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Timestamp: 2018-12-19 07:52:43
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 1', '§ 254', '§ 281', '§ 281', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 379', '§ 1']

Village of Dane, WI Nuisances
Ch 379 Art I Health Nuisances
§ 379-1 Rules and regulations.
§ 379-2 Definitions; duty to abate.
§ 379-3 Deposit of objectionable material or liquid.
§ 379-4 Connection to public sewer or water system.
§ 379-5 Removal of unhealthy, hazardous or unsightly materials.
§ 379-6 Rodent control.
Ch 379 Art II Public Nuisances
§ 379-7 Prohibited acts.
§ 379-8 Definitions.
§ 379-9 Public nuisances affecting health.
§ 379-10 Public nuisances offending morals and decency.
§ 379-11 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety.
§ 379-12 Abatement procedures.
§ 379-13 Cost of abatement.
§ 379-14 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
Chapter 379 Nuisances
Hazardous materials and pollutants — See Ch. 310.
Solid waste — See Ch. 449.
Article I Health Nuisances
[Adopted 4-1-1996 as Secs. 8-1-1, 8-1-2, 8-1-3, 8-1-7, 8-1-8 and 8-1-9 of the 1996 Code]
§ 379-1 Rules and regulations. [1]
The Village Board may make reasonable and general rules for the enforcement of the provisions of this article and for the prevention of the creation of health nuisances and the protection of the public health and welfare and may, where appropriate, require the issuance of licenses and permits. All such regulations shall have the same effect as ordinances, and any person violating any of such regulations and any lawful order of the Board shall be subject to the general penalty provided for in § 1-4 of this Code.
Duty to abate. The Village Board shall abate health nuisances pursuant to § 254.59, Wis. Stats., which is adopted by reference and made a part of this section.[1]
Whenever public sewer or water service has become available to any building used for human habitation or human occupancy, the Village Board shall notify, in writing, the owner, agent or occupant thereof to connect such facilities thereto. If such persons to whom the notice has been given shall fail to comply for more than 10 days after notice, the Village Board shall cause the necessary connections to be made and the expenses thereof to be assessed as a special tax against the property pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.
The Village Board may extend the time for connection hereunder or may grant other temporary relief where strict enforcement would work an unnecessary hardship without corresponding public or private benefit.
This section is enacted pursuant to § 281.45, Wis. Stats.
Inspections. Whenever the Building Inspector, Fire Inspector or other authorized Village official shall, upon inspection of any premises within the Village of Dane, find that there is deposited, placed, stored or remaining on said premises any garbage, junk, rubbish, rubble, trash, abandoned, outmoded or nonsalable merchandise or parts, accumulation of grease or food wastes in a grease trap or other place or depository which presents a risk of clogging or blocking a sewer system, or any other unhealthy, hazardous or unsightly materials or things which create a fire or health hazard or which are detrimental to the appearance, neatness and cleanliness of the immediate neighborhood or the Village of Dane in general, such official shall issue his written order to the owner and/or occupant of the premises to remove said garbage, junk, rubbish, rubble, trash, abandoned, outmoded, or nonsalable merchandise or parts, accumulation of grease or food wastes in a grease trap or other place or depository which presents a risk of clogging or blocking a sewer system, or other unhealthy, hazardous or unsightly materials or things. Said written order shall provide that such removal shall be accomplished within 10 days after service of said order upon the owner or occupant of the premises involved. Such written order, in addition to specifying and describing the materials or things to be removed, shall also set forth on the face thereof the provisions of Subsection B.
Appeal. Any person feeling himself aggrieved by any order of a Village official under this section may, within 10 days from the date of receipt of such order, appeal such order to the Village Board.
Lawfully sited pursuant to Chapter 520, Zoning, and operated in a manner not constituting a nuisance;
Nonconforming uses. It shall not be a defense to the provisions of this section that the owner or occupant of the premises involved has a nonconforming use under the provisions of Chapter 520, Zoning, but the provisions of this section shall be complied with notwithstanding that the owner or occupant of any given premises is using or occupying such premises under a valid nonconforming use.
Whenever any person or persons shall be in actual possession of or have charge, care or control of any property within the Village, as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or agent, such person or persons shall be deemed and taken to be the owner or owners of such property within the true intent and meaning of this section and shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this section to the same extent as the owner, and notice to any such person of any order or decision of the Building Inspector or his designee shall be deemed and taken to be a good and sufficient notice, as if such person or persons were actually the owner or owners of such property, except that whenever an entire premises or building is occupied as a place of business, such as a store, factory, warehouse, rooming house, junkyard, lumberyard or any other business under a single management, the person, firm or corporation in charge of such business shall be considered the owner or manager.
Extermination. Whenever rodent holes, burrows or other evidence of rodent infestation is found on any premises or in any building within the Village, it shall be the duty of the owner or manager of such property to exterminate the rodents or to cause the rodents to be exterminated. Within 10 days after extermination, the owner or manager shall cause all of the rodent holes or burrows in the ground to be filled with earth or other suitable material.
Rodentproofing. It shall be the duty of the owner or manager of any building in the Village of Dane to make such building reasonably rodentproof, to replace broken basement windows and, when necessary, to cover the basement window openings with hardware cloth or other suitable material for preventing rodents from entering the building through such window openings.
[Adopted 4-1-1996 as Title 11, Ch. 6, of the 1996 Code]
No person shall erect, contrive, cause, continue, maintain or permit to exist any public nuisance within the Village of Dane.
