[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Washington
County as Ch. 12 of the 1998 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Creation. There is hereby created a County Traffic Safety Commission,
consisting of the County Highway Commissioner or a designated representative,
the Sheriff or a designated representative, a representative designated
by the County Board Chairperson from each of the disciplines of education,
medicine and law and three representatives involved in law enforcement,
highways and highway safety designated by the Secretary of Transportation.
The County Executive may appoint additional persons to serve on the
County Traffic Safety Commission.
[Amended 9-11-2019 by Res. No. 2019-16; 10-9-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-12]
B.
Officers. The Commission members shall elect a Chairperson and Secretary
of the Commission.
A.
Purpose. All road construction or road improvements in Washington
County must give due and proper regard for the preservation and protection
of the United States Public Land Survey section corners, quarter-section
corners, and interior corners, and all remaining physical evidence
of the correct position of the corners so as to not be obliterated
or destroyed. The location of all real property boundaries depends
ultimately upon the location of these corners, and the accurate retracement
of property boundaries will become increasingly difficult and expensive
as the corners are lost, as will the accurate mapping of property
boundaries by public agencies and the conduct of engineering surveys
for the planning, design and construction of public works.
B.
Perpetuation of landmarks. No roads, either town, village, city,
County, state or federal, shall be constructed, improved or resurfaced,
or new roads constructed or surfaced, within Washington County without
first having the United States Public Land Survey section corners,
quarter-section corners, or interior corners for the sections pertaining
to such roads recovered or established by the County Surveyor or any
registered surveyor, and these corners are to be referenced by points
set outside the limits of construction in such manner that the corners
can be accurately reestablished after construction, and a copy of
the references shall be presented to the Washington County Surveyor
for filing in the Office of the Register of Deeds.
C.
Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall
be subject to a forfeiture not to exceed $250, plus the cost of reestablishing
the marker, and, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment in
the County jail for a period of not more than one year.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed any snow fence erected under the authority of the Washington County Highway Commissioner without prior authorization of the Washington County Highway Commissioner. Violators are subject to penalties as set forth in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-5, of the Code of Washington County.
A.
Rural mailboxes are prohibited in the right-of-way of all County
trunk highways, except as hereafter provided:
(1)
United States Postal Service approved mailboxes.
(2)
Newspaper tubes are permitted only if provided by the newspaper or
newspaper tubes that present no hazard to the public use of the right-of-way.
Where newspaper tubes are used other than those provided by the newspaper,
the County Highway Commissioner shall have the exclusive authority
to approve the newspaper tube. If not approved, the tube must be removed.
(3)
A nameplate bearing the name and address number of the mailbox holder
shall be permitted if of traditional type, subject to the approval
of the Highway Commissioner.
(4)
No other objects of any kind shall be permitted to be attached to
the mailbox, newspaper tube or its support. No other objects are permitted
in the right-of-way.
(5)
The support for the mailbox and newspaper tube shall be constructed
so that it will not constitute an undue hazard to public use of the
right-of-way. The use of massive supports such as telephone poles,
heavy metal posts, concrete posts and similar items is prohibited.
The use of objects such as farm equipment, milk cans filled with concrete
and similar items is prohibited. Any support used must be designed
so that if it is struck, it will bend or fall away from the striking
vehicle to prevent severe damage to the vehicle or injury to the traveling
public. Where possible, all newspaper tubes and mailboxes shall be
placed on the same post to avoid unnecessary structures in the right-of-way.
B.
Mailboxes which fail to comply with this section are deemed obstructions
and are subject to removal under § 86.04, Wis. Stats.
C.
Rural mailbox damage.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
(1)
A Highway Department Supervisor or designee will inspect a damaged
mailbox if reported and identify a cause of damage at his/her discretion.
(a)
Mailboxes or supports will not be replaced or repaired by Washington
County if no physical contact was made by a plow or its blade (i.e.,
snow, slush or ice thrown) or if deemed to be in poor condition prior
to damage.
