[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Neillsville as Title 8, Ch. 3, of the 1985 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 10-12-1999 by Ord. No. 966; 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 1057]
A. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions describing and defining regulations with respect to snowmobiles, all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles in the following enumerated sections of the Wisconsin Statutes are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein. Acts required to be performed or prohibited by such statutes are required or prohibited by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutes incorporated herein by reference are intended to be made part of this Code.
(1) 
Section 23.33, All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles.
(2) 
Chapter 350, Snowmobiles.
B. 
Throughout this chapter any reference to all-terrain vehicles shall also be applicable to utility terrain vehicles.
No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any street, highway or alley within the City of Neillsville in violation of the traffic regulation provisions of §§ 346.04, 346.06, 346.11, 346.14(1), 346.18, 346.19, 346.20, 346.21, 346.26, 346.27, 346.33, 346.35, 346.37, 346.39, 346.40, 346.44, 346.46, 346.47, 346.48, 346.50(1)(b), 346.51, 346.52, 346.53, 346.54, 346.55, 346.87, 346.88, 346.89, 346.90, 346.91, 346.92(1), and 346.94(1) and (9), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 7-24-2001 by Ord. No. 987; 9-24-2019 by Ord. No. 1057]
No person shall operate a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon any public highway within the City of Neillsville at a speed in excess of posted speed limits during any time of the day. No person shall operate a snowmobile on any trail designated in § 359-10 of this chapter or in any public park or recreation area at a speed in excess of the posted limit.
No person shall operate a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle within the City of Neillsville between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except upon a public highway as authorized by the Wisconsin Statutes and this chapter or for the purpose of gaining access to or leaving such highway or upon a designated trail.
No person shall leave or allow a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle owned or operated by him/her to remain unattended on any public highway or public property while the motor is running or with the starting key left in the ignition.
No person shall operate a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon any sidewalk, pedestrianway or upon the area between the sidewalk and the curbline of any street in the City of Neillsville, except as specifically authorized by § 359-10 or for the purpose of crossing to obtain immediate access to an authorized area of operation.
[Amended 7-24-2001 by Ord. No. 987]
No person under the age of 12 years may operate a snowmobile unless the person is accompanied either by a parent or guardian or by a person over 18 years of age. No person who is between the ages of 12 years of age and 16 years of age, and who is born on or after January 1, 1985, may operate a snowmobile unless he/she holds a valid snowmobile safety certificate. Any person who is required to hold a snowmobile safety certificate while operating a snowmobile shall carry the certificate on the snowmobile and display the certificate to a law enforcement officer on request. No snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle owner shall authorize any person under the age of 16 years to operate such snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle upon any street, alley or other public right-of-way in the City of Neillsville, unless such person holds a valid snowmobile safety certificate.
A. 
If he/she can do so without serious danger to his/her own snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle or to persons on board, the operator of a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle involved in an accident within the City of Neillsville shall stop his/her snowmobile and shall render to other persons affected thereby such assistance as may be practicable and necessary to save them from or minimize any danger caused by the accident and shall give his/her name and address and identification of his/her snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the accident.
B. 
If the accident results in death or injury to any person or total property damage in excess of $200, every operator of a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle involved in such accident shall, as soon as possible, notify the City Police Department of the accident and shall, within 10 days after the accident, file a written report thereof with the Department on forms prescribed by it.
C. 
If the operator of a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle is physically incapable of making the report required by this section and there was another occupant in the snowmobile at the time of the accident capable of making the report, he/she shall make such report.
D. 
"Snowmobile accident" means a collision, accident or other casualty involving a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle.
[Amended 10-10-1995 by Ord. No. 931; 2-13-1996 by Ord. No. 933; 6-10-1997 by Ord. No. 947; 8-22-2000 by Ord. No. 972; 9-26-2000 by Ord. No. 974; 5-25-2004 by Ord. No. 1001; 4-12-2005 by Ord. No. 1006; 9-11-2007 by Ord. No. 1015; 2-10-2009 by Ord. No. 1026; 8-7-2012 by Ord. No. 1037; 5-12-2015 by Ord. No. 1049; 6-11-2019 by Ord. No. 1056; 1-24-2023 by Ord. No. 1072; 6-13-2023 by Ord. No. 1075; 8-8-2023 by Ord. No. 1077]
A. 
Routes designated. The following roads in the City of Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin, shall be designated as snowmobile routes:
(1) 
Willow Street from the south edge of Division Street north to Elm Street.
