[Adopted 4-14-1998]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Heavy traffic is prohibited from using any Village of Browntown
street or highway not designated as a heavy traffic route. This article
shall not act to prohibit heavy traffic from using a Village street
or highway for the purpose of obtaining orders for supplies or moving
or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business
or residence which has an entrance on such street or highway, nor
shall this article apply to heavy traffic necessary to obtain orders,
to make deliveries, or to move supplies or equipment for agricultural
purposes. Furthermore, this article will not act to prohibit heavy
traffic from using any Village streets over which are routed state
trunk highways. When being driven to the site of any construction,
repair or maintenance of electric, gas or water service, vehicles
owned and operated by a public utility will be exempt from the provisions
of this article.
The Director of Public Works in cooperation with the Police
Department shall administer this article. Administration shall include:
A.
Posting of signs. Appropriate signs shall be posted giving notice
of this article and of the heavy traffic routes established herein.
Yellow signposts may also be used to designate heavy traffic routes.
B.
Maps. Maps of the Village showing heavy traffic routes shall be prepared
and shall be available upon request by heavy traffic operators and
owners.
C.
Construction equipment.
(1)
The Village Clerk may grant temporary permits to allow heavy construction
equipment to use Village streets or highways not designated as heavy
traffic routes. These permits may be granted only when use of a nondesignated
route is necessary for the equipment to reach a construction site.
No permit may be issued unless the person or corporation owning the
equipment agrees to reimburse and hold the Village harmless for any
damage done to the Village street by the equipment and/or any personal
injury or property damage caused in part or in whole by the street
damage.
(2)
Village-owned or -operated equipment is specifically excluded from
the provisions of this article.
Any operator, corporation, owner or agent whose heavy traffic
vehicle damages any Village streets or highways in violation of this
article shall be liable and required to pay the Village the cost of
repair or replacement of the damaged street or highway.
A.
Street parking. No person owning or having control of any truck,
trailer, truck power unit, tractor, bus or recreation vehicle in excess
of 20,000 pounds licensed vehicle weight shall park the same upon
any street, avenue or public right-of-way in the Village zoned residential
area or adjacent to residential areas. The provisions of this section
shall not be deemed to prohibit the lawful parking of such equipment
upon any street, avenue or public way in the Village for construction,
building, landscaping or related purposes, or for the actual loading
or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise; providing, however, the
uses as described in this section shall be limited to the actual time
consumed in such operations or while such operations continue.
B.
Removal. Any vehicle unlawfully parked under Subsection A may be removed from the street by order of a law enforcement officer, and the expense of so moving and storing such vehicle shall be paid by the operator or owner of said vehicle as a forfeiture in addition to the penalties hereafter prescribed.
C.
The Village Clerk may issue temporary permits for parking the above-mentioned
vehicles, not to exceed 48 hours.
A.
Penalties for violations of ordinances which adopt state regulations.
Any person who is found to be guilty of having violated any provision
of this article that is adopted from a state statute or code shall
be subject to the penalty or penalties prescribed for violation of
the adopted provision; shall be ordered to pay all costs, fees, penalties,
assessments, surcharges, and other charges that are to be imposed
by state law; and shall be ordered to pay the costs of prosecution
whenever such costs are allowed by state law. Upon default of payment
of any sum ordered by a court to be paid, the court may take any further
actions permitted by state law.
B.
Penalty for nonstatutory parking violations. The forfeiture for violation
of parking regulations that do not adopt state statutes shall be:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
