[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lawrence 3-12-2001. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The following statutes defining offenses against the peace and good order of the state are adopted by reference to define offenses against the peace and good order of the Town, provided that the penalty for commission of such offenses hereunder shall be limited to a forfeiture imposed under Chapter 20, Citations, of the Town of Lawrence.
B.
Chapter 110, Motor Vehicles.
(1)
Section
110.075(7), Motor vehicle inspection, producing/using inspection sticker
fraudulently.
J.
Chapter 450, Pharmacy Examining Board.
(1)
Section
450.11, Prescription drugs and prescription devices, obtaining a prescription
drug by fraud.
M.
Chapter 941, Crimes Against Public Health and Safety.
(1)
Section
941.01, Negligent operation of vehicle.
(2)
Section
941.10, Negligent handling of burning material.
(3)
Section
941.12(2) and (3), Interfering with fire fighting.
(4)
Section
941.13, False alarms.
(5)
Section
941.20, Endangering safety by use of dangerous weapon.
(6)
Section
941.23, Carrying concealed weapon.
(7)
Section
941.235, Carrying firearm in public building.
(8)
Section
941.24, Possession of switchblade knife.
(9)
Section
941.26, Machine guns and other weapons; use in certain cases; penalty.
(10)
Section
941.2965(2) and (3)(a), (c) and (d), Restrictions on use of facsimile
firearms.
(11)
Section
941.36, Fraudulent tapping of electric wires or gas or water meters
or pipes.
(12)
Section
941.37, Obstructing emergency or rescue personnel.
O.
Chapter 943, Crimes Against Property.
(1)
Section
943.01(1), Damage to property.
(2)
Section
943.012, Criminal damage to or graffiti on religious and other property.
(3)
Section
943.017, Graffiti.
(4)
Section
943.07, Criminal damage to railroads.
(5)
Section
943.11, Entry into locked vehicle.
(6)
Section
943.125, Entry into locked coin box.
(7)
Section
943.13, Trespass to land.
(8)
Section
943.14, Criminal trespass to dwellings.
(9)
Section
943.145, Criminal trespass to a medical facility.
(10)
Section
943.15, Entry onto a construction site or into a locked building,
dwelling or room.
(11)
Section
943.20, Theft ($1,000 or less).
(12)
Section
943.21, Fraud on hotel or restaurant keeper, recreational attraction,
taxicab operator, or gas station.
(13)
Section
943.22, Use of cheating tokens.
(14)
Section
943.225, Refusal to pay for a motor bus ride.
(15)
Section
943.23, Operating vehicle without owner's consent.
(16)
Section
943.24, Issue of worthless check.
(17)
Section
943.34, Receiving stolen property with less value than $1,000.
(18)
Section
943.37, Alteration of property identification marks.
(19)
Section
943.38(3), Forgery.
(20)
Section
943.41(2), (3)(a) to (d), (4)(b), (5) and (6)(a), (b) and (d), Financial
transaction card crimes ($1,000 or less).
(21)
Section
943.45, Theft of telecommunications service.
(22)
Section
943.46, Theft of video service.
(23)
Section
943.47, Theft of satellite cable programming.
(24)
Section
943.50, Retail theft; theft of services.
(25)
Section
943.55, Removal of shopping cart.
(26)
Section
943.61, Theft of library material.
(27)
Section
943.70, Computer crimes.
P.
Chapter 944, Crimes Against Sexual Morality.
(1)
Section
944.15, Public fornication.
(2)
Section
944.17, Sexual gratification.
(3)
Section
944.20, Lewd and lascivious behavior.
(4)
Section
944.21, Obscene material or performance.
(5)
Section
944.23, Making lewd, obscene or indecent drawings.
(6)
Section
944.30, Prostitution.
(7)
Section
944.31, Patronizing prostitutes.
(8)
Section
944.33, Pandering.
(9)
Section
944.34, Keeping place of prostitution.
(10)
Section
944.36, Solicitation of drinks prohibited.
R.
Chapter 946, Crimes Against Government and Its Administration.
(1)
Section
946.40, Refusing to aid officer.
(2)
Section
946.41, Resisting or obstructing officer.
(3)
Section
946.42, Escape.
(4)
Section
946.44, Assisting or permitting escape.
