Except as otherwise specifically provided in
this chapter, all provisions of Chs. 340 to 348 and § 941.01(1),
Wis. Stats., including any future revisions or amendments thereto,
describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic,
for which the penalty is a forfeiture only, including penalties to
be imposed and procedure for prosecution, are hereby adopted and by
reference made part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein.
Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated
herein by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter.
[Amended 7-10-2000; 11-13-2006; 6-9-2008; 8-11-2008; 3-14-2011; 3-12-2018; 6-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-010]
A. Through highways designated. In the interest of public
safety and pursuant to authority granted by Wisconsin law, the following
highways or portions thereof are declared to be through highways:
All state trunk highways and county highways
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Armsby Road
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Bissell Road
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Brink Road
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Chapin Road
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CTH B
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CTH BB
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Mohawk Road
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Oriole Road
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Snake Road
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South Shore Drive
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Swamp Angel Road
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West Side Road
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B. Designation of location of stop signs.
(1) In the interest of public safety, stop signs shall
be installed at the following locations to control traffic on the
highways over which the Town has exclusive jurisdiction:
Traffic on
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Stops at
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Academy Road
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South Shore Drive
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Alta Vista Drive
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Snake Road
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Armsby Road
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Railroad tracks
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Armsby Road
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State Line Road
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Basswood Drive
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South Shore Drive intersection
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Birches Drive
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Linn Road
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Bissell Road
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Mohawk Road
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Bissell Road
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State Line Road
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Black Point Road
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Maple Ridge Road
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Black Point Road [Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-008]
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Wooddale Drive
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Border Drive
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Academy Road
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Brink Road
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Linton Road
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CTH B
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Linton Road
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Crescent Drive [Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-008]
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Shoreview Drive
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East Road
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Chapin Road
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East Road
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Main Road
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Eastman Street
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Pleasant Street
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Eastman Street
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Zenda Road
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Elm Street
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Fair Oaks Road
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South Shore Drive
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Forest Rest Lane
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Snake Road
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Franklin Walsh Street
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Zenda Road
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Glenmore Avenue
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Linn Road
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Greenleaf Drive
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Indian Drive
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Greenview Drive
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Oriole Road
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Hardwood Drive
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Basswood Drive
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Hardwood Drive
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South Shore Drive
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Hillside Road
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Linton Road
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Hillside Road
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Willow Road
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Hilltop Drive
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Indian Drive
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Knollwood Drive
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Indian Road
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Cisco Road
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Lakeview Drive
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Linn Road
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Lakeview Avenue
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Washington Avenue
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Lakeview Avenue
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Williams Plaza
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Lakeview Park Drive
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Linn Road
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Lakeville Road
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Swamp Angel Road
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Laurel Street
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Geneva Street
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Laurel Street
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Knollwood Drive
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Linden Road [Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-008]
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Wooddale Drive
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Linn Road
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South Shore Drive
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Linn-Walworth Road
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Lakeville Road
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Linn-Walworth Road
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Railroad tracks
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Linnwood Avenue
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Linn Road
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Lortin Plaza
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Washington Avenue (northwest and southeast corners of intersection)
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Lortin Plaza
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Williams Plaza (northwest and southeast corners of intersection)
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Main Road
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Chapin Road
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Main Road
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East Road
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Maple Lane
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Linn Road
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Maple Ridge Road
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Black Point Road
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Maple Ridge Road
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Linton Road
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Maple Ridge Road
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Maple Ridge Road
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Southland
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Meadow Court
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Mohawk Road
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Hillside Road
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Mohawk Road
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Swamp Angel Road
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North Creekside Road
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South Shore Drive
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North Lakeshore Drive
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Knollwood Road
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Oakrest Avenue
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Linn Road
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Oakwood Road
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Elgin Club Road
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Orchard Road
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Woodale Road
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Oriole Road
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Knollwood Drive
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Pleasant Street
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Franklin Walsh Street
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Pleasant Street
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Eastman Street
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Pleasant Street
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Forest Glen Street
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Shadow Lane
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South Shore Drive
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Shoreview Drive
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Indian Drive
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Shoreview Drive
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Oriole Road
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Solar Lane [Added 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-008]
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Birches Drive
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Linton Road
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State Line Road
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Hillside Road
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Sunset Drive
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Chapin Road
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Swamp Angel Road
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State Line Road
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West Side Road
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STH 120
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Wildwood Road
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Willow Road
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South Lakeshore Drive
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Willow Road
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STH 120
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Wilmot Boulevard
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South Street
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Wooddale Drive
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South Shore Drive
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Zenda Road
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Builders Court
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Zenda Road
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Forest Glen Street (sign on Forest Glen Street)
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Zenda Road
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Linton Road
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Zenda Road
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Mohawk Road (sign on Zenda Road)
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Zenda Road
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South Lakeshore Drive
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(2) Four-way stops.
