[Adopted 5-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-O-7
as § 8.67 of the 1990 Code]
A.
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 30 days unless they are in connection with
a properly licensed automotive or appliance sales, repair or storage business
enterprise located in a properly zoned area and such business is maintained
in such a way as not to constitute a public nuisance.
B.
Any business engaged in automotive sales or storage,
body repair or other repair may only retain such vehicles if such vehicles
are stored out of public view behind a solid fence. The fence design and materials
shall be approved by the Village Board, after an advisory recommendation from
the Plan Commission. Such automotive and repair-related businesses may only
be located in a properly zoned area.
C.
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. The Dane County Sheriff or Building Inspector
may require by written order any premises violating this article 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.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, farm machinery or trailers
in such state of physical or mechanical ruin as to be incapable of propulsion
or being operated upon the public streets or highways or which are 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.
Any stove, washer or refrigerator which is no longer operable in
the sense for which it was manufactured.
Has the meaning set forth in § 340.01(35), Wis. Stats.
Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors or trailers which do not bear
lawful current license plates.
This article 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 or in a storage place or depository maintained in a lawful
place and manner or to seasonal use vehicles such as snowmobiles, motorcycles,
motor scooters and nonmotorized campers, provided that such vehicles are stored
in rear yard areas. Such business enterprises shall include auto junkyards
and auto repair and body shops 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 Dane County Sheriff may issue permits permitting an
extension of not to exceed an additional 30 days' time to comply with
this article where exceptional facts and circumstances warrant such extension.
A.
Whenever the Dane County Sheriff's Department shall
find any vehicles or appliances, as described herein, placed or stored in
the open upon private property within the Village, it shall notify the owner
of said property on which said vehicle or appliance is stored of the violation
of this article. If said vehicle or appliance is not removed within five days,
the Dane County Sheriff's 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.
B.
If such vehicle or appliance is not removed within 20 days after issuance of a citation, the Dane County Sheriff shall cause the vehicle or appliance to be removed and impounded, and it shall thereafter be disposed of as prescribed in Chapter 251, §§ 251-6 through 251-9, of the Village Code by the Dane County Sheriff 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.
Any person who shall interfere with the enforcement of any of the provisions of this article and shall be found guilty thereof shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-4 of this Code. Each motor vehicle or appliance involved shall constitute a separate offense.
