CHAPTER 92: NUISANCES

Section

In General

   92.01   Chapter is supplemental to other provisions of this code relating to nuisances

   92.02   Nuisances prohibited within city and within area one-half mile beyond city

   92.03   Certain nuisances enumerated

   92.04   Premises to be kept clear of stagnant water, drained, and the like

Abatement

   92.15   Inspections, investigations, and complaints

   92.16   Right to enter private premises; duty of occupants

   92.17   Notice to cease and desist when activity constitutes a nuisance

   92.18   Notice to abate condition constituting nuisance; appeal

   92.19   Recourse of city when notice to abate nuisance is ignored; liens

   92.20   Arrest for committing or maintaining nuisance possible

Loud Noises

   92.35   Definitions

   92.36   General declaration

   92.37   Noise prohibited

   92.38   Measurement and control of noise

   92.39   Noise control of construction equipment

   92.40   Noise control of outdoor implements

   92.41   Motor vehicle noise control

   92.42   Preservation of other remedies

On-Site Citations

   92.55   Adoption

   92.56   Public nuisance defined

   92.57   Nuisances affecting health

   92.58   Nuisances affecting morals

   92.59   Nuisances affecting peace and safety

   92.60   Depositing material in waterways

   92.61   Complaints; notice

   92.62   Hearing before Municipal Court

   92.63   Responsibility of owners, lessees, and tenants

   92.64   Fines and payment

   92.65   Relationship to State Building Code

   92.99   Penalty

Cross-reference:

   City policies, see Ch. 30

   General offenses, see Ch. 130

   Police Department, see Ch. 35

IN GENERAL

§ 92.01 CHAPTER IS SUPPLEMENTAL TO OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE RELATING TO NUISANCES.

   Various nuisances are defined and prohibited in other chapters of this code, and it is the intent of the Common Council in enacting this chapter to make it supplemental to those other chapters in which nuisances are defined and prohibited; and the provisions of this chapter relating to the abatement of nuisances shall be regarded as alternative methods and procedures for the abatement of nuisances in those instances where other methods and procedures for abatement are provided.

(Prior Code, § 16-1)

§ 92.02 NUISANCES PROHIBITED WITHIN CITY AND WITHIN AREA ONE-HALF MILE BEYOND CITY.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, harbor, commit, or maintain, or to suffer to be caused, harbored, committed, or maintained, any nuisance as defined by the statute or common law of this state or as defined by this code or other ordinance of the city at any place within the city or at any place within the area surrounding the city and within one-half mile of the city limits.

(Prior Code, § 16-2) Penalty, see § 92.99