Offenses Involving
Snowmobile Operation
10-1
Purpose
10-2
State
Snowmobile Laws Adopted
10-3
Snowmobile
Travel Within Town Limits
10-4
Designated
Roads for Operation of Snowmobiles
10-5
Forfeitures
and Penalties
SEC. 10-1 PURPOSE.
This is the Town of
Barnes Snowmobile Ordinance. Its
purpose is to regulate traffic of snowmobiles in the Town of Barnes.
SEC. 10-2 STATE
SNOWMOBILE LAWS ADOPTED.
Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Chapter, all provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes
Chapter 350, under Sections 350.01 through 350.19 and 350.99 as are now in
existence and as they may be amended from time to time in the future, and which
describe and define regulations with respect to snowmobile operation for which
the penalty is a forfeiture only, including the penalties to be imposed and the
procedures for prosecution, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of
this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statute incorporated
herein by reference is required or prohibited by this Ordinance. The penalty provisions in Chapter 350 shall
exclusively govern violations of this Section.
SEC. 10-3 SNOWMOBILE TRAVEL WITHIN TOWN LIMITS.
Snowmobiles may be
operated from private residences on all town roads for the purposes of going to
or returning from designated trails and routes. In operating on said town roads, the operator shall comply with
the following conditions:
(a)
Snowmobiles
shall be operated on the extreme right side of the roadway and travel with the
flow of traffic.
(b)
Snowmobiles are
to be operated in single file.
(c)
Snowmobiles
shall not exceed speeds of 35 miles per hour.
(d)
Headlights
shall be on at all times.
(e)
Snowmobile
operators shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicular traffic and
pedestrians.
SEC. 10-4 DESIGNATED ROADS FOR OPERATION OF
SNOWMOBMILES.
The following roads
are designated for the operating of snowmobiles and shall be marked by
snowmobile route signs:
(a)
Birch Lake
Road from Lake Road north to
Pickerel Lake Road.
(b)
Bony Lake
Road from Birch Lake Road to
Highway 27.
(c)
Denver Road from Highway 27 West to Douglas County Line.
(d)
Dick Road from County N north to junction of Trail 7
west.
(e)
Halfway Road from County A west to Douglas County Line.
(f)
Lake Road from junction of County N to Robinson Lake Road.
(g)
Lake Road from junction of Birch Lake Road west to
Highway 27 and from Highway 27 west to County Y.
(h)
Old Birch
Lake Road from junction of
Birch Lake Road north to Trail 14 east.
(i)
Moore Road from Ellison Lake Road north to Hughes Town
Line Road.
(j)
Mulligan
Creek Road from Pease Road
south to junction of Trail 5 north.
(k)
Robinson
Lake Road from junction of
County N to Lake Road.
(l)
West Dump
Road from Fire #86-136 south
to junction of Mosinee Pulp Road west Trail 7.
SEC. 10-5 PENALTIES and FORFEITURES.
The forfeitures and
penalties provided for in this section shall be applicable to violations of
Sections 10-3 and 10-4 of this Ordinance.
(a) Violation
of this ordinance shall be in accordance with the schedule of deposit, which
are now in existence and as may be amended from time to time in the future,
plus any applicable assessments, costs, fees and penalty enhances now in force
in the Bayfield County Circuit Court, or as enforced in the future.