(5)
Section
946.65, Obstructing justice.
(6)
Section
946.67, Compounding crime.
(7)
Section
946.69, Falsely assuming to act as a public officer or employee or
utility employee.
(8)
Section
946.70, Impersonating peace officers, fire fighters, or other emergency
personnel.
(9)
Section
946.72, Tampering with public records and notices.
S.
Chapter 947, Crimes Against Public Peace, Order and Other Interests.
T.
Chapter 948, Crimes Against Children.
(1)
Section
948.015, Other offenses against children.
(2)
Section
948.10, Exposing genitals, pubic area, or intimate parts.
(3)
Section
948.11, Exposing a child to harmful material or harmful descriptions
or narrations.
(4)
Section
948.21, Neglecting a child.
(5)
Section
948.40, Contributing to the delinquency of a child.
(6)
Section
948.45, Contributing to truancy.
(7)
Section
948.51, Hazing.
(8)
Section
948.60, Possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.
(9)
Section
948.61, Dangerous weapons other than firearms on school premises.
(10)
Section
948.63, Receiving property from a child.
U.
Chapter 951, Crimes Against Animals, §§ 951.01 to
951.15.
V.
Chapter 961, Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
(1)
Section
961.38, Improper use of prescription.
(2)
Section
961.41(3g)(b), Possess or attempt to possess other drugs generally.
(3)
Section
961.41(3g)(c), Possess or attempt to possess cocaine, etc.
(4)
Section
961.41(3g)(d), Possess or attempt to possess LSD, methcathinone, etc.
(5)
Section
961.41(3g)(e), Possess or attempt to possess marijuana (THC).
(6)
Section
961.573(1), Possession of drug paraphernalia.
(7)
Section
961.574(1), Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia.
(8)
Section
961.575(1), Delivery of drug paraphernalia to a minor.
(9)
Section
961.576, Advertisement of drug paraphernalia.
A.
Loitering in school and playground areas. No person not in official
attendance or on official school business shall enter into, congregate,
loiter, wander, stroll, stand or play in any school building or in
or about any playground area adjacent thereto within the Town between
8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on official school days.
B.
Loitering after being requested to move.
(1)
In groups or crowds. No person shall loaf or loiter in a group or
a crowd upon the public streets or sidewalks or in adjacent doorways
or entrances, on street crossings or bridges without invitation from
the owner or occupant, after being requested to move by any police
officer or by any person in authority at such places.
(2)
In places of public assembly or use. No person shall loiter, lounge
or loaf in or about any depot, theater, dance hall, restaurant, store,
mall, public sidewalk, public parking lot or other place of assembly
or public use after being requested to move by any police officer
or by any person in authority at such place. Upon being requested
to move, a person shall immediately comply with such request by leaving
the premises or the area thereof.
(3)
Obstructing highways. No person shall obstruct any street, bridge,
sidewalk or crossing by lounging or loitering in or upon the same
after being requested to move on by any police officer.
No person owning, harboring or keeping any animal or fowl shall
allow the same to run at large within the Town.
A.
No person shall throw, deposit, place or dump any glass, refuse,
waste, filth, tires, wood waste, grass clippings, weeds, shingles,
waste from cement trucks or any other litter upon the streets, alleys,
highways, public parks or other property of the Town or upon any private
property or upon the surface of any body of water within the Town.
B.
No person shall place anything in a privately owned dumpster not
owned by him. No person shall place nonrecyclables at a recycling
center.
No person shall resist or interfere with an officer of the Town
while such officer is doing any act in his official capacity and with
lawful authority, nor shall any person refuse to assist an officer
in carrying out his duties when so requested by the officer.
A.
Presence prohibited during closed hours. All public parks and public
playgrounds in the Town shall be closed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
No person shall be in any public park or public playground in the
Town between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
B.
Exception. The Town Board or a designee may grant permission to any
group wishing to use a specific public park or public playground to
use such public park or public playground beyond 10:00 p.m. Permission
shall be given in writing and shall contain the name of the group
and the name of a responsible person in charge of the group and the
date for which permission to use the specific public park or public
playground beyond the closed hours is granted.
A.
