City of Glenwood, WI Article III Offenses Against Property

§ 314-10 Littering. [1]

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 City of Glenwood City, or upon property within the City owned by the school district or any private person, or upon the surface of any body of water within the City of Glenwood City.

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(2) within the time specified, the City shall arrange to have the same picked up by City crews or by private enterprise. 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 City Attorney's office, to collect the same. The charge shall be in addition to any forfeiture or other penalty for violation of this section.

C. Depositing of materials prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit or cause or permit to be deposited, placed or parked any vegetation, grass, leaves, foliage, earth, sand, gravel, water, snow, ice, debris, waste material, foreign substance, construction materials, equipment or object upon any street, sidewalk or public property without authorization of the Common Council or Director of Public Works pursuant to the provisions of this Code of Ordinances, or upon any private property without the consent of the owner or lessee of the property. Any person who deposits or causes or permits to be deposited, placed or parked any such materials, equipment or objects upon any street, sidewalk or property shall be responsible to properly mark or barricade the area so as to prevent a safety hazard.

D. Handbills.

(1) Scattering prohibited. It shall be unlawful to deliver any handbills or advertising material to any premises in the City 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.

[1] Editor's Note: Original § 11-3-1, Destruction or theft of property prohibited, which immediately preceded this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

§ 314-11 Abandoned refrigerators; open excavations.

A. 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.

B. No person shall have or permit on any premises owned or occupied by him any open cisterns, cesspools, wells, unused basements, excavations or other dangerous openings. All such places shall be filled, securely covered or fenced in such manner as to prevent injury to any person, and any cover shall be of a design, size and weight that the same cannot be removed by small children.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Original § 11-3-4, Theft of library material, § 11-3-5, Damage to public property, § 11-3-6, Retail theft, and § 11-3-7, Issuance of worthless checks, which immediately followed this section, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).

§ 314-12 Trespass to dwelling or land.

A. Trespass to land. No person shall enter or remain on any land after having been notified by the owner or occupant not to remain on the premises.

B. Trespass to dwelling. No person shall intentionally enter the dwelling of another without the consent of some person lawfully upon the premises, under circumstances tending to create or provoke a breach of the peace.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Original § 11-3-9, Regulation of smoking, and § 11-3-10, Theft, which immediately followed this section, were repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See now Ch. 196, Cigarettes and Tobacco Products, Art. II, Smoking and Use of Tobacco Products.