[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Gresham as §§ 7.01 through 7.08, 7.10, 7.11, 7.20 and 7.21 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions in Chs. 340 to 348, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic, 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 hereby 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 future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutes incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this chapter in order to secure uniform statewide regulation of traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the State of Wisconsin.
A. 
Duty of the Police Chief to cause the erection and install uniform traffic control devices. Whenever traffic regulations created by this chapter, including a state traffic regulation adopted by reference in § 282-1 of this chapter, require the erection of traffic control devices for enforcement, the Police Chief shall cause the procurement, erection and maintenance of uniform traffic control devices conforming to the Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual promulgated by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, giving notice of such traffic regulation to the users of the streets and highways on which such regulations apply. Whenever state law grants discretion to local authorities in erecting or placement of a uniform traffic control device, devices shall be erected in such locations and in such a manner as, in the judgment of the Police Chief, shall carry out the purposes of this chapter and give adequate warning to users of the streets and highways of the Village.
B. 
Official Traffic Map.
(1) 
Official Traffic Map established. There is hereby established for the Village of Gresham an Official Traffic Map dated July 1, 2002, on which is indicated as of said date all existing no-parking areas, restricted parking areas, handicapped parking areas, stop signs, arterial intersections, yield signs, special speed limits, one-way highways, school crossings and all other restrictions or limitations contained in this chapter. All such restrictions and limitations set forth on said Official Traffic Map are hereby adopted by reference.
(2) 
Additions to Map. The Village Board may, from time to time, make additions to or deletions from the Official Traffic Map, and the Police Chief shall keep such Official Traffic Map current. Every addition to said Official Traffic Map made after July 1, 2002, shall indicate the number of the authorizing resolution and the date the appropriate official traffic control device was erected, and every deletion shall indicate the number of the authorizing resolution.
(3) 
Map to be maintained. The Official Traffic Map shall be maintained and displayed in the office of the Police Chief. The Chief shall make appropriate authorized changes on said Map within three working days after the appropriate official traffic control device is erected or removed, as the case may be.
(4) 
Violations prohibited. When official traffic control devices, giving notice of the restrictions, prohibitions and limitations shown on the Official Traffic Map, are erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this section, a violation of the restriction, prohibition or limitation shown on the Official Traffic Map shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
C. 
Prohibited signs and markers in highways. No person, other than an officer authorized by this chapter to erect and maintain official traffic control devices, or his designee, shall place within the limits of any street or highway maintained by the Village any sign, signal, marker, mark or monument unless permission is first obtained from the Police Chief or the State Highway Commission. Any sign, signal, marker, mark or monument placed or maintained in violation of this subsection shall be subject to removal, as provided in Subsection D below.
D. 
Removal of unofficial signs, signals, markers and traffic control devices. The Police Chief may cause the removal of any sign, signal, marker or other device which is placed, maintained or displayed in violation of this chapter or state law. Any charge imposed against premises for removal of a prohibited or illegal sign, signal, marker or device shall be reported by the Chief to the Village Board for review and certification at its next regular meeting following the imposition of the charge. Any charge not paid on or before the next succeeding November 15 shall be placed upon the tax roll for collection as other special municipal taxes.
A. 
Designation of location of stop signs and yield signs. In the interest of public safety, the Village Board, by resolution, has designated the location of stop and yield signs within the Village and has ordered the installation of such signs. In addition, the location of such signs is designated on the Official Traffic Map of the Village pursuant to § 282-2 of this chapter.
B. 
Operators to obey traffic control devices. Every operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection at which an official traffic control device is erected in accordance with this section shall obey the direction of such official traffic control device as required by the Wisconsin statutes incorporated by reference in § 282-1 of this chapter. Operators of vehicles approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering a highway as required by § 346.46, Wis. Stats. Operators approaching intersections at which a yield sign has been installed shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles, as required by § 346.18(6), Wis. Stats.
A. 
