Article A General Provisions
10-1-1 State Traffic Laws Adopted
10-1-2 State Administrative Code Provisions Adopted
10-1-3 Official Traffic Signs and Control Devices; Prohibited Signs, Signals and Markers
10-1-4 Registration Record of Vehicle as Evidence
10-1-5 School Bus Warning Lights
10-1-6 Blue Warning Lights on Police Vehicles
10-1-7 Accident Reports
Article B Street Traffic Regulations
10-1-10 Operators to Obey Traffic Control Devices
10-1-11 Heavy Traffic Routes
10-1-12 Speed Limits
10-1-13 Point of Stopping
10-1-14 U-Tums Prohibited
10-1-15 Low Speed Vehicles
Article C Parking Regulations
10-1-20 Restrictions on Parking; Posted Limitations
10-1-21 Parking Restrictions During Street Maintenance or Temporary Snow Removal
10-1-22 Stopping or Parking Prohibited in Certain Specified Places
10-1-23 Parking Vehicles Within Eight (8) Feet of a Mailbox
10-1-24 Parking Reserved for Vehicles of Disabled
10-1-25 Leaving Keys in Vehicle Prohibited; Parking Vehicles with Motor Running
10-1-26 Unattended Motorized Machinery
10-1-27 Angle Parking
10-1-28 Parking of Vehicles Over 15,000 Pounds or 16 Feet Restricted
10-1-29 Parking Prohibited and Winter Parking Regulations
10-1-30 Habitual Parking Violators; Vehicle Removal, Immobilization, Impoundment or Disposal
10-1-31 Unlawful Removal of Parking Citations
10-1-32 Operation of Motor Vehicles in Public Parking Lots
10-1-33 Unregistered Motor Vehicles Prohibited on Streets
10-1-34 Removal of Illegally Parked Vehicles
10-1-35 Inoperable, Wrecked or Discarded Vehicles
10-1-36 Traffic and Parking Regulations on School District Grounds
Article D Miscellaneous Provisions
10-1-40 Disturbance of the Peace with a Motor Vehicle Motor
10-1-41 Vehicles on Pedestrian Ways and Overpasses
10-1-42 School Crossing Guards
10-1-43 Driving Over Curbing or Safety Islands Prohibited
10-1-44 Sound-Producing Devices in Vehicles; Impoundment; Seizure and Forfeiture
10-1-45 Motorized Vehicles or Horses on Village Trails
10-1-46 Use of Compression Brakes
Article E Enforcement and Penalties
10-1-50 Penalties
10-1-51 Enforcement
Article A: General Provisions
(a) Statutes Adopted. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code of Ordinances, the statutory provisions in Chapters 110, 194, and 340 through 349, Wis. Stats., describing and defining regulations with respect to vehicles and traffic, for which the penalty is a forfeiture only, exclusive of any regulations for which the statutory penalty is a fine or term of imprisonment or exclusively state charges, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this Chapter as if fully set forth herein. The statutory sections listed shall be designated as part of this Code of Ordinances by adding the prefix "10-1-" to each statute section number. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any regulation incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this Chapter. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutory regulations in Chs. 340 through 349, Wis. Stats., incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this Chapter in order to secure to the extent legally practicable uniform statewide regulation of vehicle traffic on the highways, streets and alleys of the State of Wisconsin. Any person who shall, within the Village of Edgar, Wisconsin, violate any provisions of any Statute incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed guilty of an offense under this Section.
(b) Other State Laws Adopted. There are also hereby adopted by reference the following sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, but the prosecution of such offenses under this Chapter shall be as provided in Chapters 340 through 349, Wis. Stats., and the penalty for violation thereof shall be limited to a forfeiture as hereinafter provided in this Chapter:
941.01 Negligent Operation of Vehicle Off Highway
941.03 Highway Obstruction
943.11 Entry into Locked Vehicle
943.23 Operating Motor Vehicles Without Owners Consent
947.045 Drinking in Motor Vehicle on Highway
(c) Statutes Specifically Incorporated by Reference. Whenever this Chapter incorporates by reference specific sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, such references shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes of 2019-2020 as from time to time amended, repealed or modified by the Wisconsin Legislature.
(d) General References. General references in this Chapter to Wisconsin statutory sections or chapters describing or defining procedures or authority for enactment or enforcement of local traffic regulations shall be deemed to refer to the most recent enactments of the Wisconsin Legislature describing or defining such procedures or authorities.
(a) Administrative Regulations Adopted. The following administrative rules and regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and published in
the Wisconsin Administrative Code, exclusive of any provisions therein relating to the penalties to be imposed, are hereby adopted by reference and made part of this Chapter as if fully set forth herein.
Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 103 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 114 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 119
Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 200
Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 304 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 305 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 310 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 315 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 325 Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 326
Wis. Adm. Code - TRANS 327
Habitual Traffic Offenders Uniform Traffic Citation
Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Alcohol Use Restrictions
Erection of Signs on Public Highways and Handicapped Parking Signs
Slow Moving Vehicle Emblem Standards for Vehicle Equipment
Child Restraint Standards and Exemptions
Safety Belt Usage; Physical or Medical Exemption Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
Motor Carrier Safety Requirements for Transportation of Hazardous Materials Motor Carrier Safety
(b) Non-Compliance Prohibited. No person shall operate or allow to be operated on any highway, street or alley within the Village of Edgar a vehicle that is not in conformity with the requirements of Subsection (a) or the provisions of Sec. 110.075 and Chapter 347, Wis. Stats., incorporated by reference in Section 10-1-1 of this Chapter.
(c) Safety Checks.
(1) 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 Section 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.
(2) Authority of Officer. Any Village of Edgar or other law enforcement officer is hereby empowered whenever he or she shall have reason to believe that any provision of this Section 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, tum signals, steering, horns and warning devices, glass, mirrors, exhaust systems, windshield wipers, tires and other items of equipment.
(3) 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 Wisconsin Department of Transportation under Sec. 110.075(5), Wis. Stats., and shall require the vehicle owner or operator to cause the repairs to be made and return evidence of compliance with the repair order to the department of the issuing officer within the time specified in the order.
(d) Penalty.
(1) Penalty for violation of any provision of this Section, including the provisions of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, incorporated herein by reference, shall be as provided in Section 10-1-50, together with the costs of prosecution and applicable penalty assessment.
(2) The Wisconsin Administrative Code sections adopted by reference in Subsection (a) above shall be designated as part of this Code by adding the prefix "10-1-" to each statute or Administrative Code section number.
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