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2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.18 - Weight limitations apply to publicly-owned vehicles; exceptions.

348.18
Weight limitations apply to publicly-owned vehicles; exceptions.
Sections 348.15 to 348.17 and the penalties for violations thereof also apply to vehicles owned by the state, a county or municipality, except when such vehicles are being used for the removal, treatment or sanding of snow or ice or when such vehicles are authorized emergency vehicles.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.195 - Weight records of raw forest products purchasers.

348.195
Weight records of raw forest products purchasers.
(1)
Any purchaser of raw forest products transported by a vehicle or vehicle combination subject to the requirements of this subchapter that generates a weight scale record identifying the gross weight of the vehicle or vehicle combination or the weight of the load transported by the vehicle or vehicle combination shall retain the weight scale record for not less than 30 days from the date that the weight scale record is generated.
(2)
Upon demand by any traffic officer in this state within the 30-day period specified in sub. (1), any person required to retain records under sub. (1) shall promptly provide such records to the requesting officer.
(3)
For purposes of this section, a true, accurate, and legible copy of any weight scale record may be substituted for, and shall be given the effect of, an original.
(4)
Any person required to retain records under sub. (1) or to produce records under sub. (2) who fails to retain or produce such records shall forfeit $1,000. Each violation constitutes a separate offense.
(5)
In any prosecution of a person for transporting raw forest products in violation of the requirements of this subchapter, the records required to be retained under sub. (1) and produced under sub. (2) may be relevant evidence under s. 904.01 and admissible under s. 904.06.
History:  2005 a. 167.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.20 - Policy in prosecuting weight violations.

348.20
Policy in prosecuting weight violations.
(1)
It is declared to be the public policy of the state that prosecutions for overweight violations shall in every instance where practicable be instituted against the person holding the authority, certificates, licenses or permits evidencing operating privileges from the department which may be the proper object of cancellation or revocation proceedings. In instances where a combination of tractor and trailer or semitrailer is used, the person standing in the relationship of principal or employer to the driver of the tractor portion of the vehicle combination is liable for violation of ss. 348.15 to 348.17 along with the owner holding authority, certificates, licenses or permits from the state. It is a violation of ss. 348.15 to 348.17 for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the operator of the vehicle to require or permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway contrary to ss. 348.15 to 348.17. This section shall not apply to individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies or corporations whose principal business is leasing, for compensation, vehicles including trailers and semitrailers, but such prosecutions shall be instituted against the lessee of the vehicle.
(2)
The operator of a vehicle, as agent of the person holding authority, certificate, license or permit from the state or as agent of the owner of the tractor portion of a vehicle combination of tractor and trailer or semitrailer, shall accept service of a summons on behalf of such person or owner.
History:  1977 c. 29 ss. 1487t, 1654 (9) (d); 1981 c. 347 s. 80 (2); 1987 a. 369; 1993 a. 16, 112, 490.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.22 - Courts to report weight violation convictions.

348.22
Courts to report weight violation convictions.
Whenever any owner or operator is convicted of violating ss. 348.15 to 348.17 or any local ordinance in conformity with ss. 348.15 to 348.17 or any ordinance enacted under s. 349.15 (3), the clerk of the court in which the conviction occurred, or the judge or municipal judge, if the court has no clerk, shall, within 48 hours after the conviction, forward a record of conviction to the department. Forfeiture of bail or appearance money or payment of a fine is a conviction within the meaning of this section.
History:  1971 c. 164 s. 83; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1985 a. 332; 1989 a. 31; 2005 a. 167.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.28 - Permits to be carried.

348.28
Permits to be carried.
(1)
(a)
Permits issued under ss. 348.25, 348.26 and 348.27, other than a permit described in s. 348.27 (19) (b) 5. b., shall be carried on the vehicle during operations so permitted.
(b)
Permits issued under s. 348.27 (19) that are required to be carried on the vehicle under par. (a) may be carried and produced in either printed or electronic format, including by display of electronic images on a cellular telephone or other electronic device. If the permit is displayed in electronic format on any cellular telephone or other electronic device, a traffic officer or inspector under s. 110.07 (3) may not view, and producing the permit in electronic format is not considered consent for the traffic officer or inspector to view, any content on the telephone or other device except the permit.
(2)
Any person violating this section may be required to forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $20 for the first offense and not less than $25 nor more than $50 for the 2nd and each subsequent conviction within one year.
History:  1971 c. 278; 1985 a. 202 s. 37; 2005 a. 250; 2007 a. 171; 2011 a. 55, 56, 58, 243; 2013 a. 377; 2017 a. 59.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.29 - Weight limitations for certain permits.

