[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Theresa 6-3-1996
as §§ 8-1-1 to 8-1-3 and 9-4-1 of the 1996 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Village Board, acting as Board of Health, may make reasonable and general rules for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and for the prevention of the creation of health nuisances and the protection of the public health and welfare and may, where appropriate, require the issuance of licenses and permits. All such regulations shall have the same effect as ordinances, and any person violating any of such regulations and any lawful order of the Board may be subject to the general penalty provided for in Chapter 1, § 1-5 of this Code.
[Amended 8-1-2005 by Ord. No. 1-10]
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any public street
or on any public ground or on any private property not his own any refuse,
garbage, litter, waste material or liquid or any other objectionable material
or liquid. When any such material is placed on the person's own private property,
it shall be properly enclosed and covered so as to prevent the same from becoming
a public nuisance.
A.
Connection notice. Whenever a sewer or water main becomes
available to any building used for human habitation, the Health Officer, or
other authorized municipal authority, shall notify the owner or his agent
in writing in the manner prescribed by § 281.45, Wis. Stats., or
by registered mail addressed to the last known address of the owner or his
agent.
B.
Contents of notice. The notice required by Subsection A shall direct the owner or his agent to connect the building to such main or mains in the manner prescribed by the Health Officer, or other authorized municipal authority, and to install such facilities and fixtures as may be reasonably necessary to permit passage of sewage incidental to such human habitation into the sewerage system and to furnish an adequate supply of pure water for drinking and prevent creation of a health nuisance.
C.
Connection made by Village. If the owner or his agent
fails to comply with the notice of the Health Officer within 10 days of service
or mailing thereof, the Health Officer, or other authorized municipal authority,
may cause connection to be made and the expense thereof shall be assessed
as a special tax against the property.
D.
Installment payments. The owner or his agent may, within
30 days after completion of the work, file a written option with the Village
Clerk-Treasurer stating that he cannot pay the cost of connection in one sum
and electing that such sum be levied in five equal annual installments, with
interest at the rate of 1% over the Village's current borrowing rate from
the completion of the work.
E.
Privies and cesspools prohibited on connected premises.
After connection of any building used for human habitation to a sewer main,
no privy, cesspool or waterless toilet shall be used in connection with such
human habitation.
F.
The Village Board may extend the time for connection
hereunder or may grant other temporary relief where strict enforcement would
work an unnecessary hardship without corresponding public or private benefit.
[Added 8-1-2005 by Ord. No. 1-10]
G.
This section is enacted pursuant to § 281.45,
Wis. Stats.
[Added 8-1-2005 by Ord. No. 1-10]
