A. 
Unnecessary noise prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in such a manner which shall make or cause to be made any loud, disturbing or unnecessary sounds or noises such as may tend to annoy or disturb another in or about any public or private area in the Village of Neshkoro.
B. 
Unnecessary smoke prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in such a manner which shall make or cause to be made any smoke, gases, or odors which are disagreeable, foul or otherwise offensive which may tend to annoy or disturb another in or about any public or private area in the Village.
C. 
Unnecessary acceleration and display of power prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle, including motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and bicycles, in such a manner as to cause, by excessive and unnecessary acceleration, the tires of such vehicle or cycle to spin or emit loud noises or to unnecessarily throw stones or gravel, nor shall such driver cause to be made by excessive and unnecessary acceleration any loud noise as would disturb the peace.
D. 
Disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle.
(1) 
Conduct prohibited. No person shall, within the Village of Neshkoro, by or through the use of any motor vehicle, including but not limited to an automobile, truck, motorcycle, minibike or snowmobile, cause or provoke disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle, cause a disturbance or annoy one or more persons, or disturb or endanger the property or the safety of another's person or property.
(2) 
Definition. "Disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle" shall mean the engaging in violent, abusive, unreasonably loud conduct, or disturbing or endangering the property or the safety of another's person or property, or otherwise disorderly conduct, including but not limited to unnecessary, deliberate or intentional spinning of wheels, squealing of tires, revving of engine, blowing the horn, causing the engine to backfire or causing the vehicle, while commencing to move or in motion, to raise one or more wheels off the ground.
E. 
Avoidance of traffic control device prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in such a manner as to leave the roadway and travel across private property to avoid an official traffic control device, sign or signal.
F. 
Operation in restricted area prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in such a manner as to leave the roadway and park, stop or travel upon or across any public or private property, parking lot, driveway or business service area for any purpose except the official conduct of business located on said property without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property. This section shall specifically include, but not be limited to:
(1) 
Public park property;
(2) 
Cemetery properties;
(3) 
School District property;
(4) 
Medical facilities;
(5) 
Funeral homes;
(6) 
Service stations;
(7) 
Grocery stores;
(8) 
Restaurants;
(9) 
Financial institutions; and
(10) 
Other similar-type businesses with service driveways or drive-up or drive-through facilities.
G. 
Stopping and parking prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to stop or park a motor vehicle in any manner on any public or private property or parking lot contrary to a regulatory sign posted thereon which may permit parking by certain persons and limits, restricts or prohibits parking as to other persons without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property. Any vehicle parked in violation of this section may be removed or towed by the property owner at the vehicle owner's expense.
Pursuant to § 349.215, Wis. Stats., those adult persons hired by the School District or Village to act as school crossing guards shall have the authority to stop vehicular traffic and to keep it stopped as long as necessary at their respective school crossings for the purpose of permitting schoolchildren to cross the street.
A. 
Driving over curbing prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be driven or backed over any curbing in the Village of Neshkoro.
B. 
Driving over safety zones or islands prohibited. Whenever safety zones or safety islands are marked in accordance with the Wisconsin Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual, no operator of a vehicle shall at any time drive through or over a safety zone or safety island. Persons causing damage to curbing by driving over such curbing shall be responsible for the cost of such repairs.
A. 
Sound-producing devices; impoundment; seizure and forfeiture.
(1) 
In this section, "sound-producing device" does not include a piece of equipment or machinery that is designed for agricultural purposes and that is being used in the conduct of agricultural operations.
(2) 
A law enforcement officer, at the time of issuing a citation for a violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or a Village ordinance in strict conformity with § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or any other Village ordinance prohibiting excessive noise, is authorized to impound any radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device used in the commission of the violation if the person charged with such violation is the owner of the radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device and has two or more prior convictions within a three-year period of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or a local ordinance in strict conformity with § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or any other Village ordinance prohibiting excessive noise. The Village authorizes the impoundment of a vehicle for not more than five working days to permit the Village authorities or their authorized agent to remove the radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device if the vehicle is owned by the person charged with the violation and the sound-producing device may not be easily removed from the vehicle. Upon removal of the sound-producing device, an impounded vehicle shall be returned to its rightful owner.
(3) 
The Village may recover the cost of impounding the sound-producing device and, if a vehicle is impounded, the cost of impounding the vehicle and removing the sound-producing device. Upon disposition of the forfeiture action for the violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or a local ordinance in strict conformity with § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise, and payment of any forfeiture imposed, the sound-producing device shall be returned to its rightful owner.
(4) 
The Village may dispose of any impounded sound-producing device or, following the procedure for an abandoned vehicle under § 342.40, Wis. Stats., any impounded vehicle which has remained unclaimed for a period of 90 days after disposition of the forfeiture action.
(5) 
This subsection does not apply to a radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device on a motorcycle.
(6) 
Notwithstanding Subsections A(1) to (5) above, the Village authorizes a law enforcement officer, at the time of issuing a citation for a violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or a local ordinance in strict conformity with § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise, to seize any radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device used in the commission of the violation, if the person charged with such violation is the owner of the radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device and has three or more prior convictions within a three-year period of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or a local ordinance in strict conformity with § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise.
(7) 
The Village may impound a vehicle violating Subsection A(6) for not more than five working days to permit the Village or its authorized agent to remove the radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device if the vehicle is owned by the person charged with the violation and the sound-producing device may not be easily removed from the vehicle. Upon removal of the sound-producing device, an impounded vehicle shall be returned to its rightful owner upon payment of the reasonable costs of impounding the vehicle and removing the sound-producing device.
(8) 
Any seized sound-producing device under Subsection A(6) shall be treated in substantially the manner provided in §§ 973.075(3), 973.076 and 973.077, Wis. Stats., for property realized through the commission of any crime, except that the sound-producing device shall remain in the custody of the applicable law enforcement agency; a district attorney or Village Attorney, whichever is applicable, shall institute the forfeiture proceedings; and, if the sound-producing device is sold by the law enforcement agency, all proceeds of the sale shall be retained by the Village.
(9) 
The Village may, following the procedure for an abandoned vehicle under § 342.40, Wis. Stats., dispose of any impounded vehicle which has remained unclaimed for a period of 90 days after disposition of the forfeiture action.
(10) 
This subsection does not apply to a radio, electric sound-amplification device or other sound-producing device on a motorcycle.
B. 
Vehicle owner's liability for radios or other electric sound-amplification devices.
(1) 
The owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., shall be presumed liable for the violation as provided in this section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, no owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., may be convicted under this section if the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation has been convicted for the violation under this section or under § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats.
(2) 
Any member of the public who observes a violation of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., may prepare a written report indicating that a violation has occurred. If possible, the report shall contain the following information:
(a) 
The time and the approximate location at which the violation occurred.
(b) 
The license number and color of the motor vehicle involved in the violation.
(c) 
Identification of the motor vehicle as an automobile, station wagon, motor truck, motor bus, motorcycle or other type of vehicle.
(3) 
Report.
(a) 
Within 24 hours after observing the violation, a member of the public may deliver a report containing all of the information in Subsection B(2) to a traffic officer of the county or municipality in which the violation occurred. A report which does not contain all of the information in Subsection B(2) shall nevertheless be delivered and shall be maintained by the county or municipality for statistical purposes. Within 48 hours after receiving a report containing all of the information in Subsection B(2), the traffic officer shall investigate the violation and may prepare a uniform traffic citation under § 345.11, Wis. Stats., and, within 72 hours after receiving such report, any traffic officer employed by the authority issuing the citation may personally serve it upon the owner of the vehicle.
(b) 
If with reasonable diligence the owner cannot be served under Subsection B(3)(a), service may be made by leaving a copy of the citation at the owner's usual place of abode within this state in the presence of a competent member of the family who is at least 14 years of age and who shall be informed of the contents thereof. Service under this paragraph may be made by any traffic officer employed by the authority issuing the citation and shall be performed within 72 hours after a report containing all of the information in Subsection B(2) was delivered to a traffic officer under Subsection B(3)(a).
