A.
Destruction of property. No person shall willfully
injure or intentionally deface or destroy or unlawfully remove, take
or meddle with any property of any kind or nature within the Village
and belonging to the Village or its departments, the Siren School
District or to any private person, without the consent of the owner
or proper authority.
B.
Parental liability. Pursuant to § 895.035,
Wis. Stats., the parents of an unemancipated minor shall be liable
for the damage to property caused by the willful, malicious or wanton
act of such child; such liability shall not exceed $1,000.
C.
Unlawful removal of property. It shall be unlawful
for any person to take and carry away the property of another without
the owner's consent with the intention to do so.
A.
Littering prohibited. No person shall throw any glass,
refuse or waste, filth or other litter upon the streets, alleys, highways,
public parks or other property of the Village, or upon property within
the Village owned by the Siren School District or any private person,
or upon the surface of any body of water within the Village.
B.
Litter from conduct of commercial enterprise.
(1)
Scope. The provisions of this subsection shall apply
to all sales, promotions and other commercial ventures that result
in litter being deposited on any street, alley or other public way.
(2)
Litter to be cleaned up. Any person, firm, corporation
or association carrying on an enterprise that results in litter being
deposited on any street, alley or other public way shall clean up
the same within 12 hours of the time the same is deposited. If any
such litter is subject to being blown about, it shall be picked up
immediately. If any such litter is likely to attract animals or vermin,
such litter shall be picked up immediately.
(3)
Litter picked up at litterer's expense. If any person, firm, corporation or association fails to pick up any litter as required by Subsection B(1) within the time specified, the Village shall arrange to have the same picked up by Village crews or by private enterprise. Applicable bidding procedures shall be used for any arrangement for the use of private enterprise to pick up such litter. The entire expense of picking up such litter, together with an additional charge of 20% for administrative expenses, shall be charged to the person, firm, corporation or association that did the littering. If such sum is not promptly paid, steps shall be taken, with the advice of the Village Attorney's office, to collect the same. This charge shall be in addition to any forfeiture or other penalty for violation of this section.
C.
Dumping of refuse and grass in gutters. No person
shall deposit any refuse, leaves or grass clippings in any gutter
along any public street, road, alley or highway.
D.
Handbills.
(1)
Scattering prohibited. It shall be unlawful to deliver
any handbills or advertising material to any premises in the Village
except by being handed to the recipient, placed on the porch, stoop
or entranceway of the building or firmly affixed to a building so
as to prevent any such articles from being blown about, becoming scattered
or in any way causing litter.
(2)
Papers in public places prohibited. It shall be unlawful
to leave any handbills, advertising material or newspapers unattended
in any street, alley, public building or other public place, provided
that this shall not prohibit the sale of newspapers in vending machines.
No person shall leave or permit to remain outside
of any dwelling, building or other structure or within any unoccupied
or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under his control
in a place accessible to children any abandoned, unattended or discarded
icebox, refrigerator or other container which has an airtight door
or lid, snap lock or other locking device which may not be released
from the inside without first removing said door or lid, snap lock
or other locking device from said icebox, refrigerator or container,
unless such container is displayed for sale on the premises of the
owner or his agent and is securely locked or fastened.
A.
Whoever intentionally alters indicia of price or value of merchandise or takes and carries away, transfers, conceals or retains possession of merchandise held for resale by a merchant without consent and with intent to deprive the merchant permanently of possession or the full purchase price may be penalized as provided in Subsection D.
B.
The intentional concealment of unpurchased merchandise
which continues from one floor to another or beyond the last station
for receiving payments in a merchant's store is evidence of intent
to deprive the merchant permanently of possession of such merchandise
without paying the purchase price thereof. The discovery of unpurchased
merchandise concealed upon the person or among the belongings of another
is evidence of intentional concealment on the part of the person so
concealing such goods.
C.
A merchant or merchant's adult employee who has probable
cause for believing that a person has violated this section in his
presence may detain such person in a reasonable manner for a reasonable
length of time to deliver him to a peace officer, or to his parent
or guardian if a minor. The detained person must be promptly informed
of the purpose for the detention and may make phone calls, but he
shall not be interrogated or searched against his will before the
arrival of a police officer who may conduct a lawful interrogation
of the accused person. Compliance with this subsection entitles the
merchant or his employee effecting the detention to the same defense
in any action as is available to a peace officer making an arrest
in the line of duty.
D.
Penalty. If the value of the merchandise does not
exceed $100, any person violating this section shall forfeit not more
than $200. If the value of the merchandise exceeds $100, this section
shall not apply and the matter shall be referred to the District Attorney
for criminal prosecution.
No person shall store junked or discarded property, including machinery or machinery parts, wood, bricks, cement blocks or other unsightly debris, which substantially depreciates property values in the neighborhood except or upon permit issued by the Village Board. The Chief of Police may require by written order any premises violating this section to be put in compliance within the time specified in such order and, if the order is not complied with, may have the premises put in compliance and the cost thereof assessed as a special tax against the property. The storage of junked vehicles and appliances is subject to the requirements of Chapter 415, Article II of this Code.[2]
A.
No person shall, without lawful authority, open, remove
or damage any coin machine, coin telephone or other vending machine
dispensing goods or services, or a part thereof, or possess a key
or device specifically designed to open or break any coin machine,
coin telephone or other vending machine dispensing goods or services,
or possess a drawing, print or mold of a key or device specifically
designed to open or break any coin machine, coin telephone or other
vending machine dispensing goods or services within the limits of
the Village.
B.
In this section, "coin machine" means any device or
receptacle designed to receive money or anything of value. The term
includes a depository box, parking meter, vending machine, pay telephone,
money-changing machine, and coin-operated phonograph and amusement
machine if they are designed to receive money or other thing of value.
A.
Damaging public property. No person shall climb any
tree or pluck any flowers or fruit, wild or cultivated, or break,
cut down, trample upon, remove, or in any manner injure or deface,
write upon, defile or ill use any tree, shrub, flower, flowerbed,
turf, fountain, ornament, statue, building, fence, apparatus, bench,
table, official notice, sign, bridge, structure or other property
within any park or parkway or in any way injure, damage or deface
any public building, sidewalk or other public property in the Village.
B.
Breaking of streetlamps or windows. No person shall
break glass in any streetlamps or windows of any building owned or
occupied by the Village.
No person except the owner of the cemetery lot
or a cemetery employee shall cut, remove, injure or carry away flowers,
trees, plants or vines from any cemetery lot or property; nor shall
any person deface, injure or mark upon any cemetery markers, headstones,
monuments, fences or structures; nor shall any person other than the
owner injure, carry away or destroy any vases, flowerpots, urns or
other objects which have been placed on any cemetery lot.
In addition to the general penalty of this Code in § 1-4 or any other penalty imposed for violation of any section of this article, any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public property shall be liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property. The parent or parents of any unemancipated minor child who violates § 407-15 may also be held liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes. Nothing in this Code of Ordinances shall prevent the Police Department from referring violations of the provisions of this article to the District Attorney's office in the interest of justice.
