Village of Grafton, WI
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2022-11-07
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Title 8: Health and Safety
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Chapter 8.28 Public Nuisances Generally
- Title 1: General Provisions
- Ch 1.01 Code Adoption
- Ch 1.04 General Provisions
- Ch 1.08 General Penalty
- Ch 1.12 Issuance of Citations
- Ch 1.16 Posting of Legal Notices
- Ch 1.20 Advisory Referendums
- Title 2: Administration and Personnel
- Ch 2.02 Elected Officials
- Ch 2.04 Appointed Officials
- Ch 2.06 Vacancies
- Ch 2.08 Village Board
- Ch 2.10 Public Safety Committee
- Ch 2.14 Chief of Police
- Ch 2.18 Village Administrator
- Ch 2.22 Joint Library Board
- Ch 2.24 Police and Fire Commission
- Ch 2.25 Fire Department
- Ch 2.26 Parks and Recreation Board
- Ch 2.28 Plan Commission
- Ch 2.30 Board of Review
- Ch 2.32 Architectural Review Board
- Ch 2.33 Board of Public Works
- Ch 2.34 Board of Appeals
- Ch 2.36 Police Department
- Ch 2.38 Administrative Review
- Ch 2.40 Salaries
- Ch 2.44 Residency of Employees
- Ch 2.46 Ethical Standards
- Ch 2.47 Equal Employment Opportunities
- Ch 2.50 Emergency Management
- Ch 2.52 Voter Registration
- Ch 2.54 Election Regulations
- Ch 2.56 Municipal Court and Municipal Judge
- Ch 2.58 (Reserved)
- Ch 2.60 Lost, Unclaimed and Abandoned Property
- Title 3: Revenue and Finance
- Ch 3.04 Treasurer's Bond
- Ch 3.08 Retention of Public Records
- Ch 3.12 Budget Procedure
- Ch 3.16 Purchasing Rules and Regulations
- Ch 3.20 Bidding Statute Adopted
- Ch 3.24 Claims Against Village
- Ch 3.28 Tax Roll and Tax Receipts
- Ch 3.29 Payment of Real Property Taxes in Installments
- Ch 3.32 Maintenance and Access to Grafton Records
- Ch 3.36 Special Assessments
- Ch 3.40 Fees for Annexation Requests
- Ch 3.44 Impact Fees
- Title 4: (Reserved)
- Title 5: Business Regulations
- Ch 5.04 License and Permit Procedure
- Ch 5.05 Employee Benefits for Private Business
- Ch 5.06 Licensing of Tobacco Products and Cigarette Retailers
- Ch 5.16 Liquor
- Ch 5.20 Amusement and Music Devices
- Ch 5.24 Direct Sellers
- Ch 5.30 Garage and Rummage Sales
- Ch 5.32 Public Amusements and Shows
- Ch 5.48 Hotel-Motel Tax
- Ch 5.50 Hotel Registration and Security
- Title 6: Animals
- Ch 6.04 Protected and Prohibited Animals, Fowl, Reptiles and Insects
- Ch 6.08 Regulation of Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 6.10 Keeping of Domesticated Chickens
- Title 7: Fire Prevention, Protection and Control
- Ch 7.01 General Provisions
- Ch 7.02 Definitions
- Ch 7.03 Adoption of Codes
- Ch 7.04 Fire Protection Systems
- Ch 7.05 Investigation of Fires; Police Powers
- Ch 7.06 Building Access and Safety
- Ch 7.07 Regulated Activities
- Ch 7.08 Fire Emergencies
- Ch 7.09 Violations and Penalties
- Title 8: Health and Safety
- Ch 8.08 Deputy Health Inspector
- Ch 8.12 Weed Control
- Ch 8.16 Hazardous or Infected Trees, Plants or Shrubs
- Ch 8.20 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 8.21 Recycling
- Ch 8.24 Swimming Prohibitions
- Ch 8.25 Misuse of E911 System
- Ch 8.28 Public Nuisances Generally
- § 8.28.010 Public nuisance defined.
- § 8.28.020 Public nuisances prohibited.