348.29
Weight limitations for certain permits.
Notwithstanding s. 348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under s. 348.26 (8) or 348.27 (17), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.29 following] - See PDF for table  - See PDF for table
History:  2011 a. 55.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 348 - Vehicles — size, weight and load. › 348.295 - Weight limitations for certain permits.

348.295
Weight limitations for certain permits.
Notwithstanding s. 348.15 (3) (c), for any vehicle or vehicle combination operating under a permit issued under s. 348.27 (18), the gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of 6 or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or combination of vehicles may not exceed the maximum gross weights in the following table for each of the respective distances between axles and the respective numbers of axles of a group: [See Figure 348.295 following] - See PDF for table  - See PDF for table
History:  2011 a. 56 s. 9; 2013 a. 165 s. 114.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.01 - Words and phrases defined.

349.01
Words and phrases defined.
(1)
Words and phrases defined in s. 340.01 are used in the same sense in this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.
(2)
In this chapter:
(b)
“Chauffeur” means a person employed full time or on a regular basis, including leased drivers, for the principal purpose of operating a motor vehicle.
(m)
“Political subdivision” means a city, village, town, or county.
History:  1989 a. 105; 2023 a. 1.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.015 - Applicability of chapter to electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.

349.015
Applicability of chapter to electric scooters and electric personal assistive mobility devices.
An electric scooter and an electric personal assistive mobility device shall be considered a vehicle for purposes of this chapter, except those provisions which by their express terms apply only to motor vehicles or which by their very nature would have no application to electric scooters or electric personal assistive mobility devices.
History:  2001 a. 90; 2019 a. 11.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.025 - Quotas relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations prohibited.

349.025
Quotas relating to the enforcement of traffic regulations prohibited.
(1)
In this section:
(a)
“Law enforcement officer" has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c).
(c)
“State agency" means an office, commission, department or independent agency in the executive branch of state government.
(d)
“Traffic regulation" means a provision of chs. 194 or 341 to 348 or an ordinance enacted in accordance with this chapter.
(2)
No state agency or political subdivision of this state may require a law enforcement officer to issue a specific number of citations, complaints or warning notices during any specified time period for violations of traffic regulations.
(3)
A state agency or political subdivision may, for purposes of evaluating a law enforcement officer's job performance, compare the number of citations, complaints or warning notices issued by the law enforcement officer to the number of citations, complaints or warning notices issued by all law enforcement officers employed by the state agency or political subdivision who have similar job duties and who serve in the same administrative unit as the law enforcement officer.
History:  1999 a. 16; 2023 a. 1.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.04 - Truck driver education surcharges.

349.04
Truck driver education surcharges.
(1)
If a court imposes a fine or forfeiture for a violation of a provision of chs. 346 to 348 or a rule issued under chs. 346 to 348 and the violation involved a commercial motor vehicle, the court shall impose under ch. 814 a truck driver education surcharge of $8.
(2)
If a fine or forfeiture is suspended in whole or in part, the truck driver education surcharge shall be reduced in proportion to the suspension.
(3)
If any deposit is made for an offense to which this section applies, the person making the deposit shall also deposit a sufficient amount to include the truck driver education surcharge under this section. If the deposit is forfeited, the amount of the truck driver education surcharge shall be transmitted to the secretary of administration under sub. (4). If the deposit is returned, the amount of the truck driver education surcharge shall also be returned.
(4)
The clerk of the circuit court shall collect and transmit to the county treasurer the truck driver education surcharge as required under s. 59.40 (2) (m). The county treasurer shall then pay the secretary of administration as provided in s. 59.25 (3) (f) 2. The secretary of administration shall deposit all amounts received under this subsection in the general fund to be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (1) (hm).
(5)
This section first applies to fines and forfeitures imposed on the first day of the first month beginning after the director of the technical college system notifies the director of state courts under 2001 Wisconsin Act 16, section 9148 (1f) that the truck driver training center at Waukesha County Technical College is scheduled to open.
History:  2001 a. 16; 2003 a. 33, 139, 326.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.06 - Authority to adopt traffic regulations in strict conformity with state law.

