(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.