66.0403(12)(b)
(b) This section may not be construed to mean that acquisition of a renewable energy resource easement under
s. 700.35 is in any way contingent upon the granting of a permit under this section.
66.0403 Annotation
The owner of an energy system does not need a permit under this section. Barring enforceable municipal restrictions, an owner may construct a system without prior municipal approval. This section benefits and protects the owner of the system by restricting the use of nearby property to prevent an interference with the system. State ex rel. Numrich v. City of Mequon Board of Zoning Appeals, 2001 WI App 88,
242 Wis. 2d 677,
626 N.W.2d 366,
00-1643.
66.0403 Annotation
Wisconsin recognizes the power of the sun: Prah v. Maretti and the solar access act. 1983 WLR 1263.
66.0405
66.0405
Removal of rubbish. Cities, villages and towns may remove ashes, garbage, and rubbish from such classes of places in the city, village or town as the board or council directs. The removal may be from all of the places or from those whose owners or occupants desire the service. Districts may be created and removal provided for certain districts only, and different regulations may be applied to each removal district or class of property. The cost of removal may be funded by special assessment against the property served, by general tax upon the property of the respective districts, or by general tax upon the property of the city, village or town. If a city, village or town contracts for ash, garbage or rubbish removal service, it may contract with one or more service providers.
66.0405 History
History: 1993 a. 246;
1999 a. 150 s.
119; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0405.
66.0407(1)(a)
(a) "Destroy" means the complete killing of weeds or the killing of weed plants above the surface of the ground by the use of chemicals, cutting, tillage, cropping system, pasturing livestock, or any or all of these in effective combination, at a time and in a manner as will effectually prevent the weed plants from maturing to the bloom or flower stage.
66.0407(1)(b)
(b) "Noxious weed" means Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed, any weed designated as a noxious weed by the department of natural resources by rule, and any other weed the governing body of any municipality or the county board of any county by ordinance or resolution declares to be noxious within its respective boundaries.
66.0407(3)
(3) A person owning, occupying or controlling land shall destroy all noxious weeds on the land. The person having immediate charge of any public lands shall destroy all noxious weeds on the lands. The highway patrolman on all federal, state or county trunk highways shall destroy all noxious weeds on that portion of the highway which that highway patrolman patrols. The town board is responsible for the destruction of all noxious weeds on the town highways.
66.0407(4)
(4) The chairperson of each town, the president of each village and the mayor or manager of each city may annually on or before May 15 publish a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985, that every person is required by law to destroy all noxious weeds, as defined in this section, on lands in the municipality which the person owns, occupies or controls. A town, village or city which has designated as its official newspaper or which uses for its official notices the same newspaper as any other town, village or city may publish the notice under this subsection in combination with the other town, village or city.
66.0407(5)
(5) This section does not apply to Canada thistle or annual noxious weeds that are located on land that the department of natural resources owns, occupies or controls and that is maintained in whole or in part as habitat for wild birds by the department of natural resources.
66.0407 History
History: 1975 c. 394 s.
12;
1975 c. 421; Stats. 1975 s. 66.96;
1983 a. 112,
189;
1989 a. 56 s.
258;
1991 a. 39,
316;
1997 a. 287;
1999 a. 150 ss.
617 to
619; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0407;
2009 a. 55.
66.0409
66.0409
Local regulation of firearms. 66.0409(1)(b)
(b) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town or county.
66.0409(1)(c)
(c) "Sport shooting range" means an area designed and operated for the practice of weapons used in hunting, skeet shooting and similar sport shooting.
66.0409(2)
(2) Except as provided in
subs. (3) and
(4), no political subdivision may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, purchase delay, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, unless the ordinance or resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state statute.
66.0409(3)(a)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a county from imposing a sales tax or use tax under
subch. V of ch. 77 on any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, sold in the county.
66.0409(3)(b)
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a city, village or town that is authorized to exercise village powers under
s. 60.22 (3) from enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution that restricts the discharge of a firearm.
66.0409(4)(a)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a political subdivision from continuing to enforce an ordinance or resolution that is in effect on November 18, 1995, and that regulates the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, if the ordinance or resolution is the same as or similar to, and no more stringent than, a state statute.
