This chapter is adopted under the authority granted by §§ 59.02
and 23.33(8)(b) and (11) Wis. Stats. and Wis. Adm. Code NR § 64.12.
This chapter shall be known as, referred to, or cited as the
"Green Lake County All-Terrain/Utility Terrain Vehicle (ATV/UTV) Ordinance."
This chapter shall regulate the operation of all all-terrain/utility-terrain
vehicles in all areas of Green Lake County.
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions in Chapters
23, 340 to 348 and
350 of the Wisconsin Statutes, establishing regulations with respect to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), utility terrain vehicles (UTVs) and Wisconsin Administrative Code Chapter NR 64, All-Terrain Vehicles, are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutes or administrative codes incorporated herein are made a part of this chapter to secure uniform statewide regulation of ATVs and UTVs.
The Green Lake County Highway Committee ("the Highway Committee")
is authorized to designate segments of Green Lake County trunk highways
as ATV routes, in accordance with the provisions of § 23.33
Wis. Stats., Wis. Admin. Code Ch. NR § 64, and the provisions
of this chapter. Final approval of any ATV route shall be by the County
Board of Supervisors enacting an ordinance.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall, upon
conviction, forfeit a dollar amount not to exceed the maximum dollar
amount of the forfeiture provided in the subsection(s) of Wisconsin
Statutes violated, together with all applicable costs, and, in default
of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be confined in the
Green Lake County Jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but
not to exceed 30 days.
Should any portion of this chapter be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the
validity of the chapter as a whole or any part thereof, other than
the part declared invalid.