[Adopted 5-2-1988 as §§ 25.01,
25.02(1), 25.03 and 25.04 of the 1988 Code]
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. All references to "Wisconsin Statutes"
or "Wis. Stats." shall mean the Wisconsin Statutes in effect at the
time of publication of this Code and any amendments thereto.
[Amended 4-18-2005 by Ord. No. 05-13]
B.
Gender; singular and plural. Every word in this Code
and in any ordinance imparting the masculine gender may extend and
be applied to females as well as males, and every word imparting 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 provision which contains
any express language excluding such construction or when the subject
matter or context of such provision may be repugnant thereto.
C.
Person. The word "person" extends and applies to natural
persons, firms, corporations, associations, partnerships or other
bodies politic and to all entities capable of being sued, unless plainly
inapplicable.
D.
Acts of 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 requirement shall be construed to include all such acts when
done by an authorized agent.
If the provisions of the different chapters
of this Code conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions
of each chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions arising
out of the subject matter of such chapter.
Whenever in this Code any standard, code, rule,
regulation or other written or printed matter is adopted by reference,
it shall be deemed incorporated in this Code as if fully set forth
herein, and the Clerk shall file, deposit and keep in his office 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 Clerk's office hours, subject to such orders or regulations
which the Clerk may prescribe for their preservation.
A.
General penalty. Except as otherwise provided, any
person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code shall,
upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a penalty, which
shall be as follows:
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
(1)
First offense. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than
$10 nor more than $1,000, together with a penalty assessment and the
costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such forfeiture,
assessment and costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned in the county
jail until such forfeiture, assessment and costs are paid, but not
exceeding 90 days.
(2)
Second offense. Any person found guilty of violating
any ordinance or part of an ordinance of this Code who has previously
been convicted of a violation of the same ordinance within one year
shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $10 nor more
than $1,000 for each such offense, together with a penalty assessment
and the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such forfeiture,
assessment and costs shall be imprisoned in the county jail until
such forfeiture, assessment and costs are paid, but not exceeding
six months.
B.
Continued violations. Each violation and each day
a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
Nothing in this Code shall preclude the Village from maintaining any
appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision
of this Code.
C.
Execution against defendant's property. Whenever any
person fails to pay any forfeiture, penalty assessment and costs of
prosecution upon the order of any court for violation of any ordinance
of the Village, the court may, in lieu of ordering imprisonment of
the defendant, or after the defendant has been released from custody,
issue an execution against the property of the defendant for such
forfeiture, assessment and costs.
[Added 5-5-1997]
A.
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance,
the Municipal Court is authorized to imposed any of the dispositions
listed in §§ 938.343 and 938.344, Wis. Stats., in accordance
with the provision of those statutes.
B.
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance
who violates a condition of a disposition order of the court under
§ 938.343 or 938.344, Wis. Stats., the Municipal Court is
authorized to impose any of the sanctions listed in § 938.355(6)(d),
Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those statutes.
C.
This section is enacted under the authority of § 938.17(2)(cm),
Wis. Stats.
