City of Horicon, WI Controlled Intersections; Street Traffic Regulations

§ 525-9 Operators to obey traffic control devices.

Every operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection at which an Official Traffic Control Device is erected in accordance with this chapter shall obey the direction of such Official Traffic Control Device as required by the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated by reference in § 525-1 of this chapter. Operators of vehicles approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering a highway as required by § 346.46, Wis. Stats. Operators approaching intersections at which a yield sign has been installed shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles as required by § 346.18(6), Wis. Stats.

§ 525-10 Speed limits.

State speed limits adopted. The provisions of §§ 346.57, 346.58 and 346.59, Wis. Stats., relating to the maximum and minimum speed of vehicles are hereby adopted as part of this section as if fully set forth herein, except as specified by this section pursuant to § 349.11(3)(c), Wis. Stats., where the Common Council has determined that the statutory speed limits are unreasonable, unsafe and imprudent and has modified such limits.

Speed limits modified. The speed limits are modified as hereafter set forth in this subsection upon the following streets or portions thereof between the limits designated:

Name of Street	Speed Limit (miles per hour)	Location
Birchcrest Road [Added 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	From Rice Street to Gray Street (both northbound and southbound) when children are present
CTH "E" (Stow Street)	30	From the City's south corporate limits to South Ridge Circle
CTH "E" (Stow Street)	30	From South Ridge Circle to the City's south corporate limits
CTH "E" (West Lake Street)	35	From Clinton Street to 3/10 of a mile east of the City's corporate limits
CTH "E" (West Lake Street)	35	2/10 of a mile west of Industrial Drive to Clinton Street
Division Street [Added 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	Entire length from Oak Lane to Termini (both eastbound and westbound) when children are present
Gray Street [Added 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	From South Finch Street to Birchcrest Road (both eastbound and westbound) when children are present
Jersey Street [Amended 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	Entire length to the intersection of North Hubbard Street and Park Drive (both eastbound and westbound) when children are present
Oak Lane [Added 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	Entire length from STH 33 to Division Street (both northbound and southbound) when children are present
Park Drive [Amended 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	Entire length from North Hubbard Street to North Palmatory Street (both eastbound and westbound) when children are present
Rose Street [Added 6-23-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-11]	15	From Rice Street to Gray Street (southbound) when children are present
South Main Street	35	3/10 of a mile south of Greentree Road to the south corporate limits
South Main Street	35	From the south corporate limits to 3/10 of a mile south of Greentree Road
South Main Street	30	3/10 of a mile south of Greentree Road to Greentree Road
South Main Street	30	From Greentree Road south for 3/10 of a mile
State Hwy 28 (Clason Street)	35	From Ellsworth Street to the City's north corporate limits
State Hwy 28 (Clason Street)	35	From the City's north corporate limits to Ellsworth Street
State Hwy 33 (East Lake Street)	30	From Birchcrest Road to Clason Street
State Hwy 33 (East Lake Street)	30	From Clason Street to Birchcrest Road
State Hwy 33 (East Lake Street)	40	From Birchcrest Road to the City's east corporate limits
State Hwy 33 (East Lake Street)	40	From the City's east corporate limits to Birchcrest Road
State Hwy 33 (Washington Street)	35	From Clinton Street to the City's west corporate limits
State Hwy 33 (Washington Street) east	35	From the City's west corporate limits to Clinton Street

Emergency vehicles exempted. The speed limits set forth in this section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles when operating in emergencies.

§ 525-11 Through streets and snow emergency routes designated.

In the interest of public safety and pursuant to § 349.07, Wis. Stats., the following streets or portions thereof set forth in this section are declared to be through highways and snow emergency routes, and traffic signs or signals giving notice thereof shall be erected by the Director of Public Works-Utilities in accordance with § 525-3:

Washington Street from the west City limits.

Main Street from the south curbline of Washington Street to and including the Wisconsin Southern Railroad Company.

Highway Street from the Wisconsin Southern Railroad Company to Barstow Street to the Bridge Street Bridge to Vine Street to Lake Street.

Lake Street from the west City limits to the stop sign at Vine Street.

