[Adopted 1-20-2009 by Ord. No. 04-2009]
Pursuant to the authority of §§ 86.04 and 943.01,
Wis. Stats., the Adams County Board of Supervisors does hereby establish
the following regulations concerning the operation of irrigation systems
for the purpose of maintaining the highest degree of safety possible
on all highways.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All public ways and thoroughfares and bridges on the same.
It includes the entire width between the boundary lines of every way
open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purposes
of vehicular travel. It includes those roads or driveways in the state,
County or municipal parks and in state forests which have been opened
to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel and roads
or driveways upon the grounds of institutions under the jurisdiction
of the County Board of Supervisors, but does not include private roads
or driveways.
Any mechanical device, whether stationary or mobile, used
for the purpose of land irrigation. Examples include, but are not
limited to, center pivot, linear movement, traveling gun, solid set,
and permanent set irrigation systems.
No person shall operate an irrigation system in such a manner
that the irrigation system deposits water or any other substance onto
a highway so as to make any portion of the highway potentially hazardous
to vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
Any person found to be in violation of this article is subject
to a forfeiture of:
