[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Oneida County.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-87]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions in Ch. 23, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to all-terrain vehicles, Chapters 340 to 348, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic, and Ch. 350, describing and defining regulations with respect to snowmobiles, exclusive of any provisions therein relating to penalties to be imposed and exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment, are adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter. Any violation of this chapter shall be identified with the prefix "7.01" and the applicable enumerated statutory provision in Chapters 340 to 348, Wis. Stats. Any future amendments, revisions, modifications, repeals and recreations or creations of the statutes incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this chapter in order to secure uniform statewide regulation of all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the State.
[Amended by Ord. No. 31-2000; Ord. No. 77-2000]
(1)
Use Restricted. The Buildings and Grounds Committee shall designate
those parking areas that shall be used only by persons who are attending
County meetings or court functions, persons who are on County business
or by County employees or officials who are engaged in County. These
restrictions shall be clearly marked.
(2)
Overnight Parking Prohibited. Except as permitted herein, no person
shall park a vehicle overnight in the Courthouse lots. County employees
and officials on County business may leave their vehicles in the Courthouse
parking lots overnight after notifying the Buildings and Grounds Manager.
Rules for such overnight parking shall be developed by the Buildings
and Grounds Committee.
(3)
Parking of Certain Vehicles. Specific vehicle parking stalls may
be designated by the Building and Grounds Committee for certain vehicles
for special purposes such as, but not limited to, mail delivery and
prisoner transport. These spaces shall be clearly marked.
[Added by Ord. No. 77-2000]
(1)
Restricted Parking. The southwest parking lot, adjacent to the inmate
work release entrance, is restricted to work release inmate parking.
The northwest parking lot, adjacent to the main entrance, is restricted
to visitor parking. The northeast parking lot, adjacent to the employee
entrance, is a restricted parking area for County Employees or officials
who are engaged in County business.
(2)
Overnight Parking Prohibited. Overnight parking in any parking lot
at the Law Enforcement Center is prohibited unless authorized by the
Sheriff's Department.
[Added by Ord. No. 77-2000]
Except as provided in §§ 7.02 and 7.03, and as provided in Chapter 14 Forestry, overnight parking in any parking lot maintained by Oneida County is strictly prohibited.
[Added by Ord. No. 39-83; amended by Ord. No. 77-2000]
Vehicle parking stalls shall be provided in all County parking
lots as provided by law for vehicles displaying special registration
plates or special identification cards. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Code, the statutory provisions in §§ 346.503
and 346.505, Wis. Stats., are adopted and by reference made a part
of this Code as if fully set forth herein and shall be subject to
the provisions of §§ 7.01, 7.10 and 7.11 of this chapter.
The provisions of Trans § 200.07, Wis. Adm. Code, relating
to the design and installation requirements for signs designating
parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities are adopted
and by reference made a part of this Code as if fully set forth herein.
[Amended by Ord. No. 31-2000; Ord. No. 77-2000]
Whenever the County Sheriff finds a vehicle parked in the Courthouse
or Law Enforcement Center parking lots contrary to this section, the
deputy shall cause the same to be removed by a towing company. Such
vehicle shall be removed to a storage area of such towing company
and kept there until the owner presents to the towing company a release
from the County Sheriff's Department. The owner shall be responsible
for all towing and reasonable storage costs. The Buildings and Grounds
Committee and Sheriff's Department may dispose of such vehicles
which have been stored pursuant to the same procedures set forth in
§ 19.27(4) of this General Code.
[Amended by Ord. No. 72-85; Res. No. 94-91; Res. No. 2-92; Res. No. 60-94; Ord. No. 107-99; Ord. No. 108-99; Ord. No.
77-2000; Res. No. 85-2000]
Based upon a traffic and engineering investigation, the maximum
permissible speed at which vehicles may be operated on the following
described highways, which is established as reasonable and safe pursuant
to § 349.11, Wis. Stats., shall be effective, subject to
approval by the State Highway Commission and upon erection of standard
signs giving notice thereof:
(1)
35 MPH.
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CTH G, from the south corporate limits of the City of Rhinelander,
southerly for a distance of 0.4 mile, and 45 mph from a point 0.4
mile from the south corporate limits of the City of Rhinelander to
a point 300 feet south of the junction of the entrance road to the
Lake Julia Campus of Nicolet College and Technical Institute and CTH
G
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CTH J, from its junction with US 51 to its junction with STH
47
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CTH J, from STH 47 east to Fischer Landing Road
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CTH J, from Pinewood Drive to North Rainbow Drive
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CTH D, from a point 0.02 mile southwest of its junction with
Bird Lake Road easterly to a point 0.19 mile east of its junction
with Rainbow Road
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(2)
40 MPH.
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CTH K, from its intersection with STH 47 easterly to the west
corporate limits of the City of Rhinelander
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(3)
45 MPH.
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CTH D, between the bridge over the channel between Chain and
Echo Lakes and CTH H
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CTH G, between its junctions with CTH Q and US 45
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CTH J, from Fischer Landing Road east to the junction of STH
70
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CTH Q, between its junction with CTH G and US 45
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STH 13, between its junction with CTH G and US 45
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STATION 134 to STATION 176, a distance of 4,200 feet
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CTH D, from a point 0.08 mile northeast of its junction with
West Bluebird Road easterly to a point 0.02 mile southwest of its
junction with Bird Lake Road
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CTH D, from a point 0.19 mile east of its junction with Rainbow
Road easterly to a point 0.05 mile west of its junction with Elm Road
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(4)
If a highway is being constructed, reconstructed, maintained or repaired,
temporary speed limits may be established as set forth in Wis. Stats.,
§ 349.11(10).
