349.23
349.23
Authority to designate bicycle lanes and bicycle ways. 349.23(1)(1) The governing body of any city, town, village or county may by ordinance:
349.23(1)(a)
(a) Designate any roadway or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as a bicycle lane.
349.23(1)(b)
(b) Designate any sidewalk or portion thereof in its jurisdiction as a bicycle way.
349.23(2)
(2) A governing body designating a sidewalk or portion thereof as a bicycle way or a highway or portion thereof as a bicycle lane under this section may:
349.23(2)(a)
(a) Designate the type and character of vehicles or other modes of travel which may be operated on a bicycle lane or bicycle way, provided that the operation of such vehicle or other mode of travel is not inconsistent with the safe use and enjoyment of the bicycle lane or bicycle way by bicycle traffic.
349.23(2)(b)
(b) Establish priority of right-of-way on the bicycle lane or bicycle way and otherwise regulate the use of the bicycle lane or bicycle way as it deems necessary. The designating governing body may, after public hearing, prohibit through traffic on any highway or portion thereof designated as a bicycle lane, except that through traffic may not be prohibited on any state highway. The designating governing body shall erect and maintain official signs giving notice of the regulations and priorities established under this paragraph, and shall mark all bicycle lanes and bicycle ways with appropriate signs.
349.23(2)(c)
(c) Paint lines or construct curbs or establish other physical separations to exclude the use of the bicycle lane or bicycle way by vehicles other than those specifically permitted to operate thereon.
349.23(3)
(3) The governing body of any city, town, village or county may by ordinance prohibit the use of bicycles and motor bicycles on a roadway over which they have jurisdiction, after holding a public hearing on the proposal.
349.235
349.235
Authority to restrict use of in-line skates on roadway. 349.235(1)(1) The governing body of any city, town, village or county may by ordinance restrict the use of in-line skates on any roadway under its jurisdiction. No ordinance may restrict any person from riding upon in-line skates while crossing a roadway at a crosswalk.
349.235(2)
(2) The department of natural resources may promulgate rules designating roadways under its jurisdiction upon which in-line skates may be used, except that no rule may permit a person using in-line skates to attach the skates or himself or herself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
349.235 History
History: 1993 a. 260.
LICENSING POWERS
349.24
349.24
Authority to license taxicab operators and taxicabs. 349.24(1)(1) The council of any city and every village or town board may:
349.24(1)(a)
(a) Regulate and license chauffeurs and operators of taxicabs used for hire;
349.24(1)(b)
(b) Regulate and license the taxicab business by licensing each taxicab used for hire;
349.24(1)(c)
(c) Prohibit any person from operating any motor vehicle for taxicab purposes upon the highways of the city, village or town unless the person is licensed as a chauffeur and operator and unless the taxicab business is licensed by the licensing of each taxicab;
349.24(1)(d)
(d) Revoke any license mentioned in this section when in its judgment the public safety so requires.
349.24(2)
(2) Any person licensed by any city, village or town as a chauffeur and operator shall not be required to procure either a chauffeur's and operator's license or a taxicab license in any other municipality for the purpose of carrying taxicab passengers for hire from one municipality to another, but this exception does not permit the chauffeur or operator to operate a taxicab wholly within the limits of any municipality in which the chauffeur or operator is not licensed.
349.24(3)
(3) Any person licensed under this section is required to comply with the licensing requirements of
ch. 343.
349.24 History
History: 1989 a. 105;
1993 a. 246.
349.25
349.25
Authority to license hayrack and sleigh rides. 349.25(1)(1) In counties containing a city of the first or second class, the owner of a vehicle to be operated upon a highway for the purpose of transporting persons for hire in what is commonly known as a hayrack ride, a sleigh, boxsled or bobsled ride or a ride of similar nature and every person who is to operate such a vehicle shall obtain a license from the county board before so operating such a vehicle. Any person operating any such vehicle under the circumstances described without first obtaining a license from the county board may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 30 days or both.
349.25(2)
(2) No county board may issue a license for any of the vehicles mentioned in
sub. (1) unless the applicant does not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322 and
111.335, and until the applicant exhibits proof that liability insurance will be in force for the protection of passengers in the minimum amount of $10,000 for any one passenger and $50,000 for any single accident.
Section 632.24 is applicable to the insurance required under this section, whether the vehicle is a motor vehicle or is propelled in some other manner. The county board shall set the amount for each license issued, not to exceed an amount reasonably related to the actual and necessary cost of providing the license.
349.25(3)
(3) The county board may, after notice and hearing accorded the licensee, revoke any license issued by it pursuant to this section whenever in its judgment the public safety so requires.
349.25(4)
(4) No vehicle licensed pursuant to this section shall be operated upon a highway for the purpose of transporting persons for hire unless it is equipped with at least one red reflector at each of the 2 rear corners of the vehicle and with at least one blue reflector at each of the 2 front corners of the vehicle and at the front end of the pole or tongue. All such reflectors shall be of a type approved by the department.
349.25(5)
(5) The county board in any county not containing a city of the first or second class may by ordinance require owners and operators of vehicles to be used for the purposes specified in
sub. (1) to be licensed. The actual issuance of the license may be delegated to the county clerk.
