City of Monona, WI Chapter 374 Snowmobiles

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Monona as Title 10, Ch. 3, of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 434.

§ 374-1 State snowmobile and all-terrain vehicle laws adopted.

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 chapter.

A. Section 350.01, Definitions.

B. Section 350.02, Operation of snowmobiles on or in the vicinity of highways.

C. Section 350.03, Right-of-way.

D. Section 350.04, Snowmobile races, derbies and routes.

E. Section 350.045, Public utility exemption.

F. Section 350.125, Completion of application for registration by snowmobile dealers.

G. Section 350.13, Uniform trail signs and standards.

H. Section 350.15, Accidents and accident reports.

I. Section 350.17, Enforcement.

J. Section 350.18, Local ordinances.

K. Section 350.19, Liability of landowners.

L. Section 350.99, Parties to a violation.

§ 374-2 Applicability of traffic regulations to snowmobiles.

No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any street, highway or alley within the City of Monona 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.

§ 374-3 Operation on sidewalks prohibited. [1]

No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any sidewalk, pedestrianway or upon the area between the sidewalk and the curbline of any street in the City.

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

§ 374-4 Snowmobile routes and trails designated.

A. Routes designated. Except as provided 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 except upon snowmobile routes and trails designated by resolution of the Common Council.

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.

§ 374-5 Violations and penalties. [1]

Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $20 and not more than $500 and be punishable as set forth in § 1-4 of the Code, 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 434, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Monona.

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

§ 374-6 Enforcement.

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 434, Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of the City of Monona shall be used for enforcement of violations of rules of the road relating to parking of vehicles adopted by reference in § 374-1 of this chapter.

C. Other violations. All violations of this chapter not described in Subsection A or B shall be enforced in accordance with §§ 66.0114 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.

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.