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Town of Barton, WI
Washington County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Barton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Driveways and culverts — See Ch. 239.
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 480.
[Adopted 9-13-1977 by Ord. No. 77-4]
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority granted by §§ 60.10(2)(c), 60.22(3) and 61.34, Wis. Stats.
Prior to the acceptance by the Town of a dedication for a new road, such road shall be surfaced with one course of bituminous concrete pavement of 1 1/2 inches with an AC 120-150 penetration asphalt surfacing of the same type and quality customarily used for road construction in Washington County and the State of Wisconsin, and, in addition, the party dedicating the road shall deposit with the Town Treasurer a sum sufficient to prepare the road for and to apply a second course of bituminous concrete pavement of 1 1/2 inches in accordance with the specifications prescribed by the Town Board. The second course of bituminous pavement shall be applied by the Town Board after the roadbed has settled for a period deemed sufficient by the Town Board but not later than 12 months after the road is accepted. The sum to be deposited shall be determined by the Town Board at the time the road is presented for dedication.
[Adopted 2-11-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to plow, shovel or otherwise deposit or place snow on the maintained portion of any public road within the Town or to permit such depositing of snow from property occupied by him or her.
Violations of this article may be enforced against either or both the owner and occupant of the property from which the snow was removed or the property adjacent to the highway where the snow is found.
Any person found guilty of violating this article shall forfeit, upon conviction thereof, not less than $50 nor more than $200, together with the costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the Washington County Jail until said forfeiture and costs are paid, but not to exceed 30 days.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).