[Amended by Ord. No. 9-84]
A. Permit required. No person, except Public Works Department
employees, shall open or break the surface of any street, curb and
gutter or sidewalk in the City without first securing a permit. However,
surfaces may be broken prior to receiving a permit when emergency
repairs are necessary for sewer, water or utility installations during
hours when the City offices are not open, but in such cases application
shall be made on the first working day after such emergency repairs
are made. This restriction applies to all streets, whether surfaced
with concrete, brick, blacktop, tar, gravel or dirt.
B. Application for permit. Applications for permits required by Subsection
A shall be filed with the Public Works Department on forms furnished. Information to be provided is the location of the proposed break, the approximate extent thereof and the purpose. In the event that the applicant fails to repair the opening or break within five days after such break is made, unless the time for repair has been extended by the Public Works Superintendent for good cause shown, the City may repair the break or opening, with the entire cost of such repair being charged to the property owner as a special assessment. The Public Works Department shall provide the applicant with construction standards, and any applicant shall do such repairs in a good and workmanlike manner and shall warrant the same for a period of one year.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-86]
[Amended by Ord. No. 21-83]
A. Original construction. The total cost of all work
involved in the original construction of curb and gutter shall be
assessed in its entirety.
B. Replacement. When curb and gutter replacements are
necessary, a percentage of the cost shall be borne by the property
owner, but in no event shall it exceed the cost for new construction
of curbs and gutters, unless benefits accruing to the property are
greater than the cost of new construction of curb and gutter.
No person shall deposit or permit to be deposited upon any street, alley or public place within the City any glass, nails, tacks, metal objects, ashes, sand, stone or other rubbish or refuse, including lawn clippings, leaves or branches, and no person shall have any such materials on the City streets except in a vehicle enclosed so as to prevent such material from being dropped. Nothing herein shall prohibit the use of sand or other abrasive materials on snowy or icy sidewalks as provided in §
212-9.
No person shall move or cause to be moved a
building in or along any street in the City without obtaining a permit
therefor from the Public Works Superintendent, who shall issue such
permit upon such terms as he may deem reasonably necessary to protect
the City users of the street and abutting property owners from loss
or damage and to protect the public easement in the street. The person
to whom the permit is granted shall cause such building to be properly
protected by warning lights so as to warn all users of the street
of the existence of such building. Such moving shall be completed
within a reasonable time, not exceeding 10 days, and the Public Works
Superintendent may require that such moving be carried out continuously.
[Amended by Ord. No. 9-95; 3-16-2009 by Ord. No. 4-09; 1-25-2016 by Ord. No. 2-16; 1-4-2022 by Ord. No. 1-22]
A. Sidewalks to be kept clear. The owner or occupant of any lot or parcel
shall, within 24 hours after cessation of each continuous period of
snowfall, remove all snow and ice which may have fallen or accumulated
upon the sidewalk(s) abutting such lot or parcel, provided that when
ice or packed snow has so formed that it cannot be removed, the owner
or occupant shall keep the same sprinkled with a nonskid material
which will prevent the sidewalk from being dangerous to pedestrians.
(1) If the owner or occupant fails to comply with this subsection, the
City shall cause the snow or ice to be removed or sprinkled as required
in this subsection, the cost thereof to be charged to the owner of
the property, who will be billed for such services within 30 calendar
days. The owner of the property shall pay all charges so billed within
30 calendar days of the date of the invoice.
(2) Failure to compensate the City within 30 calendar days of the date
of the invoice will result in a penalty of 12% per annum being added
to the cost of the services billed. Failure to pay the City for the
services billed will result in the costs being assessed against the
property as a special tax, and all costs delinquent from the previous
winter will be entered upon the tax roll each December 1.
B. Deposits of snow restricted. Excepting the clearing of snow from
sidewalks or entries located upon a public right-of-way, no person
shall cause snow to be deposited on boulevards, sidewalks, streets
or avenues or any other City-owned property without permission therefor
from the City. Payment of a fine to the City, as listed in the City's
annually adopted fee schedule, for the cost of removing any snow so
deposited without permission may be required, and if such payment
is required, a notice for payment will be mailed by the City to the
violating property address. A person is deemed to have caused snow
to be deposited on boulevards, sidewalks, streets or avenues or any
other City-owned property without permission if the person or his
or her tenant has engaged in such restricted depositing of snow or
if the person or his or her tenant has hired a commercial snow remover
who engages in such restricted depositing of snow.
C. Depositing of snow on private property. All snow from private property
(driveways or parking lots) shall be either deposited on the originating
owner's property or hauled away by the owner or his agent. Property
owners shall not place their snow on other property without permission
from the owner of the other property.
[Added by Ord. No. 11-82]
The Common Council, upon petition and as authorized
by W.S.A. s. 66.296, may discontinue in whole or in part any road,
street, slip, lane or alley located in the City. All petitions for
discontinuance of any road, street, slip, lane or alley shall be accompanied
by a filing fee of $75.
[Added by Ord. No. 37-87]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or
ride a skateboard, roller skates, roller skis, roller blades or play
vehicle, as defined in W.S.A. s. 340.01, in any of the following places:
(2) On any sidewalk in the Central Business District.
(3) In any public parking lot.
(4) On any public property where signs prohibit such use.
(5) On private property, unless permission has been received
from the owner, lessee or person in charge of that property.
B. Operators or riders of skateboards, roller skates,
roller skis, roller blades or play vehicles shall yield the right
of way to other pedestrians using the City sidewalks and shall not
otherwise endanger or interfere with pedestrian traffic on those sidewalks.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle
on any sidewalk in the Central Business District.
[Added by Ord. No. 29-91]
D. In-line skates. It shall be unlawful for any person
to operate in-line skates in any of the following places:
[Added by Ord. No. 24-94]
(1) On any sidewalk or street defined as the Central Business
District.
(2) In any public parking lot.
(3) On any public property where signs prohibit such use.
(4) On any private property unless permission has been
received from the owner, lessee or person in charge of that property.
(5) On any of the following streets:
(a)
First Street from Vine to Buckeye Street.
(d)
Sixth Street between Walnut and Wisconsin Street.
(e)
Seventh Street between Vine and Wisconsin Street.
(f)
Ninth Street between Vine and Wisconsin Street.
(6) Rules for in-line skate usage. All persons using in-line
skates shall be in single file when on a street and shall ride in
a careful and prudent manner and with due regard under the circumstances
for the safety of all persons using the roadway. In-line skate users
will be required to stop at all stop signs.
E. Central Business District defined. For purposes of
this section, the Central Business District shall be defined as the
area from Vine Street to Coulee Road and from First Street to Third
Street, including said streets.
[Added by Ord. No. 24-94]