[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Williams Bay as §§ 8.04, 10.31 and 10.32 of the 2011 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
Registration encouraged. Residents of the Village are expected to register their bicycle.
B. 
Form of registration.
(1) 
Every owner or operator of any bicycle within the Village shall prior to operation file with the Police Department a complete description of such bicycle upon a blank form to be provided for the purpose.
(2) 
The filing of such description shall constitute a registration of such bicycle for the purpose of this section. Such registration shall be serially numbered and kept on file by the Chief of Police in his office as a public record.
C. 
Identification tab.
(1) 
Immediately upon the registration of a bicycle in his office, the Chief of Police shall affix to such bicycle an identification tag, serially numbered to correspond with the registration of each bicycle.
(2) 
Each tag shall thereafter remain affixed to such bicycle unless removed by the Police Department for cause or for replacement with another tag upon reregistration. A charge per registration as provided in the Village Fee Schedule shall be made for the registration or tagging of any bicycle under the provisions of this section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
D. 
Inspection. The Police Department shall cause to be inspected each bicycle presented for registration and it shall have the authority to refuse to register any bicycle found by it to be in unsafe mechanical condition or not equipped as herein required.
E. 
Cancellation of registration. The Chief of Police may cancel the registration of and remove the identification tag from any bicycle being operated upon any street in the Village in an unsafe manner or in violation of any state law or local ordinance and such cancellation of registration and removal of tag shall be in addition to other penalties provided hereunder.
F. 
Change of ownership. Within 10 days after any bicycle registered hereunder shall have changed ownership or been dismantled and taken out of operation, such information shall be reported to the Police Department by the person in whose name the bicycle has been registered.
A. 
Manner of operation. No bicycle shall be allowed to proceed on any street in the Village by inertia or momentum with the feet of the rider removed from the pedals. No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handlebars or practice any trick or fancy riding in any street in the Village nor shall any bicycle rider carry or ride any other person so that two or more persons are on the bicycle at one time.
B. 
Lighting equipment. No person shall operate upon a highway during hours of darkness unless equipped as required in § 347.489, Wis. Stats.
C. 
Parking a bicycle. No person shall leave or park a bicycle at such a place or in such a way as to create a hazard to pedestrians, automobile operators or to anyone else.
D. 
Riding abreast prohibited. Persons riding or using bicycles or other similar vehicles along or upon any public street, avenue, lane, alley or other public road, ground or way within the Village shall not ride more than two abreast, excepting in general parade or public demonstration.
E. 
Rules of the road. The provisions of Ch. 346, Wis. Stats., shall be applicable to the operation of bicycles, where appropriate.
A. 
No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, play vehicle or in-line skates in any of the following areas:
(1) 
On a street, alley, public parking lot, sidewalk or park in the designated downtown district except as set forth in Subsection B below, without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the property.
(2) 
Any areas held out for public use, such as parking lots (and sidewalks within the parking lot), which are properly posted with signs prohibiting operation of skateboards, in-line skates or play vehicles, without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the property.
(3) 
Any public tennis court or baseball diamond.
(4) 
Any private property that has been posted with a sign prohibiting the use of skateboards, in-line skates or play vehicles on that property.
B. 
The prohibitions contained in Subsection A(1) concerning operation on any street in the designated downtown district shall not apply to in-line skates. Any person using in-line skates on a street shall do so in conformity with the requirements of § 346.94(17), Wis. Stats.
C. 
Any person riding a bicycle upon any street, alley, public parking lot, sidewalk, park or other area held open to the public shall do so in the following manner:
(1) 
The bicycle operator shall at all times operate in a safe and careful manner.
(2) 
The operator of a bicycle shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians.
(3) 
No operator of a bicycle shall operate the same contrary to the provisions of § 145-2A of this chapter. For purposes of this subsection, the operator of the bicycle shall be any person riding upon the bicycle.
(4) 
The operator of a bicycle shall, at all times, comply with the provisions of §§ 346.78 to 346.804 Wis. Stats., which provisions are incorporated herein by reference.
D. 
No person shall operate or ride a skateboard, play vehicle, in-line skates or bicycle in a fashion that is likely to cause damage to the property of the Village or any other person. Damage to property caused by the riding or operation of a skateboard, play vehicle, in-line skates or bicycle shall constitute a violation of this section.
E. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
The downtown district shall include East Geneva Street from Bayview Drive on the east to Williams Street on the west, Elkhorn Road from the north Village limits to Geneva Street, and Walworth Avenue from Stark Street to Elm Street. This area shall further include all of Edgewater Park as well as all sidewalks and other Village-owned property and parking lots and private parking lots adjacent to the streets described herein.
IN-LINE SKATES
Skates as defined in § 340.01(24m), Wis. Stats.
PLAY VEHICLE
A vehicle as defined in § 340.01(43m), Wis. Stats.
F. 
References to Wisconsin Statutes. The statutory provisions referred to and adopted by reference by this section shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes as from time to time amended, repeated and re-created or modified by the Wisconsin Legislature and shall be deemed to refer to the most recent enactments of such statutory provisions by the Wisconsin Legislature.
G. 
Any person who shall violate any provision of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Municipal Code.
A. 
Parental responsibility. The parent or guardian of any child shall not authorize or permit any child to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
Penalty. Any person who shall operate any bicycle not properly registered, not carrying a proper identification tag as required herein upon any street in the Village or who shall operate such bicycle in an unsafe manner or in violation of any state or local ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be subject to the penalty provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
C. 
Suspension of right to operate. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall upon conviction thereof forfeit his right to operate the bicycle for a period of not to exceed 10 days for the first offense, not to exceed 30 days for a second offense and for any subsequent offense a suspension of his right to operate a bicycle for a period of not to exceed one year.