[Adopted 12-7-2005 as Title 6, Ch. 1, of the 2005 Village
Code]
No person shall alter the grade of any street, alley, sidewalk
or public ground or any part thereof in the Village of Argyle by any
means whatsoever unless authorized or instructed to do so by the Village
Board or Director of Public Works. All such alterations of grade shall
be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
[Adopted 12-7-2005 as Title 6, Ch. 2, of the 2005 Village
Code]
No owner or occupant shall allow the sidewalk abutting on his/her
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 § 66.0627,
Wis. Stats., or such cost may be recovered in an action against the
owner or occupant.
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.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause to be
deposited, dump, sort, scatter or leave any rubbish, stone, wire,
earth, ashes, cinders, sawdust, hay, glass, manure, filth, paper,
snow, ice, dirt, grass, leaves, construction waste, garbage or other
offensive or noxious material in any public street, sidewalk, alley,
or upon any public property or upon any property of another, without
the express permission of the owner of occupant thereof. Such unlawful
material or obstruction may be removed by the Village and the cost
thereof billed to the violator pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis.
Stats.
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.
Such unlawful material or obstruction may be removed by the Village
and the cost thereof billed to the violator pursuant to § 66.0627,
Wis. Stats.
The Village of Argyle shall not permit any person to use and/or
lease any Village office or public works equipment for private purposes.
An exception to this policy is that Village trucks may be left at
private premises in order to facilitate the loading of brush and stones;
such vehicles shall not be driven or operated by non-Village employees.
The statutory provisions in the following enumerated sections
of the Wisconsin Statutes, exclusive of any provisions therein relating
to the penalties to be imposed or the punishment for violation of
said statutes, are hereby adopted and, by reference, made a part of
this section. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any
regulation incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited
by this section. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications
of the statutory regulations incorporated herein are intended to be
made part of this section.
A. Section 82.19, Highways, Discontinuance of.
B. Section 66.1035, Streets, Rights of Abutting Owners.
C. Section 893.83(1), Highways, Liability for Defects.
D. Section 86.03, Trees, On and Adjacent to Highways.
E. Section 86.04, Highway Encroachments.
F. Section 86.05, Highways, Duty to Restore Entrances.
G. Section 86.06, Highways, Closing to Travel.
H. Section 86.07 Highways, Depositing Rubbish or Digging In.
I. Section 86.105, Driveways, Snow Removal.
J. Section 86.19, Highway Signs, Regulation, Prohibition.
All grass clippings from lawn mowing or other sources shall
not be allowed to accumulate upon any public street or be dumped on
a public right-of-way in such a manner in the Village of Argyle where
such grass clippings could wash into any storm sewer drainage inlet
in significant quantities.