[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Rome as
Sec. 9.04 of the prior Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Definition. Any condition or use of premises or building exteriors
which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or
tends to cause substantial diminution in the value of other property
in the neighborhood in which such premises are located. This includes,
but is not limited to, the keeping or depositing on or the scattering
over the premises of any lumber, junk, trash, or debris; abandoned,
discarded, or unused objects or equipment, such as motor vehicles,
recreational vehicles, furniture, stoves, refrigerators, freezers,
cans, or containers. Maintaining any object on the premises which
causes an odor, which is revolting or obnoxious and which gives pain
or unpleasant sensation to the owners of neighboring properties is
a violation of this chapter.
B.
No person in charge of or in control of premises, whether as owner,
lessee, tenant, occupant, or otherwise, shall allow any partially
dismantled, wrecked, junked, unlicensed, discarded appliances, recreational
vehicles, motor vehicles, machinery or manufactured homes or otherwise
nonoperating motor vehicle, recreational vehicle or noninhabitable
manufactured home to remain on such property longer than 10 days;
and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within
the Town for a longer time than 10 days, except that this subsection
shall not apply with regard to any vehicle in an enclosed building
or so located upon the premises as not to be readily visible from
any public place or from any surrounding private property. This subsection
shall further not apply with regard to any vehicle on the premises
of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place, other than in
a residential district, and operated in a lawful manner, when the
keeping or maintenance of such a vehicle is necessary to the operation
of such business enterprise; or with regard to a vehicle in an appropriate
storage place or depository maintained in a lawful place and manner
by the Town or any public agency or entity, except that this section
does not restrict the Town from proceeding under any other ordinance
which the Town may have relating to nonoperating vehicles as herein
described.
C.
Whenever the Police Department shall find any vehicles or appliances,
as described herein, placed or stored in the open upon private property
within the Town, they shall notify the owner of said property on which
said vehicle or appliance is stored of the violation of this section.
If said vehicles or appliance is not removed within five days, the
Police Department shall cause to be issued a citation to the property
owner or tenant of the property upon which said vehicle or appliance
is stored.
D.
If such vehicle or appliance is not removed within 20 days after
issuance of a citation, the Chief of Police shall cause the vehicle
or appliance to be removed and impounded, and the Chief of Police
or his duly authorized representative shall thereafter dispose it
of. Any cost incurred in the removal and sale of said vehicle or appliance
shall be recovered from the owner. However, if the owner of the vehicle
or appliance cannot readily be found, the cost of such removal shall
be charged to the property from which it is removed, which charges
shall be entered as a special charge on the tax roll.
A.
The Police Chief is authorized to issue annual permits to store unlicensed
motor vehicles upon a parcel of property.
B.
A written permit to store an unlicensed motor vehicle shall be issued
upon proper application having been made, and only after the applicant
if deemed necessary has met all the requirements, as to the type of
enclosure or shielding.
C.
Any application for an "Unlicensed Motor Vehicle Storage Permit"
shall be acted within 60 days after it was filed with the Police Chief.
D.
If the permit is issued, such permit shall be issued for a period
of one year.
E.
Inspection of an enclosure facility may be executed each year before
the Police Chief acts on the next year's permit.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meaning given herein.
If not defined herein, the word, term or phrase shall have the definition
commonly accepted including a relevant definition contained in the
Wisconsin Statutes. When not inconsistent with the context, the words
used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural
number include the singular number and words in the singular number
include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and
not merely directory:
Not having working septic systems, wells, and heating units
so as to be used for living quarters or damaged beyond repair.
Any person occupying or having use of a building, structure,
premises of any part thereof.
Includes the plural as well as the singular and may mean
either a natural person, firm, association, partnership, private corporation,
public or quasi-public corporation, or combination of these who shall
hold title to a building, structure or property, or who shall be in
actual possession of, or have charge, or control of building, structure,
or property as agent of the title holder, or who shall be trustee
or guardian of the estate or person of the title holder.
The Town of Rome, Adams County, Wisconsin, or any duly appointed
designate thereof, including, but not limited to, the Town Board and
Town committees.
The present governing body of the Town or any successors
to the legislative power of said body, or any duly appointed designate
thereof.
A motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer or mobile home, whether
or not such vehicle is registered under Wisconsin Law.