Lake Street from Vine Street to the east City limits.

Clason Street from Lake Street to the north City limits.

All vehicles proceeding in an easterly direction on Lake Street to Vine Street shall stop at the intersection of Lake Street and Vine Street.

All vehicles proceeding on Clason Street to Lake Street shall stop at the intersection of Clason Street and Lake Street.

All vehicles proceeding on Main Street across the intersection of Washington Street to the south shall stop at the intersection of Washington Street. (Vehicles turning onto Washington Street to the west from Main Street need not so stop and a sign shall there be erected reading "stop, except when turning right.")

§ 525-12 One-way streets.

Pursuant to § 349.10, Wis. Stats., the following streets are heretofore declared to be one-way streets, and no person shall operate any vehicle thereon except in the indicated directions:

The alley in Block 12 of the Original Plat of the City of Horicon from East to West.

The alley in Block 17 of the Original Plat of the City of Horicon from West to East.

East Walnut Street from North Vine Street to Clason Street from West to East.

The extension of Valley Street into River Bend Park where it becomes a circular drive running from the north to the south in the western lane of the circle and running from the south to the north in the eastern lane of the circle.

The entrance drive parallel and adjacent to the City Hall on its east side running from south to north and shall be the means of ingress to the parking lot located thereon. The exit drive from said lot parallel and adjacent to the City Hall on its north side shall be a one-way street running from east to west and shall be the means of egress from said parking lot.

The alley located on the east 14 feet of Lot Three, and the east 14 feet of Lot 10, Block 13, Original Plat (East of John Deere Office, from East Lake Street to East Walnut Street) running from south to north.

The alley in Block 16 of the Original Plat of Horicon running from east to west.

Birchcrest Road from its junction from State Trunk Highway 33 to Minerva Street running from north to south.[1]

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Editor's Note: Former Subsection I, concerning one-way street Mill Street from South Cedar Street to South Finch Street, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-25-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08.

§ 525-13 Heavy traffic routes.

Definition. For purposes of this section, "heavy traffic" shall be defined as:

(1)

All vehicles not operating completely on pneumatic tires; and

(2)

All vehicles or combination of vehicles, other than motor buses, designed or used for transporting property of any nature and having a gross weight of more than 15,000 pounds.

Prohibited routes. Heavy traffic is prohibited from using any City street or highway not designated as a heavy traffic route. This section shall not act to prohibit heavy traffic from using a City street or highway for the purpose of obtaining orders for supplies or moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence which has an entrance on such street or highway. Furthermore, this section will not act to prohibit heavy traffic from using any City streets over which are routed state trunk highways. When being driven to the site of any construction, repair or maintenance of electric, gas or water service, vehicles owned and operated by a public utility will be exempt from the provisions of this section.

Administration. The Director of Public Works-Utilities in cooperation with the Police Department shall administer this section. Administration shall include:

(1)

Posting of signs. Appropriate signs shall be posted giving notice of this section and of the heavy traffic routes established herein. Yellow sign posts may also be used to designate heavy traffic routes.

(2)

Maps. Heavy traffic routes shall be shown on the Official Traffic Map.

(3)

Construction equipment. The Director of Public Works-Utilities may grant temporary permits to allow heavy construction equipment to use City streets or highways not designated as heavy traffic routes. These permits may be granted only when use of a nondesignated route is necessary for the equipment to reach a construction site. No permit may be issued unless the person or corporation owning the equipment agrees to reimburse and hold the City harmless for any damage done to the City street by the equipment and/or any personal injury or property damage caused in part or in whole by the street damage. City-owned or operated equipment is specifically excluded from the provisions of this subsection.

Liability. Any operator, corporation, owner or agent whose heavy traffic vehicle damages any City streets or highways in violating this section shall be liable and required to pay the City the cost of repair or replacement of the damaged street or highway.

Special and seasonal weight limitations. The Director of Public Works-Utilities shall have the authority to impose special or seasonal weight limits on any highway, bridge or culvert maintained by the City to prevent injury to the roadway or for the safety of the users of such bridge or culvert and shall be responsible for erecting Uniform Traffic Control Devices giving notice thereof in accordance with the proving of § 525-3.

