No person shall impede the progress of a fire engine, fire truck
or other fire apparatus of the United Fire and Rescue District along
the streets or alleys of such Village at the time of a fire or when
the United Fire and Rescue District is using such streets or alleys
in response to a fire alarm or for practice.
It shall be lawful for any fire fighter while acting under the
direction of the incident commander or any other officer in command
to enter upon the premises adjacent to or in the vicinity of a building
or other property then on fire for the purpose of extinguishing such
fire, and in case any person shall hinder, resist or obstruct any
fire fighter in the discharge of his duty as is hereinbefore provided,
the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of resisting fire fighters
in the discharge of their duty.
Whenever there shall be a fire or fire alarm or the United Fire
and Rescue District shall be out for practice, every person driving
or riding in a motorized or other vehicle shall move and remain to
the side of the street until the fire engine and fire truck and other
fire apparatus shall have passed.
No person shall occupy any portion of such streets or alleys
with a motorized or other vehicle between such fire engine or fire
truck or other fire apparatus and any hydrant to which a fire hose
may be or may be about to be attached.
[Amended 10-11-2011; 3-10-2020]
Individual property owners within the Village of Woodville receiving
firefighting and fire protection services will be charged a fee as
set by the United Fire and Rescue District, per call, for actual firefighting
and fire protection services provided to their individual property
plus any out-of-pocket expenses incurred for heavy equipment rented
from third parties, nondistrict personnel for handling hazardous substances,
etc. If a call is made to a vehicle located on a public road within
the Village of Woodville, the charges shall be imposed on all owners
of such vehicle.
[Added 4-13-2004 (Sec. 5-2-11 of the 1996 Code); amended 10-11-2011]
A. From and after the effective date of this section, each residence,
place of business, or other primary building structure within the
Village of Woodville shall be required to have assigned to it, from
and through the Village, a street identification number.
(1) All such assigned identification numbers shall be placed:
(b) Upon a signpost located at or near the front property line; or
(c) Upon a building (only if such building is located within 20 feet
of the right-of-way) on or as close as possible to the entrance door.
(2) All
such identification numbers shall be at least three inches in height,
shall be of a contrasting color to the color of the surface to which
they are affixed and shall be visible from both directions from the
abutting public right-of-way. (Example: If the right-of-way runs north
and south, then the numbers must be visible from north of the mailbox
or signpost and south of the mailbox or signpost; on culs-de-sac,
the numbers must be visible from all angles.)
(3) This section shall not prohibit the assigned numbers from being written
out in addition to the numerical numbers required above.
B. Variances. The Village Board may grant variances from the terms of
this section if a property owner can demonstrate that a literal enforcement
of this section will be unduly burdensome or would defeat its purpose
and intent.
C. Enforcement. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be subject to the penalty specified in §
1-4 of this Code.
The following orders, rules and regulations of the Department
of Safety and Professional Services (formerly the Department of Commerce),
all of which are set forth in the Wisconsin Administrative Code as
from time to amended, are incorporated herein by reference and adopted
as part of this chapter:
A. Chapter Comm 7, Explosives and Fireworks.
B. Chapter Comm 10, Flammable, Combustible and Hazardous Liquids.
C. Chapter Comm 14, Fire Prevention.
D. Chapter Comm 32, Public Employee Safety and Health.
E. Chapter Comm 40, Gas Systems.
F. Chapter Comm 43, Anhydrous Ammonia.
G. Chapters Comm 60 to 66, Commercial Building Code.
H. Wisconsin Electrical Code.