VILLAGE OF CALEDONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES

NOTE: The Town of Caledonia became the Village of Caledonia on November 16, 2005. Some copies of Ordinance Documents in this website refer to Caledonia as a Town until the corresponding original Ordinance Document is updated to the correct Village designation.  Ordinance Document copies are provided as a reference, but may not always be up to date.  Always view the original Ordinance Documents available at the Village Offices if up to date information is essential.

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Ordinance Title/Chapter Listing 

TITLE 1     General Provisions
Chapter 1 - Use and Construction
Chapter 2 - Use of Citation

TITLE 2     Government and Administration
Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Elections
Chapter 2 - Village Meetings
Chapter 3 - Village Board
Chapter 4 - Village Officers and Employees
Chapter 5 - Commissions and Committees
Chapter 6 - Ethical Standards

TITLE 3     Finance and Public Records
Chapter 1 - Finance
Chapter 2 - Special Assessments
Chapter 3 - Public Records
Chapter 4 - Room Tax

TITLE 4     Administrative Determinations Review
Chapter 1 - Review of Administrative Determinations

TITLE 5     Public Safety
Chapter 1 - Fire and Emergency Protection
Chapter 2 - Fire Prevention and Safety Codes
Chapter 3 - Hazardous Materials
Chapter 4 - Emergency Government
Chapter 5 - Automatic Fire Sprinklers
Chapter 6 - Law Enforcement
Chapter 7 - Disposal of Surplus Property
Chapter 8 - Regulation of Alarm Systems
Chapter 9 - Underground Storage Tanks
Chapter 10 - Fire Division/Separation Walls

TITLE 6      Public Works
Chapter 1 - Public Works
Chapter 2 - Trees; Mailbox Placement
Chapter 3 - Public Sidewalks
Chapter 4 - Sidewalk Maintenance, Inspection, Replacement
Chapter 5 - Village Roads 

TITLE 7     Licensing and Regulation
Chapter 1 - Licensing of Dogs; Regulation of Animals
Chapter 2 - Fermented Malt Beverages and Intoxicating Liquor
Chapter 3 - Cigarette Licenses; Soda Water Beverage License
Chapter 4 - Direct Sellers
Chapter 5 - Mobile Homes and Mobile Home Parks, Licensed and Regulated
Chapter 6 - Regulation and Licensing of Fireworks
Chapter 7 - Street Use Permits
Chapter 8 - Licensing of Junk Dealers; Junk Storage and Motor Vehicle - Salvage Business
Chapter 9 - Massage Establishments and Massage Technicians
Chapter 10 - Explosives and Blasting
Chapter 11 - Regulation of Nonmetallic Mining
Chapter 12 - Licensing and Regulation of Amusement Parks
Chapter 13 - Asphalt and Tar Mix Plants, Concrete Ready-Mix Plants and Target Ranges
Chapter 14 - Tattoo Parlors
Chapter 15 - Licensees to Pay Local Claims; Appellate Procedures
Chapter 16 - Residential Property 
Chapter 17 - Adult Oriented Establishments  
Chapter 18 - Pawnbrokers & Secondhand Dealers   

TITLE 8     Health and Sanitation
Chapter 1 - Health and Sanitation
Chapter 2 - Pollution Abatement
Chapter 3 - Refuse Disposal
Chapter 4 - Holding Tanks
Chapter 5 - Human Health Hazards 
Chapter 6 - Environmental Sanitation 

TITLE 9    Public Utilities
Chapter 1 - Water Utility Regulations and Rates
Chapter 2 - Lake Michigan Storm Sewer Utility District Regulations and Rates
Chapter 3 - Root River Storm Sewer Utility District
Chapter 4 - Sewer Utility District No. 1 Regulations and Rates

TITLE 10    Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 1 - Traffic and Parking
Chapter 2 - Bicycles and Play Vehicles
Chapter 3 - Snowmobile
Chapter 4 - All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Road Vehicle Operation
Chapter 5 - Abandoned and Junked Vehicles

TITLE 11   Offenses and Nuisances
Chapter 1 - State Statutes Adopted
Chapter 2 - Offenses Against Public Safety and Peace
Chapter 3 - Offenses Against Property
Chapter 4 - Offenses Involving Alcoholic Beverages
Chapter 5 - Offenses by Juveniles
Chapter 6 - Public Nuisances

TITLE 12    Parks and Navigable Waters
Chapter 1 - Park Regulations
Chapter 2 - East Community Center
Chapter 3 - Bulkhead Lines
Chapter 4 - Cemeteries

TITLE 13    Land Use Regulations
Chapter 1 - Official Map

TITLE 14    Subdivision Regulations

Chapter 1  - Land Divisions 
Checklist Certified Survey Maps 
Chapter 2  - Drainage, Development and Construction
Chapter 3  - Subdivision Controls 
Checklist Subdivision Development - Concept Plan 
Checklist Subdivision Development - Preliminary Plat 
Checklist Subdivision Development - Final Plat 

TITLE 15    Building Code
Chapter 1 - Building, Plumbing, Electrical and HVAC Codes
Chapter 2 - Construction Site Erosion Control
Chapter 3 - Fair Housing
Chapter 4 - Grievances Regarding Access to Public Buildings By Handicapped Persons
Chapter 5 - Fences
Chapter 6 - Property Address Signs 

TITLE 16    Zoning 
Chapter 1 - Adoption of Racine County Zoning 
Chapter 2 - Municipal Sewer and Water Services 
Chapter 3 - Design Standards for Business, Commercial, Industrial, Recreational & Institutional Uses 
Chapter 4 - Addi tonal Designated Conditional Uses 
Chapter 5 - High Impact Use Planned Unit Development 
Chapter 6 - Development Agreements 

Racine County Zoning Reference Information