[Adopted 3-16-1982 by Ord. No. 264-82]
[Amended 8-20-1996 by Ord. No. 620-96]
The administrative rules and regulations adopted
by the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and
published in Ch. Trans 305, Wis. Adm. Code, exclusive of any provisions
therein relating to the penalties to be imposed, are hereby adopted
by reference and made part of this article as if fully set forth herein.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04]
No person shall operate or allow to be operated on any highway, street or alley within the County of Green Lake a vehicle that is not in conformity with the requirements of § 260-1 or the equipment provisions of Ch. 347, Wis. Stats, which are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this article as if fully set forth herein.
Any owner of a vehicle not equipped as required
by this article who knowingly causes or permits such vehicle to be
operated on a highway in violation of this article is guilty of the
violation the same as if he or she had operated the vehicle. The provisions
of § 347.04, Wis. Stats., relating to nonapplicability of
demerit points, shall apply to owners convicted of violation of this
article.
A.
Operators to submit to inspection. When directed to
do so by any law enforcement officer, the operator of any motor vehicle
shall stop and submit such vehicle to an inspection and such tests
as are necessary to determine whether the vehicle meets the requirements
of this article or that the vehicle's equipment is in proper adjustment
or repair. No person, when operating a motor vehicle, shall fail to
stop and submit such vehicle to inspection when directed to do so
by any law enforcement officer as herein provided.
B.
Authority of officer. Any law enforcement officer
of the County of Green Lake is hereby empowered whenever he or she
shall have reason to believe that any provision of this article is
being violated to order the operator of the vehicle to stop and to
submit such vehicle to an inspection with respect to brakes, lights,
turn signals, steering, horns and warning devices, glass, mirrors,
exhaust systems, windshield wipers, tires and other items of equipment.
C.
Vehicle to be removed from highway. Whenever, after
inspection as provided by this section, a law enforcement officer
determines that a vehicle is unsafe for operation, he or she may order
it removed from the highway and not operated, except for purposes
of removal and repair, until the vehicle has been repaired as directed
in a repair order. Repair orders may be in the form prescribed by
the Secretary of the Department of Transportation under § 110.075(5),
Wis. Stats., and shall require the vehicle owner or operator to make
such repairs.
[Amended 12-21-2004 by Ord. No. 822-04]
Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than
$10 nor more than $200, together with the costs of prosecution and
the penalty assessment. Payment of the judgment may be suspended by
the sentencing judge for not more than 60 days. Any person who shall
fail to pay the amount of the forfeiture, costs of prosecution, and
the penalty assessment for violation of any provisions of this article
may, upon order of the court entering judgment therefor having jurisdiction
of the case, be imprisoned until such forfeiture, costs and assessment
are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