(c) 
If with reasonable diligence the owner cannot be served under Subsection B(3)(a) or (b) or if the owner lives outside of the jurisdiction of the issuing authority, service may be made by certified mail addressed to the owner's last-known address. Service under this paragraph shall be performed by posting the certified mail within 72 hours after a report containing all of the information in Subsection B(2) was delivered to a traffic officer under Subsection B(3)(a). Except for owners who live outside of the jurisdiction of the issuing authority, service under this paragraph may not be performed unless service under Subsection B(3)(a) and (b) has been attempted.
(4) 
Defenses to the imposition of liability under this section include:
(a) 
That a report that the vehicle was stolen was given to a traffic officer before the violation occurred or within a reasonable time after the violation occurred.
(b) 
If the owner of the vehicle provides a traffic officer employed by the authority issuing the citation with the name and address of the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation and sufficient information for the officer to determine that probable cause does not exist to believe that the owner of the vehicle was operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control at the time of the violation, then the owner of the vehicle shall not be liable under this section or under § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats.
(c) 
If the vehicle is owned by a lessor of vehicles and at the time of the violation the vehicle was in the possession of a lessee, and the lessor provides a traffic officer employed by the authority issuing the citation with the information required under § 343.46(3), Wis. Stats., then the lessee and not the lessor shall be liable under this section or under § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats.
(d) 
If the vehicle is owned by a dealer, as defined in § 340.01(11), Wis. Stats., but including the persons specified in § 340.01(11)(a) to (d), Wis. Stats., and at the time of the violation the vehicle was being operated by or was under the control of any person on a trial run, and if the dealer provides a traffic officer employed by the authority issuing the citation with the name, address and operator's license number of the person operating the vehicle or having the vehicle under his or her control on a trial run, then that person, and not the dealer, shall be liable under this section or under the applicable provision of § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats.
(e) 
Notwithstanding § 346.94(16)(b)6, Wis. Stats., this section does not apply to the operation of a motorcycle.
C. 
Authority to regulate radios or other electric sound-amplification devices.
(1) 
Notwithstanding § 346.94(16), Wis. Stats., the Village provides that, except as provided in § 347.38(1), Wis. Stats., no person may operate or park, stop or leave standing a motor vehicle while using a radio or other electric sound-amplification device emitting sound from the vehicle that is clearly audible under normal conditions from a distance of 50 or more feet, unless the electric sound-amplification device is being used to request assistance or warn against an unsafe condition. Any person violating this subsection may be punishable as provided in § 480-33.
[Amended 10-4-2010]
(2) 
Subsection C(1) may not apply to any of the following:
(a) 
The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm.
(b) 
The operator of a vehicle of a public utility, as defined in § 11.40(1)(a), Wis. Stats.
(c) 
The operator of a vehicle that is being used for advertising purposes.
(d) 
The operator of a vehicle that is being used in a community event or celebration, procession or assemblage.
(e) 
The activation of a theft alarm signal device.
(f) 
The operator of a motorcycle being operated outside of a business or residence district.
A. 
A pedestrian mall is created on North State Street between East Park Street and East Bluff Street whereby vehicular traffic on the street will be closed during school hours, 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. weekdays only, pursuant to § 66.0905, Wis. Stats.
B. 
All responsibility and costs for creating and maintaining movable code-approved control devices shall be paid by the Westfield School District.
C. 
Creation of such pedestrian mall shall not constitute a discontinuance or vacation of such street or public way under § 66.1003 or 236.43, Wis. Stats.
[Added 7-1-2019]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish operation of golf cars within the Village limits.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
GOLF CART
Is designed as a motorized vehicle with four wheels which is not designed to be operated at a speed of up to 25 miles per hour. Said golf cart is generally designed to carry two to four persons, including the driver.
C. 
Standard equipment regulations. Each golf cart shall be equipped with the following operational items in good working order before being operated on any Village street:
(1) 
Brakes.
(2) 
Headlights.
(3) 
Tail lights.