Purpose. The Town wishes to protect its streets, curbs, ditches,
sewers and sidewalks from damage due to construction. The Town wishes
to protect pedestrians and motor vehicle traffic from construction
debris during and after construction projects. This section is written
to require proper construction practices and to assure that the above-mentioned
goals are met.
B.
Mud, dust, brush, stumps, etc. No general contractor, building permit
holder or owner shall cause, maintain or permit the littering of any
public or private streets with mud, dust, brush, stumps, tree limbs,
construction debris, piles of dirt after building landscaping is completed
or other types of debris, nor shall such person cause damage to any
public street, sidewalk, curb, ditch, gutter, sewerage system or property.[1]
C.
Daily cleanup. A general contractor, building permit holder or owner
must clean up by 8:00 p.m. each day or at the end of the workday on
that site, whichever occurs earlier, and the site must be kept clean
as much as feasible during the day.
D.
Debris in street or on sidewalk. Debris in the street or on the sidewalk
that would injure a motor vehicle, pedestrian or cyclist must be removed
immediately.
E.
Disposal of debris at construction sites.
(1)
No general contractor, subcontractor, owner, permit holder, municipality
or municipal subcontractor shall allow any person to leave litter
or building debris at a construction site which creates a nuisance.
During the course of any construction which requires a permit within
the Town, the contractor shall be responsible for having a covered
dumpster or other suitable method to properly contain any construction-related
debris on the site at all times while construction is conducted on
the site.
(2)
If a general contractor, permit holder or owner does create a nuisance,
the Building Inspector shall revoke the building permit until he has
complied with this section.
F.
Damaging curbs, ditches or sidewalks. It is the responsibility of
the general contractor, permit holder or owner to inspect all sidewalks,
ditches and curbs prior to commencement of work. Any such damage must
be reported to the Building Inspector or his designated agent prior
to commencement of work. Any damage not reported in that time period
will be attributed to the general contractor, building permit holder
or owner. No general contractor, building permit holder or owner shall
allow any person to run a vehicle over a ditch or curb in the Town,
unless that curb shall have been properly blocked or ramped to ensure
no damage to the ditch or curb. "Properly blocked" means adequately
covered behind the curb with crushed stone to a sufficient depth to
protect the back of the curb and a four-by-four planking in front
of the curb. All tires crossing the curb shall be supported in this
manner. This requirement may be waived by the Building Inspector for
good cause.
G.
Violations.
(1)
If any general contractor, building permit holder or owner is convicted
of three or more violations of this section within a six-month period,
the Building Inspector shall have authority to withhold building permits
from such general contractor, building permit holder or owner for
a period of six months.
(2)
If any general contractor, building permit holder or owner shall
fail to pay any cost of any curb or ditch repair for damage to curbs
or ditches caused by such person, the Building Inspector shall have
the right to withhold the issuance of building permits to the general
contractor, building permit holder or owner until such time as all
bills are paid.[2]
(3)
(4)
In addition to the penalty provided in § 204-16 of this chapter, the Town may clean up or contract to clean up and charge the cost to the general contractor, building permit holder or owner who is found in violation of this section. If the bills are not paid for, the occupancy permit will be withheld.
H.
Town compliance. The Town will comply with this section, but no penalty
shall apply to the Town.
No person shall run a vehicle over a curb in the Town, unless
that curb shall have been properly blocked or planked to ensure no
damage to the curb. "Properly blocked" means adequately covered behind
the curb with crushed stone to a sufficient depth to protect the back
of the curb and a four-by-four planking in front of the curb. All
tires crossing the curb shall be supported in this manner. This requirement
may be waived by the Building Inspector for good cause.
No person shall enter a motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft
or any part thereof belonging to another without the consent of the
person in lawful possession of the vehicle, aircraft or watercraft.
The Town hereby adopts § 256.35, Wis. Stats. Any person
who intentionally dials the telephone number 911 to report an emergency,
knowing in fact that the situation which he or she reports does not
exist, shall be fined in accordance with the Town Municipal Bond Schedule.
A.
Permission required. No person shall enter any building, structure,
or business of another without the permission of the owner or person
in charge.
B.
Presumption. Permission to enter shall be presumed when the area
is normally open to the public. Permission may be withdrawn by the
owner or person in charge.
C.
