THE MUNICIPAL CODE

The following general description of the Lake Mills Municipal Code may be useful as you begin working with the city.

TITLE 1 – Explains the checks and balances of the City Manager form of government, as well as information on the budget.

TITLE 2 – Sets out the duties and authority for various boards and commission, most of which are recommending bodies to the Council, but some are more independent, such as the Board of Review, Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Police and Fire Commission.

TITLE 3 – This title sets out licensing requirements, which most frequently arise in the area of liquor and tavern operator licensing requests.

TITLE 4 – Deals with sewer regulations, garbage and recycling, weeds, and yard waste, as well as some forms of nuisances.

TITLE 5 – These are a collection of many of the municipal code violations for which persons can receive citations from the police department.

TITLE 6 – This title deals with the traffic laws that are enforced by the police and prosecuted by the City Attorney in Municipal Court.

TITLE 7 – This title is a collection of ordinances that have some relationship to public property. Therefore, there are regulations for sidewalks; excavations in rights-of-way; trees and plants on public property (and on private property if they pose a threat to the public); the special assessment procedures for charging property owners for streets, sidewalks, sewers and water mains that benefit their properties; the cemetery and parks regulations and rules; water recreation regulations; cable TV regulations; and impact fees.

TITLE 8 – These building regulations are enforced by the building inspector.

TITLE 9 – These are the fire department regulations, which are generally enforced by the fire inspector.

TITLE 10 – This title has all of the zoning regulations, which are enforced by the Zoning Administrator.

TITLE 11 – This title provides for regulation of land divisions, which are primarily plats or certified survey maps (CSM’s).