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.
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 of occupant thereof.
[Amended 8-12-2021 by Ord. No. A-133]
A. Definition. The definition of "terrace area" shall be as defined in §
415-2.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B. Noxious weeds; paving. All that part of the terrace not covered by
a sidewalk shall be kept free and clear of all noxious weeds and shall
not be paved, surfaced or covered with any material which shall prevent
the growth of plants and shall be maintained as a lawn, except in
areas specifically approved by the Village Board or its designee.
Basketball backstops, statuary, structures, flagpoles and other objects
shall not be placed in the terrace area.
C. Responsibility to maintain. Every owner of land in the Village whose
land abuts a terrace is required to maintain, or have maintained by
his tenant, the terrace directly abutting such land as provided in
this section and elsewhere in this Code.
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
1 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.
No property owner shall allow downspouts or other forms of structure
drainage to discharge onto a sidewalk in a manner that constitutes
a hazard to the public.