(2) 
Prospect Street from West 17th Street to West 18th Street.
(3) 
21st Street.
(4) 
Grand Avenue from West 1st Street to north City limits.
(5) 
1st Street from Grand Avenue to Center Street.
(6) 
Elm Street.
(7) 
The west 125 yards of Cemetery Road.
(8) 
18th Street from Grand Avenue to Prospect Street.
(9) 
East 15th Street.
(10) 
West 17th Street.
(11) 
West 6th Street from Grand Avenue to the entrance of the upper level of the Municipal Parking Lot.
(12) 
Upper and Lower levels of the Municipal Parking Lots.
(13) 
S. Boon Boulevard, starting 170 feet south of E. Division Street and extending 400 feet south.
(14) 
Court Street from 1st Street to Division Street.
(15) 
West 8th Street from Grand Avenue to Hewett Street.
(16) 
West 1st Street from Grand Avenue to Clay Street.
(17) 
Clay Street from West 1st Street to a point 154 feet north of Division Street.
(18) 
West Street from 8th Street to the Brickyard Bar parking lot.
(19) 
8th Street from Grand Avenue to the Black River.
B. 
All-terrain and utility terrain vehicle routes designated. The City of Neillsville authorizes the operation of ATVs on all state and county roads within the City of Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin, boundary limits where the posted speed limit is 35 mph or less.
C. 
Operation of golf carts.
(1) 
The City of Neillsville authorizes the operation of golf carts on any highway within the City of Neillsville in which the speed limit is 25 miles per hour or less, excluding State Highway 73 (Hewett Street/Black River Road) and State Highway 10 (Division Street).
(2) 
The City of Neillsville does authorize golf carts to cross State Highway 73 (Hewett Street) at the location of 1st Street, to cross State Highway 73 (Hewett Street) at the location of 12th Street and to cross State Highway 10 (Division Street) at the location of Huron Street.
D. 
Access to routes and trails. Persons are allowed to travel from a residence and/or lodging establishment within the limits of the City of Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin, for the shortest distance that is necessary for a person to operate a snowmobile to a snowmobile route or trail that is closest to that residence or lodging establishment.
(1) 
Designated roadways and/or highways for access:
(a) 
All roadways or shoulders.
(2) 
Conditions:
(a) 
Subject to this chapter.
E. 
Trail markers. The Chief of Police is directed and authorized to procure, erect and maintain appropriate snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle route, trail and limit signs and markers as approved by the State Department of Natural Resources under § 350.13, Wis. Stats. The Chief of Police shall have the power to declare the stated routes and trails either open or closed.
F. 
Markers to be obeyed. No person shall fail to obey any route or trail sign, marker or limit erected in accordance with this section.
No person or persons shall operate vehicles commonly known as "snowmobiles" or "all-terrain vehicles" upon the following described areas of the City of Neillsville:
A. 
That area known as "O'Neill Pond" located on O'Neill Creek in the City of Neillsville, from the Hewett Street Bridge east on said creek 400 feet.
B. 
That area of Schuster Park laying between 1st Street and 2nd Street of the City of Neillsville.
C. 
That area known as "Listeman Arboretum" consisting of all of government Lot 5, Section 15 and part of government Lot 1, Section 22, Township 24 North, Range Two West, except, where the Parks and Recreation Board has established a snowmobile trail, said trail shall be no wider than 12 feet and shall be appropriately marked by appropriate signs indicating the area of permissible operation of snowmobiles.
D. 
That area known as the Marguerite Listeman Park, formerly the North Side Park. Lots 1 through 4 and Lots 19 through 46 all in Block 4; all of Block Three; Lots 13 through 22, Block 2, Lynch's Addition to the City of Neillsville.
E. 
That area known as "Tock Field."
F. 
A parcel of land described as follows: Assessment Lot 492 located in the City of Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin, except the following described parcels of land:
Commencing at a point at the Northwest corner of 486, thence west 100 feet, said line being an extension of the line dividing Assessment Lots 485 and 486, thence south to the Northwest corner of Assessment Lot 491, thence east 100 feet along the north boundary of Assessment Lot 491, thence north to the point of beginning.
