[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Baldwin 4-28-2004 as Title 8, Ch. 2, of the 2004 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Cleanup required. All persons, firms, or corporations delivering,
hauling, disposing, storing, discharging or otherwise handling potentially
polluting substances, solid or liquid, such as, but not limited to,
the following shall immediately clean up any such spilled material
to prevent its becoming a hazard to health or safety or directly or
indirectly causing pollution to the lakes and streams under the jurisdiction
of the Village: fuel oil, gasoline, solvents, industrial liquids or
fluids, milk, grease trap and septic tank wastes, sewage sludge, sanitary
sewer wastes, storm sewer catch basin wastes, oil or petroleum wastes.
B.
Notification. Spills or accidental release of hazardous materials
or pollutants at a site or of a quantity or nature that cannot adequately
be cleaned up by the responsible party or parties shall be immediately
reported to the Village Clerk-Treasurer so that assistance can be
given by the proper agency.
C.
Financial liability. The party or parties responsible for the release,
escape or discharge of wastes shall be held financially liable for
the cost of any cleanup or attempted cleanup deemed necessary or desirable
and undertaken by the Village, or its designated agent, in an effort
to minimize the pollutional effects of the discharged waste.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
store any potentially polluting substances unless such substances
are stored in such manner as to securely prevent them from escaping
onto the ground surface and/or into any street, sewer, ditch or drainageway,
lake or stream within the jurisdiction of the Village of Baldwin.
[Added 10-10-2007]
A.
Findings and purpose. The Village Board of the Village of Baldwin
hereby finds that:
(1)
Wood smoke is hazardous to an individual's health and may affect
the health of the general public when they are involuntarily exposed
to the presence of wood smoke.
(2)
Reliable scientific studies, including studies conducted by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), have shown that breathing wood smoke is a
significant health hazard particularly to children, elderly people,
individuals with cardiovascular disease, and individuals with impaired
respiratory functions, including asthmatics and those with obstructive
airway disease.
(3)
Those wood-burning furnaces which are located out of doors emit significantly
more smoke than those located indoors due to the manner in which such
furnaces are operated.
(4)
This section is adopted for the purpose of protecting the public
health, safety, comfort, and the general welfare of the people of
the Village of Baldwin; educating citizens affected by this section;
and assisting property owners and managers in maintaining compliance.
B.
OUTDOOR WOOD-BURNING FURNACE
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meaning indicated:
A furnace, or similar device, designed and intended, and/or
used, through the burning of wood, for the purpose of heating the
principal structure or another accessory structure on the premises.
These types of furnaces are characterized by a short stack height
and are located outdoors. "Outdoor wood-burning furnace" as used herein
is not meant to include wood-burning furnaces located indoors, including
in an accessory structure such as a garage or storage building. This
definition includes outside wood-burning water stoves.
C.
Prohibition of outdoor wood-burning furnaces in the Village of Baldwin.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or use an outdoor wood-burning
furnace in the Village of Baldwin.
D.
Nonconforming uses.
(1)
Continuation of nonconforming uses. The lawful use of any outdoor
wood-burning furnace existing at the time of the effective date of
this section may be continued, although such use does not conform
to the provisions of this section, as hereinafter provided.
(2)
Extension or enlargement. No nonconforming or preexisting outdoor
wood-burning furnace shall hereafter be extended, enlarged, or expanded.
(3)
Abandonment and discontinuance. Any currently existing and used outdoor
wood-burning furnace which is abandoned or not used for a period of
12 consecutive months shall not be permitted to be reestablished as
a nonconforming use, cannot be used, and must be immediately removed
by the property owner from the subject premises. If the property owner
fails to remove the outdoor wood-burning furnace by the end of the
twelve-month period, the Village of Baldwin Building Inspector shall
give written notice by certified mail, personal service, or posting
to the owner of the property upon which the outdoor wood-burning furnace
is located. Such notice shall provide that such person shall remove
the furnace within 15 days of the notice. Should the outdoor wood-burning
furnace not be removed in the time specified, the Building Inspector
shall arrange for the removal of the outdoor wood-burning furnace.
The cost of removal shall be charged to the owner of the premises.
If the cost of removal is not paid within 30 days, it shall be assessed
and collected as a special charge against the property pursuant to
Wisconsin Statutes.
(4)
Termination. At such time as the useful life of a nonconforming or
preexisting outdoor wood-burning furnace has elapsed or it would need
to be repaired to function properly, the unit cannot be repaired or
replaced and must be abandoned, not used, and removed from the property
immediately.
E.
Enforcement and inspection. The Village of Baldwin Zoning Administrator
shall have the power, whenever he deems it necessary, to enter upon
the premises/property to inspect and ascertain compliance with the
requirements of this section.
