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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 270', '§ 1']

Town of Lake Tomahawk, WI Nuisances
§ 270-1 Public nuisances prohibited.
§ 270-2 Public nuisance defined.
§ 270-3 Public nuisances affecting health.
§ 270-4 Public nuisances offending morals and decency.
§ 270-5 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety.
§ 270-6 Abatement of public nuisances.
§ 270-7 Cost of abatement.
Chapter 270: Nuisances
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lake Tomahawk 5-11-1988 as Ch. 10 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Storage of garbage containers — See Ch. 319, Art. I.
Streets, sidewalks and public places — See Ch. 325.
Chapter 270 : Nuisances
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are specifically declared to be public health nuisances; but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other health nuisances coming within the definition of § 270-2:
Carcasses, unburied. Carcasses of animals, birds or fowl not intended for human consumption or food which are not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within 24 hours after death.
Insects or vermin, breeding places for. Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal or any material in which flies, mosquitoes, disease carrying insects, rats or other vermin can breed.
Water, stagnant. All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies or other insects can multiply.
Weeds, noxious. Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed (creeping jenny), unsightly and troublesome plants which are detrimental to cultivated crops, public health, public welfare and to the general appearance of the surrounding area or such uncultivated rank plants which create unpleasant or noxious odors or grow to such height as to permit the concealment of filthy deposits.
Pollution, water. The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream, lake, canal or other body of water by sewage, creamery or industrial wastes or other substances.
Odors, noxious. Any use of property, substances or things within the Town emitting, or causing any foul, offensive, 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 Town.
Pollution, street. Any use of property which causes any noxious or unwholesome liquid or substance to flow into or upon any street, gutter, alley, sidewalk or public place within the Town.
Pollution, air. The escape of smoke, soot, cinders, noxious acids, fumes, gases, fly ash, industrial dust or other atmospheric pollutants within the Town or within one mile therefrom in such quantities as to endanger the health of persons of ordinary sensibilities or threaten or cause substantial damage to property in the Town.
Animals, loose. Any animals running at large in the Town.[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 150, Animals.
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are 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 § 270-2:
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 by the ordinances of the Town.[1]
Editor's Note: See also Ch. 225, Intoxicating Liquor and Fermented Malt Beverages.
The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are 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 § 270-2:
Dangerous signs; billboards, etc. All signs, 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.
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 official traffic control devices, railroad signs or signals or which, because of their color, location, brilliance or manner of operation, interfere with the effectiveness of any such traffic control device, sign or signal.
Obstructions of streets; excavations. All obstructions of streets, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks, and all excavations in or under the same, except as permitted by this Code, but including those 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.
Unlawful assemblies. Any unauthorized or prohibited use of property abutting on a public street, alley or sidewalk, or of a public street, alley or sidewalk which causes large crowds of people to gather, obstructing traffic and free use of the streets or sidewalks.
Premises existing within the Town which are blighted because of faulty design or construction, failure to maintain them in a proper state of repair, improper management or the accumulation thereon of junk or other unsightly debris, structurally unsound fences and other items which depreciate property values and jeopardize or are detrimental to the health, safety, morals or welfare of the people of the Town.
Elimination of blighted premises and prevention of blighted premises in the future is in the best interest of the citizens and shall be fostered and encouraged by this section. It is essential to the public interest that this section be liberally construed to accomplish such purposes.[1]
Editor's Note: The following original sections of the 1988 Code were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II): Sec. 10.06, Accumulation of used motor vehicles; and Sec. 10.07, Vehicle storage. See now Ch. 292, Property Maintenance, and Ch. 346, Vehicles, Abandoned.
Enforcement. The Police Chief, Fire Chief, Building Inspector and Health Officer shall enforce those provisions of this chapter that come within the jurisdiction of their offices and shall make periodic inspections and inspections upon complaint to insure that such provisions are not violated. No action shall be taken under this section 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 has satisfied himself that a nuisance does in fact exist.
Summary abatement. If the inspecting officer determines that a public nuisance exists within the Town and that there is great and immediate danger to the public health, safety, peace, morals or decency, the Chairperson may direct the proper officer to cause the same to be abated and charge the cost to the owner, occupant or person causing, permitting or maintaining the nuisance, as the case may be.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or any regulation, rule or order made hereunder, or permit or cause a public nuisance, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.