Abandoned /or Junked Vehicles

Ordinance 3.07  (Abbreviated)

No inoperable, un-licensed, or obviously abandoned vehicle shall be left on a public street for a period more than 48 hours.  No abandoned vehicle or vehicle parts shall be left on private property for more than 10 days. 

Display of registration plates 

341.15(1)
(1) Whenever 2 registration plates are issued for a vehicle, one plate shall be attached to the front and one to the rear of the vehicle.  Whenever only one registration plate is issued for a vehicle, the plate shall be attached as follows:
  
341.15(1)(b)

(b)  For any other vehicle for which only one plate is issued, to the rear, except that a plate issued to or for a municipality under s. 341.26 (2m) may be attached to the front of the vehicle if the design or use of the vehicle is such as to make a plate attached to the rear difficult to see and read.
 
341.15(1m)(a)
(a)  Except as provided in par. (b), any registration decal or tag issued by the department shall be placed on the rear registration plate of the vehicle in the manner directed by the department.
  
341.15(2)
(2) Registration plates shall be attached firmly and rigidly in a horizontal position and conspicuous place.  The plates shall at all times be maintained in a legible condition and shall be so displayed that they can be readily and distinctly seen and read.  Any peace officer may require the operator of any vehicle on which plates are not properly displayed to display such plates as required by this section.
 
341.15(3)
(3) Any of the following may be required to forfeit not more than $200:
 
341.15(3)(a)
(a)  A person who operates a vehicle for which a current registration plate, insert tag, decal or other evidence of registration has been issued without such plate, tag, decal or other evidence of registration being attached to the vehicle, except when such vehicle is being operated pursuant to a temporary operation permit or plate;
 
341.15(3)(b)
(b)  A person who operates a vehicle with a registration plate attached in a non-rigid or non-horizontal manner or in an inconspicuous place so as to make it difficult to see and read the plate;
 
341.15(3)(c)
(c)  A person who operates a vehicle with a registration plate in an illegible condition due to the accumulation of dirt or other foreign matter.

Summary:  All passenger vehicles (cars, trucks, vans, SUVs) shall display a registration plate to the front and the back.  All passenger vehicles shall have a front license plate displayed.  Vehicles are also required to display rear plates in a visible location and that plate must be illuminated at night (ss. 347.13(3)).  Registration plates must also be kept clean and visible at all times.

Duty upon passing a stopped emergency vehicle

346.072 Passing stopped emergency vehicles, tow trucks and highway machinery equipment. 
346.072(1)
(1) If an authorized emergency vehicle giving visual signal, a tow truck flashing red lamps, as required by s. 347.26 (6) (b), or any road machinery or motor vehicle used in highway construction or maintenance displaying the lights specified in s. 347.23 (1) (a) or (b) or, with respect to a motor vehicle, displaying the lights specified in s. 347.26 (7), is parked or standing on or within 12 feet of a roadway, the operator of a motor vehicle approaching such vehicle or machinery shall proceed with due regard for all other traffic and shall do either of the following:
 
346.072(1)(a)
(a)  Move the motor vehicle into a lane that is not the lane nearest the parked or standing vehicle or machinery and continue traveling in that lane until safely clear of the vehicle or machinery.  This paragraph applies only if the roadway has at least two lanes for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching motor vehicle and if the approaching motor vehicle may change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
 
346.072(1)(b)
(b)  Slow the motor vehicle, maintaining a safe speed for traffic conditions, and operate the motor vehicle at a reduced speed until completely past the vehicle or machinery.  This paragraph applies only if the roadway has only one lane for traffic proceeding in the direction of the approaching motor vehicle or if the approaching motor vehicle may not change lanes safely and without interfering with any vehicular traffic.
 
346.072(2)
(2) In addition to any penalty imposed under s. 346.17 (2), any person violating this section shall have his or her operating privilege suspended as provided in s. 343.30 (1o).
 

Summary: When approaching a stopped emergency vehicle, tow truck, or highway machinery with it’s emergency lights activated, drivers are required to merge to a lane furthest from the shoulder that the emergency vehicle is parked on and slow to a safe speed.  If the roadway consists of only one lane in each direction, the passing vehicle shall slow to a safe speed to pass.

Loud car stereos

Radios or other electric sound amplification devices. 

346.94(16)(a)

(a)  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 audible under normal conditions from a distance of 75 or more feet, unless the electric sound amplification device is being used to request assistance or warn against an unsafe condition.

Summary:  Car stereos must be kept at a volume that cannot be heard more than 75 feet from the vehicle.

Grass Clippings prohibited in streets