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Village of Fox Point, WI
Milwaukee County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Fox Point as Ch. 6 of the 1961 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall park any automobile, motor truck, motorcycle or similar motor vehicle upon the Beach Road in the limits of the Village or upon the beach adjacent thereto, except for the purpose of making necessary repairs, without a permit, or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
No person shall picnic on the Beach Road or the beach adjacent thereto within the limits of the Village without a permit or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
No person shall swim or bathe on or from the beach adjacent to the Beach Road within the limits of the Village without first obtaining a permit, or without being attired in suitable bathing suit, or between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Permits issued under this chapter shall be in writing and shall be effective for one day only, commencing not earlier than 8:00 a.m. and running not longer than 8:00 p.m. There shall not be outstanding at any one time permits authorizing the parking of motor vehicles in any one day exceeding 20 in number or for persons exceeding in the aggregate 100 for any one day. All permits shall be in writing and shall be issued by the Police Department.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
A. 
This chapter does not prohibit any riparian owner from parking or permitting the parking of cars, picnicking or permitting picnicking or bathing upon or from his property if the parking does not interfere with the free and uninterrupted use of the highway, and proper bathing suits are worn, and good conduct is observed.
B. 
Wherever in the prosecution for violation of this chapter the defendant shall assert as a defense that he has permission of the owner of the land upon or from which the parking, picnicking or bathing is being conducted, the burden of proof of such fact shall be upon the defendant.
A. 
No person shall launch a boat or canoe from any public property or public right-of-way along the shores of Beach Drive adjacent to Lake Michigan from June 1 to September 15.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
No person shall operate or propel any boat or canoe through the swimming area adjacent to the shore of Lake Michigan described above, which area is marked by buoys or other floating means of indicating the area in which swimming is supervised by lifeguards.
C. 
This section does not prohibit passage of a boat to the shore of Lake Michigan in case of emergency, nor from the shore in the event the landing of the boat on the shore area specified in Subsection A of this section occurs because of an emergency.