[Adopted 3-1-1993 by Ord.
No. 2-93 (§§ 1.01 through 1.03, 1.05,
1.06 and 1.12 of the 1993 Municipal Code)]
Unless otherwise provided in this Code, this Code applies to
acts performed within the corporate limits of the City of Edgerton.
Provisions of this Code also apply to acts performed outside the corporate
limits and up to the limits prescribed by law, where the law confers
power on the City to regulate such particular acts outside the corporate
limits.
[Amended 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 23-10]
In the construction of this Code, the following rules shall
be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the
manifest intent of the ordinance:
A. Wisconsin
statutes. The term "Wisconsin Statutes" and its abbreviation as "Wis.
Stats." wherever used in this Code shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes
as of the adoption of this Code, as amended or renumbered from time
to time.
B. Gender,
singular and plural. Every word in this Code and in any ordinance
importing the masculine gender may extend and be applied to any gender,
and every word importing the singular number only may extend and be
applied to several persons or things as well as to one person or thing,
provided that these rules of construction shall not be applied to
any provisions which shall contain any express language excluding
such construction or when the subject matter or context of such provisions
may be repugnant to such construction.
C. Person.
The word "person" extends and applies to natural persons, firms, corporations,
associations, partnerships or other bodies politic and all entities
of any kind capable of being sued unless plainly inapplicable.
D. Acts
by agents. When a provision requires an act to be done which may by
law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requisition
shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized
agent.
[Amended 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 23-10]
Whenever in this Code any standard, code, rule, regulation or
other written or printed matter, other than the Wisconsin Statutes
or other sections of this Code, are adopted by reference, they shall
be deemed incorporated in this Code as if fully set forth herein,
and the City Administrator is directed and required to file, deposit
and keep a copy of the code, standard, rule, regulation or other written
or printed matter as adopted. Materials so filed, deposited and kept
shall be public records open for examination with proper care by any
person during the City Administrator's office hours, subject to such
orders or regulations which the City Administrator may prescribe for
their preservation.
A seal, with the words "City of Edgerton, Wisconsin" in a circular
form, with the words "Incorporated March 20, 1883" in a smaller circle
and the word "Seal" in the center of such circle, shall be, and the
same is made, the corporate seal of the City of Edgerton. This seal
shall be kept in the custody of the City Administrator.
[Adopted 7-17-2023 by Ord. No. 23-10]
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the ordinances of the City of Edgerton of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Edgerton, as revised and codified and consisting of Chapters
1 through
450, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of the City of Edgerton, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall supersede and replace the 1993 Code of Ordinances, as amended and supplemented.
The Clerk of the City of Edgerton shall cause notice of the passage of this ordinance to be given in the manner required by law. The notice of passage of this ordinance coupled with the filing of the Code in the office of the City Clerk as provided in §
1-9 shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Each section of this ordinance and of the Code and every part
of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and
the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Code and the
application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall
not be affected thereby.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in §
1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any ordinance adopted subsequent to February 6, 2023.
B. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any
legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance
or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right
or liability.
C. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of
this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending
or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance
brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred.
F. Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening,
relocating, straightening, establishing grade, naming, improvement,
acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road,
highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising
or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and
delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the City's
indebtedness.
H. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property
or any lawful contract or obligation.
I. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J. The annexation or dedication of property or approval of preliminary
or final subdivision plats.
K. Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing taxes or
special assessments therefor.
L. All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner
of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
M. Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension
fund for municipal employees.
N. Any ordinances adopting or amending the Zoning Map or otherwise rezoning
property.
P. Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending
a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained
from the City.
Q. Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending
a deposit or bond schedule.
R. Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending
rates or charges for water or sewer service.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with the Code in any manner which will cause the laws of the City of Edgerton to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section shall be subject, upon conviction, to a penalty as provided in §
1-6 of the Code.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication
or posting as provided by law.