- Ch 8.32 Public Nuisances Affecting Health
- Ch 8.36 Abatement of Nuisances
- Ch 8.40 Nuisances Penalty
- Title 9: Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
- Ch 9.01 Offenses Against State Laws
- Ch 9.04 Crossing Police Lines
- Ch 9.06 Resisting or Obstructing an Officer
- Ch 9.08 Aiding Escape of Prisoners
- Ch 9.22 Possession of Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor
- Ch 9.24 Gambling, Lotteries and Fraudulent Devices
- Ch 9.26 Obscene Language
- Ch 9.32 Public Nuisances Offending Morals and Decency
- Ch 9.33 Possession of 25 Grams or Less of Marijuana
- Ch 9.34 Drug Paraphernalia
- Ch 9.35 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 9.36 Regulation of Smoking by Minors and Possession of Smoking Materials on School Property
- Ch 9.37 Curfew Provisions
- Ch 9.38 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 9.39 Regulation of Smoking in Municipal Buildings
- Ch 9.40 Nuisances Affecting Peace and Safety
- Ch 9.42 Obstruction of Entrances
- Ch 9.44 Vagrancy and Loitering
- Ch 9.45 Loitering by Sex Offenders
- Ch 9.46 Skateboards and Play Vehicles
- Ch 9.47 Chronic Nuisance Premises
- Ch 9.50 Property Crimes
- Ch 9.52 Issuance of Worthless Checks
- Ch 9.54 Littering
- Ch 9.56 Shoplifting
- Ch 9.58 Fraudulent Return of Merchandise
- Ch 9.60 Graffiti
- Ch 9.63 Digital Security Imaging System Requirements
- Ch 9.66 Abandoned Iceboxes and Refrigerators
- Ch 9.67 Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders
- Ch 9.72 Bonfires
- Ch 9.73 Carrying Concealed Weapons
- Ch 9.74 Firearms
- Ch 9.75 Facsimile Firearms
- Ch 9.76 Fireworks
- Ch 9.78 Grass Fires
- Ch 9.80 Throwing Objects
- Title 10: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 10.04 State Law Adopted
- Ch 10.08 Accident Reports
- Ch 10.12 Traffic Signs and Signals
- Ch 10.13 School Buses
- Ch 10.16 Speed Limits
- Ch 10.20 Through Highways
- Ch 10.22 Pedestrian Malls
- Ch 10.24 One-Way Streets
- Ch 10.28 No-Passing Zones
- Ch 10.32 Stop and Yield Intersections
- Ch 10.36 Stopping, Standing and Parking
- Ch 10.38 U-Turns
- Ch 10.40 Weight Limits
- Ch 10.42 Tow-Away Zones
- Ch 10.44 Recreational Vehicles
- Ch 10.48 Nuisance Motor Vehicles
- Ch 10.56 Using Semitrailers for Storage Purposes
- Ch 10.60 Leaving Keys in Unattended Vehicles
- Ch 10.64 Bicycle Registration and Regulation
- Ch 10.68 Navigational Markers and Aids
- Ch 10.72 Enforcement of Traffic Regulations
- Ch 10.76 Penalties
- Ch 10.80 Boating Regulations
- Title 11: Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 11.04 Sidewalk Construction and Repair
- Ch 11.08 Street, Alley and Sidewalk Grades
- Ch 11.12 Driveways
- Ch 11.16 Street and Sidewalk Openings
- Ch 11.18 Occupancy of Public Rights-Of-Way by Utilities
- Ch 11.20 Obstructions and Encroachments
- Ch 11.24 Special Privileges and Fees
- Ch 11.28 Trains Obstructing Streets
- Ch 11.32 Tree Regulations
- Ch 11.34 Discharge of Foundation Drains and Sump Pumps Regulated
- Ch 11.36 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 11.40 Penalty for Violating Chapters 11.04 to 11.36
- Ch 11.44 Regulations for Public Grounds
- Title 12: Public Services
- Ch 12.02 Compulsory Connection to Public Water and Sewer
- Ch 12.04 Waterworks and Sewers
- Ch 12.08 Sewer Use and Sewer Service Charges
- Ch 12.12 Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention
- Ch 12.16 Private Well Abandonment
- Ch 12.20 Equivalent Residential Connection Fee
- Title 13: Public Cemetery
- Ch 13.04 General Provisions
- Ch 13.08 Board of Cemetery Commissioners
- Ch 13.12 Platting
- Ch 13.16 Single Grave Section
- Ch 13.20 Sale of Lots
- Ch 13.24 Care of Cemetery
- Ch 13.28 Cemetery Accounts
- Ch 13.32 Lot Improvements
- Ch 13.36 Interment Regulations
- Ch 13.40 Recordkeeping
- Ch 13.44 Police Regulations
- Ch 13.48 Penalties
- Title 14: Trailers and Trailer Courts
- Ch 14.04 Definitions
- Ch 14.08 Location Outside Camps
- Ch 14.12 Permanent Occupancy
- Ch 14.16 Licensing of Trailer Camps
- Ch 14.20 Location and Size of Trailer Camps
- Ch 14.24 Camp Plan
- Ch 14.28 Water Supply
- Ch 14.32 Service Buildings and Accommodations
- Ch 14.36 Waste and Garbage Disposal
- Ch 14.40 Limitations on Occupancy
- Ch 14.44 Management
- Ch 14.48 Applicability of State Codes
