Nomination Forms Due 1.7.2025 by 5pm: NOTICE OF SPRING ELECTIONTOWN OF DELAVANApril 1, 2025      NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election is to be held in the Town of Delavan on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the following offices to be elected to succeed the present incumbents listed. The Term for all offices is for the years listed beginning, Tuesday, April 15, 2024, to succeed the following incumbents: OFFICE                                                  INCUMBENT                               TERM Town Board Chairperson                       Mary Knipper                              2 Years Town Board Supervisor                         Ben Nixdorf                                 2 Years Town Board Supervisor                         Leah Flitcroft                               2 Years Sanitary District Commissioner            Tom Miller                                   6 Years Municipal Judge                                   Edward Thompson                      4 Years            NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the first day to circulate nomination papers is December 1, 2024 and nomination papers must be filed at the Delavan Town Hall in the Clerk’s Office, 5621 Town Hall Road, Delavan, Wisconsin by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 7, 2025. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if a primary is necessary, the primary will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.   Michele Starin Town of Delavan Clerk Declaration of Candidacy & Nomination Paperwork Deadline Tuesday, January 7, 2025 @5pm Please note that if you plan to be on the ballot, each of the following forms must be completed and filed on time by a candidate for municipal office in order for the candidate’s name to be placed on the ballot for the February 18, 2025 Spring Primary (if necessary) and the April 1, 2025 Spring Election. ELIS-7 Ballot Access Checklist for Municipal Candidates  CF-1 Campaign Registration Statement – As an incumbent, you need only AMEND your current registration, indicating the office sought and the new primary and election dates. Wis. Stat. §§ 11.0202(1)(a), 11.0101(1). EL-162 Declaration of Candidacy  – Complete and submit the Declaration of Candidacy to me by no later than 5p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 or the candidate’s name will not be placed on the ballot. If the form is faxed or emailed, the original document must follow, postmarked no later than January 7, 2025. Wis. Stat. §§ 8.10(5), 8.21, 8.30(4), Wis. Admin. Code EL § 6.04. EL-169 Nomination Paper for Nonpartisan Office – Submit your nomination papers to me by no later than 5p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 or the candidate’s name will not be placed on the ballot. Only original nomination papers (no photocopies, faxes, or emailed documents) will be accepted. Nomination papers may not be circulated before December 1, 2024. Wis. Stat. § 8.10(2), Wis. Admin. Code EL § 6.04(2). General information for local government candidacy:  https://elections.wi.gov/candidates/local-candidates#230548828-1556562227  

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Bird Foggers Banned

ORDINANCE NO. 405

AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION 10.11 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE TOWN OF DELAVAN RELATING TO REGULATION OF BIRD FOGGERS.

 February 22, 2022

     The Town Board of the Town of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin, does hereby ordain as follows:

SECTION 1.     Purpose.  The purpose of this ordinance is to create Section 10.11 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Delavan relating to the regulation of bird foggers.

SECTION 2.     Section 10.11 created.  Section 10.11 of the Municipal Code of the Town of Delavan is hereby created to provide as follows:

10.11 REGULATION OF AUTOMATIC BIRD FOGGERS

1) DEFINITIONS

 

    (a)        Automatic Bird Fogger shall be defined as any device that creates a fog or mist typically containing a chemical intended to repel or kill birds.

    (b) Label Directions shall refer to product labeling and directions of use as approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any other Federal or State Agency having jurisdiction to control or regulate product labeling.

2) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF BIRD FOGGERS

(a)            No bird fogger may be used in any Residence or Business District as established pursuant to the provisions of any applicable zoning ordinance 

(b)            All bird foggers must be operated in strict compliance with Label Directions. 

(c)            No bird fogger may be used or employed in such a manner that it will result in the application of chemicals in a manner which will contact workers or other persons directly or through drift.

(d)            Bird foggers shall only be used under circumstances where no human or non-target animals are at risk for exposure to the application directly or through drift.

(e)            No bird fogger may be used in such a manner as to result in direct application of any chemical products to food crops.

(f)            No bird fogger may be placed or located within 25 feet of the nearest property boundary.

(g)            Bird foggers shall be placed in such a manner that the spray nozzle is directed away from and at least 25 feet from any adjoining properties.

(h)            No more than one bird fogger may be employed per every 40,000 square feet of property area or fraction thereof within any residentially zoned district.

(i)            Bird foggers shall be operated during daylight hours only.

3) PENALTY

    (a) Any person failing to comply with the provisions of this section will be subject to the penalties as provided in Section 25.04 of this Municipal Code.   

SECTION 3.  Severability. Each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and provision of the foregoing Ordinance is and the same is hereby declared to be severable and if any portion or provision thereof is duly determined to be invalid for any reason, such determination shall not invalidate any other portion or provision thereof.

SECTION 4.     Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced following its passage and posting as required by law.

 

Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Delavan, Walworth County, Wisconsin this 22nd day of February, 2022.

TOWN OF DELAVAN

WALWORTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN