No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle on any pedestrianway
or sidewalk within the City of Brodhead, except maintenance vehicles.
Pursuant to § 349.215, Wis. Stats., those adult persons
appointed by the Police Department to act as school crossing guards
shall have the authority to stop vehicular traffic and to keep it
stopped as long as necessary at their respective school crossings
for the purpose of permitting schoolchildren to cross the street.
It shall be unlawful for the directing officer or the operator
of any railway train to direct the operation of or to operate the
same in such a manner as to prevent the use of any street for purposes
of travel for a period of time longer than 10 minutes, except that
this provision shall not apply to trains or cars in motion other than
those engaged in switching.
[Added 12-8-2008; 3-17-2015; 10-20-2015]
This section is adopted pursuant to the authority set forth
in § 349.26, Wis. Stats., and is adopted for the protection
of the public health, benefit and welfare of the City.
A. Definitions and requirements. Except as otherwise specifically provided
in this Code, the statutory provisions in Chs. 340 through 349, Wis.
Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to low-speed
vehicles and traffic, for which the penalty is a forfeiture only,
exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory penalty is a
fine or term of imprisonment or exclusively state charges, are hereby
adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as if fully set
forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any
regulation incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited
by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications
of the statutory regulations in Chs. 340 through 349, Wis. Stats.,
incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this chapter in
order to secure, to the extent legally practicable, uniform statewide
regulation of low-speed vehicle traffic on the highways, streets and
alleys of the State of Wisconsin. Any person who shall, within the
City of Brodhead, Wisconsin, violate any provisions of any statute
incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed guilty of an offense
under this section.
B. Permitted users of low-speed vehicles. To use a low-speed vehicle that meets the criteria set forth in Subsection
A above on City streets, the driver must have a valid Wisconsin driver's license.
C. Permitted use of low-speed vehicles on City streets. Any driver meeting the requirements of Subsection
B above may operate a registered low-speed vehicle on City streets having a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. Headlamps must be on at all times during operation on City streets.
D. Operation of low-speed vehicles. The operators of low-speed vehicles shall comply with all state and local traffic laws, including but not limited to Chapters
191,
398,
429 and
432 of the City Code of Ordinances, and owners and operators of low-speed vehicles shall be subject to citations and forfeitures for violation of any such laws.
E. Registration. Low-speed vehicles shall be registered with the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation.
F. Enforcement. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to forfeitures as provided in §
432-36.