[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Soldiers Grove 5-7-1960 as Ch. 12 of the 1960 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Discharging and carrying firearms and guns prohibited.
[Amended 9-8-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-090801]
(1)
No
person, except a sheriff, constable, police officer or their deputies,
shall fire or discharge any firearm, rifle, spring or air gun of any
description within the Village of Soldiers Grove or have any firearm,
rifle, spring or air gun in his possession or under his control unless
it is unloaded and knocked down or enclosed within a carrying case
or other suitable container, provided that this section shall not
prevent the maintenance and use of duly supervised rifle or pistol
ranges or shooting galleries authorized by the Village Board, or the
firing or discharging of BB guns upon private premises by persons
over 16 or under the direct personal supervision or a parent or guardian.
This subsection shall be deemed to prohibit hunting within the Village,
provided that the Chief of Police may issue written permits to owners
or occupants of private premises to hunt or shoot on such premises
if he finds such privileges necessary for the protection of life or
property and subject to such safeguards as he may impose for the safety
of the lives and property of other persons within the Village.
(2)
Hunting game in accordance with state law is permitted the Ag Agriculture
District.
B.
Throwing or shooting of arrows, stones and other missiles prohibited.
No person shall throw or shoot any object, arrow, stone, snowball
or other missile or projectile, by hand or by any other means, at
any other person or at, in or into any building, street, sidewalk,
alley, highway, park, playground or other public place within the
Village of Soldiers Grove.
C.
Burning of grass and trash restricted.
(1)
Grass fires regulated. No person shall kindle any grass fire within
the Village of Soldiers Grove without first securing a written permit
from the Fire Warden who shall issue such permit only upon approval
of and subject to any conditions for the protection of life and property
imposed by the Fire Chief.
[Amended 6-7-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-01]
(2)
Trash burning restricted. No person shall kindle or cause to be kindled
any fire in or upon any street, alley, public way, park or any public
or private ground within the Village within 25 feet of any building
or within any fire lane unless the same be confined within a wire
refuse burner, basket or metal enclosure (with a cover attached to
prevent the escape of sparks and burning material) (of a type approved
by the Fire Chief).
D.
Sale and discharge of fireworks restricted.
(1)
Private use and sale. No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale,
use, keep, discharge or explode any fireworks except toy pistol paper
caps, sparklers and toy snakes within the limits of the Village unless
he shall be authorized by a fireworks permit as hereinafter provided.
The term "fireworks" as used in this section shall be defined as provided
in § 167.10(1), Wis. Stats., and shall be deemed to include
all rockets or similar missiles containing explosive fuel.
(2)
Fireworks permits. Fireworks, other than those prohibited by the
laws of the State of Wisconsin, may be used and displayed in open
fields, parks, rivers, lakes and ponds by public authorities, fair
associations, amusement parks, park boards, civic organizations and
other groups of individuals when a permit for such display has been
granted by the Village President. All applications shall be referred
to the Fire Chief for investigation and no permit shall be granted
unless the Village President from the report of the Chief determines
that the applicant will use the fireworks in a public exhibition,
that all reasonable precautions will be exercised with regard to the
protection of the lives and property of all persons and that the display
will be handled by a competent operator and conducted in a suitable,
safe place and manner. Before granting any fireworks permit, the Village
President shall require the applicant to post with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
an approved indemnity bond in the sum of $2,000 for the payment of
all claims that may arise by reason of injuries to persons or property
from the handling, use or discharge of fireworks under such permit.
E.
Obstructing streets and sidewalks prohibited. No person shall stand,
sit, loaf or loiter or engage in any sport or exercise on any public
street, sidewalk, bridge or public ground within the Village in such
manner as to prevent or obstruct the free passage of pedestrian or
vehicular traffic thereon or to prevent or hinder free ingress or
egress to or from any place of business or amusement, church, public
hall or meeting place.
A.
Disorderly conduct prohibited. No person within the Village of Soldiers
Grove shall:
(1)
In any public or private place engage in violent, abusive, indecent,
profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct
which tends to cause or provoke an immediate disturbance of public
order or tends to disturb or annoy any other person or persons.
(2)
Intentionally cause, provoke or engage in any fight, brawl, riot
or noisy altercation other than a bona fide athletic contest.
