The applicable provisions of W.S.A. Ch. 823, nuisances, and
all subsequent amendments, are adopted by reference in this section
as if fully set out.
[Code 1992, § 7.14(2)—(5)]
(a)
Removal and impoundment. Any vehicle abandoned in violation of this article shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of under Subsection (b) of this section, except if the Police Chief or his representative determines the cost of towing and storage charges for the impoundment would exceed the value of the vehicle, the vehicle may be junked or sold by the City prior to expiration of the impoundment period upon a determination by the Police Chief or his representative that the vehicle is not stolen or otherwise wanted for evidence or other reason.
(b)
Disposal. Disposal of abandoned vehicles shall take place as follows:
(1)
Value more than $100. If the Police Chief or his representative determines
that the value of the abandoned vehicle exceeds $100, he shall notify
the owner and lien holders of record by certified mail that the vehicle
has been deemed abandoned and impounded by the City and may be reclaimed
within 10 days upon payment of accrued towing, storage and notice
charges, and if not so reclaimed, shall be sold. If an abandoned vehicle
determined to exceed $100 in value is not reclaimed within the period
and under the conditions provided in Subsection (b)(1) of this section,
it may be sold by sealed bid at auction or, if no satisfactory bid
is received, at private sale. After deducting the expense of impoundment
and sale, the balance of the proceeds, if any, shall be paid into
the City Treasury.
(2)
Value less than $100. Any abandoned vehicle which is determined by
the Police Chief or his representative to have a value of less than
$100 may be disposed of by direct sale to a licensed salvage dealer,
upon a determination that the vehicle is not reported stolen.
(c)
Owner responsible for impoundment and sale costs. The owner of any
abandoned vehicle, except a stolen vehicle, is responsible for the
abandonment and all costs of impounding and disposing of the vehicle.
Costs not recovered for the sale of the vehicle may be recovered in
a civil action by the city against the owner.
(d)
Notice of sale or disposition. Within five days after the sale or
disposal of a vehicle as provided in Subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of
this section, the Police Chief or his representative shall advise
the State Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles,
of such sale or disposition on a form supplied by the Division. A
copy of such form shall also be given to the purchaser of the vehicle,
and a copy shall be retained by the City.
[Ord. No. 98-8, § I, 8-10-1998]
Premises existing within the city which are blighted because
of faulty design or construction, failure to maintain them in a proper
state of repair, improper management or due to the accumulation thereon
of junk or other unsightly debris, which includes, but is not limited
to, the outdoor storage of inoperable or unlicensed automobiles, trucks,
buses or tractors, automobile parts, machinery or machinery parts,
refrigerators, furnaces, washing machines, stoves, dryers, wood, bricks,
cement blocks or other building materials or other items determined
by the Building Inspector, 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 City.
[Added 3-25-2013 by Ord. No. 13-08]
(a)
Legislative intent.
(1)
The making, creation or maintenance of such raucous or unusually
loud noises which are prolonged and unnatural in their time, place
and use affect and are a detriment to public health, comfort, convenience,
safety, welfare and prosperity of the residents of the City of Lake
Geneva; and
(2)
The necessity in the public interest for the provisions and prohibitions
hereinafter contained and enacted is declared as a matter of legislative
determination and public policy, and it is further declared that the
provisions and prohibitions hereinafter contained and enacted are
in pursuit of and for the purpose of securing and promoting the public
health, comfort, convenience, safety, welfare and prosperity and the
peace and quiet of the City of Lake Geneva and its inhabitants.
(b)
Loud and/or unnecessary noise prohibited. It shall be unlawful for
any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any
loud and/or unnecessary noise between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00
a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
on weekends.
[Amended 6-22-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
(c)
Types of loud and/or unnecessary noises. The following acts are declared
to be loud, disturbing and/or unnecessary noises in violation of this
section, but this enumeration shall not be deemed to be exclusive:
[Amended 4-8-2013 by Ord. No. 13-10; 6-22-2020 by Ord. No. 20-05]
(1)
Horns, signaling devices. The sounding of any horn or signaling device
on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public
place in the City of Lake Geneva for longer than three seconds in
any period of one minute or less, except as a danger warning; the
creation of any unreasonable loud or harsh sound by means of any signaling
device and the sounding of any plainly audible device for an unnecessary
and unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device except
one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle
or other device operated by engine exhaust and the use of any signaling
device when traffic is for any reason held up.
(2)
Radios, music or audio systems, machines or devices, speakers, amplifiers
and similar devices. The use of, operation or permitting to be played,
used or operated, any radio receiving set, musical instrument, music
or audio system, machine or device, speakers, amplifiers and similar
devices for the producing or reproducing of sound in a loud and unnecessary
manner. The operation of any radio, stereo or other similar instrument,
music system, machine or device in a manner as to be heard outside
a seventy-five-foot radius of the source from which it is projected
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section, except
for those activities allowed by permit issued by the City.
(3)
Construction or repair of buildings and/or streets. The erection
(including excavation), demolition, alteration or repair of any building
and/or street, as well as the operation of any pile driver, steam
shovel, pneumatic hammer, derrick, steam or electric hoist, generator,
compressor or any other similar equipment attended by loud or unusual
noise, other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m.. and 9:00 p.m. on
weekdays and between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekends.
However, the Building and Zoning Administrator or Director of Public
Works shall have the authority, upon determining that the loss or
inconvenience which would result to any party in interest would be
extraordinary and of such nature as to warrant special consideration,
to grant a permit for a period necessary within which time such work
and operation may take place within the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 7:00
a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
on weekends.
(d)
Penalty. As a penalty for violation of this section, the defendant
shall pay a forfeiture in the amount set forth in the bond schedule
as established by the City Council from time to time.
