[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Argyle 12-7-2005 as Title 11, Ch. 3, Secs. 11-3-1 and 11-3-5, of the 2005 Village
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall willfully injure or intentionally deface, destroy
or unlawfully remove or interfere with any property belonging to the
Village of Argyle, the School District, or to any private person without
the consent of the owner or proper authority, nor shall any person
or organization place or permit to be placed any sign, poster, advertisement,
notice or other writing upon any utility ornamental lightpole belonging
to the Village without the consent of proper authority. Any signs,
posters, advertisements, notices or other writings so placed shall
be removed by law enforcement authorities and the placing person or
organization cited for violation of this article
Pursuant to § 895.035, Wis. Stats., the parents of
an unemancipated minor shall be liable for the damage of property
caused by the willful, malicious or wanton act of such child; such
liability shall not exceed $2,500.
A.
Any person 17 years of age or over who violates this article is subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-2 of this Code, restitution to the injured party, and the costs of prosecution.
B.
Any person 14 years of age through 16 years of age shall be subject
to a forfeiture not to exceed $25 and any other applicable penalty
provided by § 938.344, Wis. Stats., as that section may
exist, be amended or changed.
Any person or entity injured by a violation of this article
by a minor child shall be advised of the rights and remedies available
under § 895.035, Wis. Stats.
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, flower bed, 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 of Argyle.
No person shall break glass in any street lamps or windows of
any building owned or occupied by the Village.
No person shall, without the authority of Village authorities,
operate any valve connected with the street or water supply mains,
or open any fire hydrant connected with the water distribution system,
except for the purpose of extinguishing a fire. No person shall injure
or impair the use of any water main or fire hydrant.