[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Holland
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 1-2007]
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:
A.
First offense. Any person who shall violate any provision of
this Code shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $25 nor more
than $500, 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.
B.
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.
Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute
a separate offense. Nothing in this Code shall preclude the Town from maintaining
any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of
this Code.
The Town shall have any and all other remedies afforded by the Wisconsin
Statutes in addition to the forfeitures and costs of prosecution above.
[Adopted 12-10-2007 by Ord. No. 1-2007]
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the ordinances of the Town of Holland of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Holland, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 330, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Holland," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede 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.
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Town 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 Town Clerk, and such certified copy
shall remain on file in the office of said Town 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 Town Board to
make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code
so that reference to the "Code of the Town of Holland" shall be understood
and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements.
The Clerk of the Town of Holland, 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.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk, or someone authorized and directed
by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of 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 incorporated into said Code.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be purchased
from the Clerk or an authorized agent of the Clerk upon the payment of a fee
to be set by the Town 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 Town of Holland
to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of
this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a forfeiture 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. If any provision of this Code or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Code and the application
of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
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 § 1-15 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 December 12, 2006.
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 Town'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.
Any ordinances adopting or amending a Zoning Map or otherwise
rezoning property.
O.
Any charter ordinances.
P.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific
fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the Town.
The adoption of the Code provided in § 1-4 includes the adoption of the following, as set forth in the Code on file in the office of the Clerk pursuant to § 1-7:
A.
New ordinances: Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty; Chapter 17, Compensation; Chapter 29, Emergency Management; Chapter 32, Ethics; Chapter 37, Article III, Assessments and Charges; Chapter 98, Records, Article II, Public Access and Records Management; Chapter 140, Animals; Chapter 150, Building Construction; Chapter 161, Cemeteries; Chapter 174, Fireworks; Chapter 200, Intoxicating Liquor and Fermented Malt Beverages; Chapter 245, Nuisances; and Chapter 318, Vehicles and Traffic, Article III, Abandoned Vehicles, and Article IV, Vehicle Fires.
B.
Revisions to existing ordinances deemed necessary and authorized
by the Town Board to bring the ordinances of the Town into compliance with
current procedures and statutory requirements.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required
by law.
