[Adopted 5-18-2004 by Ord. No. 926B (Title 7, Ch. 7, of the 2009 Code of Ordinances)]
City of Lake Mills parks are those public facilities and public lands, bike trails and public lake access areas that have been set aside for recreational purposes, such as but not limited to hiking, picnicking, biking, swimming, fishing, boat launching, team or individual sports, the use of playground areas or skateboarding equipment, and other passive or active recreational activities enjoyed in an outdoor setting.
All City public parks, except Commons Park, boat-launching facilities, the Rock Lake public access areas with street-end piers, the skateboard park, and the Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park, shall be open between 4:00 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; and between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Commons Park shall remain open at all times. All Rock Lake public access areas with street-end piers shall be open only between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. All boat launch facilities are open at all times. The skateboard park shall be open only during such hours as are officially posted at the entrance to the skateboarding facilities. The Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park is open to its tenants and guests, and persons on the grounds who are not authorized to be there as a tenant or a guest of a tenant may be asked to leave the premises and may be given a citation for violation of this section. Any persons in other park areas in violation of the hours during which the park is open shall be subject to citations for violation of this section.
[Amended 9-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1041]
No person may bring into any City park, or have in his or her possession within the park, any glass beverage containers, including but not limited to glass bottles, glasses and cups made of glass. No person may intentionally or maliciously break any item made of glass in any City park.
A. 
Fires prohibited in certain areas. No fires are permitted at any time at any boat launch sites, bike trails, the skateboard park, hiking or biking trails, and at street-end lake access areas. Fires may be in charcoal grills in all other park areas.
B. 
Disposal requirements. No hot coals or wood that may be smoldering may be left in any location in the park, and all extinguished coals, ashes and unburned materials remaining after a fire has been ignited shall be disposed of properly by placing in a burn barrel provided for such disposal.
C. 
Supervision requirements. All fires in all park locations must be monitored by an adult at all times.
D. 
Exception for Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park. In the Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park, fires may be in either charcoal grills or in covered, portable fireplaces. The same rules apply for proper disposal of coals, wood, or ashes as are applicable in Subsection B.
E. 
Open fires prohibited. No open fires are permitted in any park area at any time unless written permission is granted by the Facilities and Grounds Director.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
[Amended 4-17-2007 by Ord. No. 1009]
A. 
Sandy Beach Park. Parking of vehicles and boat trailers at Sandy Beach Park shall be permitted only in areas designated or marked for such purpose. Overnight parking is prohibited, unless the vehicle or boat trailer is authorized to be parked in the reserved parking area at Sandy Beach Park.
B. 
Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park. Parking in the Sandy Beach Mobile Home Park is governed by the lease and park rules of the mobile home park, and all parking in the mobile home park permitted by said rules is restricted to only tenants of the mobile home park and their guests, and all other parking will be deemed to be in violation of this section.
C. 
No vehicles may be driven in any park, except in designated parking areas. The only exception to this subsection is with a permit from the Facilities and Grounds Director.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
D. 
Parking of vehicles is prohibited in all parking areas within all parks whenever the park areas are closed. Whenever the restaurant at Sandy Beach is open, parking is permitted in the parking lot until the restaurant is closed.
E. 
For special events. Exceptions to one or more of the parking regulations in this section may be authorized by permit from the Facilities and Grounds Director, and any such permit shall be communicated to the Police Department prior to or during the special event.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
F. 
Penalty. All parking violations and all unauthorized parking may be subject to a penalty of up to $25 under § 615-22, or towing at the owner's expense, or both. Violations of Subsection C, driving in parks, may be subject to a municipal citation in an amount not to exceed $100 per violation.
Notwithstanding Chapter 249, Article II, of the Municipal Code, liquor on public ways prohibited, the consumption or possession of opened containers of alcoholic beverages is permitted at Sandy Beach Park, Rotary Park, Tyranena Park, East Mills Estates Park, and Bartel's Beach. Glass containers for these beverages are regulated in § 496-3above. All possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in all other park areas, unless the City Council, by specific action, has expressly permitted the possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages in connection with special events or specific activities.