Heavy traffic routes designated. All streets and alleys within the City are designated Class "B" highways subject to the weight limitations of § 346.16, Wis. Stats., except the following highways or parts thereof within the jurisdiction of the City are hereby designated heavy traffic routes and are excepted from the Class "B" weight limitations:

(1)

Highway 33 (Lake Street, Barstow Street, Main Street, Washington Street).

(2)

Hubbard Street as it extends south from East Lake Street to the City limits.

(3)

Clason Street as it extends north from East Lake Street to the City limits.

(4)

West Lake Street from Vine Street west to the City limits to include County Highway E to the City limits.

(5)

St. Helena Road south of Highway 33.

(6)

Clinton Street between Highway 33 and County Highway E.

(7)

Michigan Street east of Clinton Street and to the Wisconsin Southern Railroad property.

(8)

Main Street south of Washington Street.

(9)

Industrial Drive.

(10)

Commerce Court.

§ 525-14 U-Turns prohibited.

Prohibited where posted. No person, while operating a vehicle, shall turn it so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection where there is posted a sign reading "no U-turn" or words to that effect.

Prohibited on through streets. No person, while operating a vehicle, shall turn it so as to proceed in the opposite direction on any artery for through traffic.

§ 525-15 Controlled intersections designated.

Complete stops required. It shall be unlawful for any person driving or operating any motor vehicle or other vehicle to drive or cause the same to be driven into an intersection designated and declared as follows to be a stop zone, whether designated as requiring one-way stops, two-way stops, three-way stops, four-way stops or signalized intersections, without first coming to a full and complete stop:

