7.68.040 Library privileges suspended for failure to return material.

 

No person who, after receiving a demand for the return of any Wauwatosa Public Library material, shall take or check out any material from such library, and their library card shall be turned in to the library and their library privileges suspended until such time as the material demanded has either been returned or just compensation made for such material based upon a value determined by the librarian. The library privileges of a parent or guardian may also be suspended in accordance with the responsibility provided for in 7.68.050.

(Ord. O-77-103 � 1 (part), 1977)

8.08.130 Spitting in public places prohibited.

 

A. No person shall spit, expectorate, or deposit any sputum, spittle, saliva, phlegm, mucous, tobacco juice, or wads of tobacco upon the floor or stairways of any public hall or building or upon the floor or any part of any railroad car or any streetcar or any other public conveyance in the city of Wauwatosa, or upon any sidewalk abutting on any public street or alley of said city.

(Prior code � 5.02)

7.68.070 Use of city meeting rooms.

 

Any group or person that misrepresents itself or its purpose in an application for the use of a city or library meeting room shall be subject to citation and prosecution in Wauwatosa municipal court.

(Ord. O-94-6 � 2, 1994)

Section 8.44.050 Public nuisances affecting peace and safety.

 

The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are declared to be public nuisances affecting peace and safety, but such enumeration shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances affecting public peace or safety coming within the definition of Section 8.44.020.

A. Signs, Billboards, etc. All signs and billboards, awnings and other similar structures over or near streets, sidewalks, public grounds or places frequented by the public, so situated or constructed as to endanger the public safety.

B. Illegal Buildings. All buildings erected, repaired or altered in violation of the provisions of the ordinances of the city relating to materials and manner of construction of buildings and structures within the city.

C. Unauthorized Traffic Signs. All unauthorized signs, signals, markings or devices placed or maintained upon or in view of any public highway or railway crossing which purport to be or may be mistaken as an official traffic control device, railroad sign or signal or which because of its color, location, brilliance or manner of operation interferes with the effectiveness of any such device, sign or signal.

D. Obstruction of Intersections. All trees, hedges, billboards or other obstructions which prevent persons driving vehicles on public streets, alleys or highways from obtaining a clear view of traffic when approaching an intersection or pedestrian crosswalk.

E. Tree Limbs. All limbs of trees which project over a public sidewalk less than ten (10) feet above the surface thereof and all limbs which project over a public street less than fourteen (14) feet above the surface thereof.

F. Dangerous Trees. All trees which are a menace to public safety or are the cause of substantial annoyance to the general public.

G. Fireworks. All use or display of fireworks except as provided by the laws of the state of Wisconsin and ordinances of the city.

H. Dilapidated Buildings. All buildings or structures so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human use.

I. Wires Over Streets. All wires over streets, alleys, or public grounds which are strung less than fifteen (15) feet above the surface thereof.

J. Noisy Animals or Fowl. The keeping or harboring of any animal or fowl which by frequent or habitual howling, yelping, barking, crowing or making of other noises shall greatly annoy or disturb a neighborhood or any considerable number of persons within the city.

K. Obstructions of Streets–Excavations. All obstructions of streets, alleys, sidewalks or crosswalks and all excavations in or under the same, except as permitted by the ordinances of the city or which, although made in accordance with such ordinances, are kept or maintained for an unreasonable or illegal length of time after the purpose thereof has been accomplished, or do not conform to the permit.

L. Open Excavations. All open and unguarded pits, wells, excavations or unused basements accessible from any public street, alley or sidewalk.

M. Abandoned Refrigerators. All abandoned refrigerators or iceboxes from which the doors and other covers have not been removed or which are not equipped with a device for opening from the inside.

N. Flammable Liquids. Repeated or continuous violations of the ordinances of the city or laws of the state relating to the storage of flammable liquids.

O. Unremoved Snow. All snow and ice not removed or sprinkled with ashes, sawdust, sand or other chemical removers, as provided in this code.

(Prior code � 11-7-5)

Section 6.04.080 Dogs and cats restricted on cemeteries.

 

No dog or cat shall be permitted in any public cemetery. Every dog specially trained to lead blind persons shall be exempt from this section.

(Prior code 7-1-8)

Section 10.32.020 Manner of operation restricted.

 

No bicycle shall be allowed to proceed in any street in the city by inertia or momentum with the feet of the rider removed from the bicycle pedals. No rider of a bicycle shall remove both hands from the handlebars or practice any trick or fancy riding in any street in the city nor shall any bicycle rider carry or ride any other person so that two persons are on the bicycle at one time, unless a seat is provided for a second person.

(Prior code 10-2-2)

Section 8.40.010 Established.

 

A. No nuclear weapons, delivery systems for such weapons, or components expressly intended to contribute to the operation, guidance or delivery of a nuclear weapon shall be produced within the city.

B. No waste from the production of nuclear weapons, their components, or commercial nuclear power shall be stored within the city.

C. The city shall request the United States Department of Transportation and the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Government to provide the mayor with advance notification of any high-level radioactive waste shipments through the city limits.

(Prior code � 5-8-1)

Sec. 70-220. Regulation of water feature and fountain at Plaza 8 and Fountain Park.

 

(a) No person shall at any time wade in, swim in or dive into the waters of the Plaza 8 water feature or Fountain Park fountain, or walk on any area of the water feature over which the waters course.

(b) No person shall engage in running, jostling and horseplay on the blocks surrounding the edges of the water.

(Code 1975, � 26-22)

Sec. 66-34. No throwing of objects during parade.

 

No person shall throw or shoot any object, missile, spray or other solid, fluid or semifluid projectile by hand or any other means at any person or object along the route of a parade authorized under section 82-39 during the period from the beginning of the parade to the end of the parade. This section shall not apply to bona fide participants, such as clowns or floats, in the authorized parade.

(Ord. No. 13-96, pt. 1, 6-18-96)