349.06
Authority to adopt traffic regulations in strict conformity with state law.
(1)
(a)
Except for the suspension or revocation of motor vehicle operator's licenses or except as provided in par. (b), any local authority may enact and enforce any traffic regulation which is in strict conformity with one or more provisions of chs. 341 to 348 and 350 for which the penalty for violation thereof is a forfeiture.
(b)
Any local authority shall enact and enforce parking regulations and penalties for violations of those regulations which are in conformity with the provisions of ss. 346.503, 346.505 and 346.56.
(c)
Any local authority may enact and enforce any traffic regulation that is in strict conformity with any rule of the department promulgated under ch. 110, 347 or 348, except rules pertaining to federal motor carrier safety standards, for which the penalty for a violation thereof is a forfeiture.
(1m)
Notwithstanding sub. (1), a municipal court may suspend a license for a violation of a local ordinance in conformity with s. 346.63 (1) or (2m).
(2)
Traffic regulations adopted by local authorities which incorporate by reference existing or future amendments to chs. 340 to 348 or rules of the department shall be deemed to be in strict conformity and not contrary to or inconsistent with such chapters or rules. This subsection does not require local traffic regulations to incorporate state traffic laws or rules by reference in order to meet the requirements of s. 349.03 or sub. (1).
(3)
If an operator of a vehicle violates a local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.04 (1) or (2), 346.18 (6), 346.27, 346.37, 346.39, 346.46 (1), 346.57 (2), (3), (4) (d) to (h), or (5), or 346.62 (2) where persons engaged in work in a highway maintenance or construction area, utility work area, or emergency or roadside response area are at risk from traffic or violates a local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.57 (2), (3), (4) (d) to (h), or (5) or 346.62 (2) where sanitation workers are at risk from traffic and the operator knows or should know that sanitation workers are present, any applicable minimum and maximum forfeiture for the violation shall be doubled.
History:  1971 c. 277, 278, 307; 1973 c. 336; 1975 c. 248; 1981 c. 20; 1987 a. 3, 27; 1993 a. 198, 256; 1995 a. 44; 1997 a. 190, 277; 2013 a. 39; 2021 a. 115.
Section 349.03, in prohibitory language, is the same concept of municipal power that is expressed affirmatively in this section. These sections must be read together and establish one test. Janesville v. Walker, 50 Wis. 2d 35, 183 N.W.2d 158 (1971).
A city ordinance prohibiting loud and unnecessary tire or engine noise was valid under s. 349.03 (1) and sub. (1). City of Janesville v. Garthwaite, 83 Wis. 2d 866, 266 N.W.2d 418 (1978).
A county can enact and enforce traffic ordinances in strict conformance with state statutes that are applicable to town roads. 64 Atty. Gen. 172.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.065 - Uniform traffic control devices.

349.065
Uniform traffic control devices.
Local authorities shall place and maintain traffic control devices upon highways under their jurisdiction to regulate, warn, guide or inform traffic. The design, installation and operation or use of new traffic control devices placed and maintained by local authorities after the adoption of the uniform traffic control devices manual under s. 84.02 (4) (e) shall conform to the manual. After January 1, 1977, all traffic control devices placed and maintained by local authorities shall conform to the manual.
History:  1973 c. 185.
The decision to erect a stop sign, once made, carries with it the responsibility to ensure that the sign is properly installed and maintained to ensure that it remains visible to the motorists whose conduct the sign was intended to control. A local government that erects a stop sign should not be shielded on public policy grounds from liability when a tree obscures the stop sign. Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation v. Midwest Mutual Insurance Co. 2001 WI App 148, 246 Wis. 2d 933, 632 N.W.2d 59, 00-1836.
Affirmed. 2002 WI 80, 254 Wis. 2d 77, 646 N.W.2d 777, 00-1836.
That the county erected a stop sign at the intersection of town and county highways, within the town right-of-way did not preclude possible liability in the town or the adjacent landowner for an accident resulting from the sign being obscured by a tree. Both units of government and the landowner had a duty to correct the hazardous condition created by the tree. Physicians Plus Insurance Corporation v. Midwest Mutual Insurance Co. 2001 WI App 148, 246 Wis. 2d 933, 632 N.W.2d 59, 00-1836.
Affirmed. 2002 WI 80, 254 Wis. 2d 77, 646 N.W.2d 777, 00-1836.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.08 - Cost of signs and traffic control signals.

