A.
Statutes adopted. Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this Code, the statutory provisions in Chs. 340 to 349,
Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles
and traffic, for which the penalty is a forfeiture only, excluding
penalties to be imposed and procedures for prosecution, are hereby
adopted and by reference made a part of this chapter as if fully set
forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any
regulation incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited
by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications
of the statutory regulations in Chs. 340 to 349, Wis. Stats., incorporated
herein, are intended to be made part of this chapter in order to secure
to the extent legally practicable uniform statewide regulation of
vehicle traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the State of
Wisconsin. Any person who shall, within the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin,
violate any provisions of any statute incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed guilty of an offense under this section.
B.
Other state laws adopted. There are also hereby adopted
by reference the following sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, but
the prosecution of such offenses under this chapter shall be as provided
in Chs. 340 to 349, Wis. Stats., and the penalty for violation thereof
shall be limited to a forfeiture as hereinafter provided in this chapter:
C.
Statutes specifically incorporated by reference. Whenever
this chapter incorporates by reference specific sections of the Wisconsin
Statutes, such references shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes as from
time to time amended, repealed or modified by the Wisconsin Legislature.
D.
General references. General references in this chapter
to Wisconsin statutory sections or chapters describing or defining
procedures or authority for enactment or enforcement of local traffic
regulations shall be deemed to refer to the most recent enactments
of the Wisconsin Legislature describing or defining such procedures
or authorities.
A.
Director of Public Works to erect and install uniform traffic control devices. Whenever traffic regulations created by this chapter, including a State of Wisconsin traffic regulation adopted by reference in § 262-1, require the erection of traffic control devices for enforcement, the Director of Public Works shall procure, erect and maintain uniform traffic control devices conforming to the Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual promulgated by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, giving notice of such traffic regulation to the users of the streets and highways on which such regulations apply. Whenever state law grants discretion to local authorities in erecting or placement of a uniform traffic control device, devices shall be erected in such locations and in such a manner as, in the judgment of the Village Board, will carry out the purposes of this chapter and give adequate warning to users of the streets and highways of the Village of Belgium.
B.
Code numbers to be affixed to official traffic control devices. The Director of Public Works shall cause to be placed on each official traffic control sign a guide board, mile post, signal or marker erected under Subsection A a code number assigned by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and shall also place or direct the placing of code numbers on all existing official traffic control devices as required by the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
C.
Prohibited signs and markers in highways. No person other than an officer authorized by this chapter to erect and maintain official traffic control devices or his or her designee shall place within the limits of any street or highway maintained by the Village any sign, signal, marker, mark or monument unless permission is first obtained from the Director of Public Works or, where applicable, the State Highway Commission. Any sign, signal, marker, mark or monument placed or maintained in violation of this subsection shall be subject to removal as provided in Subsection D.
D.
Removal of unofficial signs, markers, signals and
traffic control devices. The Village may remove any sign, signal,
marking or other device which is placed, maintained or displayed in
violation of this chapter or state law. Any charge imposed against
premises for removal of a prohibited or illegal sign, signal, marking
or device shall be reported by Village officials to the Village Board
for review and certification at its next regular meeting following
the imposition of the charge. Any charge not paid on or before the
next succeeding November 15 shall be placed upon the tax roll for
collection as other special municipal taxes.
When any vehicle is found upon a street or highway in violation of any provision of this chapter 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 deemed to have committed the violation for purposes of enforcement of this chapter and specifically § 262-1 and shall be subject to the applicable forfeiture penalty, provided that the defenses defined and described in § 346.485(5)(b), Wis. Stats., shall be a defense for an owner charged with such violation.
