[Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Pittsfield 5-13-1997 as §§ 3.701
to 3.705 of the 1997 Code; amended July 2007; August 2008. Subsequent
amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 232.
A.
Statutes adopted. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
chapter, the statutory provisions in Chapters 340 to 348 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles
and traffic, exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory
penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment or exclusively state charges,
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 Chapters 340 to 348 incorporated herein
are intended to be made a part of this chapter in order to secure
to the extent legally practicable uniform statewide regulation of
vehicle traffic on highways, streets and alleys of the State of Wisconsin.
Any person who shall, within the Town of Pittsfield, Wisconsin, violate
any provisions of any statute incorporated herein by reference shall
be deemed guilty of an offense under this section.
B.
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time amended, repealed or modified by the Wisconsin Legislature.
Whenever traffic regulations created by this chapter, including a State of Wisconsin regulation adopted by reference in § 250-1, require the erection of traffic control devices for enforcement, the Town Chair, or his/her designee, shall procure, erect and maintain uniform traffic control devices conforming to the Wisconsin Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices promulgated by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, giving notice of such traffic regulations to the users of the streets and highways on which such regulations apply.
No person shall use motor vehicle brakes within the Town of
Pittsfield which are in any way activated or operated by the compression
of the engine of any such motor vehicle or any unit or part thereof
at locations along Town roadways as specifically signed. The use of
compression brakes is allowed in those signed locations only in case
of emergency stopping.
A.
Conduct prohibited. No person shall, within the Town of Pittsfield,
by or through the use of any motor vehicle, including but not limited
to an automobile, truck, motorcycle, minibike, go-cart, snowmobile,
or other means of conveyance operated by motor, cause or provoke disorderly
conduct with a motor vehicle.
B.
Definition. Disorderly conduct with a motor vehicle shall mean, while
operating or in control of a motor vehicle, to engage in conduct or
activities which are violent, unreasonably loud, dangerous to persons
or property, or otherwise against the public peace, welfare, and safety,
including but not limited to unnecessary, deliberate, or intentional
spinning of the wheels, squealing of the tires, revving or racing
of the engine, blowing of the horn, causing the engine to backfire,
or causing the vehicle, while commencing to move or while in motion,
to raise one or more wheels off the ground. This subsection also applies
to the intentional pushing, unlawful towing or any other intentional
contact of a motor vehicle by another motor vehicle on any highway
within the Town. Specifically excluded from this definition are legitimate,
scheduled racing events. Police officials, highway maintenance units
or authorized wrecker services in the performance of their respective
duties are exempt from this section.
[Amended 11-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-1]
[Amended 11-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-1]
The Town of Pittsfield hereby determines that the statutory
speed limits on the following streets or portions thereof are unreasonable,
unsafe or imprudent, and modifies such speed limits under authority
granted by § 349.11, Wis. Stats., as follows.
A.
Forty-five miles per hour:
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Roadway
|
Location
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|---|---|
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Cottonwood Drive
[Added 2-8-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-1] |
From STH 32 to Saint Augustine Drive
|
|
County Line Road
|
From a point 0.2 mile east of Pulaski to Brookside Drive
|
|
Crest Drive
|
From STH 32 to St. Augustine
|
|
Old STH 29
|
From CTH Y to STH 156
|
|
Old STH 29
|
From Honey Creek Court to Sunnyview Drive
|
|
Redwood Drive
|
From a point 0.7 mile north of CTH B to County Line Road
|
|
Rolling Hill Drive
|
From CTH C to CTH B
|
|
Sandhill Drive
|
From Redwood Drive to Village of Suamico
|
|
Sunnybrook Drive
|
From Glendale Avenue to Anston Road
|
|
Westline Road
|
From White Pine Drive to Robin Lane
|
B.
Forty miles per hour:
|
Roadway
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Glendale Avenue
|
From CTH C to CTH U
|
|
Glendale Avenue
|
From CTH U to Park Street
|
|
Glendale Avenue
|
From Oakhill Drive to CTH C
|
|
Marley Street
|
From Village of Howard to CTH C
|
|
Park Street
|
From Glendale Avenue to end
|
C.
Thirty-five miles per hour:
|
Roadway
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Big Sky Drive
|
From Pittco Road to Redwood Drive
|
|
County Line Road
|
From Pulaski Village limits to a point 0.2 mile east of Pulaski
|
|
Glenfield Drive
|
From Redwood Drive to County Line Road
|
|
Kunesh Road
|
From CTH U to a point 0.2 mile west of CTH U
|
|
Old STH 29
|
From Sunnyview Drive to CTH Y
|
|
Pittco Road
|
From CTH B to Partridge Lane
|
|
Redwood Drive
|
From CTH B to a point 0.7 mile north of CTH B
|
|
Westline Road
|
From Village of Howard to White Pine Drive
|
|
Hillside Drive
[Added 5-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-01] |
From Brookside Drive to CTH C
|
D.
