(a) Duty of Director of Public Works to erect and install uniform traffic control devices. Whenever traffic regulations created by this chapter, including a state traffic regulation adopted by reference in § 10-1-1, require the erection of traffic control devices for enforcement, the Director of Public Works shall procure, erect, and maintain uniform traffic control devices conforming to the Uniform Traffic Control Device Manual promulgated by the State Department of Transportation, giving notice of such traffic regulation to the users of the streets and highways on which such regulations apply. Whenever state law grants discretion to local authorities in erecting or placement of a uniform traffic control device, devices shall be erected in such locations and in such a manner as, in the judgment of the Director of Public Works, will carry out the purposes of this chapter and give adequate warning to users of the streets and highways of the village.
(b) Code numbers to be affixed to official traffic control devices. The Director of Public Works shall cause to be placed on each official traffic control sign a guide board, mile post, signal, or marker erected under subsection (a) above, a code number assigned by the State Department of Transportation, and shall also place or direct the placing of code numbers on all existing official traffic control devices as required by the laws of the state.
(c) Prohibited signs and markers in highways. No person other than an officer authorized by this chapter to erect and maintain official traffic control devices, or his or her designee, shall place within the limits of any street or highway maintained by the village any sign, signal, marker, mark, or monument unless permission is first obtained from the Director of Public Works or, where applicable, the State Highway Commission. Any sign, signal, marker, mark, or monument placed or maintained in violation of this subsection (c) shall be subject to removal as provided in subsection (d) below.
(d) Removal of unofficial signs, markers, signals, and traffic control devices.
(1) The Director of Public Works may remove any sign, signal, marking, or other device which is placed, maintained, or displayed in violation of this chapter or state law.
(2) Any charge imposed against premises for removal of a prohibited or illegal sign, signal, marking, or device shall be reported by the Director of Public Works to the Village Board for review and certification at its next regular meeting following the imposition of the charge. Any charge not paid on or before the next succeeding November 15 shall be placed upon the tax roll for collection as other special municipal taxes.
(Prior Code, § 10-1-3)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Wis. Stats. § 346.41 and Chapter 349.09