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby specifically declared to be public health nuisances, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other health nuisances coming within the definition of § 379-8:
Breeding places for vermin, decaying matter, etc.: accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, dung, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal or any material whatsoever in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats or other vermin may breed.
Garbage cans: garbage cans which are not flytight.
Noxious weeds: all noxious weeds and other rank growth of vegetation.
Noxious odors, etc.: any use of property, substances or things within the Village causing any foul, offensive, noisome, nauseous, noxious or disagreeable odors, gases, effluvia or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons which annoy, cause discomfort to, injure or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the Village.
Street pollution: any use of property which shall cause any nauseous or unwholesome liquid or substance to flow into or upon any street, gutter, alley, sidewalk or public place within the Village.
Accumulations of refuse: accumulations of old cans, lumber, elm firewood and other refuse.
Air pollution: the escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash or industrial dust within the Village limits or within one mile therefrom in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or to threaten or cause substantial injury to property.[1]
Animals at large: all animals running at large.
Outdoor solid-fuel heating devices: devices designed to generate heat or hot water, or both, for the interior of a building by solid fuel combustion where the enclosure in which the combustion takes place is located outside of the building for which the heat or hot water, or both, is to be generated. This includes but is not limited to outdoor wood-burning heating units.
[Added 5-2-2005]
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby specifically declared to be public nuisances offending public morals and decency, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances offending public morals and decency coming within the definition of § 379-8:
Gambling devices: all gambling devices and slot machines, except as permitted by state law.
Unlicensed sale of liquor and beer: all places where intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages are sold, possessed, stored, brewed, bottled, manufactured or rectified without a permit or license as provided for in the ordinances of the Village.
Illegal drinking: any place or premises resorted to for the purpose of drinking intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages in violation of the laws of the State of Wisconsin or ordinances of the Village.
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting peace and safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances affecting public peace or safety coming within the definition of § 379-8:
Illegal buildings: all buildings erected, repaired or altered in violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the Village relating to materials and manner of construction of buildings and structures within the Village.
Unauthorized traffic signs: all unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices placed or maintained upon or in view of any public highway or railway crossing which purport to be or may be mistaken as an official traffic control device, railroad sign or signal or which, because of its color, location, brilliance or manner of operation, interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign or signal.
Tree limbs: all limbs of trees which project over a public sidewalk less than seven feet above the surface thereof and all limbs which project over a public street less than 14 feet above the surface thereof.[1]
Fireworks: all use or display of fireworks except as provided by the laws of the State of Wisconsin and ordinances of the Village.
Wires over streets: all wires over streets, alleys or public grounds which are strung less than 15 feet above the surface thereof.
Noisy animals or fowl: the keeping or harboring of any animal or fowl which, by frequent or habitual howling, yelping, barking, crowing or making of other noises shall greatly annoy or disturb a neighborhood or any considerable number of persons within the Village.
Obstructions of streets; excavations: all obstructions of streets, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks and all excavations in or under the same, except as permitted by the ordinances of the Village, or which, although made in accordance with such ordinances, are kept or maintained for an unreasonable or illegal length of time after the purpose thereof has been accomplished or which do not conform to the permit.
Open excavations: all open and unguarded pits, wells, excavations or unused basements accessible from any public street, alley or sidewalk.
Abandoned refrigerators: all abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes from which the doors and other covers have not been removed or which are not equipped with a device for opening from the inside.
Flammable liquids: repeated or continuous violations of the ordinances of the Village or laws of the state relating to the storage of flammable liquids.
Unremoved snow: all snow and ice not removed or sprinkled with ashes, sawdust, sand or other chemical removers, as provided in this Code.
Noise: all loud, discordant and unnecessary noises or vibrations of any kind.
Notice to owner. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists within the Village and that there is a danger to public health, safety, peace, morals or decency, notice may be served by the inspecting officer or an authorized deputy on the person causing, maintaining or permitting such nuisance or on the owner or occupant of the premises where such nuisance is caused, maintained or permitted, and a copy of such notice shall be posted on the premises. Such notice shall direct the person causing, maintaining or permitting such nuisance, or the owner or occupant of the premises, to abate or remove such nuisance within a period not less than 24 hours or greater than seven days and shall state that unless such nuisance is so abated, the Village will cause the same to be abated and will charge the cost thereof to the owner, occupant or person causing, maintaining or permitting the nuisance, as the case may be.
Abatement by court action. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists on private premises, but that the nature of such nuisance is not such as to threaten great and immediate danger to the public health, safety, peace, morals or decency, the inspector or sanitarian shall file a written report of such findings with the Village President who, upon direction of the Village Board, shall cause an action to abate such nuisance to be commenced in the name of the Village in Dane County Circuit Court in accordance with the provisions of Ch. 823, Wis. Stats.
In addition to any other penalty imposed by this article for the erection, contrivance, creation, continuance or maintenance of a public nuisance, the cost of abating a public nuisance by the Village shall be collected as a debt from the owner, occupant or person causing, permitting or maintaining the nuisance. Such cost shall be assessed against the real estate as a special charge.
Enforcement. The Chief of Police, Fire Chief, Director of Public Works and Building Inspector shall enforce those provisions of this article that come within the jurisdiction of their offices, and they shall make periodic inspections and inspections upon complaint to ensure that such provisions are not violated. No action shall be taken under § 379-12 to abate a public nuisance unless the officer has inspected or caused to be inspected the premises where the nuisance is alleged to exist and is satisfied that a nuisance does, in fact, exist.
General penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.