[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Fox Lake as Title 10, Ch. 3, of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 370.
All-terrain and off-road vehicles — See Ch. 459.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 462.
A. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, 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 chapter as if fully set forth herein. Acts required to be performed or prohibited by such statutes are required or prohibited by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutes incorporated herein by reference are intended to be made part of this Code.[1]
(1) 
Section 350.01, Definitions.
(2) 
Section 350.02, Operation of snowmobiles on or in the vicinity of highways.
(3) 
Section 350.03, Right-of-way.
(4) 
Section 350.04, Snowmobile races, derbies and routes.
(5) 
Section 350.045, Public utility exemption.
(6) 
Section 350.047, Local ordinance to be filed.
(7) 
Section 350.05, Operation by youthful operators restricted.
(8) 
Section 350.055, Safety certification program established.
(9) 
Section 350.07, Driving animals.
(10) 
Section 350.08, Owner permitting operation.
(11) 
Section 350.09, Head lamps, tail lamps and brakes, etc.
(12) 
Section 350.10, Miscellaneous provisions for snowmobile operation.
(13) 
Section 350.101, Intoxicated snowmobiling.
(14) 
Section 350.102, Preliminary breath screening test.
(15) 
Section 350.1025, Application of intoxicated snowmobiling law.
(16) 
Section 350.103, Implied consent.
(17) 
Section 350.104, Chemical tests.
(18) 
Section 350.106, Report arrest to Department.
(19) 
Section 350.107, Officer's action after arrest for operating a snowmobile while under influence of intoxicant.
(20) 
Section 350.108, Public education program.
(21) 
Section 350.12, Registration of snowmobiles; trail use stickers.
(22) 
Section 350.125, Completion of application for registration by snowmobile dealers.
(23) 
Section 350.13, Uniform trail signs and standards.
(24) 
Section 350.135, Interference with uniform trail signs and standards prohibited.
(25) 
Section 350.15, Accidents and accident reports.
(26) 
Section 350.155, Coroners and medical examiners to report; require blood specimen.
(27) 
Section 350.17, Enforcement.
(28) 
Section 350.18, Local ordinances.
(29) 
Section 350.19, Liability of landowners.
(30) 
Section 350.99, Parties to a violation.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any street, highway or alley within the City of Fox Lake in violation of the traffic regulation provisions of §§ 346.04, 346.06, 346.11, 346.14(1), 346.18, 346.19, 346.20, 346.21, 346.26, 346.27, 346.33, 346.35, 346.37, 346.39, 346.40, 346.44, 346.46, 346.47, 346.48, 346.50(1)(b), 346.51, 346.52, 346.53, 346.54, 346.55, 346.87, 346.88, 346.89, 346.90, 346.91, 346.92(1) and 346.94(1) and (9), Wis. Stats.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
No person shall leave or allow a snowmobile owned or operated by him to remain unattended on any public highway or public property while the motor is running or with the starting key left in the ignition.
No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any sidewalk or pedestrianway or upon the area between the sidewalk and the curbline of any street in the City, except as specifically authorized by § 410-8 or for the purpose of crossing to obtain immediate access to an authorized area of operation.
A. 
Speed. No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public highway within the City at a speed in excess of 20 miles per hour. No person shall operate a snowmobile on any trail designated in § 410-8 of this chapter or in any public park or recreation area at a speed in excess of the posted limit.
B. 
Intersections. Snowmobiles using City streets as routes shall stop at every intersection and yield the right-of-way to all other vehicular traffic and pedestrians.
C. 
Hours of operation. No person shall operate a snowmobile in the City between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except upon a public highway as authorized by state statutes and this section or for the purpose of gaining access to or leaving such highway or snowmobile route, provided that residents outside the City limits and nonresidents within the City limits may make one ingress or egress trip during the prohibited hours.
A. 
No person under the age of 12 years may operate a snowmobile. No person over the age of 12 years but under the age of 16 years may operate a snowmobile unless he holds a valid snowmobile safety certificate or is accompanied by a person over 18 years of age or by a person over 14 years of age having a snowmobile safety certificate issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
B. 
No person shall operate any snowmobile upon any street, alley or other public right-of-way in the City unless such person shall have a valid motor vehicle operator's license or unless such operator is accompanied by a person who has a valid motor vehicle operator's license and who is occupying a seat on the vehicle.
A. 
If he can do so without serious danger to his own snowmobile or to persons on board, the operator of a snowmobile involved in a snowmobile accident within the City shall stop his snowmobile and shall render to other persons affected thereby such assistance as may be practicable and necessary to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the accident and shall give his name and address and identification of his snowmobile to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the accident.
B. 
If the snowmobile accident results in death or injury to any person or total property damage in excess of $200, every operator of a snowmobile involved in such accident shall, as soon as possible, notify the Police Department of the accident and shall, within 10 days after the accident, file a written report thereof with the Department on forms prescribed by it.
C. 
If the operator of a snowmobile is physically incapable of making the report required by this section and there was another occupant on the snowmobile at the time of the accident capable of making the report, he shall make such report.
D. 
"Snowmobile accident" means a collision, accident or other casualty involving a snowmobile.
A. 
Use of public property restricted; routes. Except as provided in §§ 350.02 and 350.045, Wis. Stats., or for a snowmobile event authorized in accordance with § 350.04, Wis. Stats., no person shall operate a snowmobile, unless expressly authorized, upon any public right-of-way, in any public park or on any other public municipal property in the City except upon the following routes, and then only for ingress to or egress from the City and not for recreational purposes:
(1) 
Snowmobile routes.
(a) 
College Avenue from the north line of State Street to the northerly City limits.
(b) 
Crocker Street for its entire length within the City limits.
(2) 
Other routes. On other City streets by residents and their guests to travel by the most direct route from their home and back to the streets designated in Subsection A(1) above.
B. 
Trail markers. The Director of Public Works is directed and authorized to procure, erect and maintain appropriate snowmobile route, trail and limit signs and markers as approved by the State Department of Natural Resources under § 350.13, Wis. Stats. The Chief of Police shall have the power to declare the stated snowmobile routes and trails either open or closed.
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.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $20 and not more than $500, together with the costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, may be imprisoned in the county jail for not exceeding 10 days, provided that 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 462, Vehicles and Traffic, of this Code.
A. 
Uniform citation for highway violations. The uniform traffic citation promulgated under § 345.11, Wis. Stats., shall be used for violations of this chapter relating to highway use except as herein provided.
B. 
Parking violations. The special traffic citation described and defined in Chapter 462, Vehicles and Traffic, of this Code shall be used for enforcement of violations of rules of the road relating to parking of vehicles adopted by reference in § 410-2 of this chapter.
C. 
Other violations. All violations of this chapter not described in Subsection A or B shall be enforced in accordance with §§ 66.0111 and 66.0114, 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.
D. 
Police Department to receive stipulations and penalties. Stipulations, forfeited penalties and deposits for obtaining release from arrest authorized under this chapter may be accepted at the Police Department offices.
E. 
Forfeited penalties and deposits. Except as otherwise provided in § 345.26, Wis. Stats., and the deposit schedule adopted by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference thereunder, required penalties and deposits or bail, not including costs or fees, for violation of this chapter shall be as established by the schedule adopted by the Common Council.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).