- Ch 14.52 Monthly Parking Fee
- Ch 14.56 Penalties
- Title 15: Equal Opportunities In Housing
- Ch 15.04 Statute Adopted by Reference
- Title 16: Buildings and Construction
- Ch 16.04 Building Code
- Ch 16.08 Electrical Code
- Ch 16.12 Plumbing Code
- Ch 16.20 Private Alarm Systems
- Ch 16.24 Property Record Maintenance
- Title 17: (Reserved)
- Title 18: Subdivisions
- Ch 18.01 Introduction
- Ch 18.02 Definitions
- Ch 18.03 General Provisions
- Ch 18.04 Land Division Procedures and Submittal Requirements
- Ch 18.05 Design Standards and Required Improvements
- Ch 18.06 Construction Requirements
- Title 19: Zoning
- Ch 19 Zoning
- Title 20: Signs
- Ch 20.01 Purpose
- Ch 20.02 Permits and Fees Required
- Ch 20.03 Definitions
- Ch 20.04 General Sign Regulations
- Ch 20.05 Determination of Surface Area of Signs
- Ch 20.06 Signs Permitted in Agricultural and Residential Districts
- Ch 20.07 Signs Permitted in the NMU Neighborhood Mixed Use, I Institutional, and PR Park and Recreation Districts
- Ch 20.08 Signs Permitted in the SMU South Commercial Mixed Use District
- Ch 20.09 Signs Permitted in the RMU Regional Mixed Use District
- Ch 20.10 Signs Permitted in the DMU Downtown Mixed Use District
- Ch 20.11 Signs Permitted in the BP Business Park and LI Light Industrial Districts
- Ch 20.12 Signs Permitted in the HI Heavy Industrial, EX Extraction and Disposal, and AE Adult Entertainment Districts
- Ch 20.13 Signs Permitted in the PUD Planned Unit Development District
- Ch 20.14 Shopping Center and Multiple-Tenant Commercial Building Regulations
- Ch 20.15 Changeable Copy and Electronic Message Signs (Including Video Displays)
- Ch 20.16 Temporary Signs
- Ch 20.17 Prohibited Signs
- Ch 20.18 Closed Business Signs or Abandoned Signs
- Ch 20.19 Variances
- Title 21: Floodplain Zoning
- Ch 21.01 Statutory Authorization
- Ch 21.02 Finding of Fact
- Ch 21.03 Statement of Purpose
- Ch 21.04 Title
- Ch 21.06 General Provisions
- Ch 21.07 General Standards Applicable to All Floodplain Districts
- Ch 21.08 Hydraulic and Hydrologic Analyses
- Ch 21.09 Watercourse Alterations
- Ch 21.10 Development
- Ch 21.11 Public or Private Campgrounds
- Ch 21.12 Floodway District (FW)
- Ch 21.13 Floodfringe District (FF)
- Ch 21.14 General Floodplain District (GFP)
- Ch 21.15 Nonconforming Uses
- Ch 21.16 Administration
- Ch 21.17 Zoning Administrator
- Ch 21.18 Zoning Agency
- Ch 21.19 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 21.20 Appeals Review
- Ch 21.21 Floodproofing Standards
- Ch 21.22 Public Information
- Ch 21.23 Amendments
- Ch 21.24 General
- Ch 21.25 Procedures
- Ch 21.26 Enforcement and Penalties
- Ch 21.27 Definitions
- Title 22: Shoreland-Wetland Zoning
- Ch 22.04 Shoreland-Wetland Zoning
- Title 23: Stormwater Management And Erosion Control
- Ch 23.01 Stormwater Management Regulations
- Ch 23.04 Control of Construction Site Erosion
- Title 24: Community Development Authority
- Ch 24.04 Creation of Community Development Authority
- Ch 24.08 Status of Community Development Authority as Public Body
- Ch 24.12 Appointment, Confirmation and Term of Commissioners; Vacancies
- Ch 24.16 Bylaws
- Ch 24.20 Officers, Agents and Employees
- Ch 24.24 Powers and Duties of CDA
- Ch 24.28 Construction
- Title 25: Weights and Measures
- Ch 25.04 Weights and Measures
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Grafton as Title 8, Ch. 8.28, of the 1979 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A public nuisance is a thing, act, occupation or use of property
which shall continue for a sufficient length of time so as to:
A.
Substantially annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort
or repose of the public and property owner(s);
[Amended by Ord. No. 023, Series 1995]
B.
Greatly offend public morals or decency;
C.
Unlawfully interfere with, obstruct or tend to obstruct or render
dangerous for passage a lake, navigable river, bay, stream, canal
or basin, or a public park, square, street, alley or highway;
D.
In any way render the public substantially insecure in the use of
property.
No person shall, within the Village, cause or create a public
nuisance or permit a public nuisance to remain on premises owned or
occupied by him.