Routes designated. The following streets and parts of streets within the Village are hereby designated heavy traffic routes:
(1) 
CTH A.
(2) 
CTH G.
B. 
Travel prohibited. No vehicle, except a motor bus, which is not equipped with pneumatic tires or has a combined vehicle load weight exceeding 10,000 pounds, shall be operated or moved on any street or alley not a part of the heavy traffic route designated in Subsection A above except for the purpose of obtaining orders for, moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from a place of business or residence facing thereon, provided that in no event shall the weight of the vehicle and load on such other street exceed the limitations of §§ 348.15 and 348.16(3), Wis. Stats.
C. 
Signs. The Police Chief shall cause to be secured and erected appropriate signs to give notice of the heavy traffic routes.
A. 
Limit time parking. No person shall park a vehicle on Industrial Street during school hours for more than three hours.
B. 
No parking during school hours. No person shall park a vehicle on the south side of Schabow Street, from Main Street to Highview Street, during school hours.
C. 
Winter parking prohibited. No person shall park any vehicle on any Village street between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., except physicians on emergency calls, from November 1 to April 1.
D. 
Parking in municipal parking lots regulated. No person shall park a motor vehicle in any municipal parking lot for more than 24 hours, unless a permit therefor is issued by the Police Chief.
E. 
Parking in driveways prohibited. No person shall park or leave standing any motor vehicle in any private driveway without the permission of the owner or lessee of the property upon which such driveway is located, whether or not such driveway is posted to prohibit parking.
F. 
Snow removal and street maintenance. Whenever it is necessary to remove snow or repair a Village street or any part thereof, the Police Chief shall cause the posting of such street or parts thereof with appropriate signs prohibiting parking. Such signs shall be erected at least two hours prior to the time that street maintenance work is to be commenced. No person shall park a motor vehicle in violation of such signs.
G. 
Designated parking spaces. The Police Chief shall cause lines or markings to be painted upon the curb and/or upon the street or parking lot surface for the purpose of designating a parking space. It shall be unlawful to park any vehicle across any line or marking or to park a vehicle in such position that the same shall not be entirely within the area designated by such lines or markings.
H. 
Leaving keys in ignition prohibited. No person shall permit a motor vehicle in his custody to stand or remain unattended on any street, alley or in any other public place, except an attended parking area, unless the starting lever, throttle, steering apparatus, gear shift or ignition of said vehicle is locked and the key removed.
I. 
Residential parking. No vehicle over 10,000 pounds may park on the street in any residential district except for the purpose of loading and unloading.
Any vehicle parked or left standing upon a highway, street or alley or other public grounds in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is declared to be a hazard to traffic and public safety. Such vehicle shall be removed by the operator, upon request of any police officer, to a position where parking, stopping or standing is not prohibited. Any police officer, after issuing a citation for illegal parking, stopping or standing of an unattended vehicle in violation of this chapter, is authorized to remove such vehicle to a position where parking is not prohibited. The officer may order a motor carrier holding a permit to perform vehicle towing services, a licensed motor vehicle salvage dealer or a licensed motor vehicle dealer who performs vehicle towing services to remove and store such vehicle in any storage garage or parking grounds or any facility of the person providing the towing services. In addition to other penalties provided by § 282-11 of this chapter, the owner or operator of a vehicle so removed shall pay the cost of towing and storage.
A. 
Unlicensed operators prohibited. No person who does not hold a valid operator's license shall operate a vehicle in any public parking lot or in any private parking lot held out for the use of parking for the general public.
B. 
Traffic regulations applicable. All provisions of § 282-1 of this chapter and of the Wisconsin Statutes and laws incorporated herein by reference shall be applicable on any public parking lot and on any private parking lot held out for use of the general public for parking or vehicular travel.
No person shall make a U-turn on Main Street.
No person shall make unnecessary and annoying noises with a motor vehicle by squealing tires, excessive acceleration of engine, or by emitting unnecessary and loud exhaust system noises.
A. 
