Under the authority of Ch. 349, Wis. Stats., this Traffic Code
is now implemented and adopted by the Village of Sherwood. Therefore,
except as otherwise provided in this article, the statutory provisions
of Chapters 340 through 348 and § 941.01 of the Wisconsin
Statutes describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles
and traffic, exclusive of any provisions therein relating to penalties
to be imposed and exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory
penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment, are hereby adopted and
by reference made a part of this article, as hereinbefore set forth
and as if fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed
or prohibited by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required
or prohibited by this article. Any future amendments, revisions or
modifications of the statutes incorporated herein are intended to
be made a part of this article in order to secure uniform statewide
regulation of traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the State
of Wisconsin and the municipality.
Arterial streets shall be designated by stop signs or other appropriate signs, and every operator of a vehicle approaching such sign shall comply with § 346.46, Wis. Stats. See Article
IV, Stop Intersections, of this chapter.
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident within the
corporate limits of the Village of Sherwood shall, within 10 days
after such accident, file with the Calumet County Sheriff's Department
a copy of the report required by §§ 346.66 to 346.73,
Wis. Stats., if any. If the operator is unable to make such report,
any occupant of the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of
making such report shall have a duty to comply with this section.
Such reports shall be subject to the provisions and limitations in
§§ 346.66 to 346.73, Wis. Stats.
No operator of a vehicle shall fail or refuse to stop for a
school crossing guard when, in the performance of his or her duties,
the school crossing guard so directs by use of sign or signal. The
provisions of §§ 346.46 and 346.465, Wis. Stats., are
hereby adopted as a Village ordinance and hereby incorporated by reference.
The penalty for violation of any provision of this article shall be a forfeiture as provided, together with the costs of prosecution imposed as provided in §§ 345.20 to 345.53, Wis. Stats., as adopted by §
20-6 of this article.
A. Uniform offenses. Except as provided in Subsection
C for parking and nonmoving traffic offenses, forfeitures for violation of any provision of Chs. 341 through 348 and 350, Wis. Stats., incorporated and adopted by reference in §§
20-6 and
20-7 of this article, shall conform to forfeitures for violations of comparable state regulations, including any variations or increases for second offenses. Penalties set forth in Wisconsin Statutes and published by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference are hereby adopted by reference. See §
20-18 of this article for uniformity of deposits, court costs and suit tax.
B. Special local regulations. The forfeitures for violation of §§
20-7F,
20-11,
20-15 and
20-16 of this article shall be as prescribed in Chapter
40, Fees and Penalties, of this Code.
C. Parking.
(1) The forfeitures for violations of parking regulations in §
20-10, including snow emergency violations in §
20-10C, and handicap parking (§ 346.505, Wis. Stats.), shall be as prescribed in Chapter
40, Fees and Penalties, of this Code.
(2) Nonmoving traffic offenses. The forfeitures for offenses described in §§ 346.50 to 346.55, Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in §
20-6 of this article, shall be as prescribed in Chapter
40, Fees and Penalties, of this Code.
(3) With the exception of handicap parking violations and snow emergency
violations, forfeitures (fines) issued for the minimum penalty under
this article that are not paid within 10 days will double. If not
paid within 20 days, the fine increases. Fines for handicap violations
and snow emergency violations issued for the minimum penalty under
this article will be increased by an amount if unpaid after 10 days,
and doubled if unpaid after 20 days.
D. Upon conviction of any alcohol-related offense for which the Village
has expended funds or incurred expense for the withdrawal or testing
of blood or urine, the cost of such service to the Village shall be
added to any forfeiture, court costs, and fees imposed by the court.
Pursuant to the municipal authority of the Village granted by
law and the authority granted under Ch. 349 and §§ 345.28
and 345.47, Wis. Stats., the Village hereby adopts and incorporates
by reference the authority, policy and procedures as follows:
A. Section 345.47, Judgment of forfeitures, costs, fees, and surcharges,
Wis. Stats.
B. Section 345.28, Nonmoving violations, Wis. Stats.