[Adopted as Title 10, Ch. 3, of the City Code]
[Amended 2-27-2018 by Ord. No. 01-2018]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this article, 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 article
as if fully set forth herein. Acts required to be performed or prohibited
by such statutes are required or prohibited by this article. Any future
amendments, revisions or modifications of the Statutes incorporated
herein by reference are intended to be made part of this Code.
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 Highways
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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, Etc.
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350.10
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Miscellaneous Provisions for Snowmobile Operation
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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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350.104
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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 for Operating a Snowmobile While
Under Influence of Intoxicant
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350.12
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Registration of Snowmobiles
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350.125
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Completion of Application for Registration by Snowmobile Dealers
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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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350.99
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Parties to a Violation
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[Amended 9-28-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021]
No person shall operate a snowmobile in the City of Princeton
upon any highway, street, alley, public parking lot or upon any private
parking lot or road held out for the use of the general public for
parking or vehicular travel in violation of traffic regulations made
applicable by § 346.02(10), Wis. Stats., for snowmobiles.
[Amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 03-2019]
A. Routes designated. Except as provided herein and in §§ 350.02
and 350.045, Wis. Stats., or for snowmobile events authorized in accordance
with § 350.04, Wis. Stats., no person shall operate a snowmobile
upon any public right-of-way, in any public park, or on any other
public municipal property in the City of Princeton except upon snowmobile
trails designated by resolution by the Common Council.
(1) The main trail through the City of Princeton shall be the route as
provided by the local Princeton Snowmobile Club.
(2) Access routes for use of snowmobile owners who are residents of the
City of Princeton to allow travel from their residence to the main
trail is the closest direct route from their residence to the designated
snowmobile trail on the roadway.
B. Trail markers. The City of Princeton or its designee is directed
and authorized to procure, erect, and maintain appropriate snowmobile
routes, trail and limit signs, and markers as approved by the State
Department of Natural Resources under § 350.13, Wis. Stats.
C. Markers to be obeyed. No person shall fail to obey any route or trail
sign, marker, or limit erected in accordance with this section.
D. Operation of snowmobiles in the City is limited to designated route.
Snowmobiles shall not be operated upon any street, highway or alley,
nor upon any public property in the City subject to the following
express exceptions:
(1) Upon the designated route.
(2) Upon a street, highway or alley right-of-way providing the most direct
route between a snowmobile operator's place of residence in the City
and the designated route. The sole reason for allowing the use of
streets, highways, or alleys other than those incorporated into the
designated route for snowmobile operation purposes shall be limited
strictly to access to and from the designated route for snowmobile
operators whose places of residence are in the City. At all times
when operation on other than the designated route, snowmobile operations
shall comply with speed and right-of-way limitations as set forth
in §§ 350.02 and 350.03 Wis. Stats.
E. Rules of operation. Snowmobiles operated on designated snowmobile routes on public highways shall observe the rules of the road for motor vehicles set forth in Chapter 346, Wis. Stats., and Chapter
360, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Princeton, which are hereby adopted by reference and made part of this article as fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by such laws as required or prohibited by this section.
F. Declaring trails closed. Due to weather conditions or emergency,
the City of Princeton or its designee may declare snowmobile vehicle
trails closed within the City.
G. Permit. All residents shall obtain a City permit should they wish to operate a snowmobile on any public roadway in order to gain access to a designated snowmobile trail as outlined in §
372-5A(2). The purpose of the permit is to register the snowmobiles kept in the City. There is no fee associated with the registration permit.
[Amended 2-27-2018 by Ord. No. 01-2018; 9-28-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021]
Any person who shall violate any provision of the entire Chapter
372 shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture as prescribed by §
1-3 of Chapter
1, Article
I, Construction and Penalties, for each and every offense, together with the costs of prosecution, provided no person shall forfeit an amount in excess of the maximum fine or forfeiture allowed in the Wisconsin Statutes for the same offense and further provided that the penalty and forfeiture for parking violations on highways shall be the amount applicable to such violations by owners or operators of motor vehicles under Chapter
360, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Princeton.
