Ordinance 2018-1 Update
At the Monthly Meeting of Commissioners on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 the commission voted to rescind Ordinance 2018-1. The vote to rescind Ordinance 2018-1 was as follows: 4 votes yes, 1 vote no, and 1 vote to abstain. The meeting minutes will be drafted and approved in a coming meeting.
The ordinance reads as follows and is also under “Information”, “Ordinances”, then “Launch Ordinance” following the ordinance 2003-1 information.
BIG CEDAR LAKE PROTECTION AND REHABILITATION DISTRICT
ORDINANCE NO. 2018-1
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS AT THE LAUNCHING FACILITIES
TO BIG CEDAR LAKE AT GONRING DRIVE, HACKER DRIVE AND CEDAR PARK
DRIVE RELATING TO CLOSING THESE LAUNCHING FACILITIES WHEN THE TWO
PARKING AREAS OWNED AND OPEATED BY THE BCLPRD ARE FULL WITH 34
VEHICLE UNITS
WHEREAS the Big Cedar Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District (BCLPRD) is a lake
district created under Wis. Stat. Ch. 33 for the purpose of undertaking a program of lake
protection and rehabilitation on Big Cedar Lake in Washington County, Wisconsin, and
WHEREAS the BCLPRD owns and operates a boat launching facility on Big Cedar Lake
on Gonring Drive and has the authority to establish regulations on the use of such
launching facilities at Big Cedar Lake, and
WHEREAS the BCLPRD has been authorized by the Town of West Bend, Wisconsin to
establish regulations at the boat launching facilities to Big Cedar Lake at Hacker Drive
and at Cedar Park Drive relating to closing the boat launching facilities at Hacker Drive
and Cedar Park Drive when the two parking areas owned or leased and operated by the
BCLPRD off of Gonring Drive are full with 34 vehicle and/or Vehicle-Trailer units, and
WHEREAS pursuant to NR 1..91(5) the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has
determined that granting permits for boating access on bodies of water where the
maximum access standards are exceeded will materially impair navigation and is
detrimental to the public interest, and
WHEREAS public boating access on Big Cedar Lake is at the maximum provided for in
NR 1.91(5) at one or more access sites on Big Cedar Lake which in total provide 1
vehicle-trailer unit per 25 open water acres,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE BCLPRD
that the following provisions relating to the use of the Gonring Drive, Hacker Drive and
Cedar Park Drive launch facilities shall be in effect as of August 1, 2018:
Section 2018-1.1 BOAT LAUNCHING TO BIG CEDAR LAKE PROHIBITED AT THE
GONRING DRIVE, HACKER DRIVE AND CEDAR PARK DRIVE BOAT LAUNCH
FACILITIES WHEN THE TWO PARKING AREAS OWNED OR LEASED AND
OPERATED BY THE BCLPRD OFF OF GONRING DRIVE ARE FULL WITH 34
VEHICLE AND/OR VEHICLE-TRAILER UNITS.
On Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, from Memorial Day thru Labor Day of
each year, no person shall launch a boat from the Gonring Drive, Hacker Drive or Cedar
Park Drive boat launch facilities unless:
(A) At the time of launching, there is an available parking space in the BCLPRD’s two
parking areas owned or leased and operated by the BCLPRD off of Gonring Drive for the
vehicle and trailer which transported the boat, the western parking area containing 24
parking spaces and the eastern parking area containing 10 parking spaces, and
(B) such vehicle and trailer is then parked in a parking space in one of the BCLPRD’s
two parking areas off of Gonring Drive, provided however, to assure that parking in such
parking areas is limited to the general public, no owner or tenant of property on Big
Cedar Lake shall be required or permitted to park in such parking areas after launching a
boat owned or operated by such owner or tenant at such launch facilities
Section 2018-1.2 BCLPRD TO ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE BOAT LAUNCH
FACILITIES WHEN PARKING AREAS OFF OF GONRING DRIVE ARE FULL;
EFFECT OF FAILURE TO CLOSE. To aid in accomplishing the prohibition against
launching at the Gonring Drive, Hacker Drive and Cedar Park Drive launch facilities, the
BCLPRD will attempt to close the launch ramps at the Gonring Drive, Hacker Drive and
Cedar Park Drive launch facilities when there is no available parking space in the
BCLPRD’s two parking areas off of Gonring Drive, provided however, the failure of the
BCLPRDÂ to close the launch ramps at the Gonring Drive, Hacker Drive and Cedar
Park Drive launch facilities shall not allow any person to launch a boat in violation of
Section 2018.1.1.
Section 2018-1.3. CITATION ENFORCEMENT. The BCLPRD hereby adopts and
authorizes the use of a citation to be issued for violations of ordinances, including
ordinances for which a statutory counterpart exists, as provided in Section 66.0113, Wis.
Stats. Citations authorized under this Ordinance may be issued by Water Safety Patrol
Officers hired or contracted for by the BCLPRD, and/or by any other employee hired by
the BCLPRD. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the BCLPRD from enforcing
this Ordinance by any other lawful means.
Section 2018-1.4. PENALTIES/CASH DEPOSITS.
1. The penalty/cash deposit for violations of Ordinance 2018-1.1 shall be $75 for the first
offense and $150 for the second and/or subsequent offense during the same calendar
year. The penalty/cash deposit may be paid at the BCLPRD offices or by mail to the
District at 4480 Gonring Dr., West Bend, WI 53095 within ten (10) calendar days of the
date the violation occurred. The cancelled check will serve as the receipt.
2. In the event a penalty/cash deposit has not been paid to the District under Section 2018-
1.4(A) above within ten (10) days of the date the violation occurred, the penalty/cash
deposit is to be made with the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County,
Wisconsin, and said Clerk shall give a receipt for any penalty/cash deposit that is made
in person, unless the penalty/cash deposit amount is mailed in and, in that case, the
cancelled check will serve as the receipt. In addition to the penalty/cash deposit required
in Section 2018-1.4(A) above that has not been paid to the District within ten (10) days of
the date the violation occurred, the penalty/cash deposit shall include a penalty
assessment if required by Section 165.87, Wisconsin Statutes, or any other Wisconsin
Statute, a jail assessment required by Section 302.46(1), Wisconsin Statutes, or any
other Wisconsin Statute, and any applicable fees and court costs prescribed by
Wisconsin Statutes.
Section 2018-1.5. SEVERABILITY. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed
severable and it is expressly declared that the Commissioners of the Big Cedar Lake
Protection & Rehabilitation District would have passed the other provisions of this
Ordinance irrespective of whether or not one or more provisions may be declared invalid.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application of such provision to other
persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
Section 2018-1.6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective on
August 1, 2018, upon passage and publication.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that this Ordinance was adopted by the Commissioners
of the BCLPRD on July 11, 2018 and published in the West Bend Daily News on July,
2018 and that this Ordinance is a true and correct copy of BCLPRD Ordinance 2018-1.
Roger E. Walsh, Chairperson
Big Cedar Lake Protection & Rehabilitation Distric