[Added 11-3-2016]
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 (leaves will be allowed to be placed
in the street during fall leaf pickup between October 25 and November
15, annually), construction waste, garbage or other offensive material
in any public street, gutter, sidewalk, alley, or upon any public
property or upon any property of another, without express permission
of the owner, the Village and/or occupant thereof.
In addition to any other penalty imposed, if the owner or occupant
of the premises adjoining any unlawfully obstructed sidewalk shall
refuse or neglect to remove such obstruction within 24 hours after
notice from the Director of Public Works to do so, it shall be the
duty of the Director of Public Works to remove such obstruction and
make return of the cost and expense thereof to the Village Clerk,
who shall enter such cost on the next annual tax roll as a special
charge against the property abutting such obstructed sidewalk, and
such sum shall be levied and collected as other special taxes against
real estate.
[Amended 1-7-2010 by Ord.
No. 01-11-10A; 1-7-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-101]
A. Responsibility of owner, occupant, etc. The owner, occupant or person
in charge of each and every residence, building or other structure
or property in the Village of Footville fronting on or abutting on
any street shall, without notice, be required to clear any public
sidewalk within the street right-of-way of snow and ice, to the width
of such sidewalk within 24 hours after the snow ceases to fall; and
shall cause the same to be kept clear of all ice and snow. If ice
forms on any sidewalk so that it cannot be immediately removed, the
owner, occupant or person in charge shall keep the sidewalk sprinkled
with ashes, sawdust, sand or salt until said ice can be fully removed.
B. For purpose of enforcement of this section, the owner, occupant or
person in charge of the property shall be responsible for compliance
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed for each day that
the violation continues.
C. Irrespective of whether or not a citation is issued in regard to
any violation of this section, the Public Works Department may cause
the removal of such snow and ice remaining upon a sidewalk in violation
and report the full cost of removal to the Village Clerk to be assessed
as a special charge for current services against the property in accordance
with § 66.0627, Wis. Stats. The amount to be charged for
removal of snow and ice by the Village shall be calculated on a per
hour cost for the time and equipment required by the Village employees
to perform the removal, subject to a minimum charge, all to be established
by the Village Board of Trustees from time to time and kept on file
for public inspection at the office of the Village Clerk. Notice of
the charge shall be provided by the posting of this chapter and by
means of a bill for the amount of the charge to be issued by the Village
Clerk to the person or entity responsible to pay the charge.
[Added 1-7-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-101]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to push or deposit snow, or cause
snow to be pushed or deposited from their own personal property into
the public streets and/or right-of-way so as to cause a nuisance or
obstruction. The Village may cause such deposits of snow to be removed
from the street, without notice, and the cost of such removal shall
be charged to the property owner. Note: The 200 block of Depot Street
will be exempt from this section.
B. Please remember to follow the Village's winter parking restrictions
so our plows can get through. All vehicles must be off the street
immediately when one inch of snow has fallen.
[Added 1-3-1991 by Ord.
No. 1-3-91]
No person shall burn any leaves, trash, garbage, wood, grass,
rubbish or other combustible debris or material or permit the same
to be burned upon any public street, court or alley or upon any Village
owned property within the Village of Footville.