The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide for a safe
means for Town residents and visitors to use all-terrain vehicles
on designated Town roads to facilitate access to trail systems located
in the county or in adjoining counties.
Road and road segments may be added and authorized as all-terrain
vehicle routes through the following process:
A. A property owner within the Town must petition the Town to add a
road or road segment.
B. The Town Board shall, within 90 days of receipt of the petition,
review the petition and make a determination as to whether the road
or road segment in question is appropriate for use as permitted under
this chapter. The Town Board shall make this determination.
C. The Town Board shall hold a public hearing on the petition. This
public hearing may be held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled
Town Board meeting. That public hearing shall be considered first
consideration of a proposed change to the Town's Municipal Code. The
Board shall make reasonable efforts to ensure residents on affected
roads are given notice of the public hearing.
D. If the Town Board gives tentative approval to the ordinance change
at first consideration, the Board shall bring the matter up for second
consideration at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board.
[Added 5-16-2018; amended 4-16-2019 by Res. No. 1-19]
All Town roads will be open to all-terrain vehicles unless otherwise
posted. This will be reviewed on a yearly basis. Any Town road requested
to be closed as an ATV route must have signatures of homeowners on
that road, have over 51% who agree and the request must be submitted
by April 1 of that year. Wis. Stats., § 23.33(8)(e)3, for
signage was also adopted.
To operate an all-terrain vehicle a person must:
A. Be 16 years of age or older;
B. Possess an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate unless the operator
was born on or before January 1, 1988;
C. Operate at a speed no faster that vehicle speed limit of 25 miles
per hour or as posted;
D. Operate only on the right side of the roadway;
E. Operate with headlights on at all times.
The Lakeland ATV Club, in coordination with the road department
shall:
A. Purchase and post all-terrain vehicle route signs as required by
state law accompanied by 25 miles per hour ATV speed limit signs;
B. Purchase and post signage indicating the termination of routes in
locations as directed by the Town road foreman;
C. Purchase and post local-use-only signs in locations as directed by
the Town road foreman;
D. Purchase and post quiet-zone signs in locations as directed by the
Town Board.
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be
punished by a fine or forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than
$200 per violation, together with the costs of the action. Each time
a violation occurs shall be considered a separate and distinct offense.
As a substitute for or in addition to forfeiture actions, the
Town Attorney may, on behalf of the Town, seek enforcement of any
and all parts of this chapter by court actions seeking injunctional
orders or restraining orders and/or pursuing nuisance actions against
the violator.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
This chapter shall take effect upon passage and publication.
From this year forward on May 1 this chapter will take effect and
shall remain in effect until October 31 unless affirmatively reauthorized
by the Town Board.