[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Iron Ridge as Title 6, Ch. 1 and Title 8, Ch. 4, Sec. 8-4-8 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The Board of Health may make reasonable and general rules for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and for the prevention of the creation of health nuisances and the protection of the public health and welfare, and may, where appropriate, require the issuance of licenses and permits. All such regulations shall have the same effect as ordinances and any person violating any of such regulations and any lawful order of the Board shall be subject to the general penalty provided for in this Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II.
A. 
Defined. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HEALTH NUISANCE
Any source of filth or cause of sickness.
B. 
Duty to abate. The Board of Health shall abate health nuisances pursuant to § 254.59, Wis. Stats., which is adopted by reference and made a part of this section.
A. 
Sanitary requirements. All structures, pens, buildings, stables, coops or yards wherein animals or fowl are kept shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, free of rodents, vermin and objectionable odors.
B. 
Animals excluded from food handling establishments. No person shall take or permit to remain any dog, cat or other live animal on or upon any premises where food is sold, offered for sale or processed for consumption by the general public.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any public street or on any public ground or on any private property not his own any refuse, garbage, litter, waste material or liquid or any other objectionable material or liquid. When any such material is placed on the person's own private property, it shall be properly enclosed and covered so as to prevent the same from becoming a public nuisance.
A. 
The Village Clerk shall annually on or before May 15 publish as required by state law a notice that every person is required by law to destroy all noxious weeds on lands in the Village which he owns, occupies or controls. A joint notice with other towns or municipalities may be utilized.
B. 
If the owner or occupant shall neglect to destroy any weeds as required by such notice, then the Weed Commissioner of the Village shall give five days' written notice by mail to the owner or occupant of any lands upon which the weeds shall be growing to the effect that the said Weed Commissioner after the expiration of five days' period will proceed to destroy or cause to be destroyed all such weeds growing upon said lands and that the cost thereof will be assessed as a tax upon the lands upon which such weeds are located under the provisions of § 66.0517, Wis. Stats. In case the owner or occupant shall further neglect to comply with such five-day notice, then the Weed Commissioner shall destroy such weeds or cause them to be destroyed in the manner deemed to be the most economical method and the expense thereof, including the cost of billing and other necessary administrative expenses, shall be charged against such lots and be collected as a special tax thereon.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
C. 
As provided for in § 66.0407, Wis. Stats., the Village shall require that all noxious weeds shall be destroyed prior to the time in which such plants would mature to the bloom or flower state. The growth of noxious weeds in excess of eight inches in height from the ground surface shall be prohibited within the Village corporate limits. Noxious weeds shall include any weed, grass or similar plant growth which if allowed to pollinate would cause or produce hay fever in human beings or would cause a skin rash through contact with the skin.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III)]
(1) 
Noxious weeds, as defined in this section, shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) 
Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle).
(b) 
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).
(c) 
Ambrosia trifida (great ragweed).
(d) 
Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge).
(e) 
Convolvulus arvensis (creeping jenny or field bind weed).
(f) 
Tragopogon dubius (goat's beard).
(g) 
Rhus radicans (poison ivy).
(h) 
Cirsium vulgaries (bull thistle).
(i) 
Pastinaca sativa (wild parsnip).
(j) 
Arctium minus (burdock).
(k) 
Xanthium strumarium (cocklebur).
(l) 
Amaranthus retroflexus (pigweed).
(m) 
Chenopodium album (common lambsquarter).
(n) 
Rumex crispus (curled dock).
(o) 
Cannabis sativa (hemp).
(p) 
Plantago lancellata (English plantain).
(2) 
Noxious grasses, as defined in this section, shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) 
Agrostia alba (redtop).
(b) 
Dactylis glomerata (orchard).
(c) 
Phleum pratensis (timothy poa).
(d) 
Pratensis (Kentucky blue).
(e) 
Sorghum halepense (johnson).
(f) 
Setaria (foxtail).[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Secs. 6-1-6, Regulation of Natural Lawns, and 6-1-7, Regulation of Length of Lawn and Grasses, which immediately followed this section, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III); see now Ch. 264, Property Maintenance.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2-2011]
State smoking ban adopted. The provisions of § 101.123, Wis. Stats., as amended hereafter, are adopted by reference in their entirety including the penalty provisions thereof.
A. 
Storage of automobiles restricted.
(1) 
No disassembled, inoperable, unlicensed, junked or wrecked motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, trailers, farm machinery or appliances shall be stored or allowed to remain in the open upon private property within the Village for a period exceeding 10 days unless it is in connection with a properly licensed automotive or appliance sales, repair or storage business enterprise located in a properly zoned area.
(2) 
Any business engaged in automotive sales or repair may retain such vehicles in the open, on private property, for a period not to exceed three months, after which such vehicles must be enclosed by a screening or live planting to be approved by the Village Board, after an advisory recommendation from the Plan Commission.
B. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DISASSEMBLED, INOPERABLE, JUNKED OR WRECKED MOTOR VEHICLES, TRUCK BODIES, TRACTORS, TRAILERS
Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, farm machinery or trailers in such state of physical or mechanical ruin as to be incapable of propulsion, being operated upon the public streets or highways or which is 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.
INOPERABLE APPLIANCE
Any stove, washer or refrigerator which is no longer operable in the sense for which it was manufactured.
MOTOR VEHICLE
As defined in § 340.01(35), Wis. Stats.
UNLICENSED - MOTOR VEHICLES, TRUCK BODIES, TRACTORS OR TRAILERS
Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors or trailers which do not bear lawful current license plates.
C. 
Exceptions. This section 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 when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise, in a storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner, or seasonal use vehicles such as snowmobiles, motorcycles, motor scooters and nonmotorized campers, provided such vehicles are stored in rear yard areas. Such business enterprises shall include auto junkyards, auto repair and bodyshops, but shall not include automobile service stations or tire, battery and accessory sales stores, except those service stations which operate a duly licensed wrecker service. Also excepted are motor vehicles registered pursuant to §§ 341.265 and 341.266, Wis. Stats. In other situations the Chief of Police may issue permits permitting an extension of not to exceed an additional 30 days time to comply with this section where exceptional facts and circumstances warrant such extension.
D. 
Enforcement.
(1) 
Whenever the Police Department shall find any vehicles or appliances, as described herein, placed or stored in the open upon private property within the Village, they shall notify the owner of said property on which said vehicle or appliance is stored of the violation of this section. If said vehicle or appliance is not removed within five days, the Police Department shall cause to be issued a citation to the property owner or tenant of the property upon which said vehicle or appliance is stored.
(2) 
If such vehicle or appliance is not removed within 20 days after issuance of a citation, the Chief of Police shall cause the vehicle or appliance to be removed and impounded and it shall thereafter be disposed of as prescribed in §§ 303-3 through 303-6 of this Code by the Chief of Police or his duly authorized representative. 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.
E. 
Penalty. Any person who shall interfere with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this section and shall be found guilty thereof shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II, General Penalty. Each motor vehicle or appliance involved shall constitute a separate offense.