(a) There
shall be a four-way stop at the intersection of South Lakeshore Drive,
Willow Road and Linton Road.
(b) There shall be a four-way stop at the intersection of Hillside Road
and Willow Road.
(c) There shall be a four-way stop at the intersection of Eastman Street
and Pleasant Street.
D. Operators to obey traffic control devices. Every operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection at which an official traffic control device is erected in accordance with this section shall obey the direction of such official traffic control device as required by the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated by reference in §
9-1 of this chapter. Operators of vehicles approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering a highway as required by § 346.46, Wis. Stats. Operators approaching intersections at which a yield sign has been installed shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles as required by § 346.18(6), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 4-11-2011]
Special and season weight limitations. The Town Board shall
have the authority to impose special or seasonal weight limits on
any highway, bridge or culvert maintained by the Town to prevent injury
to the roadway or for the safety of the users of such bridge or culvert
and shall be responsible for erecting uniform traffic control devices
giving notice thereof.
[Amended 10-9-1998; 8-10-2009; 6-9-2014; 8-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-011; 8-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-013; 9-15-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-015]
A. Parking prohibited at all times. Except temporarily
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading
or in receiving or discharging passengers or property and while the
vehicle is attended by a licensed operator so that it may be moved
promptly in case of an emergency or to avoid obstruction of traffic,
no person shall at any time park or leave standing any vehicle or
trailer upon any of the following roads or highways or parts of the
roads or highways:
Birches Drive
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Burr Oak Drive
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Center Street
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Chapin Road
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Hillside Road
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Linn Pier Road
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Loramoor Drive
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Main Road
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Maple Street
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Poplar Avenue
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Shadow Lane
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State Trunk Highway 120 from the south limit
of the City of Lake Geneva to the east and west 1/4 section line of
Section 12, Town 1 North, Range 17 East
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Sunnyside Avenue
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Wildwood Road
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B. Parking, stopping or standing prohibited. No person
shall park, stop or leave standing any vehicle for any purpose upon
the highways or parts of highways at any time where signs are erected
giving notice thereof.
C. Limited time parking. When official traffic signs
are erected in any block giving notice thereof, no person shall park,
stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended,
for more than the time periods set forth on said sign, on the highway
or parts thereof.
D. Miscellaneous parking restrictions.
(1) Street maintenance. Whenever it is necessary to clear
or repair a Town roadway or any part thereof, the Town Highway Superintendent
shall post such highways or parts thereof with signs bearing the words
"No Parking - Street Maintenance Work." Such signs shall be erected
at least two hours prior to the time that street maintenance work
is to be commenced. No person shall park a motor vehicle in violation
of such signs.
(2) Parking in driveways. No person shall park or leave
standing any motor vehicle in any private driveway without the permission
of the owner or lessee of the property upon which such driveway is
located, whether or not such driveway is posted to limit or restrict
parking.
(3) Parking heavy vehicles in residential districts. No
operator of a motor truck, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer
or any other vehicle or combination of vehicles other than motorbuses
weighing more than 12,000 pounds shall park such vehicle on any highway
other than a routed state trunk highway in any residential district
except for such time as is reasonably necessary to facilitate the
loading or unloading of the vehicle.
(4) No parking for snow removal.
(a) For the purpose of removing snow and/or ice from public
roadways within the Town, the Town prohibits parking on any public
street during or after a winter weather event, which includes snow,
freezing rain, and/or sleet, until after the snow and/or ice has been
removed or plowed to the edge of the pavement from November 15 to
April 1. The Police Department may tow away all vehicles parked in
violation of this subsection. Any person who violates this subsection
may be subject to a forfeiture plus the costs of towing and storing
the vehicle.
