[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 03-2022]
A. The City Council of the City of Amery hereby adopts the following all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and utility terrain vehicle (UTV) article and routes for the operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles as those terms are defined in § 23.33(1), Wis. Stats., upon the roadways listed in §
358-12.
B. Following due consideration of the recreational value to connect
trail opportunities and promoting various forms of transportation
and weighted against possible dangers, public health, liability aspects,
terrain involved, traffic density and history of automobile traffic,
the routes have been created.
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 03-2022]
These routes are created pursuant to City authority as authorized
§ 23.33(8)(b) and (11), Wis. Stats. Further, § 23.33(11),
Wis. Stats., authorizes the City to create ordinances to regulate
ATVs and UTVs on trails or routes that are designated by the City.
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 03-2022]
This article designates all City streets within the corporate
limits of the City as ATV and UTV vehicle routes, excluding the following
roads:
A. State Highway 46/Keller Avenue from the southern city limit to the
northern city limit.
B. County Road F/Deronda Street from Keller Avenue west to Harriman
Avenue.
C. County Road F/Broadway Street from Minneapolis Avenue east to the
east city limit.
[Amended 6-1-2022 by Ord. No. 03-2022]
As a condition for the use of these routes, the following shall
apply to all operators:
A. Those provisions and requirements set forth in § 23.33,
Wis. Stats., are hereby adopted by reference and in addition the conditions
listed below are adopted.
B. Speed limits: 20 miles per hour or as otherwise posted for automobile
traffic, whichever is lower; 10 miles per hour when pedestrians are
present.
C. All ATVs and UTVs and their operators must be covered by liability
insurance.
D. All ATV and UTV operators shall ride single file on the right side
of the road unless making a left turn.
E. No person under the age of 18 may operate or ride on an ATV or UTV
without wearing a helmet approved by the State of Wisconsin for that
purpose.
F. All operators are required to have headlamps (white light) and tail
lamps (red light) turned on at all times.
All required designated route signs shall be paid for and installed
by an ATV/UTV club approved and under the direction of the City of
Amery.
This article shall be enforced by any law enforcement officer
of the City or any other officer authorized to enforce the laws of
the State of Wisconsin.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Wisconsin state all-terrain and utility-terrain vehicle penalties
as found in § 23.33(13)(a), Wis. Stats., are adopted by
reference and may be enforced through the issuance of municipal citations
as provided elsewhere in the Code.
The provisions of this article shall be deemed severable and
it is expressly declared that the City of Amery would have passed
the other provisions of this article irrespective of whether or not
one or more provisions may be declared invalid. If any provision of
this article or the application to any person or circumstances is
held invalid, the remainder of this article and the application of
such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be deemed
affected.