Welcome to the town of River
Falls. You’ve chosen a good place to live. Our town borders
the City of River Falls on three sides. We have a population of
more than two thousand.
According to a survey conducted in 1993, Town residents
value the rural atmosphere most, followed by our town’s proximity to
the Twin Cities.
Folks are friendly here, and it’s a beautiful place to
live! Your Town Board has prepared this brochure to inform you of the
services the town provides and some of the ordinances that may affect
you.
The Town Board of River Falls urges all citizens to become
involved in local government. Town meetings are held at the Town Hall on the
first and third Monday of each month. Watch the River Falls Journal for
meeting times. Feel free to call any of the board members if you have
questions or if you wish to serve on a Town committee.
Building permits
are required for all new buildings and additions or alterations
to existing buildings. Obtain your permit from town zoning administrator
Jerome Rodewald to see that all town zoning and density requirements
are followed.
The Town Recycling
Center, at N7750 State Road 65 (the town garage), is open from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. It is also open on Wednesday evenings from
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the summer, from
May 1 to Labor Day. Recyclables don’t have to be
separated but must be clean. Appliances will be accepted for a fee. You
may dispose of garbage at the center at a cost of $2.00 per bag.
Lawn clippings and waste won’t be accepted. Brush and
leaves may be burned after obtaining a burning permit (free of
charge) from any Board member, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, staff member,
or at the Town Recycling Center.
The
City of River Falls Fire Department and the Rural Fire Association work
together to provide fire protection in our town. Fire calls are billed
to the owner, not the renter, of a property. All fire calls cost $500--whether
a false alarm or a six-hour blaze. Be sure to get a burning permit--and
be careful!
Dogs must be
licensed and may not run at large. Barking dogs may be considered a
nuisance. Fines of from $5.00 to $500.00 may be levied against the
owners of dogs creating a public nuisance by running at large, biting
persons or other animals, or harrying livestock.
Our sixty miles of town roads are maintained by our two town employees. Snowplowing is done within twenty-four hours of the storm, with main roads being plowed first. Of our town's 60+ miles of roads, about 30 are classified first priority plowing and sanding roads. The balance will be
plowed and sanded as time allows. The town's goal is to maintain the roads as well as weather, equipment, and budget allows.
Roads given number one priority are major and minor collector roads as defined by the
state. Number two roads are the daily traveled school bus routes. Number three roads are the daily traveled milk routes.
Employees are allowed to plow and sand private
driveways, for a fee and with permission of the town chairman, when plowing of the town roads is completed. Steep or dangerous drives will not be plowed or sanded.
Residents may have up to two loads of crushed rock from the town's supply delivered to their homes. For each load delivered, the resident will be billed at the current rate.
Town law
enforcement is carried out through town constables, who should be
contacted in case of a dog at large or animals through a fence, and
through the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, which may be reached
at 273-5051 or, in an emergency, by dialing 911.
Voting in town, county, school district, state,
and national elections takes place at the town hall. Polling hours
are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. (For presidential elections,
polls open at 7:00 a.m.) Should you be unable to go to the polls, obtain
an absentee ballot from the town clerk prior to Election Day.
Welcome to the town of River
Falls. You’ve chosen a good place to live. Our town borders
the City of River Falls on three sides. We have a population of
more than two thousand.
The Town Recycling
Center, at N7750 State Road 65 (the town garage), is open from 8:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. on Saturdays. It is also open on Wednesday evenings from
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. during the summer, from
May 1 to Labor Day. Recyclables don’t have to be
separated but must be clean. Appliances will be accepted for a fee. You
may dispose of garbage at the center at a cost of $2.00 per bag.
The
City of River Falls Fire Department and the Rural Fire Association work
together to provide fire protection in our town. Fire calls are billed
to the owner, not the renter, of a property. All fire calls cost $500--whether
a false alarm or a six-hour blaze. Be sure to get a burning permit--and
be careful!
Dogs must be
licensed and may not run at large. Barking dogs may be considered a
nuisance. Fines of from $5.00 to $500.00 may be levied against the
owners of dogs creating a public nuisance by running at large, biting
persons or other animals, or harrying livestock.
Town law
enforcement is carried out through town constables, who should be
contacted in case of a dog at large or animals through a fence, and
through the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, which may be reached
at 273-5051 or, in an emergency, by dialing 911.
Voting in town, county, school district, state,
and national elections takes place at the town hall. Polling hours
are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. (For presidential elections,
polls open at 7:00 a.m.) Should you be unable to go to the polls, obtain
an absentee ballot from the town clerk prior to Election Day. 