Commencing at a point 295.5 feet west of the Southwest corner of Block 3 of Bacon's Subdivision of Lots 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 93 of Hewett's Addition to City of Neillsville, thence running West 235.5 feet, thence North 285 feet, thence East 206 feet more or less to the West line of Foster property, thence South 130 feet, thence East 29-1/2 feet, thence South 155 feet, more or less to place of beginning, being part of Outlot 7 of Bacon's Subdivision of Lots 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 and 93 of Hewett's Addition of Outlots and Assessment Lot 490 and part of Assessment Lots 488, 489 and 492 of Assessor's Plat of City of Neillsville.
Commencing at a point 531 feet west and 285 feet north of the Southwest corner of Block 3 of Bacon's Subdivision of Lots 45, 46, 47, 48 and 93 of Hewett's Addition to Outlots of Neillsville, thence East 206 feet, thence North 40 feet, thence West 206 feet, thence South 40 feet to the place of beginning, also known as part of Assessment Lot 492.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
No person shall engage in the business of renting or leasing of snowmobiles to the public or of renting or leasing use of a snowmobile track or other private property to the public for the operation of snowmobiles thereon in the City of Neillsville unless he/she has first obtained a license therefor as provided in this section.
B. 
Application for snowmobile renters' licenses shall be filed with the Chief of Police and shall include the name of the owner of the premises on which such business will be conducted, the proposed period and hours of operation, the name of the person, firm or corporation which will conduct such business, the state registration number of such commercial owner, if any, and the registration numbers of any snowmobiles to be leased by such business and such other information as the Common Council shall require to consider such application. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount as set from time to time by the Common Council to cover the cost of investigation and issuance of the license.
C. 
No license shall be issued unless approved by the governing body after public hearing. Notice of such hearing shall be given as a Class 1 notice under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats. The Common Council shall approve issuance of the license only if it determines that the public health, safety and welfare will not be adversely affected thereby and that the following requirements are met:
(1) 
The applicant must have on file with the City Clerk-Treasurer proof of liability insurance in force covering the premises to be licensed and the operation of any snowmobile thereon or to be rented or offered for use to the public by the business with limits of $50,000/300,000/10,000.
(2) 
If snowmobiles are to be used on the licensed premises, such use must be restricted to areas located at least 300 feet from any dwellings not owned or occupied by the applicant.
(3) 
Snowmobiles shall be operated on the premises only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
(4) 
The licensing period shall be for one year from September 1 to August 31.
(5) 
The Clerk-Treasurer shall issue a renewal license to any person, firm or corporation holding a valid license under this section upon payment of the annual license fee; provided, however, that any such applicant who has been convicted within the preceding 12 months of a violation of this section or any state statute regulating or restricting the use of snowmobiles or snowmobile renters shall not be entitled to a license renewal until approved by the Common Council after public hearing as required under this Subsection C.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not more than $600 together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 90 days, provided no person shall forfeit an amount in excess of the maximum fine or forfeiture allowed in the Wisconsin Statutes for the same offense and further provided that the penalty and forfeiture for parking violations on highways shall be the amount applicable to such violations by owners or operators of motor vehicles under Chapter 405, Article I, of the City of Neillsville Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A. 
Uniform citation for highway violations. The uniform traffic citation promulgated under § 345.11, Wis. Stats., shall be used for violations of this chapter relating to highway use except as herein provided.
B. 
Parking violations. The special traffic citation described and defined in Chapter 405, Article I, of this Code shall be used for enforcement of violations of rules of the road relating to parking of vehicles adopted by reference in § 359-1 of this chapter.
C. 
Other violations. All violations of this chapter not described in Subsection A or B shall be enforced in accordance with §§ 66.0114 and 66.0111, Wis. Stats. Stipulations of guilt or no contest may be made as provided in § 66.0114(1)(b), Wis. Stats., in substantially the form provided in the uniform traffic citation within five days of the date of the citation for such violation. Bail deposits may also be made under § 66.0114, Wis. Stats. Such deposits shall include a $2 Clerk's fee and costs of prosecution.
D. 
Police Department to receive stipulations and penalties. Stipulations, forfeited penalties and deposits for obtaining release from arrest authorized under this chapter may be accepted at the City Police Department offices by the Chief or officer designated by him/her. The officer authorized to accept penalties and deposits shall be bonded and such bond shall be filed with the City Clerk-Treasurer.
E. 
Forfeited penalties and deposits. Except as otherwise provided in § 345.26, Wis. Stats., and the deposit schedule adopted by the Wisconsin Judicial Conference thereunder, required penalties and deposits or bail not including costs or fees for violation of this chapter shall be as established by the schedule adopted by the Common Council.