66.0409(4)(am)
(am) Nothing in this section prohibits a political subdivision from continuing to enforce until November 30, 1998, an ordinance or resolution that is in effect on November 18, 1995, and that requires a waiting period of not more than 7 days for the purchase of a handgun.
66.0409(4)(b)
(b) If a political subdivision has in effect on November 17, 1995, an ordinance or resolution that regulates the sale, purchase, transfer, ownership, use, keeping, possession, bearing, transportation, licensing, permitting, registration or taxation of any firearm or part of a firearm, including ammunition and reloader components, and the ordinance or resolution is not the same as or similar to a state statute, the ordinance or resolution shall have no legal effect and the political subdivision may not enforce the ordinance or resolution on or after November 18, 1995.
66.0409(4)(c)
(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a political subdivision from enacting and enforcing a zoning ordinance that regulates the new construction of a sport shooting range or when the expansion of an existing sport shooting range would impact public health and safety.
66.0409(5)
(5) A county ordinance that is enacted or a county resolution that is adopted by a county under
sub. (2) or a county ordinance or resolution that remains in effect under
sub. (4) (a) or
(am) applies only in those towns in the county that have not enacted an ordinance or adopted a resolution under
sub. (2) or that continue to enforce an ordinance or resolution under
sub. (4) (a) or
(am), except that this subsection does not apply to a sales or use tax that is imposed under
subch. V of ch. 77.
66.0409 History
History: 1995 a. 72;
1999 a. 150 s.
260; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0409.
66.0409 Annotation
This section does not prohibit municipalities from enacting and enforcing zoning ordinances that apply to sport shooting ranges. Town of Avon v. Oliver, 2002 WI App 97,
253 Wis. 2d 647,
644 N.W.2d 260,
01-1851.
66.0410
66.0410
Local regulation of ticket reselling. 66.0410(1)(a)
(a) "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
66.0410(1)(b)
(b) "Ticket" means a ticket that is sold to an entertainment or sporting event.
66.0410(2)(a)(a) A political subdivision may not enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution and the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may not promulgate a rule or adopt a resolution prohibiting the resale of any ticket for an amount that is equal to or less than the ticket's face value.
66.0410(2)(b)
(b) If a political subdivision or the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System has in effect on April 22, 2004 an ordinance, rule, or resolution that is inconsistent with
par. (a), the ordinance, rule, or resolution does not apply and may not be enforced.
66.0410 History
History: 2003 a. 191.
66.0411
66.0411
Sound-producing devices; impoundment; seizure and forfeiture. 66.0411(1)
(1) In this section, "sound-producing device" does not include a piece of equipment or machinery that is designed for agricultural purposes and that is being used in the conduct of agricultural operations.
66.0411(1m)(a)(a) Any city, village, town or county may, by ordinance, authorize a law enforcement officer, at the time of issuing a citation for a violation of
s. 346.94 (16) or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
s. 346.94 (16) or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise, to impound any radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device used in the commission of the violation if the person charged with such violation is the owner of the radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device and has 2 or more prior convictions within a 3-year period of
s. 346.94 (16) or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
s. 346.94 (16) or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise. The ordinance may provide for impoundment of a vehicle for not more than 5 working days to permit the city, village, town or county or its authorized agent to remove the radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device if the vehicle is owned by the person charged with the violation and the sound-producing device may not be easily removed from the vehicle. Upon removal of the sound-producing device, an impounded vehicle shall be returned to its rightful owner.
66.0411(1m)(b)
(b) The ordinance under
par. (a) may provide for recovery by the city, village, town or county of the cost of impounding the sound-producing device and, if a vehicle is impounded, the cost of impounding the vehicle and removing the sound-producing device. The ordinance under
par. (a) shall provide that, upon disposition of the forfeiture action for the violation of
s. 346.94 (16) or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
s. 346.94 (16) or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise and payment of any forfeiture imposed, the sound-producing device shall be returned to its rightful owner.
66.0411(1m)(c)
(c) The city, village, town or county may dispose of any impounded sound-producing device or, following the procedure for an abandoned vehicle under
s. 342.40, any impounded vehicle which has remained unclaimed for a period of 90 days after disposition of the forfeiture action.
66.0411(1m)(d)
(d) This subsection does not apply to a radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device on a motorcycle.