349.08
Cost of signs and traffic control signals.
The department may, when requested, furnish official traffic control devices and highway paint at cost to any local authority.
History:  1975 c. 23, 48, 237, 239, 367, 422; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (3), (8) (a); 1977 c. 116.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.085 - Authority to install stop signs at railroad grade crossings.

349.085
Authority to install stop signs at railroad grade crossings.
Local authorities may, by ordinance, when they deem it necessary for the public safety, install official stop signs at public traveled railroad grade crossings on highways maintained by the respective authorities.
History:  1977 c. 116.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.09 - Authority to remove prohibited signs or signals.

349.09
Authority to remove prohibited signs or signals.
Every sign, signal, pavement marking, or device which is placed, maintained, or displayed in violation of s. 346.41 is declared to be a public nuisance. The authority in charge of maintenance of the highway in question may notify in writing the owner or occupant of the premises upon which the nuisance exists or the person causing or maintaining the nuisance to remove the same. If such nuisance is not removed within 30 days after such notice is given or if an unauthorized signal or device is found to be in operation at any time after such notice is given, the authority in charge of maintenance of the highway may cause the nuisance to be removed and collect the expense of removal from the person notified to remove it. The expense of removal may be charged against the premises and, upon certificate of the highway authority causing the removal, assessed as are other special taxes.
History:  2015 a. 124.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.10 - Authority to designate one-way highways, safety zones, turns and lanes.

349.10
Authority to designate one-way highways, safety zones, turns and lanes.
(1)
The department, county highway committees and local authorities in regard to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may:
(a)
Declare by order, ordinance or resolution and designate by appropriate signs any highway or portion thereof to be a one-way highway and require that all vehicles be operated in one specific direction on such highway.
(b)
Designate by pavement marking certain places on highways as safety zones or erect and maintain islands of safety and regulate and control traffic with respect to such safety zones and islands of safety.
(c)
By order, ordinance or resolution and by the erection of appropriate signs, prohibit right or left turns at intersections by all vehicles or by certain types of vehicles.
(d)
Place official traffic control devices within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in s. 346.31 be traveled by vehicles turning at the intersection.
(e)
Mark lanes for traffic upon any roadway and designate specific lanes for slow-moving traffic or for traffic moving in a particular direction.
(f)
By order, ordinance or resolution and by the erection of appropriate signs, prohibit U-turns at specified locations. The local authority with the approval of the department may prohibit U-turns and erect appropriate signs on state trunk highways within cities, villages and towns.
(2)
No local authority shall declare any part of a connecting highway between portions of the state trunk highway system to be a one-way highway or prohibit right or left turns or U-turns at any intersection of one such connecting highway with another without due regard for the expeditious flow of intercity traffic using the state trunk highways and without first conferring with the department on the problems involved.
History:  1973 c. 175; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (3), (8) (a); 1977 c. 116, 272; 1993 a. 246; 2009 a. 97; 2015 a. 124.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.105 - Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and freeways.

349.105
Authority to prohibit certain traffic on expressways and freeways.
The authority in charge of maintenance of an expressway or freeway may, by order, ordinance or resolution, prohibit the use of such expressway or freeway by pedestrians, persons riding bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by persons operating mopeds or motor bicycles. The state or local authority adopting any such prohibitory regulation shall erect and maintain official signs giving notice thereof on the expressway or freeway to which such prohibition applies.
History:  1983 a. 243.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.115 - Authority to impound vehicles.