[Amended 5-8-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-002]
(b) Emergencies.
[1]
If the Town Chairman declares that an emergency
exists making streets hazardous during and following a snowstorm until
the snow has been removed from and sand applied where necessary to
public streets:
[a]
No person shall park, stop or leave standing
any vehicle on any public street in an area which has been marked
with signs or barriers by the police of said Town indicating no parking
due to snow removal.
[b]
No person shall park or leave standing any vehicle
on any street during or after a winter weather event, including freezing
rain, until after the snow and/or ice has been removed or plowed to
the edge of the pavement.
[2]
In the event that any vehicle is abandoned and left standing in violation of Subsection
D(4)(b)[1], the vehicle may be removed by or under the supervision of the Police Department of the Town. The cost of the removal shall be charged against the owner or the one in possession of the vehicle.
[3]
The following temporary parking shall be permitted:
[b]
Vehicles being used for deliveries.
[c]
Police, fire and other emergency vehicles.
[d]
Any vehicle with a handicapped sticker affixed
to it.
(5) Fire lanes. When signs are erected giving notice,
no person shall park any vehicle in a fire lane. The Police Department
shall tow away all vehicles parked in violation of this subsection.
Any person who violates this subsection shall be subject to a forfeiture
plus the costs of towing and storing the vehicle.
E. Removal of illegally parked vehicles. Any vehicle parked or left standing upon a highway, street or alley or other public grounds in violation of any of the provisions of this section or §
9-1 of this chapter is declared to be a hazard to traffic and public safety. Such vehicle shall be removed by the operator, upon request of any police officer, to a position where parking, stopping or standing is not prohibited. Any police officer, after issuing a citation for illegal parking, stopping or standing of an unattended vehicle in violation of this code, is authorized to remove such vehicle to a position where parking is not prohibited. The officer may order a motor carrier holding a permit to perform vehicle towing services, a licensed motor vehicle salvage dealer or a licensed motor vehicle dealer who performs vehicle towing services to remove and store such vehicle in any storage garage or rental parking grounds or any facility of the person providing the towing services. In addition to other penalties provided by §
9-6 of this chapter, the owner or operator of a vehicle so removed shall pay the cost of towing and storage. If towing is done by the Police Department, the sum of $50 shall be paid for towing.
F. Registration record of vehicle as evidence. When any
vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provision
of this code regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles
and the identity of the operator cannot be determined, the owner as
shown by the ownership registration of the vehicle supplied by the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation, or a comparable authority
of any other state, shall be subject to appropriate penalty.
[Amended 7-10-2000; 4-12-2004; 9-12-2005; 12-12-2005; 2-12-2007; 10-8-2007; 4-13-2009; 9-14-2009; 5-13-2013; 8-20-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-014; 10-14-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-017]
The Town Board hereby determines that the statutory speed limits
on the following highways and roads and portions thereof are unreasonable,
unsafe or imprudent and modifies such speed limits to decrease the
same as follows:
A. Fifteen
miles per hour. Fifteen miles per hour on:
(8) Linn Road north of Sunnyside Drive to the waters of Geneva Lake.
B. Twenty-five
miles per hour. Twenty-five miles per hour on:
(11) Hillside Road north of old Highway BB.
(13) Maple Ridge Road north of Blackpoint Road.
(21) Zenda Road from Highway B south to south of railroad.
(22) Linn Road from South Lakeshore Drive to Sunnyside Drive to official
sign for 25 miles per hour from Memorial Day through Labor Day; 35
miles per hour the remaining days of the year.
(23) South Lakeshore Drive between the intersection of North Creekside
Lane and the Village of Fontana-on-Geneva Lake.
(24) South Lakeshore Drive from the southerly most point of the Big Foot
Beach south 1,040 feet.
C. Thirty-five
miles per hour. Thirty-five miles per hour on:
(2) Hillside Road south of old Highway BB to Willow Road.
(3) Maple Ridge Road north of South Lakeshore Drive.
(4) South Lakeshore Drive from North Creekside Lane east to the eastern
portion of Basswood Drive.
(5) South Lakeshore Drive north from old Highway BB to the southerly
most boundary of the City of Lake Geneva.
(6) South Lakeshore Drive from old Highway 120 westerly to the intersection
of South Lakeshore Drive, Willow Road and Linton Road.
