[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Fox Point as Ch. 23 of the 1961 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 870.
A.
No person may operate a bicycle or motor bicycle upon a roadway,
pedestrian walk, or bicycle way during hours of darkness unless the
bicycle or motor bicycle is equipped with or the operator is wearing
a lamp emitting a white light visible from a distance of at least
500 feet to the front of the bicycle or motor bicycle. A bicycle or
motor bicycle shall also be equipped with a red reflector that has
a diameter of at least two inches of surface area on the rear so mounted
and maintained as to be visible from all distances from 50 to 500
feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps
on a motor vehicle. A lamp emitting a red or flashing amber light
visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear may be used in addition
to but not in lieu of the red reflector.
B.
No person may operate a bicycle or motor bicycle upon a roadway,
pedestrian walk, or bicycle way unless it is equipped with a brake
in good working condition, adequate to control the movement of and
to stop the bicycle or motor bicycle whenever necessary.
C.
No bicycle or motor bicycle may be equipped with nor may any person
riding upon a bicycle or motor bicycle use any siren or compression
whistle.
A.
No parent or guardian of any child shall authorize or knowingly permit
such child to violate any of the provisions of this section.
B.
In this section, "substandard width lane" means a lane that is too
narrow for a bicycle and a motor vehicle to travel safely side by
side within the lane.
C.
Special rules applicable to bicycles. Whenever a bicycle is operated
upon a highway, bicycle lane or bicycle way, the following rules apply:
(1)
A person propelling a bicycle shall not ride other than upon or astride
a permanent and regular seat attached thereto.
(2)
Except as provided in Subsection C(3), no bicycle may be used to carry or transport more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed.
(3)
In addition to the operator, a bicycle otherwise designed to carry
only the operator may be used to carry or transport a child seated
in an auxiliary child's seat or trailer designed for attachment
to a bicycle if the seat or trailer is securely attached to the bicycle
according to the directions of the manufacturer of the seat or trailer.
(4)
No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or
article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand
upon the handlebars.
(5)
No person riding a bicycle shall attach himself or herself or his
or her bicycle to any vehicle upon a roadway.
(6)
No person may ride a moped or motor bicycle with the power unit in
operation upon a bicycle way.
(7)
Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal
speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then
existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand edge
or curb of the unobstructed traveled roadway, including operators
who are riding two or more abreast, where permitted, except:
(a)
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction.
(b)
When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a
private road or driveway.
(c)
When reasonably necessary to avoid unsafe conditions, including
fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, pedestrians, animals,
surface hazards or substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to
ride along the right-hand edge or curb.
(8)
Notwithstanding Subsection C(7), any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway having two or more lanes available for traffic may ride as near the left-hand edge or curb of the roadway as practicable.
(9)
Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall exercise due
care when passing a standing or parked vehicle or a vehicle proceeding
in the same direction, allowing a minimum of three feet between the
bicycle and the vehicle, and shall give an audible signal when passing
a bicycle rider proceeding in the same direction.
(10)
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may ride two abreast
if such operation does not impede the normal and reasonable movement
of traffic. Bicycle operators riding two abreast on a two-lane or
more roadway shall ride within a single lane.
(11)
Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may not ride more than
two abreast except upon any path, trail, lane or other way set aside
for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(12)
No person may operate a bicycle upon a roadway, pedestrian walk
or bicycle way where a sign is erected indicating that bicycles are
prohibited.
(13)
Every rider of a bicycle shall, upon entering on a highway,
yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles.
(14)
Every person operating a bicycle upon a bicycle or pedestrian
way shall:
(15)
Every
person operating a bicycle upon a bicycle way open to two-way traffic
shall ride on the right side of the bicycle way.
(16)
Every
operator of a bicycle entering a bicycle way shall yield the right-of-way
to all bicycles and pedestrians in the bicycle way.
D.
Applicability
of state law. Every person using a bicycle or motor bicycle upon public
roadways shall be subject to the provisions of all ordinances and
state laws applicable to the operator of any vehicle, except those
provisions with reference to equipment of vehicles and except those
provisions which by their nature would have no application.[1]
A.
Any resident of Fox Point who owns and operates a bicycle on the
roadways, pedestrian walks, or bicycle ways within the Village limits
must, prior to operating the bicycle, register the bicycle with the
Police Department and pay the registration fee.
B.
Application for registration of a bicycle shall be made to the Police
Department upon the form provided. The applicant shall provide the
owner's name, date of birth, address, telephone number, a complete
description of the bicycle including the serial number and any other
information required by the Chief of Police. The license tag shall
be placed on the support post directly under the seat of the bicycle,
facing towards the front of the bicycle.
No person shall willfully or maliciously remove, destroy, mutilate
or alter the number of any bicycle serial number or license tag issued
under this chapter. Within seven days after any bicycle registered
in accordance with this chapter changes ownership or is dismantled
and taken out of operation, the registered owner shall report such
information to the Police Department.
Every bicycle in the Village which is unattended, other than
on or at a private residence, shall at all times be securely locked
to prevent the theft of the bicycle.
A.
No person shall ride, push or travel upon a skateboard, roller skates,
or roller skis upon the following listed premises:
(1)
Any Village street except while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.
(2)
All off-road premises held out to the public for use of their motor
vehicles, whether such premises are publicly or privately owned and
whether or not a fee is charged for the use thereof.
