No owner or occupant shall allow the sidewalk abutting on his
premises to be littered with rubbish or dirt. If such owner or occupant
shall refuse or fail to remove any such rubbish or dirt when notified
to do so by the Village Board or its designee, the Village Board or
its designee may cause the same to be done and report the cost thereof
to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, who shall spread the cost on the tax
roll as a special tax against the premises, pursuant to § 66.0703,
Wis. Stats., or such cost may be recovered in an action against the
owner or occupant.
The location and construction of driveways shall be in accordance
with the following:
A. Width. No driveway shall exceed 30 feet in width unless special permission
is obtained from the Director of Public Works.
B. Interference with intersections. Within 30 feet of street intersections,
a driveway shall not be provide direct ingress to or egress from the
street area and shall not occupy areas of the roadway deemed necessary
by the Director of Public Works or designee for effective traffic
control or for roadway signs or signals.
C. Interference with street. No driveway apron shall extend out into
the street farther than the face of the curb or flow line, and under
no circumstances shall such driveway apron extend into the gutter
area.
D. Number
of approaches limited. No more than one driveway entrance and approach
shall be constructed for any lot or premises except where deemed necessary
and feasible without due impairment of safety, convenience and utility
of the street by the Village Board. Any two approaches shall be at
least 10 feet apart.
E. Approval required. No person shall construct or maintain any driveway
within the road right-of-way without first obtaining a permit.
F. Drainage. All driveway entrances, approaches and culverts shall be
constructed to not interfere with the drainage of the street, side
ditches or roadside or with any structure within the road right-of-way.
When required by the Director of Public Works to provide adequate
surface water drainage along the street, the property owner shall
provide any necessary culvert pipe at his own expense.
G. Erosion control. Erosion control measures shall be implemented per Chapter
250, Construction Site Erosion Control, of this Code.
H. Reconstruction of sidewalks and curb and gutter. When the construction
of a driveway requires the removal of curb and gutter or sidewalk,
the new construction shall meet Village specifications on file with
the Village Clerk-Treasurer and be done in a neat, orderly, workmanlike
manner.
I. Culverts. If required by the Village, culverts shall be installed
prior to any work being done on the property served and will follow
specifications on file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer. The property
owner shall keep his culvert unobstructed and clean of debris.
J. Costs. All costs associated with the driveway installation, including
but not limited to sidewalk repairs, curb and gutter repairs, storm
grate repairs, culvert installations, driveway installations, materials,
restoration, erosion control measures and labor, are to be paid by
the property owner.
K. Variances. Any of the above requirements may be varied by the Village
Board in such instances where the particular nature of the property
or the design of the street may make the rigid adherence to the above
requirements impossible.
Curb and gutter construction and reconstruction shall be completed
in accordance with the specifications on file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
Permits for moving buildings shall be issued under Chapter
231, Building Construction, § 231-13, Moving buildings, of this Code.
[Amended 10-11-2011; 5-10-2022]
A. Removal from sidewalks. The owner, occupant or person in charge of
any parcel or lot which fronts upon or abuts any sidewalk shall keep
said sidewalk clear of all snow and ice. In the event of snow accumulating
on said sidewalk due to natural means and/or by any other means, said
sidewalk shall be cleared of all accumulated snow and/or ice within
24 hours from the time the snow ceases to accumulate on said sidewalk.
In the event that ice has formed on any sidewalk in such a manner
that it cannot be removed, the owner, occupant or person in charge
of the parcel or lot which fronts upon or adjoins said sidewalk shall
keep the sidewalk sprinkled with sand and/or salt to permit safe travel
by pedestrians.
B. Notice; removal of snow from sidewalks. If the owner, occupant or person in charge of any parcel or lot which fronts upon or adjoins any sidewalk shall fail to keep said sidewalk clear of snow and ice as set forth in Subsection
A, Village law enforcement officers and other designated Village officials and employees shall provide one written notice per season, giving them the opportunity to cure their default. After that one written notice, the following shall apply:
(1) Hazardous conditions. In the event that the property owner, occupant
or person in charge of said parcel or lot is unavailable to receive
a written notice, the law enforcement officer or other designated
Village officials and employees shall immediately cause the removal
of the snow and/or ice. The law enforcement officer or other designated
Village officials and employees shall provide a written notice to
the last known address of the property owner notifying him that a
hazardous condition existed which required immediate abatement.
(2) Snow and ice not to encroach. No person shall push, shove or in any
way deposit any snow or ice onto any public street, alley, sidewalk
or public land dedicated to public use except for parcels or lots
located where existing buildings are constructed within five feet
of the street right-of-way and the sidewalks exist from the Village
right-of-way to the curbline. In such instances, the owners, occupants
and/or employees of parcels or lots shall be permitted to deposit
snow and ice from their sidewalks onto the public streets.
C. Continued violations. Each twenty-four-hour period where a violation
occurs shall constitute a separate offense under this section for
enforcement purposes. Repeated violations or subsequent additional
accumulations of snow and/or ice shall not nullify any pending notice
issued under this section.
D. Abatement after notice. Failure of the owner, occupant or person in charge of any parcel or lot to cause the removal of snow and/or ice within the time established under Subsection
B(1) and
(2) after receiving a written notice shall result in the Village causing the removal of said snow and/or ice.
E. Expense. An account of the expenses incurred by the Village to abate
the snow and/or ice hazard shall be kept, and such expenses shall
be charged to and paid by the parcel or lot owner. Notice of the bill
for the removal of snow and/or ice shall be mailed to the last known
address of the owner of the parcel or lot and shall be payable within
10 calendar days from the receipt thereof. Within 60 days after such
costs and expenses are incurred and remain unpaid, the Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall enter those charges onto the tax roll as a special tax as provided
by § 66.0907(5), Wis. Stats.
F. Penalty. In addition to the provisions set forth in this section, any person, firm or corporation who or which violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in §
1-4 of this Code.
All vaults and cisterns under sidewalks shall be prohibited.
Requests or petitions by Village property owners for new streets,
street resurfacing, curb and gutter, storm sewers, utility work and
sidewalks shall be presented to the Village Board on or before September
15 to be considered for installation in the following year.
No person shall in any manner obstruct or cause to be obstructed
the free passage of water in any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale
or drain or place or cause to be placed any rubbish, dirt, sand, gravel
or any other matter or thing so that the same is likely to be carried
by the elements into any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale or drain.