(7) Linton Road from the intersection of South Lakeshore Drive and Willow
Road westerly to Brink Road.
D. Forty
miles per hour. Forty miles per hour on:
(1) South Lakeshore Drive between Linn Road and the eastern portion of
Basswood Drive and Linton Road between the eastern- and westernmost
signs designating the Linton unincorporated limits.
E. Forty-five
miles per hour. Forty-five miles per hour on:
(1) South Lakeshore Drive between old County Trunk BB and Linn Road.
(2) Maple Ridge Road from Linton Road to South Lakeshore Drive.
F. Fifty-five
miles per hour. Fifty-five miles per hour on:
(1) Linton Road from Brink Road to the easternmost sign designating the
Linton unincorporated limits.
(2) Linton Road from the westernmost sign designating the Linton unincorporated
limits to Academy Road.
G. School
zone speed limit. The speed limit in the Traver School Zone on Linton
Road shall be 35 miles per hour when children are present. The Traver
School Zone shall be that area between the school zone signs as placed
by the Town of Linn Highway Department.
[Amended 6-9-2008; 5-12-2014]
A. In addition to the provisions of §
13-15 of this Code, the statutory provisions describing and defining regulations with respect to snowmobiles in Ch. 350, Wis. Stats., the statutory provisions describing and defining regulations with respect to all terrain vehicles in Ch. 23, Wis. Stats., and the definition of "motor vehicle" in § 340.01(35), Wis. Stats., including all subsequent revisions and additions thereto, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by and statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this section.
B. In the interest of public health and safety the following
laws and regulations are adopted:
(1) Operation forbidden on public property. Except as
provided in §§ 350.02 and 350.03, Wis. Stats., no person
shall operate a snowmobile upon the path around the lake or any other
public right-of-way or street or in any public park or on any other
public property unless the same or any parts thereof have been designated
as snowmobile routes and the trails have been clearly marked by municipal
authorities.
(2) Rules of road adopted. If snowmobile routes are designated
over public highways, operators of vehicles upon them shall observe
the rules of the road for motor vehicles set forth in Ch. 346, Wis.
Stats., in addition to any special rules adopted by this section,
and where operated over parks or other recreational areas, the speed
shall not be in excess of the posted speed limit.
(3) Unattended vehicles. No person shall leave or allow
a snowmobile owned or operated by him to remain unattended while the
motor is running or with the starting key left in the ignition.
(4) Operation on private premises restricted. No person
shall operate a snowmobile on any private property not owned or controlled
by him without the express consent and permission of the owner or
occupant of such land.
(5) Accidents and accident reports.
(a) Definition. "Snowmobile accident" means a collision,
accident or other casualty involving a snowmobile.
(b) Rendering help. If he can do so without serious danger
to his own snowmobile or to persons on board, the operator of a snowmobile
involved in a snowmobile accident shall stop his 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 name and address and identification
of his snowmobile to any person injured and to the owner of any property
damaged in the accident.
(c) Reporting accident.
[1]
If the snowmobile results in death or injury
to any person or totals property damage in excess of $200, every operator
of a snowmobile involved in such accident shall, as soon as possible,
notify the Police Department having jurisdiction over the area in
which the accident occurred and file a written report thereof with
such Department on forms prescribed by it.
[2]
If the operator of a snowmobile is physically
incapable of making the report required by this section and there
is another occupant in the snowmobile at the time of the accident
who is capable of making it, he or she shall make such report.
(6) Penalties. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, except
where otherwise provided herein, forfeit not less than $50 nor more
than $500, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default
of payment of the forfeiture and costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned
in the county jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not
exceeding 30 days, and provided further that the forfeiture imposed
shall not exceed the maximum fine permitted under the statute adopted
by reference.
No person shall remove, without proper authority,
any rope, cable or barricade of any description which has been placed
across any entrance to Geneva Lake. No person shall drive a motor-driven
vehicle in such a manner as to bypass or circumvent any barricade
across an entrance to Geneva Lake when such barricade has been so
placed by proper authorities for the purpose of warning drivers not
to enter the frozen surface of Geneva Lake.
No person shall make unnecessary and annoying
noises with a motor vehicle, by squealing tires, excessive acceleration
of engine, or by emitting unnecessary and loud muffler noises.