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Germantown adopts ATV/UTV ordinance, adds posted‑speed safety amendment
Summary
The Village Board approved an ordinance allowing ATVs and UTVs on village streets except where posted speed limits make it unsafe, after debate on safety, enforcement, and comparisons with neighboring communities.
The Germantown Village Board on Nov. 17 adopted an ordinance to permit all‑terrain and utility‑terrain vehicles on village roads, with an important safety amendment requiring routes to conform to posted speed limits.
The ordinance, drafted with legal input and police recommendations, would make local streets ATV/UTV routes except for county and state highways where posted speed (rather than a fixed 35‑mph…
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