Village of Grafton, WI Chapter 10.16 Speed Limits

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Grafton as Title 10, Ch. 10.16, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 10.16.010 Modification necessary; statutory authority.

The Village Board determines that the statutory speed limits on the streets or portions thereof enumerated in this chapter are unreasonable, unsafe or imprudent and modifies such speed limits under authority granted by § 349.11, Wis. Stats.

§ 10.16.020 Speed limit statutes adopted.

The provisions of §§ 346.57, 346.58 and 346.59, Wis. Stats., relating to maximum and minimum speed of vehicles, are adopted as part of this chapter as if fully set forth in this chapter, except as modified by this chapter.

§ 10.16.030 Twenty-five miles per hour.

[Amended by Ord. No. A-396-80, 1980; Ord. No. 036, Series 1995]

The maximum permissible speed shall be 25 miles per hour on all streets, except as modified elsewhere in this chapter.

§ 10.16.040 Thirty miles per hour.

[Amended by Ord. No. A-445-83, 1983; Ord. No. 036, Series 1995; Ord. No. 019, Series 1996; Ord. No. 001, Series 2003; Ord. No. 023, Series 2005; Ord. No. 009, Series 2007; Ord. No. 003, Series 2008]

The maximum permissible speed shall be 30 miles per hour on the following streets:

A. Wisconsin Avenue, from Falls Road to the south Village limits.

B. Cedar Creek Road, from Maple Road to the west Village limits.

C. Washington Street (STH 60) between Seventeenth Avenue and Cheyenne Avenue.

§ 10.16.050 Thirty-five miles per hour.

[Amended by Ord. No. 036, Series 1995; Ord. No. 025, Series 1996; Ord. No. 038, Series 2001; Ord. No. 029, Series 2007]

The maximum permissible speed shall be 35 miles per hour on the following streets:

A. Keup Road, from the north Village limits to the south Village limits.

B. Cheyenne Avenue, from Washington Street to Grafton Avenue.

C. Washington Street, from Cheyenne Avenue to the west line of Interstate Highway 43.

D. Pleasant Valley Road, from east Village limits to the west Village limits.

§ 10.16.060 Forty miles per hour.

[Amended by Ord. No. 036, Series 1995]

The maximum permissible speed shall be 40 miles per hour on the following streets:

A. Washington Street, from 0.34 miles east of Seventeenth Avenue to the east Village limits.

§ 10.16.070 Fifty-five miles per hour.

[Amended by Ord. No. 036, Series 1995]

The maximum permissible speed shall be 55 miles per hour on the following streets:

A. Grafton Avenue, from Willow Lane to the north Village limits.