66.0411(2)(a)(a) Notwithstanding
sub. (1m), any city, village, town or county may, by ordinance, authorize a law enforcement officer, at the time of issuing a citation for a violation of
s. 346.94 (16) or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
s. 346.94 (16) or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise, to seize any radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device used in the commission of the violation if the person charged with such violation is the owner of the radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device and has 3 or more prior convictions within a 3-year period of
s. 346.94 (16) or a local ordinance in strict conformity with
s. 346.94 (16) or any other local ordinance prohibiting excessive noise.
66.0411(2)(b)
(b) The ordinance under
par. (a) may provide for impoundment of a vehicle for not more than 5 working days to permit the city, village, town or county or its authorized agent to remove the radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device if the vehicle is owned by the person charged with the violation and the sound-producing device may not be easily removed from the vehicle. Upon removal of the sound-producing device, an impounded vehicle shall be returned to its rightful owner upon payment of the reasonable costs of impounding the vehicle and removing the sound-producing device.
66.0411(2)(c)
(c) The ordinance under
par. (a) shall include provisions that treat any seized sound-producing device in substantially the manner provided in
ss. 973.075 (3),
973.076 and
973.077 for property realized through the commission of any crime, except that the sound-producing device shall remain in the custody of the applicable law enforcement agency; a district attorney or city, village or town attorney, whichever is applicable, shall institute the forfeiture proceedings; and, if the sound-producing device is sold by the law enforcement agency, all proceeds of the sale shall be retained by the applicable city, village, town or county.
66.0411(2)(d)
(d) The city, village, town or county may, following the procedure for an abandoned vehicle under
s. 342.40, dispose of any impounded vehicle which has remained unclaimed for a period of 90 days after disposition of the forfeiture action.
66.0411(2)(e)
(e) This subsection does not apply to a radio, electric sound amplification device or other sound-producing device on a motorcycle.
66.0411 History
History: 1995 a. 373;
1999 a. 150 s.
613; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0411.
66.0413(1)(a)1.
1. "Building" includes any building or structure or any portion of a building or structure.
66.0413(1)(a)2.
2. "Raze a building" means to demolish and remove the building and to restore the site to a dust-free and erosion-free condition.
66.0413(1)(b)
(b)
Raze order. The governing body, building inspector or other designated officer of a municipality may:
66.0413(1)(b)1.
1. If a building is old, dilapidated or out of repair and consequently dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation and unreasonable to repair, order the owner of the building to raze the building or, if the building can be made safe by reasonable repairs, order the owner to either make the building safe and sanitary or to raze the building, at the owner's option.
66.0413(1)(b)2.
2. If there has been a cessation of normal construction of a building for a period of more than 2 years, order the owner of the building to raze the building.
66.0413(1)(br)
(br)
Notice of unfitness for occupancy or use; penalty. 66.0413(1)(br)1.1. If a building subject to an order under
par. (b) is unsanitary and unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use and is not in danger of structural collapse, the building inspector or other designated officer shall post a placard on the premises containing the following notice: "This Building May Not Be Used For Human Habitation, Occupancy or Use." The building inspector or other designated officer shall prohibit use of the building for human habitation, occupancy or use until necessary repairs have been made.
66.0413(1)(br)2.
2. Any person who rents, leases or occupies a building which has been condemned for human habitation, occupancy or use under
subd. 1. shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $50 or imprisoned not more than 30 days for each week of the violation, or both.
66.0413(1)(c)
(c)
Reasonableness of repair; presumption. Except as provided in
sub. (3), if a municipal governing body, building inspector or designated officer determines that the cost of repairs of a building described in
par. (b) 1. would exceed 50% of the assessed value of the building divided by the ratio of the assessed value to the recommended value as last published by the department of revenue for the municipality within which the building is located, the repairs are presumed unreasonable for purposes of
par. (b) 1.
66.0413(1)(d)
(d)
Service of order. An order under
par. (b) shall be served on the owner of record of the building that is subject to the order or on the owner's agent if the agent is in charge of the building in the same manner as a summons is served in circuit court. An order under
par. (b) shall be served on the holder of an encumbrance of record by 1st class mail at the holder's last-known address and by publication as a class 1 notice under
ch. 985. If the owner and the owner's agent cannot be found or if the owner is deceased and an estate has not been opened, the order may be served by posting it on the main entrance of the building and by publishing it as a class 1 notice under
ch. 985 before the time limited in the order begins to run. The time limited in the order begins to run from the date of service on the owner or owner's agent or, if the owner and agent cannot be found, from the date that the order was posted on the building.