[Added by Res. No. 27-2016]
(a)
The Oneida County Highway Commissioner, or his/her designee, is authorized,
at his/her discretion, to impose mandatory temporary speed limits
under the continuing authority of this section and without need of
further action by this body.
(b)
Temporary speed limits shall be in accord with this section and shall
be imposed by the posting of either portable or fixed temporary regulatory
speed limit signs of the face size and design as permanent regulatory
speed limit signs, Type R2-1, as described in the Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation.
(c)
Signs may be posted on any highway under the jurisdiction of this
authority when such highway is being constructed, reconstructed, maintained
or repaired, but only in the immediate area of such work and of those
persons engaged in performing such work.
(d)
Any temporary speed limit imposed in an area where construction,
reconstruction, maintenance or repair is being performed on the shoulder
or within the traveled portion of the roadway, or where the highway
construction or maintenance workers performing such work are necessary
on the shoulder or what is normally the traveled portion of the roadway,
shall be determined by, and at the discretion of, the Oneida County
Highway Commissioner or his/her designee.
(e)
No temporary speed limit shall be imposed when construction, reconstruction,
or maintenance or repair work is being performed inside the highway
right-of-way but not on the shoulder or the traveled portion of the
highway.
(f)
Any speed limits imposed under the authority of this section are
temporary, and the signs imposing such limits shall be removed, covered
or otherwise obscured when the highway construction or maintenance
workers performing construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repairs
and their equipment are not on the shoulders or traveled portion of
the highway.
(g)
The area in which any temporary speed limit is imposed shall be terminated
by posting a regulatory speed limit sign informing the public of the
specific speed limit outside of the area where construction, reconstruction,
maintenance or repair work is being performed.
(h)
Nothing herein shall prohibit the Oneida County Highway Commissioner
from posting advisory speed limit signs, of the Type W13-1 as described
in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, in areas of highway
construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repairs suggesting such
speed as he or she deems appropriate to promote the safety of highway
construction and maintenance workers, pedestrians and highway users,
and such advisory signs may also be posted in conjunction with the
temporary mandatory speed limit signs, as described and authorized
above.
[Amended by Ord. No. 77-2000]
(1)
No person shall place or leave or allow to be placed or left any
obstacle, structure or material on a public highway or highway right-of-way
or any part thereof.
(2)
This section does not apply to disabled vehicles or trailers parked
off the traveled portion of the highway if such vehicles or trailers
shall be removed within a reasonable time.
[Amended by Ord. No. 77-2000]
(1)
Except for those exceptions specified in § 346.50, Wis.
Stats., no vehicle shall stand, stop or park on any County trunk highway.
(2)
Pursuant to § 349.13, Wis. Stats., the Highway Commissioner
and the County Highway Committee shall determine where additional
parking restrictions and prohibitions are necessary on County roads,
and shall thereafter properly post and mark the same.
[Amended by Ord. No. 80-2011; Ord. No. 51-2015; Res. No. 37-2018; Res. No. 44-2018]
(1)
ATVs are allowed to be operated on County trunk highways as designated
by the Highway Commissioner and Highway Committee. The trails and
routes that are to be on County trunk highways shall be reviewed and
approved according to the "Oneida County Highway Committee Policy
for ATV Routes and Trails," or any successor policy adopted by the
Highway Committee. The following County highways are open to ATV/UTV
use:
[Amended 1-15-2019 by Res. No. 6-2019, effective 2-7-2019; 5-21-2019 by Res. No. 52-2019, effective 6-13-2019]
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CTH A: Open entire length
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CTH B: Open entire length
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CTH C: Closed from Chippewa Drive (STH 17) to North Faust Lake
Road; open from North Faust Lake Road to 1900 CTH C at the East Stella
Town line; closed in the Town of Stella
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CTH D: Open from Highway 17 to Town of Lake Tomahawk Town line
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CTH E: Open entire length
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CTH G: Open Lassig Road to USH 45
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CTH H: Open entire length
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CTH J: Open from STH 70 to Woodruff Road, closed from Woodruff
Road to US 51
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CTH K: Open from US 51 to Sheep Ranch Road; closed from Sheep
Ranch Road to STH 47
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CTH L: Open entire length
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CTH M: Open from Highway B to Forest County line
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CTH N: Open entire length
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CTH O: Open entire length
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CTH P: Closed from Chippewa Drive (STH 17) to Faust Lake Road;
open from Faust Lake Road to East Lake George Road; closed from East
Lake George Road to USH 8
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CTH Q: Open entire length
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CTH W: Closed from the city limits by golf course to River Road;
open from River Road to STH 17
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CTH Y: Open entire length
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CTH Z: Open entire length
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(2)
Bridge Crossings.