349.115
Authority to impound vehicles.
(1)
A political subdivision may, by ordinance, authorize a law enforcement officer to impound any vehicle used in the commission of a violation of s. 346.62 or a local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.62 at the time of issuing a citation for the offense if the person cited is the owner of the vehicle and the person has a prior conviction for a violation of s. 346.62 or a local ordinance in strict conformity with s. 346.62 for which a forfeiture was imposed that has not been fully paid. The ordinance may provide for impoundment of the vehicle until the person fully pays the prior forfeiture amount and reasonable costs of impounding the vehicle, including towing or other transportation costs and storage costs.
(2)
A political subdivision shall return to its owner a vehicle impounded under sub. (1) upon payment of the amount required under the ordinance.
(3)
A political subdivision that has impounded a vehicle under sub. (1) may dispose of the vehicle by following the same procedure as provided for disposing of an abandoned vehicle under s. 342.40 if the impounded vehicle remains unclaimed for more than 90 days after the disposition of the citation for which the vehicle was impounded.
History:  2023 a. 1.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.12 - Authority to designate no-passing zones.

349.12
Authority to designate no-passing zones.
The department, county highway committees and local authorities, in regard to highways under their respective jurisdictions, may determine, in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the department, where overtaking or passing or driving to the left of the center of the roadway would be especially hazardous and may, by signs approved by the department or by a yellow unbroken line on the pavement on the right-hand side of and adjacent to the center line or a lane line of a roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (8) (a); 1979 c. 76.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.132 - Authority to require vehicle registration.

349.132
Authority to require vehicle registration.
The governing body of any town, city, village, or county may enact an ordinance requiring that no vehicle that has been impounded or towed may be released unless the motor vehicle is registered under ch. 341 or exempt from registration under s. 341.05.
History:  2015 a. 60.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.135 - Authority to regulate radios or other electric sound amplification devices.

349.135
Authority to regulate radios or other electric sound amplification devices.
(1)
Notwithstanding s. 346.94 (16), the governing body of any town, city, village or county may, by ordinance, provide that, except as provided in s. 347.38 (1), no person may operate or park, stop or leave standing a motor vehicle while using a radio or other electric sound amplification device emitting sound from the vehicle that is clearly audible under normal conditions from a distance of 50 or more feet, unless the electric sound amplification device is being used to request assistance or warn against an unsafe condition. The ordinance may provide that any person violating the ordinance may be required to forfeit not less than $40 nor more than $80 for the first violation and not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the 2nd or subsequent violation within a year.
(2)
Any ordinance enacted under sub. (1) may not apply to any of the following:
(a)
The operator of an authorized emergency vehicle, when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law or when responding to but not upon returning from a fire alarm.
(b)
The operator of a vehicle of a public utility. In this paragraph, public utility means any corporation, company, individual or association which furnishes products or services to the public, and which is regulated under ch. 195 or 196, including railroads, telecommunications, or telegraph companies and any company furnishing or producing heat, light, power, or water.
(c)
The operator of a vehicle that is being used for advertising purposes.
(d)
The operator of a vehicle that is being used in a community event or celebration, procession or assemblage.
(e)
The activation of a theft alarm signal device.
(f)
The operator of a motorcycle being operated outside of a business or residence district.
History:  1995 a. 373; 1997 a. 35; 2015 a. 117; 2017 a. 365 s. 111.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.14 - Authority to use parking meters.

349.14
Authority to use parking meters.
(1)
It is the public policy of this state that the use of parking meters by cities, villages, towns and counties to measure the time for parking vehicles is a local matter to be determined by the local authorities.
(2)
Cities, villages, towns and counties may by ordinance or resolution provide for the installation and operation of parking meters and may provide for the use of the revenue collected from such meters for general street and highway maintenance, repair and construction, for meeting the cost of traffic and parking regulation, for the purchase and operation of publicly owned off-street parking facilities, and for such other expenses and purposes as the local authority deems reasonably necessary to provide for the convenience, safety and welfare of persons using the streets and highways for vehicular traffic.
History:  1993 a. 246.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.145 - Authority to establish disabled parking enforcement assistance councils.

