Snowmobile Regulations

The Village of Plover has adopted state snowmobile laws into ordinance to ensure public welfare and preservation of property, and still allow snowmobiles access to county snowmobile trails. Village streets are open for travel to and from village residences or lodging establishments and to/from county snowmobile trails, but only when the trails are pronounced open for public use by the Portage County Parks Department.

Snowmobiles may be used on private property only with the written consent of the owner, and such consent must be in the possession of the operator. Operation in any village park is strictly limited to roadways in those parks.

Snowmobiles must be operated on the extreme right hand side of the roadway or shoulder traveling with traffic. They must have headlights on at all times and operated in single file. Operators shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicle traffic and pedestrians. Roadway speed limits must be observed unless within 150 ft of pedestrians, where the speed limit shall be 10 mph.

All traffic signs must be obeyed and registration must be displayed. Operation of a snowmobile while under the influence of an alcohol beverage or controlled substance is prohibited.

SNOWMOBILE ORDINANCE

The Village Board of the Village of Plover DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

1.       That Section 7.10 SNOWMOBILES AND OTHER OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILE ACCESS be repealed and recreated in part as follows:

7.10(3)(e) OPERATION OF SNOWMOBILES FROM RESIDENCE OR LODGING ESTABLISHMENT TO SNOWMOBILE ROUTE OR TRAIL:

This ordinance designates the extreme right side of roadway or shoulder of Village streets (excluding State and County Trunk Highways) highways for snowmobile travel by persons residing in or staying at from a residence and lodging establishment within the limits of the Village of Plover, Portage County, Wisconsin, to travel for the shortest distance that is necessary for a person to operate a snowmobile to the snowmobile route or trail that is closest to that residence or lodging establishment subject to the following conditions.

3.  This amendment to Chapter 7, Traffic Code, shall take effect upon passage and publication.   

 Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Plover this 6^th day of December, 2000

                                                                          _________________________________

    Kenneth P. Shibilski, Village President

ATTEST:__________________________

                 Karen Swanson, Village Clerk

Published:________________________