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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 23:48:30+00:00

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§ 1-3 Effective date of Code and ordinances.
§ 1-4 Violations and penalties.
§ 1-5 Documents incorporated by reference.
Code and Code of Ordinances. The words "Code," "Code of Ordinances" and "Municipal Code," when used in any section of this Code, shall refer to this Code of the Village of Dane, unless the context of the section clearly indicates otherwise.
Computation of time. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this Code, 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 a 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 statewide legal holiday specified by state law.
Gender. Use has been made of masculine pronouns in this Code solely for the sake of brevity. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, words in this Code referring to the masculine gender shall also be construed to apply to females, and vice versa.
General rule. All words and phrases shall be construed 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 ordinances.
Joint authority. All words purporting to give a joint authority to three or more Village officers or employees shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons.
Officers. The term "officers" shall refer solely to local offices created by state statute.
Officials. The term "officials" shall mean all Village officers and employees.
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.
Singular and plural. Every word in this Code referring to the singular number only shall also be construed to apply to several persons or things, and every word in this Code referring to a 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.
Village. The term "Village" shall mean the Village of Dane, Dane County, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Administrative Code. The term "Wisconsin Administrative Code" and its abbreviation as "Wis. Adm. Code" shall mean the Wisconsin Administrative Code as of the adoption of this Code, as amended or renumbered from time to time.
Wisconsin Statutes. The term "Wisconsin Statutes" and its abbreviation as "Wis. Stats." shall mean, in this Code, the Wisconsin Statutes as of the adoption of this Code, as amended or renumbered from time to time.
Code. The Code of the Village of Dane, Wisconsin, shall take effect as provided by state law.
Subsequent ordinances. All ordinances passed by the Village Board subsequent to the adoption of the Code, except when otherwise specifically provided, shall take effect from and after their publication.
First offense. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $75 nor more than $1,000, together with the costs of prosecution, penalty assessments, and jail assessments, 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. Any person found guilty of violating any ordinance or part of an 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 $150 nor more than $1,000 for each such offense, together with costs of prosecution, penalty assessments, and jail assessments, and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the county jail until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, penalty assessments, and jail assessments 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 Village from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this Code.
Other remedies. The Village shall have any and all other remedies afforded by the Wisconsin Statutes in addition to the forfeitures and costs of prosecution above.
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 Village Clerk-Treasurer shall maintain in their office a copy of any such material, as adopted and as amended from time to time. Materials on file at the Village Clerk-Treasurer's office shall be considered public records open to reasonable examination by any person during the office hours of the Village Clerk-Treasurer, subject to such restrictions on examination as the Clerk-Treasurer imposes for the preservation of the material.
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the ordinances of the Village of Dane of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Dane, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 520, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Village of Dane," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, including the 1996 Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer 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 Village Clerk-Treasurer, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of said Village Clerk-Treasurer 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 Village Board to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the Village of Dane" 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-Treasurer of the Village of Dane, 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-Treasurer 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 Village Clerk-Treasurer, or someone authorized and directed by the Clerk-Treasurer, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the Code required to be filed in the Clerk-Treasurer'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 book.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased from the Clerk-Treasurer or an authorized agent of the Clerk-Treasurer upon the payment of a fee to be set by the Village Board. The Clerk-Treasurer 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 Village of Dane to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of the Code.
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 Village of Dane which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to March 5, 2012.
Any ordinances adopting or amending the Zoning Map or otherwise rezoning property.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the Village.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending rates or charges for water or sewer service.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Village of Dane, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided for in Subsections B and C 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 Village 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.
References to specific chapters and sections of the Wisconsin Statutes and Wisconsin Administrative Code are amended to reflect the numbering of the statutes and Administrative Code as of the publication of this Code.
References to the "Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations" and "Department of Commerce" are amended to read "Department of Safety and Professional Services."
References to "Board of Appeals" and "Board of Zoning Appeals" are amended to read "Zoning Board of Appeals."
References to the "Village Clerk" are amended to read "Village Clerk-Treasurer."
Throughout Chapter 324, "alcoholic beverage" is amended to read "alcohol beverage."
Throughout Chapter 463, references to the "Comprehensive Development Plan" and "Master Plan" are amended to read "Comprehensive Plan," and references to "major thoroughfare" are amended to read "major street."
Throughout Chapter 520, references to "front yard" are amended to read "street yard."
Editor’s Note: In accordance with § 1-19C, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this local law 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, deleted) 9-10-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-04.” Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Village offices.

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