Village of Webster, WI Chapter 228 Property Damage

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Webster 3-13-1986 as Secs. 9-3-1 and 9-3-8 to 9-3-11 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 228-1 Destruction of property; liability of parents.

A. No person shall willfully injure or intentionally deface or destroy or unlawfully remove, take or meddle with any property of any kind or nature within the village and belonging to the village or its departments, the Webster School District or any private person without the consent of the owner or proper authority.

B. Pursuant to § 895.035, Wis. Stats., the parents of an unemancipated minor shall be liable for the damage of property caused by the willful, malicious or wanton act of such child. Such liability shall not exceed $1,000.

§ 228-2 Damaging or tampering with coin machines.

A. No person shall, without lawful authority, open, remove or damage any coin machine, coin telephone or other vending machine dispensing goods or services, or a part thereof, or possess a key or device specifically designed to open or break any coin machine, coin telephone or other vending machine dispensing goods or services or possess a drawing, print or mold of a key or device specifically designed to open or break any coin machine, coin telephone or other vending machine dispensing goods or services within the limits of the village.

B. In this section, "coin machine" means any device or receptacle designed to receive money or any thing of value. The term includes a depository box, parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone, money-changing machine, coin-operated phonograph and amusement machine if they are designed to receive money or other thing of value.

§ 228-3 Damage to public property.

A. Damaging of public property. All persons are hereby prohibited from breaking or otherwise injuring any tree, shrub or plant; breaking, soiling or defacing any fountain, statue or other ornamental structure; or in any way injuring, soiling, damaging or defacing any public building or public property in any public park, square, sidewalk or ground in the village, whether the same shall be owned or held in trust by said village or held in trust for the use of any district of said village.

B. Breaking of street lamps or windows. No person shall break glass in any street lamps or windows of any building owned or occupied by the village.

§ 228-4 Disturbing cemetery property.

No person except the owner of the cemetery lot or a cemetery employee shall cut, remove, injure or carry away flowers, trees, plants or vines from any cemetery lot or property, nor shall any person deface, injure or mark upon any cemetery markers, headstones, monuments, fences or structures, nor shall any person other than the owner injure, carry away or destroy any vases, flower pots, urns or other objects which have been placed on any cemetery lot.

§ 228-5 Liability for costs of repair.

In addition to Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-18 or any other penalty imposed for violation of any section of this chapter, any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public property shall be liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property. The parent or parents of any unemancipated minor child who violates § 228-1 may also be held liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes.