[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Belgium 11-21-1991 by Ord. No. 16-91 as Sec. 11-2-1
of the 1991 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 19-11]
No person, except a police officer or other
law enforcement officer in the performance of an official duty, shall
discharge any firearm within the Village. This subsection does not
apply and may not be enforced if the actor’s conduct was justified
or, had it been subject to a criminal penalty, would have been subject
to a defense described in § 939.45, Wis. Stats.
No person shall, in the territory adjacent to
the Village, discharge any firearm in such manner that the discharge
shall enter or fall within the Village.
This chapter shall not prevent the maintenance
and use of duly supervised rifle or pistol ranges or shooting galleries
approved by the Village Board, after an advisory recommendation from
the Village Marshal, where proper safety precautions are taken.
No person shall discharge or detonate any dynamite,
nitroglycerin or other explosive within the Village.
[Amended 2-10-2014 by Ord. No. 3-14]
A.
Hunting, except for hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow as provided in Subsection B hereof, is prohibited within the corporate limits of the Village of Belgium.
B.
A person
may hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow within the Village, subject
to the following restrictions:
(1)
No
such hunting is permitted on publicly owned land.
(2)
No
such hunting is permitted within 100 yards of any building used for
human occupancy located on another person’s land unless the
person who owns the land on which the building is located allows the
hunter to hunt within 100 yards of the building.
(3)
No
such hunting is permitted unless the arrow or bolt is discharged toward
the ground.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any instrument from or with which a shot, bullet or pellet
may be discharged or expelled, regardless of whether the propelling
force is provided by air, spring or other similar mechanical device,
or gunpowder.
