Chapter 130

PERSONALTY, STORAGE OF

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Holmen 11-9-1989. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 130-1.  Nuisance declared.

Storage of old, unused, stripped, junked, unlicensed, and other automobiles not in condition for normal use or in good and safe operating condition, and of any other vehicles, machinery, implements, and/or equipment and personal property of any kind which is no longer usable for the purpose for which it was manufactured, which hereinafter are collectively described as "said personalty," for a period of five days or more (except in licensed junkyards) is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public safety. 

§ 130-2.  Abatement by owner.

The owner, owners, tenants, lessees, and/or occupants of any lot within the village upon which such storage is made, and also the owner, owners, and/or lessees of said personalty involved in such storage (all of whom will hereinafter be referred to collectively as owners), shall jointly and severally abate said nuisance by the prompt removal of said personalty to completely enclosed buildings authorized to be used for such storage purposes, or otherwise to remove it to a location without the corporate limits of the village, and it shall be unlawful if said owners allow said nuisance to exist or fail to abate said nuisance. 

§ 130-3.  Violations and penalties.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or amendments thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $500 together with the cost of prosecution and, in default of payment thereof, shall be committed to the county jail for a period not to exceed 60 days. Each day's continuance of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.