No driver of any vehicle, including motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles and bicycles, shall cause, by excessive and unnecessary
acceleration, the tires of such vehicle or cycle to spin and emit
loud noises or to unnecessarily throw stones or gravel, nor shall
such driver cause to be made by excessive and unnecessary acceleration
any loud noise as would disturb the public peace.
A.
Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and
regulations.
(1)
Obedience to traffic control devices. No person shall
fail to obey the instructions of any uniform traffic control device
when traveling as a pedestrian on any highway within the Town of Cedarburg
unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.
(2)
Crossing at crosswalks. No pedestrian shall cross
at a crosswalk except on the right half thereof whenever practicable.
Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall walk along and upon
an adjacent roadway except when the sidewalk is visibly unsafe, obstructed
or closed to public travel.
B.
Prohibited pedestrian crossings. No pedestrian shall
cross between adjacent intersections, unless such crossing is permitted
by official traffic control devices.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle
on any pedestrianway or pedestrian overpass within the Town of Cedarburg,
except municipal or county maintenance vehicles.
A.
Findings. The unauthorized off-road operation of motor
vehicles has resulted in:
(1)
Serious damage to public and private lands, including
damage or destruction of vegetation, animal life and improvement to
the lands;
(2)
The permanent scarring of land and an increase in
both erosion and air pollution;
(3)
Collisions and near collisions threatening the life
and safety of the operators of such vehicles as well as of other persons;
and
(4)
A loss of the privacy, quietude and serenity to which
the owners and users of land are rightfully entitled.
B.
MOTOR VEHICLE
(1)
(2)
(3)
OFF ROAD
OPERATION
UNAUTHORIZED
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the terms
below shall be defined as follows:
Any vehicle which is self-propelled and shall include but
not be limited to automobiles, trucks, jeeps, vans, motorcycles, motorbikes,
go-karts, motorized three-wheeled vehicles, all-terrain vehicles,
mopeds, snowmobiles, dune buggies and tractors. "Motor vehicle" shall
not mean any airplane, railroad train, boat, wheelchair or bicycle.
A vehicle which would otherwise be defined as a motor vehicle under
this section shall not be so defined while:
It is being operated solely for the purpose
of construction or maintenance of an improvement to land or solely
for access to construction or maintenance sites, provided that such
operation is by persons having legitimate business on such lands or
sites.
It is being operated by or at the direction
of public employees or utility company employees as part of their
employment duties.
It is being operated by the holder of an easement
or right of access on or over the land on which operation is occurring
or the holder's employees or agents.
The physical manipulation or activation of any of the controls
of a motor vehicle necessary to put it in motion.
Without the express prior consent of the owner, lessee, manager
or other person authorized to give consent by the owner or lessee
of land. Authorization shall not be implied from a failure to post
private or public land.
C.
Unauthorized off-road operation prohibited.
(1)
The unauthorized off-road operation of a motor vehicle
is prohibited.
(2)
It shall be unlawful to operate any minibike, go-kart,
all-terrain vehicle or any other motor-driven craft or vehicle principally
manufactured for off-highway use on Town streets, alleys, parks, sidewalks,
bikeways, parking lots or on any public lands or private lands or
parking lots held open to the public. The operator shall at all times
have the consent of the owner before operation of such craft or vehicle
on private lands.
D.
Prohibited use of snowmobile trails. Except as provided in the definition of "motor vehicle" in Subsection B above, no person shall operate any motor vehicle other than a snowmobile on a snowmobile trail.
E.
Operation of snowmobiles, motorcycles, mopeds, minibikes
or all-terrain vehicles within any parks prohibited. No person shall
operate a snowmobile, motorcycle, moped, minibike or all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) within any parks or athletic fields within the Town except in
designated areas.
A.
Driving through ditches prohibited. It shall be unlawful
for any motor vehicle to be driven or backed through any ditch in
the Town of Cedarburg.
B.
Driving over safety zones or islands prohibited. Whenever
safety zones or safety islands are marked in accordance with the Wisconsin
Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual, no operator of a vehicle shall
at any time drive through or over a safety zone or safety island.
