(A) State snowmobile laws adopted. Wis. Stats. Chapter 350, as the same may be amended from time to time is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this section as if fully set forth herein. Acts required to be performed or prohibited by said Chapter 350 are required or prohibited by this section.
(B) Applicability of rules of the road to snowmobiles. The operator of a snowmobile upon a roadway shall, in addition to the provisions of Ch. 350, be subject to Wis. Stats. §§ 346.04, 346.06, 346.11, 346.14(1), 346.18, 346.19, 346.20, 346.21, 346.215(3), 346.26, 346.27, 346.33, 346.35, 346.37, 346.39, 346.40, 346.44, 346.46, 346.47, 346.48, 346.50(1)(b), 346.51, 346.52, 346.53, 346.54, 346.55, 346.87, 346.88, 346.89, 346.90, 346.91, 346.92(1), and 346.94(1) and (9).
(C) Snowmobile and other off-highway vehicle operation restricted.
(1) General prohibition. Except as otherwise provided in this code, it shall be unlawful to operate any snowmobile or any other motor-driven craft or vehicle principally manufactured for off-highway use on the village streets, alleys, parks, parking lots, or on any public lands or private lands or parking lots held open to the public. The operator shall at all times have the consent of the owner before operation of such craft or vehicle on private lands.
(2) Permitted use of snowmobiles.
(a) Snowmobiles may be operated in the village on public right-of-ways only as follows: Snowmobiles may be operated on all village streets for the purpose of residential access. PURPOSE OF RESIDENTIAL ACCESS means for the purpose of traveling the shortest distance between the snowmobile operator’s residence and a village or county snowmobile route or trail that is closest to that residence as identified in Schedule III of Chapter 74 of this Code.
(b) Snowmobiles may be operated in the village on the marked snowmobile route as identified in Schedule III of Chapter 74 of this Code.
(c) Snowmobiles may be operated for law enforcement and emergency purposes, as permitted under Wis. Stats. § 350.02, by public utilities, as permitted under Wis. Stats. § 350.045, and for snowmobile events authorized in accordance with Wis. Stats § 350.04.
(d) Authority to open and close snowmobile routes and prohibit residential access. The Chief of Police or Director of Public Works may declare any snowmobile route, or part thereof, in the village closed at any time, and may prohibit the use of snowmobiles for the purpose of residential access in the village, or part of the village, at any time. All snowmobile routes in the village are closed, and the use of snowmobiles for the purpose of residential access in the village is prohibited, when any Iowa County snowmobile trail or route located within one mile of the village is closed, except that the Chief of Police or Director of Public Works may subsequently reopen any snowmobile route or street for the purpose of residential access irrespective of a county trail or route being closed.
(D) Signs and markers. The Director of Public Works, or his or her designee, shall procure, erect, maintain and remove appropriate snowmobile signs and markers as approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under Wis. Stats. § 350.13. No person shall fail to obey any sign or marker erected in accordance with this section.
(E) Speed restricted. No person shall operate a snowmobile within the village at a speed in excess of ten miles per hour.
(F) Equipment. No person may operate within the village a snowmobile without a muffler in good working order and without displaying a lighted headlamp and tail lamps on the snowmobile.
(G) Unattended snowmobiles. No person shall leave or allow a snowmobile owned or operated by such person to remain unattended on any highway or public property while the motor is running or with the starting key left in the ignition.
(H) Parking prohibitions. No snowmobile may be parked on any street or snowmobile route.
(I) Operation on sidewalks prohibited. No person shall operate a snowmobile upon any sidewalk, pedestrian way or upon the area between a sidewalk and curb of any street, except for the purpose of crossing by the most direct route to obtain access to an area in which the snowmobile may be lawfully operated.
(J) Permitting operation by improper persons prohibited. No owner or person having charge or control of a snowmobile shall authorize or permit any person to operate such snowmobile who is not permitted under state law to operate such snowmobile, or who is under the influence of an intoxicant or a dangerous or narcotic drug.
(K) Written consent of owner required. The consent required under Wis. Stats. § 350.10(f), (k), and (m), and in division (C)(1) above shall be written consent dated and limited to the year in which the consent is given. If the property is owned or leased by more than one person, the consent of each must be obtained.
(Ord. 2015-01, passed 1-8-15)