The following regulations apply to persons using swimming facilities at Sandy Beach, Bartel's Beach or at any of the lake access areas with street-end piers.
A. 
Swimming is only permitted within the swim areas designated by buoy lines at Sandy Beach and Bartel's Beach parks. Patrons may not hang onto or sit on lifelines.
B. 
Children under age six years must be supervised by an adult at all times; children under age 10 years must be supervised by an adult if a lifeguard is not on duty.
C. 
Swimming hours are 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at all swimming areas at Sandy Beach, Bartel's Beach, and the public access, street-end pier areas.
D. 
No person may throw sand, rocks or other potentially dangerous items in or near the designated swimming areas or beaches, or at or near any other person.
E. 
No person may engage in rough play, including but not limited to dunking, chicken fights, or similar activities in the water or on the beaches or piers.
F. 
Fishing is not permitted in designated swimming areas at Sandy Beach and Bartel's Beach, nor is it permitted at the street-end piers if swimmers or other persons are in the water adjacent to the street-end piers.
G. 
Running on piers or rafts is prohibited. Patrons shall also refrain from swimming or otherwise being under any pier or raft.
H. 
No person may dive from any pier. Diving is only permitted from rafts, but all flips and similar maneuvers are prohibited.
I. 
Eating, drinking or smoking is prohibited by persons in the water.
J. 
No person may litter by placing or leaving any smoking debris or other refuse in any place besides designated disposal containers specifically designed for such disposal.
K. 
No person may erect or maintain any boat mooring, boat lift, hoist or motorized boat in the navigable waters within 50 feet of the street-end piers or in any designated swimming area.
L. 
No person may use the public access street-end pier areas or the beaches or swimming areas without wearing appropriate attire at all times.
A. 
No person may launch or remove watercraft at boat launching facilities in the City of Lake Mills unless that person has paid a boat-launching fee and received a permit. Daily launch permits shall be made available at the boat-launching facilities and seasonal permits shall be available at the Lake Mills City Hall during regular business hours. The fee for said permits shall be established by resolution of the City Council from time to time.
[Amended 10-3-2006 by Ord. No. 976]
B. 
All persons launching or removing watercraft at boat-launching facilities are required to prominently display a boat-launching permit on any motor vehicle used in launching or removing the watercraft. The permit shall be deemed properly displayed if it is placed on the dash of the motor vehicle in a manner that allows it to be read through the windshield of the parked vehicle.
C. 
Failure to pay the fee for the permit or to properly display the launching permit at all times that the motor vehicle is parked in the designated boat launch parking area while the watercraft is in the waters of Rock Lake shall be deemed to be a violation of this section.
D. 
Any violation of this section may be subject to the issuance of a parking ticket with a monetary penalty in the amount of $25, which may be paid at the boat launch facility or by dropping off or mailing the envelope to the Police Department. Failure to pay the required penalty may result in a parking citation being issued. If it becomes necessary that a citation be issued hereunder, its issuance shall be by a law enforcement officer acting under the authority of Wis. Stats., § 346.55(4), which has been incorporated under Chapter 615, Vehicles and Traffic,of this Code.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
Personal music devices and car sound systems must be kept at a normal operating level that is not offensive or bothersome to surrounding park patrons. No sound-amplification devices shall be allowed without the prior written authorization by the Facilities and Grounds Director.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
Overnight camping is prohibited in all parks, unless specifically authorized by the City Council as part of a special event, and unless a permit has also been issued by the Facilities and Grounds Director.
No person may engage in loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language, or engage in any conduct or behavior tending to breach the public peace, and no person may be so intoxicated that the person is unable to care for his or her own safety in any park.
A. 
All pets within City parks must be kept on a leash not longer than eight feet in length and must be under the direct control of a responsible adult at all times. All feces from pets shall be removed and properly disposed of immediately.
B. 
