(1)
Permit required. No fence, trellis or arbor shall
be erected in the Village without a building permit, unless arbors
or trellises are not more than two feet wide nor six feet high and
are placed against a garage or residence.
(1)
Permit required. No person shall make any excavation
or do any grading on any lot or parcel of land in the Village without
first obtaining a permit therefor from the Director of Inspection
Services.
(2)
Applicant to file plans or survey. No permit for any
excavation or grading in the Village shall be granted unless the applicant
shall first file with the Director of Inspection Services the following:
(a)
In the case of an excavation a statement of the purpose
and a plan showing the dimensions of the excavation.
(b)
In the case of grading, a topographic survey showing
grade and elevation of property before and after completion of proposed
grading and approval of the proposed grading by the Building Board.
(3)
Alteration of grade prohibited without approval. No
existing grade on any lot or parcel of land in the Village shall be
altered and modified unless the Building Board shall approve the same.
The Building Board shall approve the alteration and modification of
grade with respect to any lot or parcel of land in the Village when
it shall appear that:
(4)
Mining and excavation.
(a)
Permit from Building Board required. No person shall
undertake or engage in the mining, removal or excavation of any gravel,
stone or dirt (except as the same may be incidental and necessary
to the construction of a basement or leveling of a lot in the course
of the building of a home or other structure) without first obtaining
the approval of and a permit from the Building Board.
(b)
When permit may be issued. No permit for any mining,
removal or excavation of any gravel, stone or dirt shall be issued
without first being reviewed by the Plan Commission and approved by
the Village Board and unless it shall appear that:
1.
The proposed mining, removal or excavation of any
gravel, stone or dirt does not damage or depreciate the value of adjacent
lots or parcels of land.
2.
The natural flow of surface water toward or away from
adjacent property is not affected by the mining, removal or excavation
of any gravel, stone or dirt.
3.
The proposed mining, removal or excavation of any
gravel, stone or dirt shall not create a traffic hazard or congestion
or unreasonably tax the capacity of or cause an unreasonable carrying
burden on the existing roads leading to and from the area in which
the proposed operation is located.
4.
The proposed mining, removal or excavation of any
gravel, stone or dirt shall not create a nuisance.
5.
The proposed mining, removal or excavation of any
gravel, stone or dirt shall not violate any provisions of the state,
county or Village codes.
(6)
Excavations to be closed or protected. The occupants and owners of any lot or parcel of land in the Village occupied for resident or business purposes shall not leave open and not securely guard, except during the period of construction, any excavation more than two feet in depth or any excavation containing water more than six inches in depth. See also § 9.12.
[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 840; 2-21-2023 by Ord. No. 946]
(1)
Building
marker required. Uniform building number markers shall be provided
for each building by the Village upon issuance of each building permit
at a charge of $1 for each digit and $2.50 for each frame. Building
numbers shall be located on the street side of the building at a point
readily visible. Such location of building numbers shall be approved
by the Director of Inspection Services.
(2)
Address
to be visible. It shall be the duty of each owner or occupant of any
building, existing or new, prior to occupancy being granted, or if
any building is assigned a new address by the Village, to securely
attach or apply the address to the building in a conspicuous position
that can be plainly seen from the street. Address numbers shall be
Arabic numerals. Numbers shall be a minimum of four inches high with
a minimum stroke width of 0.5 inch. The address numbers shall contrast
with the background on which they are affixed to assure visibility.
(1)
No contractor shall allow any vehicle to operate out
of any construction site, regardless of whether the same is operated
by the contractor, his agents, employees or subcontractors, in such
manner as to dump, scatter or deposit any rubbish, stones, wire, earth,
ashes, cinders, sawdust, hay, glass, manure, filth, paper, snow, ice,
dirt, grass, leaves, twigs, shrubs, construction waste, garbage or
other offensive or nauseous material on any street, alley or public
place. The Director of Inspection Services or Police Chief shall order
any contractor to take such precautions as he deems necessary to prevent
any such foreign materials from being deposited on the street, alley
or public place and to remove all foreign material from the same.
If any contractor fails to comply with the order of the Director of
Inspection Services or Police Chief, the Director of Inspection Services
or Police Chief may order all construction stopped. Any contractor
who continues construction after any such order of the Director of
Inspection Services or the Police Chief shall be deemed to have violated
the chapter.
(2)
This section shall not apply to construction work
within the barricaded area of work being done in the street right-of-way
pursuant to an excavation permit authorizing the same or pursuant
to Village contract or by Village forces.