349.145
Authority to establish disabled parking enforcement assistance councils.
Any city, village or county may by ordinance or resolution establish a disabled parking enforcement assistance council. The majority of such a council shall be appointed by the local authorities from among those residents of the city, village or county to whom or on whose behalf the department has issued a special registration plate under s. 341.14 (1) to (1q) or a special identification card under s. 343.51. Members of such a council may report violations of s. 341.625 (1), 343.52, 346.503 or 346.505 (2) or ordinances in conformity therewith to a traffic officer of the city, village or county as provided in s. 341.625 (2), 343.52 (3), 346.503 (5) or 346.505 (3). If a 1st or 2nd class city has enacted an ordinance under s. 346.50 (3m), the council shall perform any duties required by s. 346.50 (3m).
History:  1987 a. 260; 1991 a. 87; 1993 a. 256; 1995 a. 131; 2009 a. 246.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.15 - Authority to modify weight limitations and classify highways.

349.15
Authority to modify weight limitations and classify highways.
(1)
The limitations on size and weight imposed by ch. 348 are lawful throughout the state and local authorities may not alter such limitations except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(2)
The county highway committee with respect to the county trunk highway system and the local authorities with respect to highways maintained by them may designate all or parts of such highways to be class “B" highways for the purpose of putting into effect the weight limitations set forth in s. 348.16, except that no portion of any such highway which is a state trunk highway or connecting highway may be so designated.
(3)
Any city of the first class may, with respect to the streets of such city, by ordinance increase the maximum weight limitations specified in ss. 348.15 and 348.16.
History:  1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (3).
The police power under this section need not be based on the condition of the roadbed, but may be exercised to promote the general welfare of the public. 66 Atty. Gen. 110.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.17 - Authority of cities, villages and towns to regulate heavy traffic.

349.17
Authority of cities, villages and towns to regulate heavy traffic.
(1)
Any city, village or town may by ordinance or resolution designate any street or highway under its jurisdiction as a heavy traffic route and designate the type and character of vehicles which may be operated thereon. A city, village or town may restrict or prohibit heavy traffic from using other streets or highways under its jurisdiction except that it may not place such restrictions on streets or highways over which are routed state trunk highways and may not prohibit heavy traffic from using a street or highway for the purpose of obtaining orders for supplies or moving or delivering supplies or commodities to or from any place of business or residence which has an entrance on such street or highway. Whenever a city, village or town designates any street or highway under its jurisdiction as a heavy traffic route, it shall cause appropriate signs to be erected giving notice thereof.
(2)
In this section, “heavy traffic" means all vehicles not operating completely on pneumatic tires and all vehicles or combination of vehicles, other than motor buses, designed or used for transporting property of any nature and having a gross weight of more than 6,000 pounds.
History:  1977 c. 116; 1993 a. 246.
Legislative Council Note, 1977: Sub. (1) authorizes cities and villages to designate any street as a heavy traffic route. As defined in s. 340.01 (64), the term “street" means every highway within the corporate limits of a city or village except alleys. By adding “or highway" after “street", s. 349.17 (1) authorizes a city or village to prohibit heavy traffic from using any street or alley which has not been designated as a heavy traffic route unless such street or alley is being used to obtain orders for supplies or to deliver supplies or commodities to or from a place of business or residence with an entrance on such street or alley. “Highway" is defined in s. 340.01 (22), to mean “all public ways and thoroughfares", including alleys. [Bill 465-A]
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.185 - Authority to regulate certain events and pedestrians.

349.185
Authority to regulate certain events and pedestrians.
The authority in charge of the maintenance of a highway may by order, ordinance or resolution:
(1)
Regulate community events or celebrations, processions or assemblages on the highways, including reasonable regulations on the use of radios or other electric sound amplification devices, subject to s. 84.07 (4).
(2)
Regulate the traffic of pedestrians upon highways within its jurisdiction, including the prohibition of pedestrian crossings at places otherwise permitted by law and the erection of signs indicating such prohibition.
History:  1977 c. 116 ss. 14, 15; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 83.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.19 - Authority to require accident reports.