(3)
Any sidewalk or pedestrian way within any shopping center in the
Village.
(4)
All tennis courts on public property within the Village.
(5)
In or upon any property without the express permission of a person
in authority at such place, or where the owner or person in charge
of such property has posted signs thereto that operation of such is
prohibited.
(6)
On the portion of and the pedestrian path adjacent to North Beach
Drive known as Beach Drive Hill, which is located between North Lake
Drive and 7619 North Beach Drive.
B.
Operators or riders of skateboards, roller skates, and roller skis
shall yield the right-of-way to other pedestrians using pedestrian
ways and shall not otherwise endanger or interfere with pedestrian
traffic on those pedestrian ways.
C.
This section does not apply to in-line skates as defined in § 340.01(24m),
Wis. Stats.
A.
This section is created pursuant to § 349.235, Wis. Stats.
B.
Definition. "In-line skates" means skates with wheels arranged singly
in a tandem rather than in pairs.
C.
Applicability of state law. Every person using in-line skates upon
public roadways shall be subject to provisions of all ordinances and
state laws applicable to the operator of any vehicle, except those
provisions with reference to equipment of vehicle and except those
provisions which by their nature would have no application.
D.
Pedestrian ways. Every person using in-line skates upon a pedestrian
way shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall exercise
due care when passing any other person proceeding in the same direction.
E.
Riding on roadway.
(1)
Every person using in-line skates on a two-way public street shall
keep as close to the right-hand curb as possible and shall proceed
with traffic. Every person using in-line skates upon a one-way public
street shall proceed in the direction of one-way traffic.
(2)
Every person using in-line skates on a two-way public street shall
ride single file on all public roadways.
(3)
Persons using in-line skates upon a public roadway shall not impede
the normal and reasonable movement of motor vehicles.
F.
Clinging to moving vehicles prohibited. It shall be unlawful for
any person using in-line skates to cling to or attach to any bicycle
or other moving vehicle upon a public roadway.
G.
Observance of traffic regulations. Every person using in-line skates
upon a public roadway shall stop for all stop signs and traffic signals.
H.
Yielding to traffic. The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way
to use of in-line skates in the same manner as for bicyclists and
pedestrians under §§ 346.23, 346.24, 346.37 and 346.38,
Wis. Stats. When using in-line skates, every person shall, upon entering
a public roadway, yield the right-of-way to motor vehicles, except
that a person using in-line skates shall be subject to the same regulations
as bicyclists and pedestrians under §§ 346.23, 346.24,
346.37 and 346.38, Wis. Stats.
I.
Prohibited use. No person shall ride upon in-line skates upon the
following listed premises:
(1)
All off-road premises held out to the public for use of their motor
vehicles, whether such premises are publicly or privately owned and
whether or not a fee is charged for the use thereof.
(2)
Any sidewalk or pedestrian way within any shopping center in the
Village.
(3)
All tennis courts on public property within the Village.
(4)
In or upon any property without the express permission of a person
in authority at such place, or where the owner or person in charge
of such property has posted signs thereto that operation of such is
prohibited.
(5)
On the portion of and the pedestrian path adjacent to North Beach
Drive, known as Beach Drive Hill, which is located between North Lake
Drive and 7619 North Beach Drive.
(6)
Any street, road or highway prohibited by state law.
(7)
On North Lake Drive.
[Added 8-14-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-06]
J.
Lamps and reflectors. Every person using in-line skates between 1/2
hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise shall be equipped with
a lamp firmly attached to the front of such person exhibiting a white
light to the front and with a reflector on the rear visible at a distance
of 500 feet. The reflector shall not be less than one inch in diameter.
A lamp on the rear exhibiting a red light may also be used.
[Added 1-14-2014 by Ord.
No. 2014-02]
A.
Pedestrians
must be clearly visible. No person may walk, run, stand, or otherwise
be present on a public roadway between one-half hour after sunset
and one-half hour before sunrise, unless such person is clearly visible
as defined herein.
B.
Clearly
visible defined. "Clearly visible," for purposes of this section,
shall be defined as follows: A person is clearly visible if, and only
if, the person satisfies one or more of the following requirements:
(1)
Reflective
clothing. At least four square inches of the surface area of the outer
layer of such person's clothing is reflectorized such that it is visible
from a distance of up to 500 feet when directly in front of lawful
upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle, both to the front and
rear of such person; or
(2)
Reflectors.
Such person is equipped with reflectors with a diameter of at least
two inches of surface area, or reflective tape that has at least two
square inches of surface area, which is carried or attached to such
person in a manner as to be visible from up to 500 feet when directly
in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle, both
to the front and rear of such person.
(3)
Flashlight
alternative. A flashlight that is lit and worn or carried by the pedestrian
and which is visible from a distance of up to 500 feet in front of
such person may be used in lieu of the foregoing reflective requirements
for the front of such person; and a flashlight that is lit and worn
or carried by the pedestrian that is red in color that is visible
from a distance of up to 500 feet behind such person may be used in
lieu of the reflective requirements for the rear of such person.
C.
Parental
responsibility. No parent or guardian of any child shall authorize
or knowingly permit such child to violate any of the provisions of
this section.
D.
Multiple
parties, individual responsibilities. The requirements of this section
apply equally to every person on a public roadway. The fact that one
or more member from a group of pedestrians may satisfy the requirements
does not relieve other members of the group of the obligation to do
so.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in § 1-4 of this Code.
