No person shall erect, contrive, cause, continue, maintain or
permit to exist any public nuisance within the City of New Lisbon.
The following are hereby specifically declared to be public
nuisances offending public morals and decency, but such enumeration
shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances offending public
morals and decency:
A. Disorderly houses. All disorderly houses, bawdy houses, houses of
ill fame, gambling houses and buildings or structures kept or resorted
to for the purpose of prostitution, promiscuous sexual intercourse,
or gambling.
B. Gambling devices. All gambling devices and slot machines, except
as permitted by state law.
C. Unlicensed sale of liquor and beer. All places where intoxicating
liquor or fermented malt beverages are sold, possessed, stored, brewed,
bottled, manufactured, or rectified without a permit or license as
provided for by the ordinances of the City.
D. Continuous violation of City ordinances. Any place or premises within
the City where City ordinances or state laws relating to public health,
safety, peace, morals or welfare are openly, continuously, repeatedly
and intentionally violated.
E. Illegal drinking. Any place or premises resorted to for the purpose
of drinking intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages in violation
of the laws of the State of Wisconsin or ordinances of the City.
The following are hereby declared to be public nuisances affecting
peace and safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude
other nuisances affecting public peace or safety:
A. Abandoned refrigerators. All abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes
from which the doors and other covers have not been removed or which
are not equipped with a device for opening from the inside.
B. Dangerous trees. All trees which are a menace to public safety or
are the cause of substantial annoyance to the general public.
C. Dilapidated buildings. All buildings or structures so old, dilapidated,
or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary, or otherwise
unfit for human use.
D. Fireworks. All use or display of fireworks except as provided by
the laws of the State of Wisconsin and ordinances of the City.
E. Flammable liquids. Repeated or continuous violations of the ordinances
of the City or laws of the state relating to the storage of flammable
liquids.
F. Illegal buildings. All buildings erected, repaired, or altered in violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the City relating to materials and manner of construction of buildings and structures within the City, unless otherwise specifically permitted within Chapter
520, Zoning, of this Code.
G. Noisy animals or fowl. The keeping or harboring of any animal or
fowl which, by frequent or habitual howling, yelping, barking, crowing,
or making of other noises, shall greatly annoy or disturb a neighborhood
or any considerable number of persons within the City.
H. Obstruction of streets; excavations. All obstructions of streets,
alleys, sidewalks, or crosswalks, and all excavations in or under
the same, except as permitted by the ordinances of the City, or which,
although made in accordance with such ordinances, are kept or maintained
for an unreasonable or illegal length of time after the purpose thereof
has been accomplished, or which do not conform to the permit.
I. Obstruction of intersection. All trees, hedges, billboards, or other
obstructions which prevent persons driving vehicles on public streets,
alleys, or highways from obtaining a clear view of traffic when approaching
and intersection or pedestrian crosswalk.
J. Open excavations. All open and unguarded pits, wells, excavations
or unused basements accessible from any public street, alley, or sidewalk.
K. Outdoor burning heating systems. No person or business shall place
on any property within the City an outdoor burning heating system,
defined as any structure located outside a residence which burns combustible
fuel for the purpose of creating heat for any primary or accessory
structure.
L. Signs, billboards, etc. All signs and billboards, awnings and other
similar structures, over or near streets, sidewalks, public grounds,
or places frequented by the public so situated or constructed as to
endanger the public safety.
M. Tree limbs. All limbs of trees which project over a public sidewalk
less than 10 feet above the surface thereof and all limbs which project
over a public street less than 14 feet above the surface thereof.
N. Unremoved snow. All snow and ice not removed in accordance with §
435-11 of this Code.
O. Unauthorized traffic signs. Any unauthorized sign, signal, marking,
or device placed or maintained upon or in view of any public highway
or railway crossing which purports to be or may be mistaken as an
official traffic control device, railroad sign or signal, or which,
because of its color, location, brilliance, or manner of operation,
interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign, or signal.
P. Wires over streets. All wires over streets, alleys, or public grounds
which are strung less than 15 feet above the surface thereof.