(b)
If damage is sustained due to direct contact with Highway Department
maintenance equipment and the box and support were in good condition
prior to the damage, Highway Department personnel will provide and
install a standard United States Postal Service approved mailbox and
a wooden 4x4 support.
(c)
Snow removal at the mailbox area and replacement of failed or deteriorated
installations is the owner's responsibility.
D.
Any person who violates § 157-4A above shall forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $200, plus the costs of prosecution.
E.
This section is not intended to be nor shall it be construed to create
a duty on the part of Washington County to locate and remove obstructing
mailboxes.
A.
The Washington County Public Works Committee and Highway Commissioner
are hereby authorized to promulgate rules to regulate and control
access to Washington County highways in order to promote public safety,
convenience, general welfare, and economic viability and to protect
the public investment in existing and proposed County highways. These
rules shall include the development of County access control and County
utility accommodation policies and associated regulations for access
to County trunk highways. The design standards underlying the regulations
shall promote the orderly and safe movement of vehicles to and from
private property in a manner that creates as little interference to
through highway traffic as is possible and to control the use of drainage
structures and appurtenances as may be necessary to preserve the physical
structure of County trunk highways. The design standards may address
the development of adjacent bicycle paths, pedestrian paths, and farm-friendly
design options for rural County highways.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2009-13]
B.
Statutory authorization. This section and the regulations established
under this section are authorized by the provisions of §§ 59.02,
59.52(24), 59.54(17), 66.1031, 83.025, 83.027, 83.42, 86.07(2), and
Ch. 236, Wis. Stats., and Chs. Trans 231, and Trans 233, Wis. Adm.
Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2009-13; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
IV)]
C.
Before any parcel of land abutting a County highway may be divided, the proposer of the land division must demonstrate to the Highway Commissioner that each proposed parcel has highway access compliant with the County's access policy and Ch. 257, Land Division, § 257-2, of the Code of Washington County.
D.
Maintenance of regulations. The County Highway Commissioner shall
maintain the official copy of the regulations and shall permit public
access to the regulations. Copies of the regulations shall be available
to the public for the costs of duplication or such lesser amount as
determined by the Commissioner.
E.
Violations. In the case of any violation of this section or the regulations
promulgated under this section, the Commissioner may institute appropriate
legal action by referral to the County Attorney. Each day in which
a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
No person shall resist, obstruct or interfere in any way with the
Highway Commissioner in the enforcement of this section or fail to
obey the Highway Commissioner's order.
F.
Penalties. Any person found guilty of violating any part of this section or the regulations promulgated under this section shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $200 for each day for each offense, together with the costs of prosecution, consistent with Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty, of the Code of Washington County.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A.
Purpose. This section is intended to codify the previous standards
of the County Highway Committee adopted on August 20, 1963, and to
establish standards and procedures to clarify and expedite County
aid bridge and culvert petitions.
B.
Eligibility. All towns within Washington County are eligible to participate
in the benefits of this section. Any village having adopted a resolution
in accordance with the terms and conditions of § 61.48,
Wis. Stats., shall become subject to the provisions of this section
upon the filing of a certified copy of such resolution with the County
Board and subject to approval by a majority of the towns and villages
in the County that are already subject to § 82.08, Wis.
Stats. Any municipality, including cities and villages, which has
participated in the cost of construction, reconstruction or purchase
of any bridge under § 84.11 or § 84.12, Wis. Stats.,
shall become subject to taxation by the County for the construction
or repair of bridges within the County under § 82.08, Wis.
Stats.
C.
Procedure. Except as otherwise provided by law, the procedures set
forth in § 82.08, Wis. Stats., shall govern the administration
of this section.
D.
Standards. All bridges and culverts receiving aid under this section
shall meet the following minimum standards:
(1)
The minimum size eligible for a County aid culvert shall be a four-foot,
flat-bottom culvert or its equal in cross-section area.
(2)
Repairs to existing structures will be eligible for aid only if the
repairs would result in an increase of at least 10 years in the predictable
life cycle of the structure to be aided, as certified by a professional
engineer, and if all other standards are met.
