Ashwaubenon, WI Trash & Recycling: Dumpster Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Ashwaubenon Municipal Code § 5-1-372(A)
- Requirement
- Dumpster or suitable method on site
- First-offense forfeiture
- $50.00 plus costs
- Second-offense forfeiture
- $100.00 plus costs
- Repeat-violation consequence
- 6-month permit hold after 3 violations
- Enforcing office
- Village Building Inspection Department
Summary
Any Village-permitted construction job in Ashwaubenon must keep a dumpster or other suitable container on site at all times to contain debris. Letting litter or building debris create a nuisance is a separate violation, and the building inspector can revoke the permit until the contractor complies.
5-1-372 Disposal of Debris
(A) No general contractor, subcontractor, owner, permit holder, municipality or municipal subcontractor shall allow any person to leave litter or building debris at a construction site which creates a nuisance. During the course of any construction which requires a permit within the Village, the contractor shall be responsible for having a dumpster or other suitable method to properly contain any construction-related debris on the site at all times while construction is conducted on the site.
(B) If a general contractor, permit holder or owner does create a nuisance, the building inspector shall revoke the building permit until they have complied with this section.
Full Breakdown
Ashwaubenon Municipal Code Sec. 5-1-372, Disposal of Debris, sits in Article 1 of Chapter 5 alongside the Village's broader construction-site cleanliness rules. " Subsection (B) gives the building inspector authority to revoke the building permit outright if a contractor, permit holder or owner does create a nuisance, until the violation is corrected. The dumpster duty is one of several site-cleanliness rules adopted together in 1991 and amended in 2023: Sec. 5-1-369 bars littering streets or property with mud, dust, brush, stumps or debris; Sec. or the end of the workday, whichever is earlier; and Sec.
5-1-371 requires any debris in a street or on a sidewalk that could injure a vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist to be removed immediately. Sec. 5-1-373 separately makes the contractor responsible for inspecting sidewalks and curbs before work begins and for reporting any damage. Together these sections give the Village's Building Inspection Department direct leverage over active job sites: unlike a general nuisance complaint, a dumpster or cleanup violation under this article can trigger permit revocation rather than just a citation.
Violations & Fines
Sec. 5-1-374 sets escalating consequences specific to this article: a contractor, permit holder or owner convicted of a violation faces a forfeiture of not less than $50.00 plus costs for a first offense and not less than $100.00 plus costs for a second offense, and the building inspector may withhold building permits for six months from anyone convicted of three or more violations within a six-month period. The Village may also clean the site itself and charge the cost back, withholding the occupancy permit until the bill is paid, and the general contractor, permit holder and owner are jointly and severally liable, prosecuted in that order.
Frequently Asked Questions
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