66.0413(1)(e)
(e)
Effect of recording order. If a raze order issued under
par. (b) is recorded with the register of deeds in the county in which the building is located, the order is considered to have been served, as of the date the raze order is recorded, on any person claiming an interest in the building or the real estate as a result of a conveyance from the owner of record unless the conveyance was recorded before the recording of the raze order.
66.0413(1)(f)
(f)
Failure to comply with order; razing building. An order under
par. (b) shall specify the time within which the owner of the building is required to comply with the order and shall specify repairs, if any. If the owner fails or refuses to comply within the time prescribed, the building inspector or other designated officer may proceed to raze the building through any available public agency or by contract or arrangement with private persons, or to secure the building and, if necessary, the property on which the building is located if unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use. The cost of razing or securing the building may be charged in full or in part against the real estate upon which the building is located, and if that cost is so charged it is a lien upon the real estate and may be assessed and collected as a special tax. Any portion of the cost charged against the real estate that is not reimbursed under
s. 632.103 (2) from funds withheld from an insurance settlement may be assessed and collected as a special tax.
66.0413(1)(g)
(g)
Court order to comply. A municipality, building inspector or designated officer may commence and prosecute an action in circuit court for an order of the court requiring the owner to comply with an order to raze a building issued under this subsection if the owner fails or refuses to do so within the time prescribed in the order, or for an order of the court requiring any person occupying a building whose occupancy has been prohibited under this subsection to vacate the premises, or any combination of the court orders. A hearing on actions under this paragraph shall be given preference. Court costs are in the discretion of the court.
66.0413(1)(h)
(h)
Restraining order. A person affected by an order issued under
par. (b) may within the time provided by
s. 893.76 apply to the circuit court for an order restraining the building inspector or other designated officer from razing the building or forever be barred. The hearing shall be held within 20 days and shall be given preference. The court shall determine whether the raze order is reasonable. If the order is found reasonable the court shall dissolve the restraining order. If the order is found not reasonable the court shall continue the restraining order or modify it as the circumstances require. Costs are in the discretion of the court. If the court finds that the order is unreasonable, the building inspector or other designated officer shall issue no other order under this subsection in regard to the same building until its condition is substantially changed. The remedies provided in this paragraph are exclusive remedies and anyone affected by an order issued under
par. (b) is not entitled to recover any damages for the razing of the building.
66.0413(1)(i)
(i)
Removal of personal property. If a building subject to an order under
par. (b) contains personal property or fixtures which will unreasonably interfere with the razing or repair of the building or if the razing makes necessary the removal, sale or destruction of the personal property or fixtures, the building inspector or other designated officer may order in writing the removal of the personal property or fixtures by a date certain. The order shall be served as provided in
par. (d). If the personal property or fixtures are not removed by the time specified the inspector may store, sell or, if it has no appreciable value, destroy the personal property or fixture. If the property is stored the amount paid for storage is a lien against the property and against the real estate and, to the extent that the amount is not reimbursed under
s. 632.103 (2) from funds withheld from an insurance settlement, shall be assessed and collected as a special tax against the real estate if the real estate is owned by the owner of the personal property and fixtures. If the property is stored the owner of the property, if known, shall be notified of the place of storage and if the property is not claimed by the owner it may be sold at the expiration of 6 months after it has been stored. The handling of the sale and the distribution of the net proceeds after deducting the cost of storage and any other costs shall be as specified in
par. (j) and a report made to the circuit court as specified in
par. (j). A person affected by any order made under this paragraph may appeal as provided in
par. (h).
66.0413(1)(j)
(j)
Sale of salvage. If an order to raze a building has been issued, the governing body or other designated officer under the contract or arrangement to raze the building may sell the salvage and valuable materials at the highest price obtainable. The net proceeds of the sale, after deducting the expenses of razing the building, shall be promptly remitted to the circuit court with a report of the sale or transaction, including the items of expense and the amounts deducted, for the use of any person entitled to the net proceeds, subject to the order of the court. If there remains no surplus to be turned over to the court, the report shall so state.
