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 § 432-1 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.
A. 
Definition. For purposes of this section, "heavy traffic" shall be defined as all vehicles not operating completely on pneumatic tires, and 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 14,000 pounds.
B. 
Prohibited routes. Heavy traffic is prohibited from using any City street or highway not designated as a heavy traffic route. However, if an off-street heavy truck parking permit has been issued under § 480-51C(2), then a person granted such off-street parking permit may deviate from designated heavy traffic routes to park at the location granted by the permit, provided that the shortest and safest deviation is taken. 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.
[Amended 1-21-2014; 9-14-2015]
C. 
Administration. The Chief of Police 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 signposts may also be used to designate heavy traffic routes.
(2) 
Maps. Maps of the City showing heavy traffic routes shall be prepared and shall be available upon request by heavy traffic operators and owners.
(3) 
Construction equipment.
(a) 
The Chief of Police 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.
(b) 
City-owned or operated equipment is specifically excluded from the provisions of this section.
D. 
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.
E. 
Routes designated. The following streets and parts of streets are designated as heavy traffic routes:
[Amended 5-12-2014]
(1) 
1st Street and 1st Center Avenue where they compose State Highway 11.
(2) 
County Trunk Highway E north from State Highway 11 to the north City limits.
(3) 
4th Street west from 1st Center Avenue to the City limits where it comprises County Trunk Highway F.
(4) 
11th Street, except that portion of 11th Street between East 2nd Avenue and East 9th Avenue.
[Amended 3-17-2015]
(5) 
All of 12th Street.
(6) 
West 3rd Avenue between 10th Street and 12th Street.
(7) 
10th Street between West 3rd Avenue and 1st Center Avenue.
(8) 
14th Street from West 7th Avenue west to its end.
(9) 
West 7th Avenue from 14th Street to 17th Street.
(10) 
West 8th Avenue from 14th Street to 17th Street.
(11) 
All of West 9th Avenue.
(12) 
All of 17th Street.
(13) 
Green Street from 1st Center Avenue (County Trunk Highway E) to East 2nd Avenue.
(14) 
All of East 9th Avenue (County Trunk Highway T).
(15) 
21st Street from 1st Center Avenue to East 3rd Avenue.
(16) 
23rd Street from 1st Center Avenue to East 9th Avenue (County Trunk Highway T).
(17) 
East 3rd Avenue from 19th Street to 23rd Street.
F. 
Certain streets. No person shall operate a heavy traffic vehicle on any streets or parts of streets not designated in Subsection E; provided, however, the ordinary use of such streets for obtaining orders for supplies or moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence fronting on such streets shall be permitted, but the weight of the vehicle and its load shall not exceed the limitations of §§ 348.15 and 348.16(3), Wis. Stats., pertaining to Class "A" highways or deliveries on Class "B" highways.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
G. 
Heavy load traffic; Class "B" designation. All streets and alleys within the City, except those enumerated in Subsection E above, are hereby designated Class "B" highways and shall be subject to weight limitations imposed by § 348.16, Wis. Stats.[2], [3]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
[3]
Editor's Note: Original § 10-1-11(h), Special heavy traffic parking permit, of the 1997 Code, as amended 8-11-2008 and 3-19-2013, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 10-14-2013.
The Common Council hereby determines that the statutory speed limits on the following streets or portions thereof are unreasonable, unsafe, and imprudent and modifies such speed limits as follows:
A. 
Speed limits increased. Speed limits are increased as follows upon the following designated streets or portions thereof:
Name of Street
Speed Limit
(mph)
Location
1st Center Avenue
35
From the south City limits northerly to its intersection with 19th Street
1st Street[1]
25
Between the intersection of Highway 11 and Highway 104 and 2/10 mile west
East 9th Avenue
35
Between 10th Street and the south City limits
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
Speed limits decreased. Speed limits are decreased as follows upon the following designated streets:
(1) 
Fifteen miles per hour limit. While children are present within the area, the speed of any vehicle shall not be greater than 15 miles per hour on the following streets:
Name of Street
Location
4th Street
Between East 8th Avenue and East 6th Avenue
4th Street
Between West 3rd Avenue and the Race Bridge
5th Street
Between East 8th Avenue and East 6th Avenue
12th Street
Between 1st Center Avenue and East 2nd Avenue
County Highway E (North 1st Center Avenue)
From Highway 11 to Green Street
East 2nd Avenue
From the railroad main line to 12th Street
West 3rd Avenue
Between 7th Street and 4th Street
Pursuant to § 349.10, Wis. Stats., the following streets and parts thereof are declared to be one-way streets, and no person shall operate any vehicle thereon except in the indicated direction:
Name of Street
Direction
Location
Exchange Street
East
Between 2nd Avenue and 1st Center Avenue
Exchange Street
West
Between 2nd Avenue and 1st Center Avenue
West 2nd Avenue
South
Between north and south sides of Exchange Street
No person shall execute a U-turn from any direction in the following intersections:
1st Center Avenue and 10th Street
1st Center Avenue and Exchange Street