§ 22-68. Human health hazards prohibited; enumeration

(a) Violations. No person shall erect, construct, cause, continue, maintain, or permit any human health hazard with the county. Any person who shall cause, create or maintain a human health hazard or who shall in any way aid or contribute to the causing, creating or maintenance thereof shall be guilty of a violation of this article, and shall be liable for all costs and expenses attendant upon the removal and correction of such hazard and to the penalty provided in section 22-70

(b) Responsibility of property owner. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain such owner's property in a hazard-free manner and also to be responsible for the abatement and/or correction of any human health hazard that has been determined to exist on his property.

(c) Human health hazards enumerated. Specifically, but not limited by enumeration, the following are human health hazards if determined to meet the human health hazard definition in section 22-61

(1) Unburied carcasses. Carcasses of animals, birds, or fowl not intended for human consumption or food which are not buried or otherwise disposed of in a sanitary manner within the time period specified by the health officer or as required by Wis. Stats. § 95.50.

(2) Manure. Accumulations of the bodily waste from all domestic animals and fowl that are handled, stored, or disposed of in a manner that creates a health hazard.

(3) Air pollution. The presence in the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in such quantities and of such duration as is or tends to be injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.

(4) Noxious odors. Any negligent use of property, substances or things within the county emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome, noxious or disagreeable odors, or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical senses of ordinary persons or as a whole.

(5) Solid waste. Any solid waste which is stored or disposed of in a manner which may pose a human health hazard as defined in section 22-61

(6) Food or breeding places for vermin, insects, etc. Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, garbage, rotting lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal, animal and human fecal matter, or any substance in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying insects, rats or other vermin can breed, live, nest or seek shelter.

(7) Toxic and hazardous material. Any chemical and/or biological material that is stored, used, or disposed of in such quality or manner that it is, or has, the potential to create a public health hazard.

(8) Wastewater. The presence of wastewater or sewage effluent from buildings on the ground surface, backing up into the building and/or running into a surface water body caused by a damaged, malfunctioning, improperly constructed, or inadequately maintained private sewage system, or private sewage lateral. Also, any wastewater or sewage effluent that is not handled and disposed of in compliance with all applicable county and state codes.

(9) Surface water pollution. The pollution of any stream, lake or other body of surface water within the county that creates noncompliance with Wis. Admin. Code chs. NR 102 and NR 103.

(10) Groundwater pollution. Addition of any chemical and/or biological substance that would cause groundwater to be unpalatable or unfair for human consumption. These substances include, but are not limited to, the chemical and/or biological substances listed in Wis. Admin. Code ch. NR 140.

(11) Holes or openings. Any hole or opening caused by an improperly abandoned cistern, septic tank, dug well, or any other improperly abandoned barricaded or covered up excavation.

(12) Nonfunctional public building fixtures. Nonfunctioning water supply systems, toilets, urinals, lavatories or other fixtures considered necessary to ensure a sanitary condition in a public building.

(13) Unhealthy or unsanitary conditions. Any condition or situation which renders a structure or any part thereof unsanitary, unhealthy or unfit for human habitation, occupancy, or use, or renders any property unsanitary or unhealthy.

(14) Other health hazards. Any other situation determined to meet the definition of a human health hazard as per section 22-61

(d) Investigation of possible hazards. The health officer or his designee shall investigate all potential human health hazards and shall determine whether or not a human health hazard exists.

(e) Abatement, correction and enforcement. Abatement, correction and enforcement of a human health hazard will be according to the provisions in section 22-70

(Ord. No. 99-51, § 1.09, 11-9-1999)