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Timestamp: 2020-08-11 22:32:39
Document Index: 393037464

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334', '§ 334']

City of Brodhead, WI Nuisances
§ 334-1 Public nuisances prohibited.
§ 334-3 Public nuisances affecting health.
§ 334-4 Public nuisances offending morals and decency.
§ 334-5 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety.
§ 334-6 Abatement procedure.
§ 334-7 Cost of abatement.
§ 334-8 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
Chapter 334 Nuisances
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Brodhead as Title 11, Ch. 6, of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Animals — See Ch. 178.
Cigarettes — See Ch. 215.
Hazardous materials and pollution abatement — See Ch. 268.
Health and sanitation — See Ch. 272.
Intoxicating liquor and fermented malt beverages — See Ch. 290.
Juveniles — See Ch. 301.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 354.
Solid waste — See Ch. 386.
Abandoned and junked vehicles — See Ch. 429.
No person shall erect, contrive, cause, continue, maintain or permit to exist any public nuisance within the City of Brodhead.
A thing, act, occupation, condition or use of property which shall continue for such length of time as to:
Greatly offend the public morals or decency;
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 § 334-2:
Unburied carcasses. Carcasses of animals, birds or fowl not intended for human consumption or foods which are not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death.
Noxious odors, etc. Any use of property, substances or things within the City or within four miles thereof or 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, discomfort, injure or inconvenience the health of any appreciable number of persons within the City.
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 § 334-2:
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 the ordinances of the City.
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 § 334-2:
Signs, billboards, etc. All signs and billboards, awnings and other similar structures over or near streets, sidewalks, public grounds or places frequented by the public, so situated or constructed as to endanger the public safety.
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 City 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.
Notice to owner. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists within the City 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 City 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 inspecting officer shall file a written report of such findings with the Mayor, who, upon direction of the Council, shall cause an action to abate such nuisance to be commenced in the name of the City in the Green County or Rock County Circuit Court, as applicable, in accordance with the provisions of Ch. 823, Wis. Stats.[1]
Citation procedure. 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 inspecting officer, as an alternative to the procedures set forth in Subsection B, may issue a citation to the owner and/or the occupant or person causing, maintaining or permitting the nuisance. Prior to issuing the citation, the inspecting officer shall provide written notification to the owner and/or occupant or person causing, maintaining or permitting the nuisance, which notice shall describe the conditions constituting the nuisance, and directing the nuisance to be removed within 10 days. The notice shall read as follows: "WARNING: the condition described below is declared to be a public nuisance. The public nuisance must be removed from the following location in compliance with § 334-1 of the Code of the City of Brodhead: (Address) ______________________________. Failure to remove the public nuisance within that time could subject you to a forfeiture for each day that the property remains in violation of this chapter and other legal actions as provided in § 334-8 of the Code of the City of Brodhead. Description of Public Nuisance: ________________________________."
[Added 6-13-2005]
Court order. Except where necessary under Subsection A, no officer hereunder shall use force to obtain access to private property to abate a public nuisance, but shall request permission to enter upon private property if such premises are occupied and, if such permission is denied, shall apply to any court having jurisdiction for an order assisting the abatement of the public nuisance.
§ 334-7 Cost of abatement. [1]
In addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter for the erection, contrivance, creation, continuance or maintenance of a public nuisance, the cost of abating a public nuisance by the City shall be collected as a debt from the owner, occupant or person causing, permitting or maintaining the nuisance, and if notice to abate the nuisance has been given to the owner, 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 or their designee shall enforce those provisions of this chapter that come within the jurisdiction of their offices, and they shall make periodic inspections and inspections upon complaint to insure that such provisions are not violated. No action shall be taken under § 334-6 to abate a public nuisance unless the officer or his designee 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.
[Amended 6-13-2005]