoption of this Code are expressly ratified
and confirmed.
[Code 1992, § 7.18]
(a)
Street Superintendent to erect. The Street Superintendent shall procure,
erect and maintain appropriate standard traffic signs, signals and
markings conforming to the Uniform Traffic Control Devices Manual
giving such notice of the provisions of this chapter as required by
state law. Signs shall be erected in such locations and manner as
the Street Superintendent shall determine will best effect the purposes
of this chapter and give adequate warning to users of the street or
highway.
(b)
Removal of unofficial signs and signals. The Street Superintendent
shall have the authority granted by W.S.A., § 349.09, and
is directed to order the removal of a sign, signal, marking or device
placed, maintained or displayed in violation of this chapter or W.S.A.,
§ 346.41. Any charge imposed on a premises for removal of
an illegal sign, signal or device shall be reported to the Council
at its next regular meeting for review and certification.
[Code 1992, § 7.03; Ord. No. 05-16, § 1, 7-11-2005; amended 7-13-2009 by Ord. No. 09-15]
(a)
Parking. All parking on grounds of the Lake Geneva School District
during school hours shall be by permit only and shall be restricted
to areas designated for parking by the District boards. No person
shall park a motor vehicle in a posted area other than the one for
which he has been issued a permit. Each vehicle must display a valid
current permit for the area to which it is assigned. All visitors
shall park only in areas posted for visitor parking.
(b)
Speed limits. No person shall, at any time, operate a motor vehicle
upon the Lake Geneva School District’s grounds at a speed in
excess of 15 miles per hour.
(c)
Vehicles prohibited at specific times. No person shall, at any time,
operate a motor vehicle, other than a school bus, in or upon any drive
designated for buses only by sign, on any Lake Geneva School District
grounds, during weekdays of months schools are in session. Exception
to this will be school-owned vehicles, emergency vehicles and short-term
delivery vehicles; i.e., Post Office, UPS, etc.
(d)
No vehicles will park at any yellow curb or posted no-parking area
within the Lake Geneva School District. No vehicles may park in any
lawn or grasses unless directed to by District officials.
(e)
No vehicle may park overnight on any Lake Geneva School District
grounds without the permission of the District or its representatives.
(f)
"Lake Geneva School District" is defined as the properties at: Lake
Geneva Schools Administration Offices at 208 E. South Street, Badger
High School at 220 E. South Street, Lake Geneva Middle School at 600
Bloomfield Road, Central/Denison Elementary School at 900 Wisconsin
Street and Eastview Elementary School at 535 Sage Street.
[Code 1992, § 12.17]
(a)
An application for a permit to the City Clerk shall be made for authority
to hold any parade or public procession, except funerals, at least
30 days prior to the date the event is to take place upon a form prepared
by the Clerk.
(b)
The Police Chief shall have the duty and power to designate hours,
routes and number of vehicles, persons or other accouterments of such
parade or procession.
[Code 1992, § 7.19]
(a)
Whenever any street, highway or alley is impassable or unsafe for
travel during the construction or repair of any such street, highway
or alley, and until it is ready for traffic, the authorities in charge
of the maintenance or construction thereof shall apply to the Street
Superintendent for permission to close the same by maintaining barriers
at each end of the closed portion. The barriers shall be of such material
and construction and so placed as to indicate that the thoroughfare
is closed and shall be lighted at night.
(b)
No unauthorized person shall remove, take down, alter the position
of, destroy, pass over or beyond any barrier so erected or travel
with any vehicle upon any portion of a thoroughfare closed by barriers,
as provided in this section, or travel in any manner upon the materials
placed thereon as part of the repair or construction work or shall
deface any materials so placed. In addition to the penalty provided
by this chapter, any violator of this section shall be liable for
all damages done to the highway, street or other thoroughfare or material
thereon.
[Code 1992, § 7.25]
The operator of a school bus equipped with flashing red lights
as specified in W.S.A., § 347.25(2), as amended from time
to time, shall actuate such lights in residential and business districts
of the City when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded
or unloaded at a location at which there are no traffic signals and
such persons must cross the street or highway before being loaded
or after being unloaded. Such lights shall be actuated at least 100
feet before stopping to load or unload such pupils or other authorized
passengers and shall not be extinguished until loading or unloading
is completed and persons who must cross the highway are safely across.
[Code 1992, § 7.10(13); 9-25-2023 by Ord. No. 23-09]
(a)
Declaration. The Mayor or in his absence the President of the City
Council shall have the authority to declare a snow emergency whenever
conditions arise which in his judgment necessitate such declaration,
subject to the Council action as provided by statute.
(b)
Authorized actions by Police and Fire Chiefs. Upon the declaration
of a snow emergency, the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire
Department are authorized to hire tow trucks; require snowplow accompaniment
of rescue squads and ambulances, both inside and outside the corporate
limits of the City; establish a public information telephone reception
center; advise radio stations WTMJ, WMIR and WLKG of declaration of
the snow emergency; and to take any other action either or both may
deem necessary under the circumstances.
(c)
Plowing priority system. There is established a snow emergency plowing
priority system. A map of the streets of the City which designates
the primary routes in yellow, the secondary routes in blue and the
emergency facilities in red shall be maintained in the office of the
City Clerk, the Police Department, Fire Department and the Street
Department. The Street Department shall first clear and keep clean
all primary routes and entrances and exits to the emergency facilities.
Then all secondary routes shall be cleared and maintained.
(d)
Parking; penalty for prohibited parking. During a snow emergency,
there shall be no parking on all City streets until such snow emergency
is officially canceled. Any vehicles parked on such routes shall be
towed away at the owner's expense, as provided in Section 74-37.
(e)
Termination. The snow emergency may be terminated by the Mayor or
the City Council. The snow emergency shall be limited to the time
during which such snow emergency conditions exist.
(f)
Section not to limit authority of City officers. This section shall
not in any way limit or prohibit any authority conferred upon the
Mayor, City Council, Chief of Police or Chief of the Fire Department
by prior ordinance or statute.
