(A) Public nuisances declared. The following are hereby declared to be public nuisances wherever they may be found within the village:
(1) Any motor vehicle, truck body, tractor, or trailer as enumerated in divisions (C) and (D) below and defined in division (B) below;
(2) Any junk stored contrary to division (E) below;
(3) Any recreational equipment stored contrary to divisions (F) below; and
(4) Any firewood used or stored contrary to division (G) below.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DISASSEMBLED, INOPERABLE, JUNKED, OR WRECKED MOTOR VEHICLES, TRUCK BODIES, TRACTORS, AND TRAILERS. Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, or trailers in such state of physical or mechanical ruin as to be incapable of propulsion or being operated upon the public streets or highways.
IN THE OPEN. Land which may be viewed from public streets or adjoining property.
JUNK. Worn out or discarded material of little or no value including, but not limited to, household appliances or parts thereof, machinery and equipment or parts thereof, vehicles or parts thereof, tools, discarded building materials, or any other unsightly debris; the accumulation of which has an adverse effect upon the neighborhood or village property values, health, safety, or general welfare.
MOTOR VEHICLE. As defined in Wis. Stats. § 340.01(35).
RECREATION EQUIPMENT. Boats, canoes, boat and utility trailers, mobile homes, campers, off-highway vehicles, and snowmobiles.
UNLICENSED MOTOR VEHICLES, TRUCK BODIES, TRACTORS, OR TRAILERS. Motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, or trailers which do not bear lawful current license plates.
(C) Storage of inoperable vehicles and the like.
(1) Restricted. No person shall accumulate, store, or allow any disassembled, inoperable, junked, or wrecked motor vehicles, truck bodies, tractors, or trailers in the open upon any public or private property in the village for a period exceeding ten days.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Any business engaged in automotive sales or repair located in a properly zoned district may retain no more than three disassembled or wrecked vehicles, including vehicles under repair, in the open for a period not to exceed 30 days, after which such vehicles shall be removed; and
(b) Junk yards.
(D) Storage of unlicensed vehicles and the like.
(1) Restricted. No person shall accumulate, store, or allow any unlicensed motor vehicle, truck body, tractor, or trailer in the open upon any public or private property in the village for a period exceeding ten days.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Any business engaged in the sale, repair, or storage of such unlicensed vehicles in a properly zoned district; and
(b) Garden tractors and mowers may be stored in the rear yard not less than ten feet from any property line.
(E) Storage of junk.
(1) Restricted. No person shall accumulate, store, or allow any junk outside of any building on any public or private real estate located in the village, except those listed in division (E)(2) below.
(2) Exceptions.
(a) Junk yards; and
(b) Businesses which use junk materials in the course of business, provided that the junk storage area is enclosed by a solid six-foot painted or stained fence.
(F) Storage of recreational equipment regulated. No person shall store any recreational equipment on any street right-of-way or within the front setback, including the driveway, for a period of more than 48 hours.
(G) Storage of firewood.
(1) Regulated. No person shall store firewood on any residential premises except for use on the premises. No firewood pile may be located within the front setback.
(2) Exception. Any firewood pile located contrary to the provisions of division (G)(1) above on the effective date of this division (G) need not be moved to a place of compliance until June 1, 1992.
(H) Issuance of citation; action to abate. Whenever the Chief of Police shall find any such vehicle, junk, or recreational equipment, as defined in division (B) above, accumulated, stored, or remaining in the open upon any property within the village contrary to the provisions of divisions (C), (D), (E), and (F) above, or firewood stored contrary to division (G) above, he or she shall notify the owner of said property on which such vehicle, junk, recreation equipment, or firewood is located of the violation of this section. If such vehicle, junk, recreational equipment, or firewood is not removed within ten days, the Chief of Police shall cause a citation to be issued to the property owner or the occupant of the property upon which such vehicle, junk, recreational equipment, or firewood is located. In addition, action to abate such nuisance may be commenced, as provided in § 90.06.
(Prior Code, § 10.06) Penalty, see § 90.99