No person shall have or permit on any premises
owned or occupied by him any open cisterns, cesspools, wells, unused
basements, excavations or other dangerous openings. All such places
shall be filled, securely covered or fenced in such manner as to prevent
injury to any person, and any cover shall be of a design, size and
weight such that the same cannot be removed by small children. Under
no circumstances, whether fenced or made safe from injury, shall such
condition be allowed to exist for more than 12 months.
No person shall leave or permit to remain outside
of any dwelling, building or other structure or within any unoccupied
or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under his control,
in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded
ice box, refrigerator or other container which has an airtight door
or lid, snap lock or other locking device which may not be released
from the inside without first removing said door or lid, snap lock
or other locking device from said ice box, refrigerator or container,
unless such container is displayed for sale on the premises of the
owner or his agent and is securely locked or fastened.
[Amended 2-25-1997 by Ord. No. 834]
A. Whoever intentionally alters indicia of price or value of merchandise or takes and carries away, transfers, conceals or retains possession of merchandise held for resale by a merchant without consent and with intent to deprive the merchant permanently of possession, without paying the full purchase price thereof, may be penalized as provided in Subsection
D.
[Amended 1-25-2000 by Ord. No. 00-3]
B. The intentional concealment of unpurchased merchandise
which continues from one floor to another or beyond the last station
for receiving payments in a merchant's store is evidence of intent
to deprive the merchant permanently of possession of such merchandise
without paying the purchase price thereof. The discovery of unpurchased
merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of another
is evidence of intentional concealment on the part of the person so
concealing such goods.
C. A merchant or merchant's adult employee who has probable
cause for believing that a person has violated this section in his
presence may detain such person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable
length of time to deliver him to a peace officer or to his parent
or guardian if a minor. The detained person must be promptly informed
of the purpose for the detention and may make phone calls, but he
shall not be interrogated or searched against his will before the
arrival of a police officer, who may conduct a lawful interrogation
of the accused person. Compliance with this subsection entitles the
merchant or his employee affecting the detention to the same defense
in any action as is available to a peace officer making an arrest
in the line of duty.
D. Penalty. If the value of the merchandise does not
exceed $500, any person violating this section shall forfeit not more
than $500. If the value of the merchandise exceeds $500, this section
shall not apply and the matter shall be referred to the County District
Attorney for criminal prosecution.
E. In addition to the forfeiture provided for violation
of this section, the judge may order the violator to pay restitution
as permitted by W.S.A. s. 800.093.
No person shall store junked or discarded property,
including automobiles, automobile parts, trucks, tractors, refrigerators,
furnaces, washing machines, stoves, machinery or machinery parts,
wood, bricks, cement blocks or other unsightly debris, which substantially
depreciates property values in the neighborhood except in an enclosure
which houses such property from public view or upon permit issued
by the Common Council. The Chief of Police may require by written
order any premises violating this section to be put in compliance
within the time specified in such order and, if the order is not complied
with, may have the premises put in compliance and the cost thereof
assessed as a special tax against the property.
No person shall, without lawful authority, open,
remove or damage any coin machine, coin telephone or other vending
machine dispensing goods or services, or a part thereof, or possess
a key or device specifically designed to open or break any coin machine,
coin telephone or other vending machine dispensing goods or services
or possess a drawing, print or mold of a key or device specifically
designed to open or break any coin machine, coin telephone or other
vending machine dispensing goods or services within the limits of
the City.
No person, except the owner of the cemetery
lot or a cemetery employee, shall cut, remove, injure or carry away
flowers, trees, plants or vines from any cemetery lot or property,
nor shall any person deface, injure or mark upon any cemetery markers,
headstones, monuments, fences or structures, nor shall any person
other than the owner injure, carry away or destroy any vases, flower
pots, urns or other objects which have been placed on any cemetery
lot.
In addition to Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-20, General penalty, or any other penalty imposed for violation of any section of this chapter, any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public property shall be liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property. The parent or parents of any unemancipated minor child who violates §
177-17 may also be held liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with the Wisconsin statutes.