[Adopted as Title 10, Ch. 4, of the City Code]
[Amended 9-28-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021; 8-26-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the
statutory provisions in Chapters 23 and 340 through 348 of the Wisconsin
Statutes establishing regulations with respect to all-terrain vehicles
(ATV) and utility-terrain vehicles (UTV), and Ch. NR 64, Wis. Adm.
Code, All-Terrain Vehicles, are hereby adopted by reference and made
a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. Unless otherwise
provided in this chapter, any act required to be performed or prohibited
by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited
by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions, or modifications
of the statutes or administrative codes incorporated herein are made
a part of this chapter to secure uniform statewide regulation of ATVs
and UTVs.
[Added 9-28-2021 by Ord. No. 02-2021]
A. Routes.
The City of Princeton hereby ordains all municipal streets and state
highways in the City are authorized for the operation of ATV/UTV traffic.
[Amended 8-26-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
B. Hours
of operation. ATVs and UTVs may only be operated on an approved ATV
route between 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight, year round (January 1
through December 31).
C. Operators
shall abide by all traffic laws unless further restricted by this
chapter.
D. No ATV
or UTV shall operate at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour unless
a reduced speed is otherwise required by state statute or municipal
ordinance.
E. All ATVs
and UTVs must operate with fully functional headlights, taillights
and brake lights.
F. All ATV
and UTV operators shall ride in single file on the extreme right-hand
side of the paved portion of the roadway. Operation on a gravel shoulder
in areas where there is not a curb/gutter is prohibited unless yielding
the right-of-way.
G. All ATV
and UTV operators and passengers under 18 years of age shall wear
protective headgear while operating on roadways within the City limits.
H. No person
under the age of 16 may operate an ATV or UTV on any portion of a
municipal roadway.
[Amended 8-26-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
I. Every
person who operates an ATV or UTV on any portion of a municipal roadway
shall have in his/her immediate possession a valid motor vehicle operator's
license and shall display the license document upon demand from any
law enforcement officer, state patrol officer, inspector under § 110.07(1),
Wis. Stats., or conservation warden.
J. No ATV
or UTV may be operated on any designated ATV route if the ATV/UTV
does not meet all applicable federal noise and air pollution standards.
K. No person
may ride in or on any part of an ATV/UTV that is not designated or
intended to be used by passengers.
L. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture as prescribed by §
1-3 of Chapter
1, Article
I, Construction and Penalties, for each and every offense, together with the costs of prosecution, provided no person shall forfeit an amount in excess of the maximum fine or forfeiture allowed in the Wisconsin Statutes, for the same offense and further provided that the penalty and forfeiture for parking violations on highways shall be the amount applicable to such violations by owners or operators of motor vehicles under Chapter
360, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Princeton.
[Amended 8-26-2022 by Ord. No. 04-2022]
M. Enforcement.
(1) This
chapter shall be enforced by any officer employed by the City of Princeton,
the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office, or any other law enforcement
official as set forth in § 23.33(12), Wis. Stats.
(2) Uniform
citation for highway violations. The uniform traffic citation promulgated
under § 345.11, Wis. Stats., shall be used for violations
of this article relating to highway use except as herein provided.
(3) Parking violations. The special traffic citation described and defined in Chapter
360, Vehicles and Traffic, shall be used for enforcement of violations of rules of the road relating to parking of vehicles adopted by reference in §
372-1 of this chapter.
(4) Other violations. All violations of this article not described in Subsection
M(2) or
(3) shall be enforced in accordance with §§ 66.0114 and 66.0111, Wis. Stats. Stipulations of guilt or no contest may be made as provided in § 66.0114 (1)(b), Wis. Stats., in substantially the form provided in the uniform traffic citation within five days of the date of the citation for such violation. Bail deposits may also be made under § 66.0114, Wis. Stats.
(5) Police
Department to receive stipulations and penalties. Stipulations, forfeited
penalties and deposits for obtaining release from arrest authorized
under this article may be accepted at the Police Department.
(6) Forfeiture
penalties and deposits. Except otherwise provided in § 345.26,
Wis. Stats., and the deposit schedule adopted by the State Board of
Circuit Court Judges thereunder, required penalties and deposits or
bail not including costs or fees for violation of this article shall
be established by the schedule adopted by the Common Council.