349.19
Authority to require accident reports.
Any city, village, town or county may by ordinance require the operator of a vehicle involved in an accident to file with a designated municipal department or officer a report of such accident or a copy of any report required to be filed with the department. All such reports are for the confidential use of such department or officer and are otherwise subject to s. 346.73, except that this section does not prohibit the disclosure of a person's name or address, of the name or address of a person's employer or of financial information that relates to a person when requested under s. 49.22 (2m) to the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5).
History:  1971 c. 164; 1977 c. 29 s. 1654 (7) (a); 1997 a. 191; 2007 a. 20; 2011 a. 260 s. 81.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.20 - Authority to prohibit use of bridges for fishing or swimming.

349.20
Authority to prohibit use of bridges for fishing or swimming.
The authority in charge of maintenance of a highway on which is located a bridge or approach thereto which constitute an undue traffic hazard, if used by pedestrians for the purpose of fishing or swimming, may erect signs prohibiting the fishing or swimming off of such bridge or approach.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.21 - Authority to regulate school bus warning lights.

349.21
Authority to regulate school bus warning lights.
(1)
The governing body of any town, city, village or county may by ordinance provide for the use of flashing red or amber warning lights by school bus operators in a residence or business district when pupils or other authorized passengers are to be loaded or unloaded at a location at which there are no traffic signals and such persons must cross the street or highway before being loaded or after being unloaded.
(2)
The governing body of any town, city, village or county may, by ordinance, prohibit the use of flashing red or amber warning lights by school bus operators when pupils or other authorized passengers are loaded or unloaded directly from or onto the school grounds or that portion of the right-of-way between the roadway and the school grounds in a zone designated by “school" warning signs as provided in s. 118.08 (1) in which a street or highway borders the grounds of a school.
History:  1973 c. 93; 1987 a. 125; 2013 a. 96.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.215 - Authority to appoint school crossing guards.

349.215
Authority to appoint school crossing guards.
The governing body of any city, village, town or county may by ordinance provide for the appointment of adult school crossing guards for the protection of persons who are crossing a highway in the vicinity of a school. The school crossing guards shall wear insignia or uniforms which designate them as school crossing guards and shall be equipped with signals or signs to direct traffic to stop at school crossings.
History:  1979 c. 344.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.217 - Authority to appoint traffic control attendants.

349.217
Authority to appoint traffic control attendants.
(1)
The governing body of any municipality or county may by ordinance provide for the appointment of traffic control attendants for the protection of persons who are crossing a highway in the municipality or county.
(2)
If a person is appointed as a traffic control attendant under sub. (1), the appointment shall specify all dates and times, and locations, for which the appointment is valid.
(3)
No municipality or county may appoint a person as a traffic control attendant under sub. (1) unless the person has received prior training in traffic control and traffic safety.
(4)
During the dates and times, and at the locations, specified in the appointment as provided in sub. (2), a person appointed as a traffic control attendant shall wear an insignia or uniform that designates the person as a traffic control attendant and be equipped with signals or signs to direct traffic.
History:  2011 a. 141.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.22 - Authority to establish mass transit way.

349.22
Authority to establish mass transit way.
(1)
The department with respect to the state trunk highway system may by order, and any local authority with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may by ordinance, designate a portion of any highway under its jurisdiction as a mass transit way, designate the type and character of vehicles which may be operated thereon and specify those conditions under which any of said vehicles may be operated thereon. If car pool vehicles are permitted to use the mass transit way, the authority designating the mass transit way may specify the minimum number of occupants, including the operator, in the vehicles. In this section, the department's authority to designate a mass transit way is limited to freeway entrance ramps and state trunk highways connecting with or extending a mass transit way designated by a local authority.
(2)
Whenever the department or local authority designates any highway or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as a mass transit way it may establish priority of right-of-way thereon and make such other regulation of the use of the mass transit way as it deems necessary. The department or local authority shall cause appropriate signs to be erected giving notice of priorities or regulations established under this subsection.
(3)
The department or local authority designating the mass transit way may construct curbs, paint lines, erect signs or establish other physical separations to exclude the use of the mass transit way by vehicles other than those specifically permitted to operate thereon.
History:  1973 c. 86; 1983 a. 130.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.23 - Authority to designate bicycle lanes and bicycle ways.

