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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. Such unlawful material or obstruction may be removed by the Village of Edgar and the cost thereof billed to the violator pursuant to Sec. 66.0627, Wis. Stats.
(a) Equipment. The Village of Edgar shall not permit any private party to use and/or lease/rent any Village equipment for private purposes. However, where it is deemed to be in the public interest, such Village equipment may be rented/leased to private parties performing municipal-related work provided such equipment is operated at all times by trained Village personnel and lease/rental rates fully reflect all Village costs, including, but not limited to, wages, maintenance, insurance, non-wage compensation/benefits, etc.
(b) Services. The Village of Edgar generally does not provide specialized services such as heavy equipment services, snowplowing, etc., for private parties, whether for a fee or no fee. However, due to the unavailability of private sector service providers and in order to protect public safety, the Village of Edgar may provide, for example but not limited to, sanding/salting services to private businesses on a fee basis.
(a) No-Bid Construction for Projects Performed by the Village. Pursuant to Section 62.15(1), Wis. Stats., the Village Board by three-fourths (3/4) vote of all members-elect, elects that any class of public construction, or any part thereof, may be performed directly by the Village of Edgar without submitting the same for bids. The following classes of public work, or any part thereof, may be done directly by the Village of Edgar or its subunits without submitting the same for bids:
(1) Construction and/or repair or maintenance of streets.
(2) Laying, construction and/or repair or maintenance of sewer mains and laterals, and other system-related infrastructure.
(3) Laying, construction and/or repair or maintenance of water mains and laterals, and other system-related infrastructure.
(4) Installation, construction and/or repair or maintenance of Village or its subunits service facilities and infrastructure, including, but not limited to, street lighting.
(5) All public construction of which the estimated cost is less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).
(b) Contracts, How Let. All public construction, other than those classes exempted under Subsection (a) above, the estimated cost of which exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all other public construction shall be let as the Village Board shall direct. If the estimated cost of any public construction exceeds Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) but is not greater than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, the Village shall give a Class I Notice, under Ch. 985, Wis. Stats., of the proposed construction before the contract for the construction is executed.
Cross-Reference:
Section 3-1-16
(a) Unlawful Deposit. In the interests of public safety, health and general welfare, community appearance, and efficiency of operation, it shall be unlawful to place, throw, leave, in any way deposit or permit to be deposited, or permit to remain any dirt, leaves, rubbish, litter, debris or material of any kind upon any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar.
(b) Owner's Responsibility for Removal. The owner, occupant, or person in charge of private premises, which places, causes or permits to remain, any of said materials upon any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway or public ground in the Village shall immediately remove said materials at no cost to the Village of Edgar.
(c) Refuse from Motor Vehicles.
(1) The operator of any motor vehicle which tracks, drops, or places any materials upon any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway or public ground in the Village shall immediately stop and remove said materials at no cost to the Village of Edgar.
(2) In the event said operator is performing work under the control or authority of the owner, occupant, or person in charge of the work on private premises, and said operator causes the deposition of any materials upon any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar, and which said operator fails to remove said materials as required in Section (c) above, the owner, occupant, or person in charge of said work on said private premises, shall remove said materials at no cost to the Village of Edgar.
(d) Removal by Village. In the event the materials are not removed from the street in accordance with Subsections (b), (c), and/or (c)(l) above, the Village shall cause the removal of such materials and shall charge said operator, or said owner, occupant, or person in charge of said work the cost of the removal. In the event the person charged for said removal fails to pay such costs within thirty (30) days, it shall be entered on the tax roll as a special tax against said property.
(e) Penalties. In addition to the costs of removal, said operator, or said owner, occupant, or person in charge of said property shall be subject to a penalty per occurrence as prescribed in Section 1-1-6. Each day that said materials are not removed, shall constitute a separate offense under this Section.
(a) Unlawful Damage. In the interests of public safety, health, general welfare, community appearance, and efficiency of operation, it shall be unlawful in any way to cause damage, injury, or destruction, to any portion or any fixture of any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar.
(b) Responsibility to Repair. The person which causes damage, injury, or destruction of any portion of any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar shall immediately stop and notify the Public Works Department that he/she has caused such damages and shall correct said damages within ten (I 0) days at no cost to the Village.
(c) Failure to Report/Correct.
(1) In the event the operator of any motor vehicle or equipment which causes damage, injury, or destruction of any portion of any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar, fails to report such damage, it shall be considered a violation of this Section.
(2) In the event said operator is performing work under the control or authority of the owner, occupant, or person in charge of the work on private premises, and said operator causes the damage of any portion or fixture of any street, sidewalk, alley, drainageway, or public ground in the Village of Edgar, and which said operator fails to correct said damages as required in Section (b) above, the owner, occupant, or person in charge of said work on said private premises, shall correct said damages at no cost to the Village of Edgar.
(d) Repairs by Village. In the event the damages are not corrected within ten (10) days, the Village of Edgar shall cause the correction of said damages and shall charge the operator, or owner, occupant, or person in charge of said property the cost of correcting the damage. In the event the said costs remain unpaid following thirty (30) days, it shall be entered on the tax roll as a special tax against said property.
(e) Penalties. In addition to the costs to correct damages, said operator, or said owner, occupant, or person in charge of said property shall be subject to a penalty per occurrence as prescribed in Section 1-1-6. Each day after said ten (10) days that the damages are not corrected, shall constitute a separate offense under this Section.
State Law References:
Sec. 66.0425, Wis. Stats.
The statutory provisions in the following enumerated sections of the Wisconsin Statutes, exclusive of any provisions therein relating to the penalties to be imposed or the punishment for violation of said statutes, are hereby adopted and, by reference, made a part of this Section. Any act required to be performed or prohibited by any regulation incorporated herein by reference is required or prohibited by this Section. Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of the statutory regulations incorporated herein are intended to be made part of this Section.
(a) Sec. 82.19 Highways, Discontinuance of
(b) Sec. 86.01 Materials Left in Highway
(c) Sec. 86.021 Highways, Cultivation of; Injury by Farm Machinery
(d) Sec. 86.022 Obstructing Highway with Embankment or Ditch
(e) Sec. 86.025 Camping on Highways
(f) Sec. 86.03 Trees, On and Adjacent to Highways
(g) Sec. 86.04 Highway Encroachments
(h) Sec. 86.05 Highways, Duty to Restore Entrances
(i) Sec. 86.06 Highways, Closing to Travel
(j) Sec. 86.07 Highways, Digging in Highways; Using Bridges for Advertising
(k) Sec. 86.105 Driveways, Snow Removal
(I) Sec. 86.19 Highway Signs, Regulation, Prohibition
(m) Sec. 146.13 Highways and Surface Waters, Discharging Noxious Matter Into
Except as provided herein, all grass clippings from lawnmowing or other sources shall not be allowed to accumulate upon any public street or be dumped on a public right-of-way in such a manner in the Village of Edgar where such grass clippings could wash into any storm sewer drainage inlet in significant quantities. Grass clippings may be brought to the Village-designated yard waste site. At no time may grass clippings and other yard waste be placed in ditches or drainageways.
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