Pets are prohibited at the following park areas:
(1) 
Bartel's Beach Park.
(2) 
Sandy Beach Park.
C. 
The prohibition of Subsection B does not apply to working animals, which for purposes of this article are animals trained to assist disabled persons, nor to police dogs, or dogs being used specifically by park personnel or persons authorized by the Facilities and Grounds Director for the removal of geese. In the case of working dogs being used for the removal of geese, no leash is required, but such dogs shall at all times be under the control of the person authorized to have such dogs in the parks for this purpose.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
D. 
The prohibition of Subsection B also does not apply to persons walking their dogs on leashes on public sidewalk areas adjacent to Bartel's Beach Park.
No person may throw or bring into the parks or have in his or her possession or set off or otherwise cause to explode or discharge or burn any firecrackers, torpedo, rocket, or other fireworks, explosives or sparklers, unless a permit has been issued.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
No person shall cut, pick, destroy or remove any plant, herb, shrubs, or trees from any park, unless specific authorization has been obtained from the Facilities and Grounds Director.
No person may clean, butcher, scale, or skin any fish, game, livestock, or poultry in any park.
No person may hunt, trap or pursue wildlife at any time within any park. Shooting any kind of weapon into park areas from beyond park boundaries is forbidden. The prohibitions of this section are not applicable to persons engaged in activities authorized by the City Council for the purpose of causing geese to remain out of the beach areas of the parks.
[Amended 5-20-2008 by Ord. No. 1030]
A. 
No person may advertise or offer for sale any article or thing, nor shall any person station or place any stand, cart, or vehicle for the transportation, sale or display of any such article or thing in the parks, unless a vendor's license has been granted under § 445-13, or unless the Council or Facilities and Grounds Director has authorized such activities in conjunction with the public market or any special event officially permitted in the parks, such as the periodic festivals or events in Commons Park, Sandy Beach Park, or Rotary Park.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
B. 
Sales of items under the direction of the Rotary Club in the concession stand at Rotary Park, and sales within the bait shop and Sand Bar Restaurant at Sandy Beach, and sales that are permitted during the public market under a license granted to the Main Street Program are excepted from the prohibitions of this section.
C. 
With the exception of the permitted sales activities under Subsections A and B, no person may advertise, announce or call to the public's attention any article or service for sale in the parks, and no person may paste, glue, tack or otherwise affix any sign, placard or advertisement in any park, unless specifically authorized by the Facilities and Grounds Director.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
Golf carts may only be driven in parks in designated areas. Entrance to Sandy Beach by any golf cart is only permitted by a handicap pass. No operation of snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles is permitted in any park, except for the purpose of entering directly onto or exiting directly off of Rock Lake.
No refuse, cigarette butts, trash, debris, or garbage may be placed or left any place besides in disposal containers designated for the proper disposal of such items. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no garbage, refuse, trash, construction waste or any similar materials may be brought into any park for the purpose of disposing of same in any dumpster, trash receptacle, or other container within the park.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
Special use permits for specific areas of the parks or rentals of specific shelters within the parks may be applied for or obtained from the Facilities and Grounds Director or his or her designee. In all such cases, applications shall be required and certain conditions may need to be met prior to the issuance of any such special use permit or prior to the completion of any rental of specific shelters. The fees charged for any such permits or rentals shall be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
No person may disturb or interfere unreasonably with any person or party occupying any area or participating in any activity under the authority of a permit or under a rental agreement with the City.
[Amended 8-3-2021 by Ord. No. 1226]
Any section or part of any park may be declared closed to the public by the Facilities and Grounds Director at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular and stated intervals of time, and such closure may be entirely or merely to certain uses as the Facilities and Grounds Director shall find reasonably necessary. Any continued usage in violation of any such closure shall be deemed a violation of this section.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, except § 496-8, shall be subject to the issuance of a citation and the penalty in § 1-19 of the Municipal Code. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. This section shall not preclude the City from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of this article. Violations of § 496-8 shall be subject to the penalty stated therein.