[Adopted as Secs. 6-2-1, 6-2-8, 6-2-10, 6-2-12, 6-2-13 and
6-2-15 of the 1995 Code]
[Amended 11-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
No owner or occupant shall allow the sidewalk abutting on his
premises to be littered with rubbish or dirt. If such owner or occupant
shall refuse or fail to remove any such rubbish or dirt when notified
to do so by the Director of Public Works, the Director of Public Works
may cause the same to be done and report the cost thereof to the Village
Treasurer who shall spread the cost on the tax roll as a special tax
against the premises, pursuant to § 66.0627, Wis. Stats.,
or such cost may be recovered in an action against the owner or occupant.
B.
Noxious weeds; paving. All that part of the terrace not covered by
a sidewalk shall be kept free and clear of all noxious weeds and shall
not be paved, surfaced or covered with any material which shall prevent
the growth of plants and shall be maintained as a lawn, except in
areas specifically approved by the Village Board or its designee.
Basketball backstops, statuary, structures, flag poles and other objects
shall not be placed in the terrace area.
C.
Responsibility to maintain. Every owner of land in the Village whose
land abuts a terrace is required to maintain, or have maintained by
his tenant, the terrace directly abutting such land as provided in
this section and elsewhere in this Code. Every owner shall keep mailboxes
located on a terrace free and clear of snow.
No downspouts from any building shall terminate on or upon, or in such position that the contents of such spout be cast upon or flow back or over any public sidewalk in the Village. When the eaves of a building extend over or are so constructed that water may fall therefrom or run back upon any public sidewalk, such eaves shall be so protected by proper spouts or otherwise that no water shall fall or drain therefrom or run back upon or over any public sidewalk. The owner or owners of any building and the officers of any association or corporation owning any building on which any spouts or the eaves thereof shall be maintained contrary to this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code of Ordinances.
In the interest of public safety, health and general welfare,
community appearance and efficiency of operation, it shall be unlawful
to rake or place fallen tree leaves onto the pavement or into the
gutter of any public street except within 72 hours of a scheduled
curbside pickup. It shall be unlawful to rake or place any grass clippings
onto the pavement or into the gutter of any public street at any time.
No person shall permit grass clippings from mower swaths to remain
upon sidewalks or on abutting property owned or occupied by him.
A.
Unlawful dumping. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit
or cause to be deposited, dump, sort, scatter or leave any rubbish,
stone, wire, earth, ashes, cinders, sawdust, hay, class, manure, filth,
paper, snow, ice, dirt, grass, leaves, construction waste, garbage
or other offensive or noxious material in any public street, sidewalk,
alley, or upon any public property or upon any property of another
without the express permission of the owner or occupant thereof.
B.
Dropping of mud or other substances on streets.
(1)
It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle or equipment leaving
private property to allow any mud, dirt, construction site debris
or other substance to drop therefrom, either intentionally or unintentionally,
upon any street or alley in the Village of Fredonia, unless such driver
or operator of said vehicle or other equipment shall stop and remove
such mud or other substance so deposited from said street or alley,
or cause such mud or substance to be removed without cost to the Village
of Fredonia.
(2)
The owners of any real estate where any vehicle or equipment leaving
such property shall leave, drop, or throw mud or any other substance
upon any street or alley shall be responsible for the prompt removal
of the same from such street or alley. The Director of Public Works
shall, upon notification or knowledge of mud or other substance being
deposited upon any street or alley from private property, immediately
take action to clean such mud or other substance from the street,
either by use of Village employees or equipment or by hiring of anyone
available to do this work. Accurate records of the costs to the Village
shall be kept and the Village Treasurer shall bill the costs of the
same and a 20% administrative charge to the said property owner. If
the bill as submitted is not paid by the following October 31, such
charges shall be placed upon the tax roll and collected the same as
other real property taxes.
[Amended 11-17-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-6]
No person shall in any manner obstruct or cause to be obstructed
the free passage of water in any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale
or drain or place or cause to be placed any rubbish, dirt, sand, gravel
or any other matter or thing so that the same is likely to be carried
by the elements into any public gutter, ditch, culvert, swale or drain.
