[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Belgium as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-21-1991 by Ord. No.
16-91 as Title 1, Ch. 1, of the 1991 Code]
These collected ordinances shall be known and referred to as the "Code of the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin." References to the Code of the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin, shall be cited as follows (sample): "§ 5-1, Code of the Village of Belgium, 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:
A.
Acts by agents. When an ordinance requires an act
be done by a person which may be legally performed by an authorized
agent of that principal person, the requirement shall be construed
to include all acts performed by such agents.
B.
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 Village of Belgium unless the
context of the section clearly indicates otherwise.
C.
Computation of time. In computing any period of time
prescribed or allowed by these ordinances, the day of the act or event
from which the period of time begins to run shall not be included,
but the last day of the period shall be included, unless it is a Saturday,
a Sunday or a legal holiday. If the period of time prescribed or allowed
is less than seven days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall
be excluded in the computation. As used in this subsection, "legal
holiday" means any statewide legal holiday specified by state law.
D.
Fine. The term "fine" shall be the equivalent of the
word "forfeiture," and vice versa.
E.
Gender. Use has been made of masculine pronouns in
these ordinances solely for the sake of brevity. Unless specifically
stated to the contrary, words in these ordinances referring to the
masculine gender shall also be construed to apply to females, and
vice versa.
F.
General rule. All words and phrases shall be construed
according to their plain meaning in common usage. However, words or
phrases with a technical or special meaning shall be understood and
construed according to that technical or special meaning if such is
the intent of the ordinances.
G.
Joint authority. All words purporting to give a joint
authority to three or more Village officers or employees shall be
construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers
or other persons.
H.
Officers. The term "officers" shall refer solely to
local offices created by state statute.
I.
Officials. The term "officials" shall mean all Village
officers and employees.
J.
Person. The word "person" shall mean any of the following
entities: natural persons, corporations, partnerships, associations,
bodies politic or any other entity of any kind which is capable of
being sued.
K.
Repeal. When any ordinance having the effect of repealing
a prior ordinance is itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed
to revive the prior ordinance or any part thereof, unless expressly
so provided.
L.
Singular and plural. Every word in these ordinances
referring to the singular number only shall also be construed to apply
to several persons or things, and every word in these ordinances referring
to a plural number shall also be construed to apply to one person
or thing.
M.
Tense. The use of any verb in the present tense shall
not preclude the interpretation of the verb in the future tense where
appropriate.
N.
Wisconsin Statutes. The term "Wisconsin Statutes"
and its abbreviation as "Wis. Stats." shall mean, in these ordinances,
the Wisconsin Statutes as of the adoption of this Code, as amended
or renumbered from time to time.
O.
Wisconsin Administrative Code. The term "Wisconsin
Administrative Code" and its abbreviation as "Wis. Adm. Code" shall
mean the Wisconsin Administrative Code as of the adoption of this
Code, as amended or renumbered from time to time.
P.
Village. The term "Village" shall mean the Village
of Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
A.
If the provisions of different chapters conflict with
each other, the provisions of each individual chapter shall control
all issues arising out of the events and persons intended to be governed
by that chapter.
B.
If the provisions of different sections of the same
chapter conflict with each other, the provision which is more specific
in its application to the events or persons raising the conflict shall
control over the more general provision.
A.
Code. The Code of the Village of Belgium, Wisconsin,
shall take effect as provided by state law.
B.
Subsequent ordinances. All ordinances passed by the
Village Board subsequent to the adoption of the Code, except when
otherwise specifically provided, shall take effect from and after
their publication or posting.
A.
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, be subject
to a penalty which shall be as follows:
(1)
First offense. Any person who shall violate any provision
of this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, 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 90 days.
(2)
Second offense. Any person found guilty of violating
any ordinance or part of an ordinance of this Code who shall previously
have been convicted of a violation of the same ordinance within one
year shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $50 nor
more than $1,000 for each such offense, together with costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs shall be imprisoned
in the county jail until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution
are paid, but not exceeding six months.