(4) 
Rear view mirror.
(5) 
Slow-moving vehicle sign on rear of cart.
D. 
Proof of liability insurance. As part of the permit process, the owner of the golf cart must provide a certificate of insurance listing the company, policy term, and minimum limits of liability of $100,000 per person, $300,000 per accident and $5,000 medical before a permit will be issued.
E. 
Operational regulations. Each operator of a golf cart shall comply with the following:
(1) 
Each operator of a golf cart must have a valid driver's license.
(2) 
All occupants, including the driver, shall comply with seat belt regulations, if said golf cart was originally equipped with seat belts.
(3) 
All riders must remain seated when the golf cart is in motion.
(4) 
Golf carts may be operated on Village streets between April 1 and December 1 of each calendar year, from 30 minutes after sunrise until 30 minutes before sunset.
(5) 
Golf carts may not be operated on Village streets during inclement weather such as rain, snow, fog or when visibility is 500 feet or less.
(6) 
No golf cart shall exceed 25 miles per hour.
(7) 
Golf carts shall operate in a single file on the far-right side of the roadway, with the flow of traffic. Headlights and taillights must be in operation at all times, day or night.
(8) 
No item can be towed by a golf cart.
(9) 
No operator/person shall leave or allow any golf cart owned or operated by him/her to remain unattended on any public street, highway or public property while the motor is running or with the starting key left in the ignition.
(10) 
Each golf cart shall be operated in compliance with the Village motor vehicle ordinances and/or Wisconsin motor vehicle statutes.
(11) 
Golf carts shall only be operated on Village streets which have a posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour or less, but may not travel on State Highway 73 (Main Street).
(12) 
Golf carts shall obey all posted traffic signs.
(13) 
Golf carts shall yield the right-of-way to all other vehicular traffic and pedestrians
(14) 
Golf carts shall display a Village of Neshkoro sticker prominently on the left front fender.
(15) 
Golf carts must pass inspection and have a Village of Neshkoro permit.
F. 
Permits.
(1) 
The permit, notwithstanding the date of purchase, shall be valid only from April 1 to December 1 during the calendar year of purchase.
(2) 
Unless previously revoked within a one-year period, permits may be issued by the Village Clerk to owners upon:
(a) 
Completion of an application form.
(b) 
Payment of a $20 annual permit fee.
(c) 
Proof of a valid driver's license (to be kept on file at the Clerk's office).
(d) 
Proof of insurance (to be kept on file at the Clerk's office).
(e) 
Successful inspection by the Chief of Police.
(3) 
Following inspection, owners may request a permit by submitting a completed application form, certificate of insurance, proof of a valid driver's license and a permit fee to the Village of Neshkoro.
G. 
Violations and penalties. Violation of this section is punishable by any of the following:
(1) 
Loss of operator's permit for one year.
(2) 
As provided by Village ordinances.
(3) 
As provided in Wisconsin statutes.
[Added 6-2-2025]
A. 
Operating while suspended or revoked.
(1) 
No person whose operating privilege has been duly suspended or revoked under the laws of this state may operate a motor vehicle upon any highway in the Village of Neshkoro during the period of suspension or in violation of any restriction on an occupational license issued to the person during the period of suspension. A person's knowledge that his or her operating privilege is suspended or revoked is not an element of the offense under this section. In this section, "restriction on an occupational license" means restrictions imposed under § 343.10(5)(a), Wis. Stats., as to hours of the day, area, routes or purpose of travel, vehicles allowed to be operated, use of an ignition interlock device, sobriety or use of alcohol, controlled substances or controlled substance analogs.
(2) 
Penalties shall be assessed under § 1-4.
B. 
Operate without a license.
(1) 
No person may operate a motor vehicle which is not a commercial motor vehicle upon a highway in the Village of Neshkoro unless the person possesses a valid operator's license issued to the person by the department which is not revoked, suspended, canceled or expired.
(2) 
No person may operate a motorcycle unless the person possesses a valid operator's license specifically authorizing the operation of motorcycles.
(3) 
Penalties shall be assessed under § 1-4.