It is the intent of this division to provide for safe public
use of the roadways held in trust by the Towns of Whitewater and Richmond,
Walworth County, Wisconsin, and to preserve the natural resources
of lakes in these areas. Control of contiguous roadways and safe usage
of the lakes are interrelated. Both towns have had problems with the
use of piers from areas of town roads, including parked vehicles,
roadway obstruction, unsafe fishing activities, picnics and placement
of personal property on town roads.
Citations for violations of any of the following provisions
shall follow the procedure listed in §§ 66.0113 and
66.0114, Wis. Stats. Cash deposits for violations shall be a minimum
of $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second violation, and
$300 for the third and each succeeding offenses. Each day of placement
of a pier or boat lift in the right-of-way or connected to the right-of
way is a separate violation.
No one shall be allowed to place a pier or boat lift in the
right-of-way or connected to the right-of-way of a Town road. This
is applicable to Town roads laid out as public highways under § 82.01(8),
Wis. Stats., or unrecorded highways under § 82.31(2), Wis.
Stats. This is applicable to any land accreted to a Town road right-of-way
that is laid out as public highways.
The town boards presume that the piers are being placed from
town roadways at the direction and request of any owners who moor
watercraft to them. Unless there is clear evidence to the contrary
(i.e., that someone other than the boat owner placed the pier or lift
in the roadway), the citation shall be issued to the registered owner
of any boat moored to the pier or placed in the boat lift.
No one shall be allowed to place any item in a roadway contiguous
to the lake or in the right-of-way of a Town road.
A.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall
forfeit an amount as set forth in the fee schedule that shall be kept
on file with the Town Clerk, together with costs imposed by law.
A.
Parking on either side of a roadway that is contiguous to any lake
in either the Town of Richmond or the Town of Whitewater is prohibited
if the roadway has been posted with "no parking" signs.
B.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section, if a
sign stating the parking rule for that access has been posted by the
Town Board, shall forfeit an amount as set forth in the fee schedule
that shall be kept on file with the Town Clerk, together with costs
imposed by law.
