[Amended 6-11-2001]
In the interest of public health, safety, welfare and convenience,
and in accordance with Wisconsin Statutes, the Village does hereby
make, establish and regulate the launching of boats or other watercraft
upon the Wisconsin River and/or Lake Wausau from public access areas
within the Village of Rothschild.
A public access area is any location within the Village of Rothschild
where the public has access to the Wisconsin River and/or Lake Wausau
by the use of lands which have been dedicated to the public or are
owned by the Village of Rothschild and from which boats and other
watercraft are launched from public facilities constructed for that
purpose.
No person shall use a public access area and its public boat
launching facilities within the Village of Rothschild without first
paying a daily launch fee in an amount as adopted by the Village Board
and depositing it in the collection box provided, or by obtaining
an annual sticker, for an amount as adopted by the Village Board,
from the Village Clerk's office.
A. The daily launch pass shall be displayed upon the dashboard on the
driver's side of the vehicle attached to the boat trailer in
a manner to permit reading of the pass from the outside of the vehicle.
B. The annual sticker shall be displayed on the outer left-hand side
of the trailer tongue being used to launch the boat or other watercraft
from the public boat launching facility.
The owner of a vehicle involved in a violation of this article
shall be liable for the violation. It shall be no defense to a violation
of this article that the owner was not operating the vehicle at the
time of the violation.
[Amended 8-28-2017]
In addition to towing and removal, any person violating any provision of this article shall be subject to §
1-2 of this Code.
This article may be enforced by the issuance of a citation to
any violator of said article, by any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of
Marathon County, by any State of Wisconsin officer with police powers,
or by any duly appointed officer of the Village of Rothschild.