[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Wescott
1994 by Ord. No. 95-2. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to establish standards for safe
mailbox installation and to promote the public safety of persons who
travel the roads in the Town of Wescott by reducing and/or eliminating
potential hazards which may be created by mailboxes with improper
support systems in the Town of Wescott.
The Town Board of the Town of Wescott has the specific statutory
authority, powers and duties, pursuant to §§ 60.10(2)(c)
and 82.03, Wis. Stats., and by the granting of village powers by the
Town of Wescott. For the peace and good order, health, safety and
welfare of the public, the Town Board establishes standards for safe
mailbox installation and enforces against improper support systems
thereof.
No person shall cause, allow or permit any person to install
a mailbox, in the Town of Wescott, which may create a safety hazard
and/or which is in violation of this chapter.
The Town of Wescott requires that mailboxes be installed in
the following manner:
A.
Support.
(1)
The support shall be a wood post, steel pipe, or steel channel installed
no more than 24 inches in the ground and extending to a vertical height
such that the bottom of the mailbox is 42 inches to 48 inches above
the ground surface. The support shall be the following dimensions:
(2)
The support shall not be set in concrete, nor attached to a base
plate. Anti-twist flanges may be installed on the pipe or channel
supports but shall not be imbedded more than 10 inches into the ground.
B.
Attachment. The box-to-post attachment shall be sufficient to prevent
the separation of the box from the support post when struck.
C.
Multiple mailboxes. No more than two mailboxes shall be mounted on
one support post. For a multiple installation, support posts must
be spaced a minimum longitudinal distance apart which is equal to
3/4 of the height of the posts in the installation.
(1)
Example: in an installation where posts are 48 inches above ground,
they shall be spaced no less than three feet 36 inches apart.
Any person who is notified of a nonconforming mailbox shall
remove, relocate or otherwise bring the mailbox into compliance with
this chapter within 60 days after receiving said notification unless,
upon said notice, correction is prevented because frost is in the
ground. In the event of frost in the ground, the owner of a mailbox
then has 60 days after the following April 1 to comply. If correction
of nonconforming mailbox is not made within the required time period,
said person shall be deemed to be in violation of this chapter and
shall be subject to the penalties as set forth herein.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates this chapter shall, upon conviction,
be subject to the forfeiture amount in the Fine and Forfeiture Schedule
of the Town of Wescott and shall be set from time to time by resolution
by the Town of Wescott. Each violation and each day a violation continues
or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, if the
owner of a mailbox fails to comply by remedying the nonconforming
installation with the required time period after notification, the
Town of Wescott may remove said mailbox and bill the owner for expenses
involved in its removal. Any unpaid removal cost may result in a special
charge being placed against the property on the next tax billing.
In the event that any section or sections hereinabove shall
be ruled unconstitutional, by any competent court, such determination
shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the other sections
of this chapter, and the remainder of said ordinance shall remain
in full force and effect.
This chapter takes effect upon passage and publication within
30 days thereafter.