Thirty miles per hour:
|
Roadway
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Birch Hill Drive
|
From Westline Road to Oakhill Drive
|
|
Butternut Drive
|
From Red Oak Drive to end
|
|
Oakhill Drive
|
From Glendale Avenue to end
|
|
Red Oak Drive
|
From Westline Road to Oakhill Drive
|
|
Tamarack Drive
|
From Westline Road to Oakhill Drive
|
E.
Twenty-five miles per hour:
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Roadway
|
Location
|
|---|---|
|
Cimarron Lane
|
From Silver Bow Lane to Golden Spike Lane
|
|
Deer Park Lane
|
From Durango Lane to Pittco Road
|
|
Deer Ridge Lane
|
From Pine View Drive to Silver Bow Lane
|
|
Durango Lane
|
From Silver Bow Lane to Deer Park Lane
|
|
Golden Spike Lane
|
From Cimarron Lane to Pittco Road
|
|
Greenfield Avenue
|
From Glendale Avenue to Sylvan Court
|
|
Matuszak Court
|
From Sunnybrook Drive to end
|
|
Pine View Drive
|
From Redwood Drive to Sandhill Drive
|
|
Pittco Road
|
From Partridge Lane to Golden Spike Lane
|
|
Potter's Crossing
|
From Brookside Drive to end
|
|
River Forest Hills Circle
|
From River Forest Hills Drive to end
|
|
River Forest Hills Drive
|
From Rolling Hills Drive to end
|
|
Silver Bow Lane
|
From Pine View Drive to Pittco Road
|
|
Spring Valley Drive
|
From Potters Crossing to end
|
|
Sylvan Court
|
From Greenfield Avenue to end
|
|
Sylvan Drive
|
From Glendale Avenue to Greenfield Avenue
|
|
Tall Pine Court
|
From Pittco Road to end
|
[Added 7-10-2018 by Ord.
No. 2018-02]
A.
Adoption of State ATV and UTV laws and definitions: State ATV and
UTV laws and definitions found in § 23.33, Wis. Stats.,
and Ch. NR 64, Wis. Adm. Code, are adopted by reference and fully
incorporated hereby by reference, pursuant to § 23.33(11)(a),
Wis. Stats.
B.
Routes.
(1)
All town roads in the Town of Pittsfield as well as any road that
is signed in the Town of Pittsfield in accordance with Ch. NR 64.12
and 64.12(7)(c), Wis. Adm. Code (as those sections may hereafter be
amended), may be used by ATVs and UTVs in accordance with such signage
and as provided by the applicable portions of § 23.33, Wis.
Stats., and this section.
C.
Local regulation. The operator of an ATV/UTV shall obey all State
of Wisconsin laws regarding the operation of ATVs/UTVs and the following
conditions:
(1)
No
person may operate an ATV or UTV on the roadway portion of any highway
in the Town unless it is a Town road or a road that has been properly
signed, in accordance with Ch. NR 64.12(7)(c), Wis. Adm. Code, as
an ATV and/or UTV route, by this section.
(2)
ATV/UTV routes in the Town of Pittsfield will be open from 5:00 a.m.
to 11:00 p.m. and dosed from 11:00 p.m. through 5:00 a.m, year-round.
(3)
All ATV and UTV operators shall ride on the extreme right side of
the pavement, except that left turns may be made from any part of
the roadway which is safe given prevailing conditions, but shall not
operate on the shoulders or in the ditch.
(4)
All ATV and UTV operation on any portion of a designated route shall
not exceed the posted speed limit.
(5)
All ATV and UTV operation on any portion of a designated route shall
be single-file in a line of ATVs and UTVs arranged one behind the
other.
(6)
No person under the age of 16 may operate an ATV on a route or roadway
under any circumstances.
(7)
All ATVs and UTVS operating on any portion of an established designed
ATV or UTV route shall display lighted headlights(s) and taillights
conforming to § 23.33, Wis. Stats., equipment requirements
at all times.
D.
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by any law enforcement
officer authorized to enforce the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
E.
Penalties.
F.
The provision of this section shall be deemed severable, and it is
expressly declared that the Town would have passed the other provisions
of this chapter irrespective of whether one or more provisions may
be declared invalid. If any provision of this section or the application
to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the
chapter and the application of such provisions to other person's
circumstances shall not be deemed affected.
G.
The Town Clerk shall immediately send a copy of the ordinance to
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), to the state
traffic patrol, and to the Brown County Sheriff's Department
per § 23.33 (11)(b), Wis. Stats.
H.
This section shall become effective upon its passage and posting
according to law.