Stop Sign on	At Intersection of
August Street	Valley Street
Barstow Street	Vine Street
Barstow Street	Barstow Street
Barstow Street	Kansas Street, east and west
Birchcrest Street	Minerva Street
Bogda Street	Horicon Street
Karen Lane, both	Ellsworth Street
Cedar Street	Lake Street
Cedar Street [Repealed 9-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-13]
Cedar Street	Mill Street
Cedar Street	Rice Street, north and south
Center Street	Juneau Street
Chandler Street	Main Street
Chandler Street	Valley Street
Chestnut Street	Lake Street
Chippewa Court	Clinton Street
City View Boulevard	Horicon Street, north and south
City View Boulevard	Washington Street
Clark Street	Lake Street
Clark Street	East Maple Street
Clark Street	Joanna Street
Clark Street	Walnut Street, north and south
Clason Street	Lake Street
Clinton Street	Washington Street
Clinton Street	Horicon Street, north
Clinton Street	County Highway E
Columbia Street	Washington Street
Dexter Road	Stow Street
Division Street [Added 10-22-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-11]	Oak Lane
East Walnut Street	North Palmatory Street
Ellison Street	Main Street
Ellison Street	Columbia Street
Ellsworth Street	Highway 28
Ellsworth Street	Palmatory Street
Elm Street	Lake Street
Elm Street	Mill Street
Elm Street	Maple Street, north and south
Finch Street	Lake Street
Finch Street	Mill Street
Finch Street	Maple Street
Finch Street	Minerva Street, north and south
Finch Street, north and south in midblock [Repealed 9-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-13]
Golf Course Road	Main Street
Grand Street	Washington Street
Grand Street	Ellison Street
Grand Street	Horicon Street, north and south
Gray Street	Hubbard Street
Gray Street	Birchcrest Street
Hamilton Place	Washington Street
Hamilton Place	Chandler Street, north and south
Henderson Place [Added 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10]	South Wind Trail
Horicon Street [Added 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10]	City View Boulevard, east and west
Horicon Street	Main Street
Horicon Street	Clinton Street, east and west
Horicon Street	Columbia Street, east and west
Horicon Street	Kilbourne Street, east and west
Hubbard Street	Lake Street
Hubbard Street	Walnut Street
Hubbard Street	Mill Street, north and south
Huron Street	Washington Street
Huron Street	Horicon Street
Industrial Road	County Highway E
Irving Court	Columbia Street
Jersey Street	Hubbard Street
Joanna Street	Palmatory Street
Joanna Street	Finch Street, east and west
Joanna Street	Cedar Street
Juneau Street	Lake Street
Juneau Street	Barstow Street
Juneau Street	Barstow Street
Kansas Street	Lake Street
Kansas Street	Highway Street
Kansas Street	Barstow Street, from north
Kilbourne Street	Washington Street
Kilbourne Street	Ellison Street
Kiwanis Street	Janssen Street
Larabee Street	Lake Street
Larabee Street	Barstow Street, north and south
Larabee Street	Chandler Street, north and south
Larabee Street	Washington Street
Lynn Street	Clason Street, from west
Lynn Street	Cedar Street
Lynn Street	Palmatory Street
Lynn Street	Hubbard Street
Lynn Street	Finch Street, east and west
Lynn Street	Elm Street, east and west
Lynn Street	Vine Street
Main Street	Washington Street
Mallard Court	West Lake Street
Maple Street	Clason Street, from east or west
Maple Street	Hubbard Street
Maple Street	Cedar Street
Maple Street	Palmatory Street
Maple Street	Vine Street
Mary Lane	St. Helena Street
Meadow Park Drive	Main Street
Meadow Park Drive	Hillcrest Street
Mill Street [Added 8-25-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-09]	South Cedar Street, west
Mill Street [Added 9-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-12]	South Finch Street, east
Mill Street	Vine Street
Mill Street	Cedar Street
Mill Street	Hubbard Street, east
Minerva Street	Hubbard Street
Minerva Street [Repealed 9-22-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-13]
Minerva Street [Added 8-13-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-09]	South Cedar Street, east and west
Mohawk Court	Clinton Street
Nebraska Street	Lake Street
North Cedar Street	Jersey Street
North Elm Street Added 11-23-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-16	Winter Street
North Finch Street	Jersey Street
Oak Lake	Highway 33
Palmatory Street	Lake Street
Palmatory Street	Walnut Street
Park Drive	Palmatory Street
Pheasant Lane	Meadow Park Drive
Preston Street	Hubbard Street
Preston Street	Cedar Street
Prospect Street	County Highway E, west
Raasch Hill Road	Highway 28
Rice Street	Hubbard Street
Rice Street	Finch Street, east and west
Rice Street	Birchcrest Street
Rich Street	Barstow Street
Rich Street	Washington Street
Rich Street	Chandler Street, north and south
Robin Road	St. Helena Street
Robin Road	Pheasant Lane
Rose Street	Gray Street
Rose Street	Rice Street
Rose Street	Minerva Street
Rue De Senonches	Birchcrest Street
South Cedar Street	Gray Street
South Finch Street	Gray Street
South Palmatory Street [Added 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10]	Henderson Place
South Ridge Court	Stow Street
South Wind Trail	Lake Street
South Wind Trail [Added 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-10]	South Wind Trail
St. Helena Street	Washington Street
Sunset Lane	Park Drive Street
Valley Street	Barstow Street
Van Brandt Drive	Clinton Street
Vine Street	Lake Street
Vine Street	East Maple Street, north and south
Walnut Street	Clason Street from east or west
Walnut Street	Cedar Street
Walnut Street	Elm Street
Walnut Street	Finch Street, West
Walnut Street	Nebraska Street
Walnut Street	Chestnut Street
Washington Street	Valley Street
Washington Street	Main Street
West Lake Street	County Highway E
Winter Street	Hubbard Street
Winter Street	Palmatory Street
Woodward Road	Highway 33

§ 525-16 Compression brakes prohibited.

No person shall use motor vehicle brakes within the City limits of the City of Horicon which are in any way activated or operated by the compression of the engine of any such motor vehicle or any unit or part hereof.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall have committed a traffic offense and a penalty shall be imposed as provided in § 525-40.

The Director of Public Works-Utilities is authorized and directed to post appropriate signs consistent with the provisions of this section.

§ 525-17 Passing on the right prohibited.

Within the following described area, passing on the right by motor vehicles shall be prohibited:

On East Lake Street (State Highway 33), extending both travel directions eastward from the intersection of East Lake Street and Vine Street through the intersection of Finch Street and East Lake Street.