City of Madison - File #: 75846

• File #: 75846
• Version: 1
• Name: Bicycle and Off-Road Vehicle Penalties
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/30/2023
• In control: Attorney's Office
• On agenda: 2/7/2023
• Final action: 3/7/2023
• Enactment date: 3/17/2023
• Enactment #: ORD-23-00031
• Title: Repeal and re-organize penalty provisions regarding bicycles and off-road motor vehicles.
• Sponsors: Grant Foster

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Unanimously	Pass
3/6/2023	1	TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND PLANNING BOARD - ended 3/2023
2/7/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
2/7/2023	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Add Referral(s)	Fail
1/30/2023	1	Attorney's Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No City appropriation required.
Title
Repeal and re-organize penalty provisions regarding bicycles and off-road motor vehicles.
Body
DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This ordinance repeals a standalone penalty section and incorporates penalties into the corresponding ordinances.

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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:

1. Section 12.79 entitled “Penalty for Violating Sections 12.74 through 12.782” of the Madison General Ordinances is repealed.


2. Subsection (7) of Section 12.751 entitled “Licensing of Off-Road Motor Vehicles” of the Madison General Ordinances is created as follows:

(7) Any person violating any provision of Section 12.751 may be required to forfeit not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).


3. Subsection (10) of Section 12.752 entitled “Regulation of Off-Road Motor Vehicles” of the Madison General Ordinances is created as follows:

(10) Any person violating any provision of Section 12.752 may be required to forfeit not less than twenty dollars ($20) nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars ($250).


4. Subsection (8) of Section 12.76 entitled “Special Rules Applicable to Bicycles” of the Madison General Ordinances is created as follows:

(8) Any person violating any provision of Sections 12.76(1) to (4) may be required to forfeit not more than forty dollars ($40). Any person violating any provision of Section 12.76(6) or 12.76(7) may be required to forfeit not more than $20.




EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 12.79 entitled “Penalty for Violating Sections 12.74 through 12.782” of the Madison General Ordinances currently reads as follows:

“12.79 - PENALTY FOR VIOLATING SECTIONS 12.74 THROUGH 12.782
The penalty for violating Sections 12.74 through 12.782 shall be as follows:
(1) Any person violating any provision of Sections 12.76(1) to (4), 12.782(3) and (4) may be required to forfeit not...