(3)
Existing culverts are eligible for total replacement only. No extensions
of existing pipes will be aided.
(4)
County work crews will perform all work for the installation of bridges
and culverts where deemed appropriate in the discretion of the Public
Works Committee and Highway Commissioner.
[Added by Ord. No. 2009-13]
Under the statutory authorization and consistent with the procedures
set forth in § 66.1031, Wis. Stats., the County Highway
Department may create and maintain a County street and highway right-of-way
width map.
A.
No person shall cause an encroachment upon, under or over County
highway right-of-way by any fence, stand, building or any other structure
or object, and including encroachments caused by acquisition by the
public of new or increased widths of highway right-of-way. Upon determination
of the existence of a highway encroachment, the County Highway Commissioner
may proceed to have any such encroachment removed in accordance with
the procedures specified in § 86.04, Wis. Stats.
B.
No person shall place or cause to be placed upon a highway any foreign
substance which is or may be injurious to any vehicle or part thereof.
[Added 2-9-2022 by Ord. No. 2021-11]
Purpose. This section is intended to regulate the operation
of All-Terrain Vehicles ("ATV") as defined in § 23.33(1)(b),
Wis. Stats., and Utility-Terrain Vehicles ("UTV") as defined in § 23.33(1)(ng)
under Sections 23.33(8)(b) and (11), Wis. Stats.
A.
Operation of ATV and UTV. Pursuant to § 23.33(4)(b), Wis.
Stats., except as otherwise provided in § 23.33(4), Wis.
Stats., no person may operate an ATV or UTV on any Washington County
highway except on those portions of County highways that as designated
as ATV and UTV routes pursuant to the Code of Washington County.
B.
The operation of ATVs or UTVs on any portion of a County highway
designated as an ATV and UTV route is authorized:
(1)
In strict conformance with and subject to all applicable laws, orders,
regulations, restrictions, and rules, including § 23.33,
Wis. Stats., and Chapter NR 64 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code,
as amended.
(2)
On County highways signed in accordance with § 23.33(8),
Wis. Stats., and any other applicable law.
(3)
Only during periods of the year designated for such use pursuant
to § 23.33(8)(d), Wis. Stats., and Chapter NR 64.12(4).
C.
Routes/connections. The following routes/connections are designated
as ATV/UTV routes/connections.
|
#
|
HWY
|
From
|
To
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
R1
|
H
|
28
|
Dodge County Line
|
|
R2
|
W
|
28
|
Fond du Lac County Line
|
|
R3
|
BB
|
28
|
Fond du Lac County Line
|
|
R4
|
W
|
D
|
33
|
|
R5
|
DW
|
Dodge County Line
|
W
|
|
R6
|
U
|
33
|
Turtle Road
|
|
R7
|
XX
|
H
|
Sheboygan County Line
|
|
C1
|
D
|
Friendly Drive
|
Lighthouse Lane
|
|
C2
|
W
|
Beechnut Drive
|
Hillcrest Lane
|
|
C3
|
DW
|
Ohio Road
|
W (included within Route #5 above)
|
|
C4
|
W
|
S
|
Hillcrest Drive (west)
|
|
C5
|
M
|
River Road
|
Overlook Pass
|
|
C6
|
U
|
S
|
Illinois Road (included within route #6 above)
|
|
C7
|
NN
|
Z
|
Cedar Pointe Drive
|
|
C8
|
Z
|
Dunst Drive
|
S Woodcrest Ridge Drive
|
|
C9
|
K
|
Wildlife Road
|
Indian Drive
|
|
C10
|
S
|
Crooked Road
|
Level Road
|
D.
Administration. This section shall be administered by the Washington
County Highway Commissioner and his or her designee.
E.
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced in accordance with § 23.33(12),
Wis. Stats., including the issuance of a citation under § 66.0113,
Wis. Stats.
F.
Penalties. Penalties for a violation of this section shall be as
set forth in § 23.33(13), Wis. Stats.
