The purpose of this chapter is to promote the health, safety,
aesthetics, and general welfare of the people and communities and
environment within the Menominee Indian Reservation. The general intent
of this chapter is to regulate the timely disposal and cleanup of
junked and nuisance vehicles and mobile homes. It is further intended
to provide for the administration and enforcement of this chapter
and to provide penalties for its violation.
This chapter shall be effective upon final approval by the Tribal
Legislature.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
INOPERABLE
A motor vehicle, truck body or trailer which is incapable
of legal operation or use upon a roadway on the Menominee Indian Reservation.
JUNK MOBILE HOME
Any mobile home that is:
A.
Uninhabitable or is unkempt or uninhabitable by humans for more
than 180 consecutive days;
B.
Not hooked up to a legal and functioning sewage system for more than 14 days unless used as an accessory structure in accordance with §
625-242B of Chapter
625, Zoning;
C.
Burned out or otherwise an eyesore and a burden on surrounding
property; or
D.
Not in conformance with Chapter
625, Zoning, for more than 14 days.
JUNK VEHICLE
Any unlicensed and inoperable or disassembled or junked or
wrecked motor vehicle, motor vehicle body, motor vehicle engine, or
motor vehicle drive train parts.
MOBILE HOME
A portable structure with a permanent chassis and axles designed
to be towed as a single unit, or in sections, upon a highway and which
is equipped, used or intended to be used primarily as a single-family
dwelling with walls of rigid, uncollapsible construction and which
has an overall length in excess of 45 feet.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any automobile, truck, tractor, motorcycle, recreational
vehicle, van, motor scooter, lawn mower, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle,
airplane, or any other motorized object used for transportation.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
An act of omission that obstructs, damages, or inconveniences
the health, safety, comfort, convenience, or welfare of a community.
SURFACE WATER
All waters open to the atmosphere, including rivers, streams,
creeks, lakes, reservoirs, impoundments, and wetlands, but excluding
sewage lagoons and other facilities constructed for the treatment
of wastewater, settling ponds, and cooling lakes.
TRAILER
A vehicle designed to serve wherever parked as a temporary
or permanent human dwelling or business and/or a nonautomotive vehicle
designed for hauling.
USED MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE
A tire, with or without a rim, that has been used on a motor
vehicle and is not attached to a motor vehicle and is not being reasonably
used for landscaping or other utilitarian or recreational purpose.