[Adopted 11-22-2004 as
§ 10-5-8 of the 2004 Code]
A.
No disassembled, inoperable, unlicensed, junked or wrecked motor
vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, trailers, farm machinery, household
furnishings, abandoned mobile homes or trailers, miscellaneous junk
or appliances, or construction debris shall be stored unenclosed upon
private residential property within the Village of Athens for a period
exceeding 72 hours unless it is in connection with an authorized business
enterprise maintained in such a manner as not to constitute a public
nuisance and in compliance with Village zoning regulations; outside
storage on a commercial or industrial property shall be enclosed by
a fence or other enclosure of a design approved by the Village Board.[1]
B.
Any business engaged in automotive sales or repair located in a properly
zoned district may retain no more than five disassembled or wrecked
vehicles in the open for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which
such vehicles shall be removed.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
One which has not been used or occupied, or which due to
dilapidated condition cannot be occupied in a healthful manner, within
the past 365 days.[1]
Motor vehicles, recreational vehicles (boats, campers, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, etc.), truck bodies, tractors, farm machinery or trailers, and other items listed in § 344-13, in such state of physical or mechanical ruin as to be incapable of propulsion or being operated upon the public streets or highways or which are otherwise not in safe or legal condition for operation on public streets or highways due to missing or inoperative parts, flat or removed tires, expired or missing license plates or other defects.
Type of construction required to hide and harbor vehicles
from public view, excluding tarps. The Village Board shall have sole
authority to determine the adequacy of enclosures required under this
article, which may be a structure, fence, vegetative screening, or
other type of acceptable enclosure.
Any stove, washer, refrigerator or other appliance which
is no longer operable in the sense for which it was manufactured.
Worn out or discarded material of little or no value, including
but not limited to household appliances or parts thereof, tools, discarded
building materials or any other unsightly debris, the accumulation
of which has an adverse effect upon the neighborhood or Village property
values, health, safety or general welfare.
Is defined in § 340.01(35), Wis. Stats. Additionally,
"motor vehicle" means any automobile, automobile part, all-terrain
vehicle, snowmobile, motor home, bus, motorcycle, van or other device
designed for travel.
Considered to be the person(s) who occupies the premises
and who may or may not be the responsible person(s) harboring such
unlicensed motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, recreational vehicles
or trailers which do not bear lawful current license plates.
A.
This article shall not apply to any motor vehicle or motor vehicle
accessories stored within an enclosed building or on the premises
of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner in
a properly zoned area, in such a manner as not to constitute a nuisance,
when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise, in an
enclosed storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place
and manner.
B.
Any business engaged in the sale, repair or storage of such unlicensed
vehicles in a properly zoned district may store such vehicles. The
Village Board may determine the necessity of such storage and may
impose limitations or require fencing or other type of approved enclosure
of such nonresidential properties.
C.
In other situations the Village Board may issue a one-time temporary
permit permitting an extension of not to exceed an additional 30 days'
time to comply with this article where exceptional facts and circumstances
warrant such extension.
A.
Whenever a Village law enforcement officer shall find any vehicles
or appliances, as described herein, placed or stored in the open upon
private property within the Village, he/she shall notify the owner
of said property on which said vehicle or appliance is stored of the
violation of this article. If said vehicle or appliance is not removed
within five days, a Village law enforcement officer shall cause to
be issued a citation to the property owner or tenant of the property
upon which said vehicle or appliance is stored.
B.
If such vehicle or appliance is not removed within 20 days after issuance of a citation, a Village law enforcement officer shall cause the vehicle or appliance to be removed and impounded, and it shall thereafter be disposed of as prescribed in §§ 423-3 to 423-6 of this Code by a Village law enforcement officer. Any cost incurred in the removal and sale of said vehicle or appliance shall be recovered from the owner. However, if the owner of the vehicle or appliance cannot readily be found, the cost of such removal shall be charged to the property from which it is removed, which charges shall be entered as a special charge on the tax roll.
