No person shall alter the grade of any street, alley, sidewalk
or public ground or any part thereof in the Village of Grantsburg
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.
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, 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.
[Added 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 22-01; amended 2-13-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A. Removal
from sidewalks. Within 24 hours after the cessation of any fall of
sleet or snow, it shall be the duty of the owners and/or the occupants
of any lot or parcel of land in the Village of Grantsburg to remove,
or cause to be removed, the snow or sleet from any and all sidewalks
adjacent to the premises of such owner or occupant, and to keep the
same free and clear of snow and ice for the full width of the sidewalk.
B. Failure
to remove.
(1) Hazardous
conditions; notice to abate. If the Director of Public Works, a Village
law enforcement officer or other designated Village officials and
employees determine that the failure to keep the sidewalk free and
clear of snow/ice creates an immediate danger to the public health
and/or safety, they shall cause the issuance of a written and/or verbal
notice to the owner, occupant or person in charge of said parcel or
lot directing that the snow/ice be removed within 12 hours from the
delivery of the notice. In the event the property owner, occupant
or person in charge of said parcel or lot is unavailable to receive
a written and/or verbal notice, Village officials may cause the removal
of the snow/ice. The law enforcement officer and other designated
Village officials and employees shall send a written notice to the
last known address of the property owner notifying him/her that a
hazardous snow/ice condition existed which required immediate abatement.
(2) Removal
by Village. In case of failure or neglect of any owner or occupant
of any lot or parcel of land to keep any and all sidewalks adjacent
to their lot or parcel of land free and clear of snow and ice, the
Director of Public Works shall remove, or cause to be removed, any
snow and ice so neglected by the owner or occupant, and a fee established
by the Village Board shall be assessed against the owner or occupant
for the cost and expense of removing such snow/ice. In the event a
property owner has not paid all bills relating to snow/ice removal
by the time that real estate taxes and other special charges are levied,
the Village Clerk shall enter in the tax roll, as a special tax against
the real estate involved, the total unpaid charges for snow/ice removal
for the previous year as provided by § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
C. Snow and
ice not to encroach.
(1) Streets
and sidewalks. No person shall push, shove or in any way deposit any
snow or ice onto any plowed public street, alley, sidewalk or public
lands dedicated to public use.
(2) Handicapped
parking spaces. No person, firm, corporation or partnership or the
owner, tenant, lessee or occupant of any premises having parking spaces
reserved for handicapped drivers or any contractor employed for the
removal of snow and ice shall block access to parking spaces reserved
for handicapped drivers by the plowing, piling or placement of snow
and ice in such reserved spaces.
(3) Fire
hydrants. It shall be unlawful to cover a fire hydrant with snow or
ice.
D. Continued
violations. Each fall of snow or ice where a violation occurs shall
constitute a separate offense under this section for enforcement purposes.
Repeated violations or subsequent additional accumulations of snow
or ice shall not nullify any pending notice issued under this section.
E. 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.
Existing vaults may be ordered removed and filled as public nuisances
by the Village Board or designee.
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 or 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.
The Village of Grantsburg 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. Village equipment may be used by Village employees for
personal, not-for-hire use during times when not in municipal use,
provided that municipal insurance covers such usage.
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, Discontinuance of highways.
B. Section 86.01, Materials left in highway.
C. Section 86.021, Highways, cultivation of; injury by farm machinery.
D. Section 86.022, Obstructing highway with embankment or ditch.
E. Section 86.025, Camping on highways.
F. Section 86.03, Trees on and adjacent to highways.
G. Section 86.04, Highway encroachments.
H. Section 86.05, Entrances to highways restored.
I. Section 86.06, Highways closed to travel.
J. Section 86.07, Digging in highways or using bridges for advertising.
K. Section 86.105, Snow removal in private driveways.
L. 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 Grantsburg
where such grass clippings could wash into any storm sewer drainage
inlet in significant quantities.