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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 11:46:54+00:00

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§ 1-1 Principles of construction.
§ 1-2 Conflict of provisions.
§ 1-3 Effective date of ordinances.
§ 1-5 Clerk to maintain copies of documentations incorporated by reference.
§ 1-6 Adoption of Code.
§ 1-7 Code supersedes prior ordinances.
§ 1-8 Continuation of existing provisions.
§ 1-9 Copy of Code on file.
§ 1-10 Amendments to Code.
§ 1-12 Code to be kept up-to-date.
§ 1-13 Sale of Code.
§ 1-14 Altering or tampering with Code; penalties for violation.
§ 1-15 Severability of Code provisions.
§ 1-16 Severability of ordinance provisions.
§ 1-18 Ordinances saved from repeal.
§ 1-19 Changes in previously adopted ordinances.
Acts by agents. When an ordinance requires an act be done by a person which may be legally performed by an authorized agent of that principal person, the requirement shall be construed to include all acts performed by such agents.
Code and code of ordinances. The words "Code," "Code of Ordinances" and "Municipal Code," when used in any section of this Code, refer to this code of ordinances of the Town of Vinland, unless the context of the section clearly indicates otherwise.
Computation of time. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these ordinances, the day of the act or event from which the period of time begins to run shall not be included, but the last day of the period shall be included, unless it is Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday. If the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation. As used in this section, "legal holiday" means any state-wide legal holiday specified by state law.
Fine. The term "fine" shall be the equivalent of the word "forfeiture," and vice versa.
Gender. Every word in these ordinances referring to gender shall be gender-neutral.
General rule. All words and phrases shall be constructed according to their plain meaning in common usage. However, words or phrases with a technical or special meaning shall be understood and construed according to that technical or special meaning if such is the intent of the ordinance.
Person. The word "person" shall mean any of the following entities: natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations, bodies politic, or any other entity of any kind which is capable of being sued.
Repeal. When any ordinance having the effect of repealing a prior ordinance is itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive the prior ordinance or any part thereof, unless expressly so provided.
Singular and plural. Every word in these ordinances referring to the singular number only shall also be construed to apply to several persons or things, and every word in these ordinances referred to the plural number shall also be construed to apply to one person or thing.
Tense. The use of any verb in the present tense shall not preclude the interpretation of the verb in the future tense, where appropriate.
Town. The term "Town" shall mean the Town of Vinland, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Statutes. The term "Wisconsin Statutes" and its abbreviation as "Wis. Stats." shall mean, in these ordinances, the Wisconsin Statutes as of the adoption of this Code, as amended or renumbered from time to time.
Wisconsin Administrative Code. The term "Wisconsin Administrative Code" and its abbreviation "Wis. Adm. Code" shall mean the Wisconsin Administrative Code as of the adoption of this Code, as amended or renumbered from time to time.
The Town meeting held under § 60.11, Wis. Stats.
A Town meeting, other than the Annual Town Meeting, held under § 60.12, Wis. Stats.
The Annual Town Meeting or a Special Town Meeting.
If the provisions of different chapters conflict with each other, the provisions of each individual chapter shall control all issues arising out of the events and persons intended to be governed by that chapter.
If the provisions of different sections of the same chapter conflict with each other, the provision which is more specific in its application to the events or persons raising the conflict shall control over the more general provision.
Code. The Code of Ordinances, Town of Vinland, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, shall take effect as provided by state law.
Subsequent ordinances. All ordinances passed by the Town Board subsequent to the adoption of the Code of Ordinances, except when otherwise specifically provided, shall take effect from and after their publication or legal posting.
First offense - penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $500 together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
Second offense - penalty. Any person found guilty of violating any ordinance or part of any ordinance of this Code who shall previously have been convicted of a violation of the same ordinance within one year shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 for each such offense together with costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but not exceeding six months.
Continued violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this Code shall preclude the Town from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this Code.
Other remedies. The Town shall have any and all other remedies afforded by the Wisconsin Statutes in addition to the forfeitures and costs of prosecution above.
Court authority to impose alternative juvenile dispositions and sanctions.
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance, a court is authorized to impose any of the dispositions listed in §§ 938.343 and 938.44, Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those statutes and this section.
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance who violates a condition of a dispositional order of the court under § 938.34 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.
This section in enacted under the authority of § 938.17(2)(cm), Wis. Stats.
Whenever any standard code, rule, regulation, statute 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 Town Clerk shall maintain in her/his office a copy of any such material as adopted and as amended from time to time. Materials on file at the Town Clerk's office shall be considered public records open to reasonable examination by any person during the office hours of the Town Clerk, subject to such restrictions on examination as the Clerk imposes for the preservation of the material.
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the ordinances of the Town of Vinland of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Vinland, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 410, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Vinland," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public for at least two weeks, in accordance with § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., and until final action is taken on this ordinance, and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified to by the Town Clerk, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Town Clerk to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Town Board to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the Town of Vinland" shall be understood and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be inserted in the Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Town of Vinland, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published, in the manner required by law, a notice of the adoption of this ordinance. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The publication of notice of the enactment of this ordinance, coupled with the availability of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone authorized and directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the Code required to be filed in the Clerk's office for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new ordinances are included as supplements to said Code.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Clerk or an authorized agent of the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by the Town Board. The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the Town of Vinland to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a forfeiture of not more than $500.
Each section of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof. If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Code and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Town of Vinland which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
Title 11, Ch. 4, Offenses Involving Juvenile Beverages.
Title 12, Ch. 1, Parks and Recreation.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to November 9, 2015.
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the Town's indebtedness.
Any ordinances adopting or amending a zoning map or otherwise rezoning property.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the Town.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending a deposit or bond schedule.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Town of Vinland, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Town Board that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-19B, the chapters, parts, articles and sections that were added, amended, adopted or repealed by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 3-17-2017 by Ord. No. 01-2017." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required by law.

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