[Adopted as Secs. 25.01, 25.02(1), 25.03, 25.04 and 25.09 of the 2003 Municipal Code]
In the construction of this Code of general ordinances, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the ordinances:
A. 
Wisconsin Statutes. The term "Wisconsin Statutes" or "Wis. Stats.," wherever used in this Code, shall mean the current Wisconsin Statutes; the term shall include session laws of the Legislature not yet printed in statute form.
B. 
Gender; singular and plural. Every word in this Code and in any ordinance importing the masculine gender may extend and be applied to females as well as males, and every word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as to one person or thing; provided that these rules of construction shall not be applied to any provisions which shall contain any express language excluding such construction or when the subject matter or context of such provisions may be repugnant thereto.
C. 
Person. The word "person" extends and applies to natural persons, firms, corporations, associations, partnerships or other bodies politic and all entities of any kind capable of being sued unless plainly inapplicable.
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Acts by agents. When a provision requires an act to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requisition shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.
If the provisions of the different chapters of this Code conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions of each chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions arising out of the subject matter of such chapter.
Whenever, in this Code, any standard, code, rule, regulation or other written or printed matter, other than the Wisconsin Statutes or other sections of this Code, are adopted by reference, they shall be deemed incorporated in this Code as if fully set forth herein, and the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby directed and required to file, deposit and keep in his office a copy of the code, standard, rule, regulation or other written or printed matter as adopted. Materials so filed, deposited and kept shall be public records open for examination with proper care by any person during the Clerk-Treasurer's office hours, subject to such orders or regulations which the Clerk-Treasurer may prescribe for their preservation.
[Amended 5-6-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01; 7-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-013]
A. 
General penalty. Except as provided in Subsection B below, whenever so provided in this Code, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a penalty, which shall be as follows:
B. 
First offense, penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code subject to a penalty shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $20 nor more than $800, together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until said forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
C. 
Second offense, penalty. Any person found guilty of violating any ordinance or part of an ordinance of this Code who shall previously have been convicted of a violation of the same ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $1,600 for each such offense, together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until said forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to exceed six months.
D. 
Penalty for minors. In the event proceedings are commenced against children aged 16 or older for violations of Chapter 430, Vehicles and Traffic, of this Code, or children 14 years of age or older for other violations of this Code, except Chapter 430, the provisions of §§ 938.17(2), 938.237, 48.37, 938.343 and 938.344, Wis. Stats., shall be applicable.
E. 
Continued violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this Code shall preclude the Village from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this Code.
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Execution against defendant's property. Whenever any person fails to pay any forfeiture and costs of prosecution upon the order of the court for violation of any ordinance of the Village, the court may, in lieu of ordering imprisonment of the defendant, or after the defendant has been released from custody, issue an execution against the property of the defendant for said forfeiture and costs.
All court proceedings and the penalties as described in this Code shall be governed by the applicable Wisconsin Statutes and the Constitution of the State in the Circuit Court, or Circuit Courts, having jurisdiction over offenses of Village ordinances that occur within the Village. Any reference in this Code that refers to Municipal Court or to the Municipal Judge is hereby amended to that of Circuit Court and Circuit Judge of the county where applicable.