349.23
Authority to designate bicycle lanes and bicycle ways.
(1)
The governing body of any city, town, village or county may by ordinance:
(a)
Designate any roadway or portion thereof under its jurisdiction as a bicycle lane.
(b)
Designate any sidewalk or portion thereof in its jurisdiction as a bicycle way.
(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:
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
History:  1973 c. 87, 182; 1977 c. 208; 1983 a. 243.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.235 - Authority to restrict use of in-line skates on roadway.

349.235
Authority to restrict use of in-line skates on roadway.
(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.
(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.
History:  1993 a. 260.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.236 - Authority to regulate operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices and personal delivery devices.

349.236
Authority to regulate operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices and personal delivery devices.
(1)
The governing body of any municipality or county may, by ordinance, do any of the following:
(a)
Prohibit the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on all roadways under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour or only on certain roadways, or portions of such roadways, under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour that are designated in the ordinance.
(b)
Prohibit the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices or personal delivery devices on all sidewalks under its jurisdiction or only on certain sidewalks, or portions of such sidewalks, under its jurisdiction that are designated in the ordinance. This paragraph does not apply to the operation of such devices on any sidewalk at a permanent or temporarily established driveway.
(bm)
Prohibit the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices on all bicycle paths under its jurisdiction or only on certain bicycle paths, or portions of such bicycle paths, under its jurisdiction that are designated in the ordinance. This paragraph does not apply to the operation of such devices on any bicycle paths at a permanent or temporarily established driveway.
(c)
Designate and mark locations for electric personal assistive mobility devices or personal delivery devices to cross a state trunk highway or connecting highway that is not a controlled-access highway and on which the department has prohibited the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices under s. 346.94 (18) (a) 2. A municipality or county may erect official signs or otherwise mark a crossing designated under this paragraph only as directed by the department.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, ch. 346, and s. 59.84 (2) (j), the governing body of any municipality or county may not restrict the operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices or personal delivery devices on any roadway or sidewalk under its jurisdiction.
History:  2001 a. 90; 2017 a. 13.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.237 - Authority to regulate electric scooters.

349.237
Authority to regulate electric scooters.
The governing body of any municipality or county may, by ordinance, regulate the rental and operation of electric scooters in a manner consistent with the regulation of bicycles in the municipality or county, except that the governing body of any municipality or county may do any of following:
(1)
Restrict or prohibit the operation of electric scooters on any roadway under its jurisdiction having a speed limit of more than 25 miles per hour.
(2)
Restrict or prohibit the operation of electric scooters on any sidewalk or bicycle way under its jurisdiction.
(3)
Establish requirements for and limitations on the parking of electric scooters on roadways, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, or bicycle ways under its jurisdiction.
(4)
Restrict or prohibit the short-term commercial rental of electric scooters to the general public.
History:  2019 a. 11.
2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations › Chapter 349 - Vehicles — powers of state and local authorities. › 349.24 - Authority to license taxicab operators and taxicabs.

349.24
Authority to license taxicab operators and taxicabs.
(1)
The council of any city and every village or town board may:
(a)
Regulate and license chauffeurs and operators of taxicabs used for hire;
(b)
Regulate and license the taxicab business by licensing each taxicab used for hire;
(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;
(d)
Revoke any license mentioned in this section when in its judgment the public safety so requires.
(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.
(3)
Any person licensed under this section is required to comply with the licensing requirements of ch. 343.
History:  1989 a. 105; 1993 a. 246.
The restrictions in sub.(2) that prevent municipalities from requiring licenses from taxis and drivers with licenses from other municipalities do not pertain to the permits required under a Milwaukee County ordinance governing airport taxis as neither the county nor the airport is a municipality in the relevant sense. County of Milwaukee v. Williams, 2007 WI 69, 301 Wis. 2d 134, 732 N.W.2d 770, 05-2686.