[Adopted 11-7-1989 as § 8-2-8 of the 1989 Code]
In order to promote the public safety, health,
welfare and enjoyment of public travel, to preserve and enhance the
scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, and to promote prosperity,
economic well-being and the general welfare of the Town of Trenton,
it is hereby declared to be in the public interest to regulate and
restrict the storage and parking of accumulated junk, motor vehicles,
appliances and parts thereof that constitute a public nuisance. This
article is not intended to create undue hardship to any area within
the Town.
No person, firm, or corporation shall park, store, leave, or permit the parking or storing of accumulated junk, inoperable motor vehicles, appliances or parts thereof of any kind which are in an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, rusted, or inoperative condition or which are not currently registered or licensed to the owner or occupant or family member of the owner of property within the Town contrary to the declaration of purpose in §
302-1.
Terms used in this article are defined as follows:
ACCUMULATED
A collection or increase in quantity or number that creates
an unsightly heap or mass contrary to the declaration of purpose as
stated in this article or that constitutes a junkyard.
APPLIANCE
Any stove, washer, dryer, refrigerator or other appliance
which is no longer operable in the sense for which it was manufactured.
AUTOMOBILE GRAVEYARD
An establishment or property which is maintained, used, or
operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling wrecked, scrapped,
ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. Ten or
more such vehicles constitute an automobile graveyard.
DISMANTLED
To strip of equipment or to take apart.
ILLEGAL JUNKYARD
A junkyard which is established, expanded, or maintained
in violation of Town of Trenton ordinances and is not in strict conformity
with § 175.25(2), (3), (4) and (5), Wis. Stats.
INOPERABLE
In such a state of physical or mechanical ruin as to be incapable
of propulsion, or which is otherwise not in safe or legal condition
for operation due to missing parts, or is not currently registered
or licensed for operation on public highways.
JUNK
Any old scrap metal, iron, alloy, synthetic material or any
junked, ruined, dismantled, inoperable, or wrecked motor vehicle,
machinery or parts thereof.
JUNKYARD
Any place which is owned, operated, or used for storing,
keeping, processing, buying or selling junk, including automobile
graveyards, scrap metal processors, auto wrecking, auto recycling,
salvage yards, used parts yards and temporary storage of motor vehicle
bodies or parts waiting disposal.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any vehicle which is self-propelled by a combustion engine
or motor.
This article shall not apply to:
A. Any vehicle enclosed within a building on private
property, provided that such storage does not constitute a fire or
safety hazard.
B. Any vehicle, equipment, or appliance kept in connection
with a business enterprise properly operated in full compliance with
ordinances of the Town of Trenton and maintained in such a way as
not to constitute a public nuisance.
C. Any motor vehicle in operable condition specifically
adapted or designed for operation on drag strips or raceways not exceeding
one vehicle per parcel.
D. Any currently registered vehicle which is in the process
of being repaired by its owner or a family member on property of the
owner or occupant, provided that the time for such outdoor repair
shall not exceed 30 days.
E. Situations where the Town Board or Chief of Police
issues temporary permits with a possible thirty-day extension to comply
with this article where exceptional facts and circumstances warrant
such extension.
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, §
1-5 of this Code. Each motor vehicle or appliance involved shall constitute a separate offense.
[Adopted 11-7-1989 as §§ 6-1-2 to 6-1-4
of the 1989 Code]