Following due consideration of the recreational and economic
value to access businesses and residences and to make trail connections
and weighted against possible dangers, public health, liability aspects,
terrain involved, traffic density and history of automobile traffic,
this chapter has been created pursuant to Village Board authority
under Wis. Stats., §§ 59.02, 23.33(11)(am) and 23.33(8)(b)
as amended.
The following routes are established: All streets and avenues
within the incorporated areas of the Village of Superior are designated
as ATV/UTV routes.
All ATVs and UTVs shall operate only on the paved portion of
the roadway. Operation on the gravel shoulders, grassy inslope, ditches,
or other highway right-of-way is prohibited and illegal.
This chapter shall be enforced by any officer employed by the
Douglas County Sheriff's Department or any other law enforcement
official as set forth in Wis. Stats., § 23.33(12).
The penalty for operating an ATV/UTV off the roadway of a designated
ATV/UTV route (i.e., the gravel shoulder, grassy inslope, ditch, or
other highway right-of-way) or violating any other provision of this
chapter shall result in a forfeiture of not less than $25 nor more
than $500, plus court costs.
Should any subsection, clause, or provision of this chapter
be declared by the Court to be invalid, the same shall not affect
the validity of the section as a whole or any part thereof, other
than the part so declared to be invalid.
Designation of segments of the Village roadway system as ATV/UTV
routes does not impose upon the Village roadway a greater duty of
care or responsibility for maintenance of those segments than for
any other segment of Village roadway. Operators of ATVs/UTVs on Village
roadways assume all the usual and normal risks of ATV/UTV operation.
This chapter shall take effect November 24, 2021.