Every operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection at which an official traffic control device is erected in accordance with this chapter shall obey the direction of such official traffic control device as required by the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated by reference in § 550-1 of this chapter. Operators of vehicles approaching a stop sign shall stop before entering a highway as required by § 346.46, Wis. Stats. Operators approaching intersections at which a yield sign has been installed shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles as required by § 346.18(6), Wis. Stats.
The following streets in the Village of Fredonia, in the interest of public safety, are hereby declared to be through streets:
A. 
State Highway 84 from the east to the west Village limits: Motor vehicles shall come to a complete stop, pursuant to stop signs erected.
A. 
Definition. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HEAVY TRAFFIC
(1) 
All vehicles not operating completely on pneumatic tires; and
(2) 
All vehicles or combination of vehicles, other than motor buses, designed or used for transporting property of any nature, including recreational vehicles, and having a gross weight of more than 15,000 pounds.
B. 
Prohibited routes. Heavy traffic is prohibited from using any Village street or highway not designated as a heavy traffic route. This section shall not act to prohibit heavy traffic from using a Village street or highway for the purpose of obtaining orders for supplies or moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence which has an entrance on such street or highway. Furthermore, this section will not act to prohibit heavy traffic from using any Village streets over which are routed state trunk highways. When being driven to the site of any construction, repair or maintenance of electric, gas, or water service, vehicles owned and operated by a public utility will be exempt from the provisions of this section.
C. 
Administration. The Director of Public Works shall administer this section. Administration shall include:
(1) 
Posting of signs. Appropriate signs shall be posted giving notice of this section and of heavy traffic routes established herein. Yellow sign posts may also be used to designate heavy traffic routes.
(2) 
Maps. Heavy traffic routes shall be shown on the Official Traffic Map.
(3) 
Construction equipment.
(a) 
The Director of Public Works and Village Marshal may grant temporary permits to allow heavy construction equipment to use Village streets or highways not designated as heavy traffic routes. These permits may be granted only when use of a nondesignated route is necessary for the equipment to reach a construction site. No permit may be issued unless the person or corporation owning the equipment agrees to reimburse and hold the Village harmless for any damage done to the Village street by the equipment and/or any personal injury or property damage caused in part or in whole by the street damage.
(4) 
Village-owned or -operated equipment is specifically excluded from the provisions of this section.
D. 
Liability. Any operator, corporation, owner or agent whose heavy traffic vehicle damages any Village streets or highways in violating this section shall be liable and required to pay the Village the cost of repair or replacement of the damaged street or highway.
E. 
Special and seasonal weight limitations. The Director of Public Works shall have the authority to impose special or seasonal weight limits on any highway, bridge or culvert maintained by the Village to prevent injury to the roadway or for the safety of the users of such bridge or culvert and shall be responsible for erecting uniform traffic control devices giving notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of § 550-3.
F. 
Heavy traffic routes designated. All streets and alleys within the Village of Fredonia are designated Class "B" highways subject to the weight limitations of § 348.16, Wis. Stats., except the following streets or parts thereof within the jurisdiction of the Village are hereby designated heavy traffic routes and are excepted from the Class "B" weight limitations pursuant to § 349.17, Wis. Stats.:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
(1) 
Park Road.
(2) 
County Highways H and A.
(3) 
South Milwaukee Street from Park Street south to Meadowlark Road.
(4) 
Industrial Drive.
(5) 
Tower Drive.
(6) 
Wisconsin Street.
(7) 
Highland Drive.
(8) 
Martin Drive.
(9) 
Wheeler Avenue.
(10) 
Park Avenue.
(11) 
Meadowlark Road.
G. 
No engine braking. No engine braking within the Village limits except in an emergency.
A. 
Statutes adopted. The provisions of §§ 346.57, 346.58 and 346.59, Wis. Stats., relating to the maximum and minimum speed of vehicles, are hereby adopted as part of this chapter as if fully set forth in this chapter, except as modified by this chapter.
B. 
Twenty-five miles per hour. The maximum permissible speed shall be 25 miles per hour on all streets, except as modified elsewhere in this section.
C. 
Thirty-five miles per hour. The maximum permissible speed shall be 35 miles per hour on the following streets:
(1) 
Fredonia Avenue from Park Road to 937 Fredonia Avenue.
(2) 
On South Milwaukee Street from Industrial Drive south to Meadowlark Road.
D. 
Forty-five miles per hour. The maximum permissible speed shall be 45 miles per hour on the following streets:
(1) 
Fredonia Avenue from the western Village limits to Park Road.
(2) 
Meadowlark Road.
(3) 
Highway H/A from eastern Village limits to Highway 57.
(4) 
Highway 57 southbound lanes from 2,200 feet north of Highway H to Highway H.
(5) 
Airport Road from Highway 57 east to end of Village limits.
E. 
Fifty-five miles per hour. The maximum permissible speed shall be 55 miles per hour on the following streets:
(1) 
Highway A from intersection with Highway H east to end of Village limits.
(2) 
Highway 57 southbound lanes from Highway H south to end of Village limits.
(3) 
Highway 57 northbound lanes from Highway H north to end of Village limits.