Offenses Against Property
9-1
Purpose
9-2
State
Offenses Against Property Laws Adopted
9-3
Destruction,
Defacement of Property
9-4
Littering
9-5
Forfeitures
and Penalties
SEC. 9-1 PURPOSE.
The purpose of this
ordinance is to maintain property within the Town of Barnes in free and clear
from destruction or defacement and in order to ensure safety and healthful
conditions for all persons.
The statutory
provisions describing and defining regulations with respect to offenses against
property against the peace and good order of the Town provided the penalty for
commission of such offenses hereunder shall be limited to a forfeiture imposed
under the general penalty provisions of this Code of Ordinances in Sec. 1-7. Any future amendments, revisions or
modifications of the Statutes incorporated herein by reference are intended to
be made part of this Code.
Wis. Stat. Section Title
943.13
Trespass to
Land
943.24 Issue of Worthless Checks
SEC. 9-3 DESTRUCTION,
DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY.
(a) No
person shall willfully injure or intentionally deface, draw, mark, write with
paint or other substance, etch or destroy unlawfully remove, take or meddle
with any property of any kind or nature within the Town of Barnes and belonging
to the Town of Barnes, its departments without the owner’s consent.
(b) Parental
Liability. Pursuant to Sec.
895.035, Wis. Stats., the parents of an unemancipated minor shall be liable for
the damage or defacement of the property caused by the willful, malicious or
wanton act of such minor; such liability shall not exceed Five Thousand
($5,000.00) Dollars.
SEC. 9-4 LITTERING.
(a) Definitions. As used in this ordinance, the following
definitions apply:
(1)
“Garbage” waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food; waste from the handling, storage and sale of
produce.
(2)
“Refuse” combustible trash, including, but not
limited to, paper, cartons, boxes, barrels, wood, excelsior, tree branches,
yard trimmings, wood furniture, bedding; noncombustible trash, including but
not limited to, metals, tin cans, metal furniture, dirt, small quantities of
rock and pieces of concrete, glass, crockery, other mineral waste; street
rubbish, including but not limited to, street sweepings, dirt, leaves,
catch-basin dirt, contents of litter receptacles. Provided, refuse shall not include earth and wastes from building
operations such as food processing wastes, boiler house cinders, lumber, scraps
and shavings.
(3)
“Ashes” residue from fires used for cooking and
heating buildings.
(b) Littering prohibited.
(1)
No person shall
leave, place, throw or deposit or cause or permit any other person to leave,
place, throw or deposit, in or upon any street or public place, or in or upon
any vacant or private lot or premises, any ashes, rubbish, garbage, refuse or
other like or similar substances or materials.
a. It shall be unlawful to place or permit to
remain anywhere in the Town of Barnes any garbage, or other material subject to
decay other than leaves or grass, excepting in a tightly covered container.
b. It shall be unlawful to cause or permit to
accumulate any dust, ashes or trash of such a material that it can be blown
away by the wind anywhere in the Town of Barnes excepting in a covered
container.
c. It shall be unlawful to deposit or permit to
fall from any vehicle any garbage, refuse or ashes on any public street, road
or alley in the town, provided, that this section shall not be construed to
prohibit placing garbage, refuse or ashes in a container complying with the
provisions of this ordinance preparatory to having such material collected and
disposed of in the manner provided herein.
Any garbage, refuse or ashes or building materials being carried by a
motor vehicle on a public street, road or alley in the Town of Barnes shall be
fully covered.
d. It shall be unlawful to dump or place any
garbage, refuse or ashes on any premises in the town without the consent of the
owner of such premises.
SEC. 9-5 FORFEITURES and PENALTIES.
The forfeitures and
penalties provided for in this section shall be applicable to violations of
Sections 9-3 and 9-4 of this Ordinance.
(a) Violation
of this ordinance shall be in accordance with the schedule of deposit, which
are now in existence and as may be amended from time to time in the future,
plus any applicable assessments, costs, fees and penalty enhances now in force
in the Bayfield County Circuit Court, or as enforced in the future.