B.
Drunkenness. No person shall within the Village be habitually drunk
or intoxicated so as to disturb the good order and quiet of the Village
or be found in any place within the Village in such a state of intoxication
that he is unable to care for his own safety or for the safety of
others.
C.
Loud and unnecessary noise prohibited. No person shall make or cause
to be made any loud, disturbing or unnecessary sounds or noises such
as may tend to annoy or disturb another in or about any public street,
alley or park or any private residence.
D.
False fire alarms prohibited. No person shall give or send or cause
to be given or sent in any manner any alarm of fire which he knows
to be false.
E.
Obedience to officers. No person shall, without reasonable excuse
or justification, resist or in any way interfere with any officer
of the Village while such officer is doing any act in his official
capacity and with lawful authority.
F.
Assisting escape of prisoner. No person shall intentionally aid any
prisoner or person to escape from the lawful custody of a policeman
or peace officer with the Village of Soldiers Grove.
G.
Impersonating police officers. No person shall impersonate a policeman
or peace officer within the Village of Soldiers Grove.
A.
Gambling, lotteries, fraudulent devices and practices prohibited.
All forms of gambling, lotteries and fraudulent devices and practices
are prohibited within the limits of the Village. Any peace officer
or policeman of the Village is hereby authorized to seize anything
devised solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling within
the Village and to dispose thereof after a judicial determination
that said device was used solely for gambling or found in actual use
for gambling.
B.
Vagrancy and loitering prohibited. No person shall within the Village
loiter or loaf about any public building, place or premises or wander
about the streets, alleys, parks or other public places either by
day or night, whose actions give rise to a suspicion of wrongdoing
and who is unable to give a satisfactory account of himself, or who,
having the physical ability to work, is without any visible means
of support and does not seek employment or who derives part of his
support from begging, prostitution, pandering, fortune telling or
as a similar impostor.
C.
Indecent conduct and language prohibited. No person shall use any
indecent, vile, profane or obscene language or conduct himself in
any indecent, lewd, lascivious or obscene manner within the Village.
D.
Curfew. No child 16 years of age or under shall loiter, idle or remain,
and no parent or guardian shall knowingly permit his child or ward
of such age to loiter, idle or remain, in or upon any of the streets,
alleys or public places in the Village between the hours of 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless such child is accompanied by a parent, guardian
or some person of lawful age having legal custody of such child. This
subsection shall not be construed to prohibit such child from performing
an errand or duty if directed by his parent or guardian or of urgent
necessity or from pursuing the duties of his employment in an expeditious
and orderly manner or from going to or from places of business or
amusement or private homes.
A.
Destruction of property prohibited. No person shall willfully injure
or intentionally deface, destroy or unlawfully remove, take or meddle
with any property of any kind or nature belonging to the Village or
its departments or to any private person without the consent of the
owner or proper authority.
B.
Littering prohibited. No person shall throw any glass, rubbish, waste
or filth upon the streets, alleys, highways, public parks or other
property of the Village or upon any private property not owned by
him or upon the surface of any body of water within the Village of
Soldiers Grove.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall
upon conviction thereof be punished as follows:
A.
For a violation of § 151-3D of this chapter, he shall forfeit not more than $25 and the costs of prosecution and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned in the county jail until the forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but not exceeding five days, provided that for a first offense any person 16 years of age or under who shall be found violating the provisions of said section shall be warned of the penalty for such violation by any police officer of the Village and shall be taken and delivered to the custody of the person having legal custody over him and for a second or subsequent offense he shall be dealt with according to the provisions of Ch. 48 or the Wisconsin statutes.
[Amended 6-7-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-01]
B.
For a violation of any other provision of this chapter, he shall
be subject to a penalty as provided in § 15.04 of this code.
C.
In addition to any penalty imposed for violation of § 151-4A of this chapter, any person who shall cause physical damage to or destroy any public property shall be liable for the costs of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property. The parent or parents of any unemancipated minor child who violates § 151-4A of this chapter may also be held liable for the cost of replacing or repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with § 895.035 of the Wisconsin statutes.
[Amended 6-7-2001 by Ord.
No. 2001-01]
