[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Coloma 6-30-1994 as Title 6, Ch.
1, of the 1994 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 182.
Brush, grass and weeds — See Ch. 198.
Open burning — See Ch. 213.
Hazardous materials and pollution — See Ch. 279.
Nuisances — See Ch. 354.
Nudity — See Ch. 350.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 376.
Water — See Ch. 460.
Water and sewer connections — See Ch. 464.
Zoning — See Ch. 480.
The Board of Health may make reasonable and general rules for
the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and for the prevention
of the creation of health nuisances and the protection of the public
health and welfare, and may, where appropriate, require the issuances
of licenses and permits. All such regulations shall have the same
effect as ordinances and any person violating any such regulations
and any lawful order of the Board shall be subject to the general
penalty provided for in this Code.
A.
Defined. A "health nuisance" is any source of filth or cause of sickness.
A.
Notice to connect. Wherever sewer and water becomes available to any building used for human habitation, the Sewer and Water Committee Chairperson or his/her designee shall notify, in writing, the owner, agent or occupant hereof to connect all facilities thereto required by the Chairperson. The notice required by this section shall direct the owner of his/her agent to connect the building to such main or mains in the manner prescribed by in § 460-9 to install such facilities and fixtures as may be reasonably necessary to permit passage of sewage incidental to human habitation into the sewer system and to furnish an adequate supply of pure water for drinking and prevent creation of a health nuisance. If such person to whom the notice has been given shall fail to comply for more than 36 months after the notice, the Chairperson shall cause the necessary connections to be made and the expense thereof shall be assessed as a special tax against the property. The owner may, within 30 days after receipt of an invoice for work completed, file a written option with the Clerk/Treasurer stating that he/she cannot pay the cost of the connection in one sum and electing that such sum be levied in five equal annual installments, with interest on the unpaid balance at the current interest rate.[1]
B.
Abatement of privies and cesspools. After connection to a water main
and public sewer, no privy, privy vault or cesspool shall be constructed
or maintained upon such lot or parcel and shall be abated upon 10
days' written notice for such abatement by the Chairperson. If not
so abated, the Chairperson shall cause the same to be done and the
cost thereof assessed as a special tax against the property.
A.
Sanitary requirements. All structures, pens, buildings, stables,
coops or yards wherein animals or fowl are kept shall be maintained
in a clean and sanitary condition, free of rodents, vermin and objectionable
odors.
B.
Animals excluded from food handling establishments. No person shall
take or permit to remain any dog, cat or other live animal on or upon
any premises where food is sold, offered for sale or processed for
consumption by the general public. This subsection shall not prohibit
the use of guide dogs for the visually handicapped.
C.
Farm animals. Farm animals and fowl, such as cattle, hogs, sheep,
horses, chickens, geese, etc., are prohibited within the Village except
that they may be permitted on those properties zoned AG (Agricultural)
as a conditional use, provided that a conditional use permit has been
issued by the Village.
D.
Slaughtering. There shall be no slaughtering of animals within the
Village limits.
No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in any public
street or on any public ground or on any private property not his/her
own, any refuse, garbage, litter, water material or liquid or any
other objectionable material or liquid. When any such material is
placed on the person's own private property, it shall be properly
enclosed and covered so as to prevent the same from becoming a public
nuisance.
A.
The Weed Commissioner shall annually on or before May 15 publish
as required by state law a notice that every person is required by
law to destroy all noxious weeds on lands in the Village which he/she
owns, occupies or controls.
B.
If the owner or occupant shall neglect to destroy any weeds as required
by such notice, then the Village Weed Commissioner shall give five
days' written notice by mail to the owner or occupant of any
lands upon which the weeds shall be growing to the effect that the
Weed Commissioner, after the expiration of the five day period, will
proceed to destroy or cause to be destroyed all such weeds growing
upon said lands and that the cost thereof will be assessed as a tax
upon the lands which such weeds are located under the provisions of
§ 66.0407, Wis. Stats. In case the owner or occupant shall
further neglect to comply with the notice, the Weed Commissioner shall
destroy such weeds or cause them to be destroyed in the manner deemed
to be the most economical method and the expense thereof, including
the cost of billing and other necessary administrative expenses, shall
be charged against such lots and be collected as a special tax thereon.
C.
Noxious weeds are those plants designated as noxious weeds in § 66.0407,
Wis. Stats., and other rank growth.
D.
Posting notice by Weed Commissioner may be waived, if notice is received
that this is being done on a county basis.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a forfeiture as provided in § 1-2, General penalty, of this Code for each and every offense. Each day that the violation of this chapter continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