[Amended by Ord. No. 593; by Ord. No. 711; by Ord. No. 725; 5-17-2005 by Ord. No. 817; 7-17-2012 by Ord. No. 861; 10-16-2018 by Ord. No. 899]
Regulation of signs. Signs are regulated in the Village as described in Chapter 17 of this Code, the Village Zoning Code. No building permit shall be issued for any sign that does not meet the requirements of the Zoning Code.
(1)
No illuminated sign, yard light, area light, parking
lot and service area light or other illumination shall be permitted
or maintained in any district designated in the Zoning Code without
first obtaining a permit therefor from the Director of Inspection
Services. Before the Director of Inspection Services issues a permit,
the applicant shall submit data of fixtures and locations in sufficient
detail to fully determine the nature and extent of the work proposed.
Such plans as received by the Director of Inspection Services shall
be referred by him to the Building Board. The Building Board may require
such further descriptive detail as it may deem necessary.
(2)
All lighting and glare-producing processes shall be
installed so that direct rays from a light-emitting element or surface
shall be shielded by suitable skirtings, louvres or recessed housings
or recessed locations and by directing fixtures so that the emitted
direct rays are not visible beyond the property line or a parking
lane or alley adjacent to the site.
(3)
Lighting with low surface brightness prisms having
a forty-five-degree or under cutoff may be acceptable in some cases
without shielding. Bulb, strip or tube lighting shall not be acceptable
unless fully shielded so that all direct lighting is retained within
the property. The brightness shall not exceed that of a one-hundred-watt
frosted incandescent bulb operating normally.
(4)
No illuminated sign, yard light, area light, parking
lot or service area light or other illumination shall be permitted
or maintained in any district where, because of direction, brilliancy,
animation, flashing or other similar feature, it is found by the Director
of Inspection Services to be an undue nuisance to other properties
or detrimental to the public safety or general welfare. The criteria
set forth above shall be utilized by the Director of Inspection Services
in determining suitability of any light.
(5)
Existing lighting for yards and buildings shall be
inspected by the Director of Inspection Services for compliance with
this section when a nuisance exists. Modifications required as determined
by the inspections shall be approved by the Building Board.
(1)
Establishment of grades. Any lot on which a building
may hereafter be erected, structurally altered or relocated in the
Village shall be at a grade established by a plat, or if there is
no plat or the plat does not show a grade then at a grade in satisfactory
relationship with the established street grades, or where none have
been established with the existing street grades. All grades shall
be subject to approval by the Village Engineer who, except where the
grade is established by a plat, shall give particular consideration
to proper drainage.
(2)
Adequate drainage required. No building shall be erected,
structurally altered or relocated on land which is not adequately
drained so that surface water is carried away without adversely affecting
the drainage of any other area.
(3)
Obstruction to drainage prohibited. No person shall
dam, fill, grade, relocate or otherwise interfere with the natural
flow of surface water in accordance with grades established by a plat
plan or along any surface water drainage channel or natural watercourse.
(4)
Removal of obstruction to drainage. Whenever any surface
water drainage channel or natural watercourse becomes obstructed so
that the flow of water along the same is retarded, the owner or occupant
of any property affected or damaged by such obstruction may request
its removal by giving notice in writing to the owner or occupant of
the property where the obstruction is located. If removal is not made
within 30 days after receipt of such notice, the Village Manager may
cause the removal of the obstruction. The cost of removal shall be
charged and assessed against the property within the involved drainage
area under § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
[Added by Ord. No. 686]
(1)
Solar collector structures, either freestanding or
attached to a principal or accessory building; windmills and other
wind-generating structures on lots three acres or more in area; radio
and television satellite antennas, such as dish antennas, whether
mounted on a building or located on the ground, either permanently
or in a portable manner; and other similar structures may be approved
by the Building Board subject to the following standards:
(a)
Height, setback and offset standards contained in
the Zoning Code shall be met.
(b)
Landscaping may be required to buffer the structure
from other properties. A surety may be required to guarantee that
trees and other shrubs are planted and maintained.
(c)
Engineering reports may be requested for any of these
structures to substantiate noise levels, structural design, ability
to withstand winds of 75 miles per hour and other stresses, foundation
design, no harmful interference with radio and/or television reception
or broadcasting to other properties and any other data desired by
the Building Board.
(d)
The Building Board shall determine that the proposed
structure will not be detrimental to other properties.
(e)
The Building Board may limit the number of accessory
structures on any property.
(2)
Ground dish antennas may be approved by the Building
Board on the condition that they:
