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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 12:21:56
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Town of Trenton, WI General Provisions
§ 1-1 Title; citation.
§ 1-2 Principles of construction.
§ 1-3 Conflicting provisions.
§ 1-5 Violations and penalties.
[Adopted 11-7-1989 as Title 1, Ch. 1 of the 1989 Code]
These collected ordinances shall be known and referred to as the "Code of the Town of Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin." References to the Code of the Town of Trenton, Wisconsin, shall be cited as follows: "§ 4-1 of the Code of the Town of Trenton, Wisconsin."
The following rules or meanings shall be applied in the construction and interpretation of ordinances codified in this Code unless such application would be clearly inconsistent with the plain meaning or intent of the ordinances:
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 Town of Trenton unless the context of the section clearly indicates otherwise.
Gender. Every word in these ordinances referring to the masculine gender shall also be construed to apply to females, and vice versa. The masculine gender is used herein solely in the interest of brevity.
Town. The term "Town" shall mean the Town of Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin.
[Amended 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2-1-2007]
Code. The Code of the Town of Trenton, Wisconsin, shall take effect as provided by state law.
Subsequent ordinances. All ordinances passed by the Town Board subsequent to the adoption of this Code, except when otherwise specifically provided, shall take effect from and after their publication.
General penalty. Except where a penalty is provided elsewhere in this Code, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code shall, upon conviction of such violation, forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $1,000, 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 six months.
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 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.
[Adopted 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2-1-2007]
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the ordinances of the Town of Trenton of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Trenton, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 380, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Trenton," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
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 Trenton" 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 printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Town of Trenton, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published, in the manner required by law, a copy of this Adoption 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 enactment and publication 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 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 Trenton 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, in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to August 15, 2006.
Planned development overlay agreements.
The adoption of the Code provided in § 1-7 includes the adoption of revisions to existing ordinances deemed necessary and authorized by the Town Board to bring the ordinances of the Town into compliance with current procedures and statutory requirements, as set forth in the Code on file in the office of the Clerk pursuant to § 1-10.[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-20, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted 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, deleted) 2-6-2007 by Ord. No. 2-1-2007." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.