Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the statutory provisions in Chs. 340 to 348, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic, exclusive of any provisions therein relating to penalties to be imposed and exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment, are 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 statute incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutes incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this chapter in order to secure uniform statewide regulation of traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the state.
There is hereby established an official map upon which shall be indicated no-parking areas, restricted parking areas, stop signs, arterial intersections, yield signs, special speed limits, one-way streets and alleys, school crossings and any other restrictions and limitations as directed by the Village Board. A violation of the restriction or limitation shown on the Official Traffic Map shall be a violation of this section. A copy of the Official Traffic Map shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk, the Law Enforcement Department and the Municipal Court. The Village Board may from time to time make additions or deletions from the Official Traffic Map, and the Engineer shall keep such Official Traffic Map current.
[Amended 10-17-1994; 9-5-2006 by Ord. No. 10-2006; 2-19-2018 by Ord. No. 01-2018; 3-16-2020 by Ord. No. 03-2020; 10-19-2020 by Ord. No. 03A-2020]
A. The Director of Public Works may declare a snow emergency. Whenever the Director or the Director's designee determines that an emergency exists because of existing or threatening snow or ice conditions which necessitate prompt removal of accumulations of ice and snow from streets and highways, the Director or the Director's designee may, by appropriate public media, declare a snow emergency during which the following emergency snow parking regulations shall be in force in the Village.
B. During a declared snow emergency, no person shall park any vehicle at any time on any street within the Village.
C. Termination of emergency. A snow emergency may be terminated by public announcement in the appropriate public media declaring the termination.
D. Alternate side
parking.
[Amended 1-19-2022 by Ord. No. 01-2022; 12-5-2022 by Ord. No. 08-2022]
(1) Alternate side parking regulations shall be in effect on all Village streets from December 1 to March 15 of each year. Parking shall be on the even side of the street on even-numbered days and the odd side of the street on odd-numbered days. The numerical date as of 12:01 a.m. shall be in effect until 8:00 a.m.
(2) The following streets/portions of streets of the Village shall be exempt from the terms of this subsection:
(b) South Main Street from the railroad tracks to Reynolds Street.
(d) Commerce Parkway, Limestone Pass, Landmark Drive from Commerce Parkway north and Matt Pass from Limestone Pass north.
(g) All of East Taylor Street.
(h) West Oak Street from Main Street to Westlawn Drive.
E. Penalties and enforcement. Any person violating a provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to forfeiture of not less than $25 nor more than $100, together with costs of prosecution and penalty assessments, and in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned until such forfeiture has been paid, but not to exceed 90 days. Vehicles
parked in violation of this section may be ticketed and towed in accordance with §
305-5B of this chapter.
[Added 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 10-2012]
A. The provisions of § 23.33, Wis. Stats., relating to all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth.
B. Acts for which the penalty prescribed by § 23.33, Wis. Stats., is a fine or imprisonment are excluded from this chapter.
C. Acts required to be performed or prohibited by Wisconsin Statutes are required or prohibited by this chapter.
No person who does not hold a valid driver's license shall operate a motor vehicle in any public or private parking lot held out for use for parking for the general public.
[Amended 8-6-2012 by Ord. No. 10-2012]
Chapter Trans 305 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code is hereby adopted as if fully set forth herein.
[Added 12-17-2007 by Ord. No. 14-2007]
A. Use of warning lights required; when actuated; stopping distance from bus.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 346.48(2)(b)2, Wis. Stats., adopted by reference in §
305-1 to the contrary and except as provided in Subsection
B below, school bus operators shall use flashing red warning lights in residential and business districts when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded or unloaded at locations at which there are no crosswalk or traffic signals so that pupils must cross the
street or highway before being loaded or after being unloaded.
(2) The operator of a school bus equipped with flashing red warning lights shall actuate such lights at least 100 feet before stopping to load or unload pupils or other authorized passengers and shall not extinguish such lights until loading or unloading is completed and persons who must cross the street or highway are safely across.
(3) The operator of a school bus shall use the flashing red warning lights when loading or unloading passengers in a residential or business district, with the exception of streets or highways with four or more lanes.
(4) The operator of a motor vehicle which approaches from the front or rear of any school bus which has stopped on a street or highway when the bus is displaying flashing red warning lights shall stop the vehicle not less than 20 feet from the bus and shall remain stopped until the bus resumes motion or the operator extinguishes the flashing red warning lights. The operator of a school bus which approaches the front or rear of another school bus that has stopped and is displaying red warning lights shall stop not less than 20 feet from the other bus, display its red warning lights and remain stopped with red warning lights actuated until the other bus resumes motion or the other operator extinguishes the flashing red warning lights.
B. Pursuant to s. 349.21(2), Wis. Stats., the use of flashing red warning lights by school bus operators is prohibited when pupils or other authorized passengers are loaded or unloaded directly from or onto the school grounds or that portion of a right-of-way between the roadway and the school grounds designated by "school" warning signs as provided in s. 118.08(1), Wis. Stats.
[Added 4-7-2008 by Ord. No. 03-2008]
A. Definitions; requirements.
(1) Definitions.
NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLE (NEV) A self-propelled motor vehicle that has successfully completed the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle America test program conducted by the federal Department of Energy and that conforms to the definition and requirements for low-speed vehicles as adopted in the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for low-speed vehicles under 49 CFR 571.3(b) and 571.500.
(2) Requirements. Neighborhood electric vehicles shall be four-wheeled and have a speed range of at least 20 miles per hour and not more than 35 miles per hour on a paved surface and have a gross vehicle weight at rest of less than 2,500 pounds. The NEV shall be equipped with the following:
(b) Front and rear turn signals.
(d) Reflex reflectors: one red on each side as far to the rear as practicable, and one red on the rear (three total).
(e) An exterior mirror mounted on the driver's side and either an exterior mirror on the passenger side or an interior rearview mirror.
(g) A windshield that conforms to the requirements of the federal motor vehicle safety standard on glazing materials (49 CFR 571.205).
(h) A vehicle identification number (VIN) that complies with federal law (49 CFR 565).
(i) A Type 1 or Type 2 seatbelt assembly conforming to 49 CFR 571.209 and Federal Motor Safety Standard No. 209, for each designated seating position.
(j) Meets the general test conditions under 49 CFR 571.500S6.
B. Permitted users of neighborhood electric vehicles. To use an NEV on Village
streets meeting the criteria set forth in Subsection
A(1) above, the individual driver must have a valid Wisconsin driver's license.
C. Permitted use of neighborhood electric vehicles on Village
streets. Any driver meeting the requirements of Subsection
B above may operate a licensed NEV on the Village
streets having a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less. Headlamps must be on at all times during operation on Village
streets.
D. Operation of neighborhood electric vehicles. Neighborhood electric vehicles shall comply with all state and local traffic laws, including but not limited to Chapter 70 of the Village Code of Ordinances, and owners and operators of NEVs shall be subject to citations and forfeitures for any such violation.
E. License. Neighborhood electric vehicles shall be licensed as provided by the State of Wisconsin.
F. Exclusions. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" does not include an electric golf cart.
[Added 9-20-2021 by Ord. No. 09-2021]
Any person appointed by the Village or Monona Grove School District to act as a school crossing guard shall have the authority to stop vehicular traffic and to keep it stopped as long as necessary at a school crossing for the purpose of permitting school children to cross the street.