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Ordinance to Repeal and Recreate Section 10.01 of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Traffic and Vehicle Regulations.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Section 10.01of the Revised Municipal Code is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
10.01 Traffic and Vehicle Regulations.
(1) State Traffic Forfeiture Laws Adopted. Except as otherwise provided herein, all provisions of Chapters 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348 and 350 and Sections 23.33, 218.20, 218.23, 218.30, 218.33, and 941.01 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as the same may be from time to time amended, describing and defining regulations with respect to traffic, vehicles, pedestrians, snowmobiles, and bicycles, are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this section with the same force and effect as is fully set forth herein. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any statutes incorporated hereby by reference is required or prohibited by this section.
(2) Penalties.
(a) The penalty for violation of a provision of this section shall be a forfeiture, as hereinafter provided, together with costs, fees, and surcharges imposed, as provided in Sections 23.33, 345.20, and 345.53 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
(b) Forfeitures for violation of any provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes adopted by reference in subsection (1) shall conform to the forfeitures for violation of the comparable state offense, including any variations or increases for second or subsequent offenses, as set forth in the Wisconsin Revised Uniform State Traffic Deposit Schedule created under Section 345.26(2)(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes, as it is from time to time amended.
(c) In default of payment of any forfeiture, costs, fees, or surcharges imposed, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) above, punishment shall be by imprisonment in the county jail or county house of correction until said forfeiture and cos...
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