66.0413(1)(k)
(k)
Public nuisance procedure. A building which is determined under
par. (b) 1. to be old, dilapidated or out of repair and consequently dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation and unreasonable to repair may be proceeded against as a public nuisance under
ch. 823.
66.0413(1)(L)1.1. Acts of municipal authorities under this subsection do not increase the liability of an insurer.
66.0413(1)(L)2.
2. This section does not limit powers otherwise granted to municipalities by other laws of this state.
66.0413(2)
(2) Razing building that is a public nuisance; in rem procedure. 66.0413(2)(a)2.
2. "Public nuisance" means a building that, as a result of vandalism or any other reason, has deteriorated or is dilapidated or blighted to the extent that windows, doors or other openings, plumbing or heating fixtures, or facilities or appurtenances of the building are damaged, destroyed or removed so that the building offends the aesthetic character of the immediate neighborhood and produces blight or deterioration.
66.0413(2)(a)3.
3. "Raze a building" means to demolish and remove the building and to restore the site to a dust-free and erosion-free condition.
66.0413(2)(b)
(b)
Notification of nuisance. If the owner of a building in a city, village or town permits the building to become a public nuisance, the building inspector or other designated officer of the city, village or town shall issue a written notice of the defect that makes the building a public nuisance. The written notice shall be served on the owner of the building as provided under
sub. (1) (d) and shall direct the owner to remedy the defect within 30 days following service.
66.0413(2)(c)
(c)
Failure to remedy; court order to remedy or raze. 66.0413(2)(c)1.1. If an owner fails to remedy or improve the defect in accordance with the written notice under
par. (b) within the 30-day period specified in the written notice, the building inspector or other designated officer shall apply to the circuit court of the county in which the building is located for an order determining that the building constitutes a public nuisance. As a part of the application for the order from the circuit court the building inspector or other designated officer shall file a verified petition which recites the giving of written notice, the defect in the building, the owner's failure to comply with the notice and other pertinent facts. A copy of the petition shall be served upon the owner of record or the owner's agent if an agent is in charge of the building and upon the holder of any encumbrance of record under
sub. (1) (d). The owner shall reply to the petition within 20 days following service upon the owner. Upon application by the building inspector or other designated officer the circuit court shall set promptly the petition for hearing. Testimony shall be taken by the circuit court with respect to the allegations of the petition and denials contained in the verified answer. If the circuit court after hearing the evidence on the petition and answer determines that the building constitutes a public nuisance, the court shall issue promptly an order directing the owner of the building to remedy the defect and to make such repairs and alterations as may be required. The court shall set a reasonable period of time in which the defect shall be remedied and the repairs or alterations completed. A copy of the order shall be served upon the owner as provided in
sub. (1) (d). The order of the circuit court shall state in the alternative that if the order of the court is not complied with within the time fixed by the court, the court will appoint a receiver or authorize the building inspector or other designated officer to proceed to raze the building under
par. (d).
66.0413(2)(c)2.
2. In an action under this subsection, the circuit court before which the action is commenced shall exercise jurisdiction in rem or quasi in rem over the property that is the subject of the action. The owner of record of the property, if known, and all other persons of record holding or claiming any interest in the property shall be made parties defendant, and service of process may be made upon them.
66.0413(2)(c)3.
3. It is not a defense to an action under this subsection that the owner of record of the property is a different person or entity than the owner of record of the property on or after the date the action was commenced if a lis pendens was filed before the change of ownership.
66.0413(2)(d)
(d)
Failure to comply with court order. If the order of the circuit court under
par. (c) is not complied with within the time fixed by the court under
par. (c), the court shall authorize the building inspector or other designated officer to raze the building or shall appoint a disinterested person to act as receiver of the property to do either of the following within a reasonable period of time set by the court:
66.0413(2)(d)1.
1. Remedy the defect and make any repairs and alterations necessary to meet the standards required by the building code or any health order. A receiver appointed under this subdivision, with the approval of the circuit court, may borrow money against and mortgage the property held in receivership as security in any amount necessary to remedy the defect and make the repairs and alterations. For the expenses incurred to remedy the defect and make the repairs and alterations necessary under this subdivision, the receiver has a lien upon the property. At the request of and with the approval of the owner, the receiver may sell the property at a price equal to at least the appraised value of the property plus the cost of any repairs made under this subdivision. The selling owner is liable for those costs.
