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 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.
[Amended 5-11-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-01; 7-10-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-02]
A. Board may order. The Village Board may determine that sidewalks may
be constructed, laid, rebuilt or repaired along or upon any public
street, right-of-way or highway within the Village. The Village Board
may determine or change the width or grade of any street or sidewalk.
B. Cost of sidewalks.
(1) New subdivision sidewalks. Sidewalks required in new subdivisions and developments shall be paid for by the land divider pursuant to Chapter
477, Subdivision of Land, of this Code. New sidewalks constructed in existing areas of the Village shall be paid for by adjacent property owners.
(2) Sidewalk repair and reconstruction. The property owner will be assessed
50% of the cost of sidewalk reconstruction based on current cost estimates
provided to the Village of Brandon at that time.
(a)
When new sidewalks are installed on one side of the street without
sidewalks on either side, 100% of the assessment shall be distributed
equally between property owners on both sides of the street.
C. Permit required. No person shall hereafter lay, remove, replace or
repair any public sidewalk within the Village of Brandon unless he/she
is under contract with the Village to do such work or has obtained
a permit therefor from the Clerk or Director of Public Works at least
two days before work is proposed to be undertaken. A fee as set by
the Village Board shall be charged for such permit.
D. Standard specifications for sidewalk.
(1) Slope.
(a)
All forms must be approved by the Director of Public Works or
other inspector designated by the Director of Public Works before
concrete is poured. To provide adequate drainage, the sidewalk shall
slope toward the curb at a minimum rate of 1/2 inch per foot of width
of sidewalk. All joints and edges shall be finished with a one-fourth-inch
radius edging tool.
(2) Width and thickness.
(a)
Residential walks shall match width, but not less than four
inches in thickness, except within driveway approaches where the minimum
thickness shall be seven inches.
(b)
Sidewalks in front of commercial or industrial establishments
shall be not less than eight feet in width and five inches in thickness
except within driveway approaches where the minimum thickness shall
be seven inches.
(3) Finishing. The concrete shall be struck off true to grade, finished
smooth and given a broom finish. All edges shall be rounded. No tool
marks shall be left on exposed surfaces. In case of rain, the walk
shall be covered to protect the surface from being damaged. Sidewalks
shall be kept free from all traffic at normal temperatures for 48
hours.
E. Repair or replacement of defective sidewalks.
(1) The Village Board may determine that any sidewalk which is unsafe,
defective, or insufficient be repaired or removed and replaced with
a sidewalk in accordance with this section. The existence of any one
or more of the hereinafter enumerated characteristics shall determine
whether a sidewalk is defective or insufficient:
(a)
If an owner disagrees with the need for the repair, they may
appeal to the next meeting of the Board of Public Works, whose decision
would be final. An owner may decide to perform the work themselves.
The owner has 60 days to complete the repairs or have it repaired
by the Village. Owners are assessed for 50% of the sidewalk replacement
costs.
(b)
One inch or more vertical differential between adjacent sharp
edged individual sidewalk blocks (crack in slab) and between adjacent
round edged individual sidewalk blocks (joint).
(c)
One-and-one-fourth inch horizontal distance between adjacent
individual sidewalk blocks.
(d)
Deterioration of the surface to a vertical depth of 1/2 inch
or more within each individual sidewalk block.
(2) If 60% of a property owner's sidewalk blocks are determined
to be defective of insufficient, the entire sidewalk shall be replaced.
F. Illegal sidewalks. No sidewalk which shall be constructed contrary
to the provisions of this section shall be considered a legal sidewalk
and the same may be ordered to be replaced with a legal sidewalk and
with one that is in conformity with this section, the same as if no
sidewalk whatever had been built or constructed in the place where
any such sidewalk is located.
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.
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 Brandon shall not permit any person to use and/or
lease any Village office or public works equipment for private purposes.
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 66.1035, Rights of abutting owners.
B. Section 82.19, Discontinuance of highways.
C. Section 86.03, Trees on and adjacent to highway.
D. Section 86.04, Highway encroachments.
E. Section 86.05, Entrances to highways restored.
F. Section 86.06, Highways closed to travel.
G. Section 86.07, Digging in highways or using bridges for advertising.
H. Section 86.105, Snow removal in private driveways.
I. Section 86.19, Highway signs, regulation, prohibition.
J. Section 893.83, Damages caused by accumulation of snow or ice; liability
of city, village, town, and county.
All grass clippings from lawnmowing 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 Brandon where
such grass clippings could wash into any storm sewer drainage inlet
in significant quantities.