Prohibited. Except as provided in Subsection B below, no person shall use motor vehicle brakes within the Village which are in any way activated or operated by the compression of the engine of any such motor vehicle or any unit or part thereof.
B. 
Exception. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that compression brakes were applied in an emergency and were necessary for the protection of persons and/or property.
The penalty for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a forfeiture as hereafter provided, together with statutory court costs and penalty assessment, if applicable.
A. 
State forfeiture statutes. Forfeitures for violation of §§ 340.01 to 348.28, Wis. Stats., shall conform to the forfeiture permitted to be imposed for violation of the statutes adopted by reference, including any variations or increases for subsequent offenses.
B. 
State fine statutes. The forfeiture for violation of any statute adopted by reference hereunder for which the penalty is a fine shall not exceed the maximum fine permitted under such statute.
C. 
Local regulations. The penalty for violations of §§ 282-2 through 282-10 of this chapter shall be as provided in § 1-3 of this Code.
A. 
Enforcement procedure. This chapter shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of §§ 345.20 to 345.53, Ch. 799 and § 66.0114, Wis. Stats.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
Duty of police to enforce. Village police officers shall enforce all the provisions of this chapter. Parking attendants are authorized to issue citations for nonmoving violations.
C. 
Uniform citation. The uniform citation promulgated under § 345.11, Wis. Stats., shall be used for all moving and nonmoving traffic violations, except parking violations.
D. 
Notice of demerit points and receipts. Every officer accepting a forfeited penalty or money deposit under this chapter shall receipt therefor on a serially numbered form as provided in § 345.26(3)(b), Wis. Stats. Every officer accepting a stipulation under the provisions of this chapter shall comply with the provisions of §§  343.28, 345.26(1)(a) and 345.27(2), Wis. Stats.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
E. 
Parking citations.
(1) 
Any person who shall violate winter parking regulations under § 282-5C above shall pay the forfeiture prescribed in the Village Bond Schedule.
(2) 
Any person who shall violate any other parking regulation under § 282-5 above shall pay the forfeiture prescribed in the Village Fee Schedule.
(3) 
Payments of forfeitures may be made to the Village office. Any person convicted of a parking violation shall, in addition to the forfeiture provided herein, pay the cost of prosecution of such violation.
(4) 
The provisions of § 345.28, Wis. Stats., relating to the issuance of a summons for nonmoving traffic violations and all enforcement procedures set forth in said section are hereby incorporated by reference. The "local authority" referred to in said section is hereby designated to be the Police Department.
(5) 
The provisions of § 345.47(1)(d), Wis. Stats., relating to unpaid court judgments for traffic offenses and the enforcement procedures set forth in said section are hereby incorporated by reference.
F. 
Registration record of vehicle as evidence. When any vehicle is found upon a street, highway or other public right-of-way in violation of any provision of this chapter regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner, as shown by the ownership registration of the vehicle supplied by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, or a comparable authority of any other state, shall be deemed to have committed the violation for purposes of the enforcement of this section and shall be subject to the applicable forfeiture penalty; provided, however, that the defenses defined and described in § 346.485(5), Wis. Stats., shall be a defense for an owner charged with such violation.
G. 
Deposit schedule. Every police officer issuing a citation for any violation of this chapter shall indicate on the citation the amount of the deposit that the alleged violator may make in lieu of court appearance. The amount of the deposit shall be determined in accordance with the Wisconsin Judicial Conference Revised Uniform State Traffic Deposit Schedule or the Village Bond Schedule, which are hereby adopted by reference.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
H. 
Disposition of deposits; officers to post bond, qualify. Any police officer accepting deposits or forfeited penalties under this chapter shall deliver them to the County Clerk of Courts within 20 days after receipt, except for parking forfeitures, which shall be turned over to the Village Clerk. Any officer authorized to accept deposits under § 345.26, Wis. Stats., or this chapter shall qualify by taking the oath and filing an official bond in the sum of $100 as provided by § 19.01, Wis. Stats.