(a)
Pursuant to Wis. Stats., § 23.33(11)(am)3, ATVs and
UTVs shall be allowed to cross the following bridges in Oneida County:
(b)
ATV operators crossing any bridge listed in this section shall
comply with the following conditions:
1.
Cross the bridge in the most direct manner practicable and at
a place where no obstruction prevents a quick and safe crossing.
2.
Stay as far to the right of the roadway or shoulder as practicable.
3.
Stop the vehicle prior to the crossing.
4.
Yield the right-of-way to other vehicles, pedestrians, and electric
personal assistive mobility devices using the roadway or shoulder.
5.
Exit the highway as quickly and safely as practicable after
crossing the bridge.
[Amended by Ord. No. 77-2000]
(1)
[Parking Fines.] The penalty for violation of the parking regulations
contained herein shall be as follows:
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Violations
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Forfeiture
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Abandoned vehicle
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$20
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Blocking private driveway
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$20
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Failed to remove after 24-hour notice
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$20
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Handicapped zone
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$50
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Obstructing traffic lane
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$20
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Parked across lines
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$20
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Parking on private property
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$20
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Prohibited area by sign
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$20
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Prohibited times
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$20
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Restricted zone
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$20
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All other
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$20
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(2)
[Fines Doubled.] The above represents minimum penalties if paid within
five days of violation. Thereafter, the penalties shall double.
(3)
[Unpaid Fines.] The County shall follow the provisions of § 345.28(4),
Wis. Stats., regarding suspension or refusal of vehicle registration
for unpaid forfeitures.
(4)
Nonmoving Violation Registration Program. Pursuant to the provisions
of § 345.28, Wis. Stats., and Chapter Trans 128, Wis. Adm.
Code, the County elects to participate in the nonmoving traffic violation
and registration program with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
and pay the cost established by the Department under § 85.13,
Wis. Stats. Such costs shall, in turn, be assessed against the persons
charged with nonmoving violations. The Sheriff shall be responsible
for complying with the requirements set forth in § 345.28(4),
Wis. Stats.
(1)
Enforcement Procedure. This chapter shall be enforced according to
§§ 23.33, 66.12, 345.11 to 345.61, 350.17 and Ch. 799,
Wis. Stats.
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-87]
(2)
Deposit.
(a)
Any person arrested for a violation of this chapter may make a deposit
of money as directed by the arresting officer at the Sheriff's
Department or the office of the Clerk of Court or by mailing the deposit
to such places. The arresting officer or the person receiving the
deposit shall notify the arrested person, orally or in writing, that:
1.
If the person makes a deposit for a violation of a traffic regulation,
the person need not appear in court at the time fixed in the citation
and the person will be deemed to have tendered a plea of no contest
and submitted to a forfeiture and penalty assessment if required by
§ 165.87, Wis. Stats., a jail assessment if required by
§ 53.46(1), Wis. Stats., plus any applicable fees prescribed
in Ch. 814, Wis. Stats., not to exceed the amount of the deposit that
the court may accept as provided in § 345.37, Wis. Stats.
2.
If the person fails to make a deposit for a violation of a traffic
regulation or appear in court at the time fixed in the citation, the
court may enter a default judgment finding the person guilty of the
offense or issue a warrant for his arrest.
(b)
The amount of the deposit shall be determined in accordance with
the State of Wisconsin Revised Uniform State Traffic Deposit Schedule
established by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference and shall include
the penalty assessment established under § 165.87, Wis.
Stats., and court costs. If a deposit schedule has not been established,
the arresting officer shall require the alleged offender to deposit
the forfeiture established by the Sheriff, which shall include the
penalty assessment established under § 165.87, Wis. Stats.
Deposits for nonmoving violations shall not include the penalty assessment.
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-87]
(c)
The arresting officer or the person receiving the deposit shall issue
the arrested person a receipt therefor as required by § 345.26(3)(b),
Wis. Stats.
(3)
Petition to Reopen Judgment. Whenever a person has been convicted
in this State on the basis of a forfeiture of deposit or a plea of
guilty or no contest and the person was not informed as required under
§ 345.27(1) and (2), Wis. Stats., the person may within
60 days after being notified of the revocation or suspension of the
operating privilege, petition the court to reopen the judgment and
grant him an opportunity to defend on merits. If the court finds that
the petitioner was not informed as required under § 345.27(1)
and (2), the court shall order the judgment reopened. The court order
reopening the judgment automatically reinstates the revoked or suspended
operating privilege.
