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Village of Darien, WI
Walworth County
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[Prior code § 25.04(1); amended by Ord. 214, 2002]
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. 
Penalty. Any person who shall violate any provision of this code shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $10 nor more than $1,258, together with the costs of the prosecution, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the Walworth County Jail until the forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days; provided, however, that the penalty hereunder shall not exceed the maximum penalty provided under Wisconsin Statutes, if a statutory counterpart exists.
B. 
Continued Violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this code shall preclude the Village from maintaining any appropriate actions to prevent or remove a violation or any provision of this code.
C. 
Citations. Violation of the Village ordinances shall be enforced by the issuance of a municipal citation. The citation shall be in the form as prescribed by Wisconsin State Statutes.
[Added 6-29-2010 by Ord. No. 263[1]]
A. 
For any person adjudged to have violated an ordinance relating to truancy or school dropout, the court is authorized to impose any of the dispositions listed in Section 938.342, Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those statutes, and said statutes are hereby adopted and incorporated herein. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the current or future statutes incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this Section in order to secure uniform statewide regulations of peace and good order of the state.
B. 
For any juvenile adjudged to have violated any ordinance other than truancy or school dropout, the court is authorized to impose any of the dispositions listed in Sections 938.343 and 938.344, Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those statutes, and said statutes are hereby adopted and incorporated herein and are intended to be made part of this Section in order to secure uniform statewide regulation of peace and good order of the state.
C. 
For any juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance who violates a condition of a dispositional order of the court imposed under Section 938.343 or 938.344, Wis. Stats., the court is authorized to impose any of the sanctions listed in Section 938.355(6)(d), Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those statutes, and said statutes are hereby adopted and incorporated herein. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the current or future statutes incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this Section in order to secure uniform statewide regulation of peace and good order of the state.
D. 
Any other juvenile shall be referred to the proper authorities as provided in the applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former Section 108.20 as Section 1.08.30.
[Prior code § 25.04(2)]
A schedule of cash deposits for use with citations issued under this chapter shall be as approved by the presiding Municipal Court Judge and adopted by the Village Counsel from time to time. Such schedule shall be on file in the office of the Chief of Police and in the office of the Village Clerk.
[Added 3-17-2014 by Ord. No. 285]
The court costs taxes by the Village of Darien Municipal Court shall be $38, which at the time of the passage of this section is the maximum amount that may be taxed as Municipal Court costs to the Municipal Court bond schedule. This amount of costs to be taxed by the Municipal Court shall be and continue as the maximum amount of local court costs that may be taxed pursuant to state statute and regulation, and the maximum shall be modified as modified by the Wisconsin Statutes or regulations and shall remain the maximum as permitted under Wisconsin law. It is understood that, at the time of the passage of this section, the Municipal Court costs are controlled by Wis. Stats. § 814.65, permitting a maximum on each separate matter.