B.
Continued violations. Each violation and each day
a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense.
Nothing in this Code shall preclude the Village from maintaining any
appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision
of this Code.
C.
Other remedies. The Village shall have any and all
other remedies afforded by the Wisconsin Statutes in addition to the
forfeitures and costs of prosecution above.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
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 Village 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 Village Clerk office shall be considered
public records open to reasonable examination by any person during
the office hours of the Village Clerk, subject to such restrictions
on examination as the Clerk imposes for the preservation of the material.
[Adopted 1-12-2004 by Ord. No. 3-04]
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the various chapters and sections of the 1991 Code of Ordinances of the Village of Belgium, and subsequent ordinances of the Village of Belgium of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Belgium, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 270, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Village of Belgium," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede
the 1991 Code of Ordinances of the Village of Belgium and all other
general and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of
this Code, except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved
from repeal or continued in force.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they
are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately
prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended
as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and
the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption
of the prior ordinances.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has
been filed in the office of the Village Clerk and shall remain there
for use and examination by the public for at least two weeks, in accordance
with § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., and until final action is taken
on this ordinance, and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy
shall be certified to by the Village Clerk, and such certified copy
shall remain on file in the office of said Village Clerk to be made
available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times
while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments
or supplements to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate
the intention of the Village Board to make them a part thereof, shall
be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the
"Code of the Village of Belgium" 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.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
The Village Clerk, 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.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
It shall be the duty of the Village Clerk, or
someone authorized and directed by the Village Clerk, to keep up-to-date
the certified copy of the book containing the Code required to be
filed in the Clerk's office for use by the public. All changes in
said Code and all ordinances adopted subsequent to the effective date
of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of
the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference
until such changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to
said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
[Amended 3-8-2010 by Ord. No. 2-10]
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the Village Clerk or an authorized agent
of the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by the Village Board.
The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation
of the Code.
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 Village of Belgium to be misrepresented
thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of this ordinance
shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $500,
in the discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
Each section of the Code and every part of each
section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding
of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other sections or parts thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent
section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general
and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed
as of the effective date of this Adoption Ordinance, except as hereinafter
provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-18 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to October 13, 2003.
B.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this
ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
C.
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or
any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D.
Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other
proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective
date of this ordinance brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F.
Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade,
changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way,
easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any
portion thereof.
G.
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring
funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing
the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence
of the Village's indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or
transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J.
The annexation or dedication of property or approval
of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K.
Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing
taxes or special assessments therefor.
L.
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the
rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers
and employees.
M.
Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension
plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
N.
Ordinance No. 28-93, the Deposit Schedule, and all
amendments thereto.
O.
Ordinance No. 42-94, the Records Retention Schedule,
and all amendments thereto.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Village of Belgium, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided for in Subsections B and C hereof. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Village Board that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
The following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1)
References to specific chapters and sections of the
Wisconsin Statutes are revised to reflect the numbering of the statutes
as of the publication of this Code.
(2)
References to the "Department of Health and Social
Services" are amended to read "Department of Health and Family Services."
(4)
References to the "official Village newspaper" or
"official newspaper" are amended to read "newspaper of general circulation
in the Village."
(5)
References to the "Board of Appeals" and "Board of
Adjustment/Appeals" are amended to read "Zoning Board of Appeals."
(6)
References to the "Department of Industry, Labor and
Human Relations" are amended to read "Department of Commerce," and
Administrative Code references designated "ILHR" are amended to read
"COMM."
(7)
References to the "Superintendent of Public Works"
and "Public Works Director" are amended to read "Director of Public
Works."
C.
In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set
forth in Schedule A[2] attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith,
to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter
and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been
renumbered and appear in the Code.)
[2]
Editor's Note: A copy of Schedule A is on
file in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage
and publication as required by law.
