[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Arbor
Vitae as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-15-1971 by Ord. No. 1-71]
State snowmobile laws (as amended through 1971) adopted except
as otherwise specifically provided in this article, 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 a part of this article as if
fully set forth herein. Acts required to be performed or prohibited
by such statutes as required by this article:
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.
F.
Section 350.07, Driving animals.
G.
Section 350.08, Owner permitting operation.
H.
Section 350.09, Head lamps, tail lamps and brakes, etc.
I.
Section 350.10, Miscellaneous provisions for snowmobile operation.
J.
Section 350.12, Registration of snowmobiles; train use stickers.
A.
Except as provided in §§ 350.02 and 350.03, Wisconsin
Statutes, no person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public right-of-way
except as hereinafter designated.
B.
The following streets or roads are designated as approved snowmobile
routes and are subject to change per the Town Board and shall be used
as such from December 1 through March 31, or whenever the official
snowmobile trails are declared legally open for travel, whichever
is shorter.
[Last amended 12-18-2002]
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Name of Street
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Location
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Airport Road
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All from Hwy 51 west to Towanda Road
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Arnett Road
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All
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Arrowhead Drive
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One block from Lake trail to trail going east
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Big Arbor Vitae Drive
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All of Big AV Drive until such time as the lake is safely frozen
to be traveled at no more than 15 miles per hour; after the lake is
frozen, the travel area will be from the Arbor Vitae Trailer Resort
west to the Town property west of the Johnson property; also, from
the Big AV road east to the junction of the trail along Hwy 70
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Buckhorn Road
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Ingress and egress to Vandercook Road
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Country Lane
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East from Arnett Road to the Woodruff/Oneida County Line
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Day Lake Road
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From Hwy 51 to the Boulder Junction town line
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Hall Road
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From the northeastern Airport property west and south to Mattke
Road
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Lemma Creek Road
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From Hwy 51 to exit at Brandy Park (west side)
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Little Arbor Vitae Drive
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From Hwy 70 East to Little Arbor Vitae Resort
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Mattke Road
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All
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North Farming Road
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From Hwy 51 west to the junction with Schuman Road and Old 51
road bed north to Schuman Road junction
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Old Hwy 51
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Old Hwy 51 from Hwy 51 to Buckhorn Road
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Schuman Road
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From Schuman Road and North Farming Road junction to approximately
one block to trail exit
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Swenson Road
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From Lemma Creek Road to the entrance of Culver’s Restaurant
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Terry Drive
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From Hwy 51 through Plantation subdivision to Wendy Drive
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Towanda Drive
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From Airport Road north to exit at power lines
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Vandercook Road
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All
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Walck Road
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Eastern-most one half block
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Wallace Road
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From Brandy Amoco west to Brandy Park Trail at north end of
Swenson Road (not Swenson Road)
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Wendy Drive
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From Terry Drive to Hwy 70 East
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C.
Snowmobiles operated on designated snowmobile routes over public
highways shall observe the rules of the road for motor vehicles set
forth in Chapter 346, Wisconsin Statutes, which is hereby adopted
by reference and made a part of this article as if fully set forth
herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by such statutes
is required or prohibited by this article.
A.
Speed. No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any public right-of-way
or highway at a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour.
B.
Intersections. Snowmobiles must stop at all intersections.
C.
Restrictions on operators. No person under the age of 16 years shall
operate nor shall any snowmobile owner knowingly authorize such person
to operate a snowmobile on public property within the town of Arbor
Vitae. No person shall operate or knowingly permit operation of a
snowmobile on any public highway within the Town of Arbor Vitae by
a person who does not have a valid motor vehicle operator’s
license which is not expired, revoked, cancelled or otherwise suspended
unless such person is accompanied by a licensed driver who is occupying
a seat on the vehicle.
D.
Unattended vehicles. No person shall leave or allow a snowmobile
owned or operated by him to remain unattended on any public highway
or property while the motor is running or with the starting key left
in the ignition.
E.
Operation on sidewalks prohibited. No person shall operate a snowmobile
on any sidewalk within the Town of Arbor Vitae, provided such sidewalk
has been cleared of snow.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall
upon conviction thereof forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $20
together with the costs of prosecution for the first offense and not
less than $25 nor more than $50 together with the costs of prosecution
for the second offense within a year.
[Adopted 12-18-2002 by Ord. No. 3-02]
The intent of this article is to provide a means for persons
to travel from a residence and lodging establishment within the limits
of the Town of Arbor Vitae, Vilas County, Wisconsin, for the shortest
distance that is necessary for a person to operate a snowmobile to
the snowmobile route or trail that is closest to that residence and
lodging establishment.
This article is adopted as authorized under § 350.18(3)(a),
Wisconsin Statutes.
This article authorizes snowmobile travel on a roadway or shoulder
of a highway as follows:
A.
All Town roadways or shoulders of such roadways not designated as
snowmobile trail routes with the exception of state highways.
This article designates the roadways and/or shoulders of specific
highways for snowmobile travel by persons residing in or staying at
a lodging establishment within the limits of the Town of Arbor Vitae,
Vilas County, Wisconsin, to travel for the shortest distance that
is necessary to reach the snowmobile trail or route that is closest
to that residence or lodging establishment subject to the following
conditions:
A.
Snowmobiles shall be operated on the extreme right side of the roadway
and travel with the flow of traffic.
B.
Snowmobiles shall be operated in single file.
C.
Headlights shall be on at all times.
D.
Snowmobile operators shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicular
traffic and pedestrians.
Snowmobile operators violating any of the above conditions are
subject to the underlying violations of operating on the roadway.
A snowmobile operated on a portion of the roadway or shoulder
of a highway pursuant to this article shall observe roadway speed
limits.
This article shall be enforced by the Vilas County Sheriff’s
Department or other authorized state law enforcement agency.
Wisconsin state snowmobile penalties as found in § 350.11(1)(a),
Wisconsin Statutes, are adopted by reference.
The provisions of this article shall be deemed severable and
it is expressly declared that the Town Board would have passed the
other provisions of this article irrespective of whether or not one
or more provisions may be declared invalid. If any provision of this
article or the application to any person or circumstances is held
invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such
provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
The snowmobile access routes authorized for the operation of
snowmobiles shall be used as such from December 1 through March 31,
or whenever the official snowmobile trails are declared legally open
for travel, whichever is shorter.