Authority to climb. No person shall climb any utility pole or any
tower within the Town unless that person has been duly authorized
by the Town and/or the utility. No person shall attempt to remove
or remove from any utility pole or tower any Town property, including
but not limited to flags and decorations, unless that person has been
duly authorized by the Town and/or the utility.
[Added 9-22-2008]
A.
Title
and purpose.
(1)
The
title of this section is the "Town of Lawrence Sexual Offender Restrictions
Ordinance." This section is a regulatory measure aimed at protecting
the health and safety of children in the Town of Lawrence from the
risk that sexual offenders convicted of an offense against a child
may reoffend in locations close to where children congregate. Given
the high rate of recidivism for sexual offenders, and that reducing
opportunity and temptation is important to minimizing the risk of
reoffense, there is a need to protect children where they congregate
or play in public places. Therefore, the Town finds and declares that
sexual offenders are a serious threat to the public safety of children
if regulatory measures are not in place that prohibit their presence
in specified areas designated as places children commonly congregate.
The Town of Lawrence finds and declares that in addition to schools
and day-care centers, children congregate or play at child-oriented
facilities, such as parks and playgrounds.
(2)
It
is not the intent of this section to impose a criminal penalty but
rather to serve the Town's compelling interest to promote, protect,
and improve the health, safety, and welfare of the children of the
Town by prohibiting convicted sexual offenders from loitering or being
present in specified areas around locations where children regularly
congregate in concentrated numbers. It is the further intent of this
section to recognize that convicted sexual offenders must reenter
the community, and the Town of Lawrence hereby accepts that it has
a responsibility to convicted sexual offenders and the surrounding
area municipalities to ensure that, in addition to promoting regulatory
measures aimed at protecting children, its regulatory measures are
not aimed at prohibiting convicted sexual offenders from being part
of this society.
B.
CHILD
DESIGNATED OFFENDER
LOITERING
MINOR
ZONES
(1)
(2)
(3)
Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except
when the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A person age 16 or younger for the purpose of this section.
Any person who is required to register under § 301.45,
Wis. Stats., and is under court-ordered supervision by the Wisconsin
Department of Corrections for any sexual offense against a child,
unless the person is under the age of 18 at the time of the offense
and the offender was not tried and convicted of the offense as an
adult.
Whether in a group, crowd, or as an individual, to stand
idly about, loaf, prowl, congregate, wander, and stand, linger aimlessly,
or proceed slowly or with many stops; to delay or dawdle.
Any person age 17 or younger.
RESTRICTED ZONESCertain areas that are designated by the Town as areas children congregate, including but not limited to schools, parks, playgrounds, licensed day-care centers, or any other place designated by the Town as a place where children are known to congregate. Restricted zones will not expand beyond the real estate parcel or parcels upon which the building, park, or establishment is located that instigated the Town's designation of such restricted zone but will include contiguous parcels used for ancillary purposes, such as an athletic field located adjacent to a school.
LOITER-FREE ZONESThe two-hundred-foot radius surrounding all restricted zones.
RESTRICTED ZONE MAPAn official map, maintained by the Town, showing restricted zones designated in red and loiter-free zones designated in yellow (the "Restricted Zone Map"). The Town shall update the Restricted Zone Map at least annually to reflect any changes in the location of restricted zones and loiter-free zones. The Restricted Zone Map will be available at the Town's office and on the Town's official website.
C.
Prohibited
location and/or acts.
(1)
Restricted zones.
(a)
Restricted zone restrictions. It is unlawful for any designated
offender to be physically present within a restricted zone under any
of the following circumstances:
(b)
Restricted zone exceptions. A designated offender may be physically
present on any day or time within a restricted zone if all of the
following are present:
(2)
Loiter-free
zones. It is unlawful for any designated offender to loiter within
a restricted zone or loiter-free zone.
(3)
Holiday
prohibition. It is unlawful for any designated offender to participate
in holiday events involving children under 16 years of age, such as
distributing candy or other items to children on Halloween, wearing
a Santa Claus costume on or preceding Christmas or wearing an Easter
Bunny costume on or preceding Easter. Holiday events in which the
designated offender is the parent or guardian of the child involved,
and no nonfamilial children are present, are exempt from this subsection.
[Amended 4-25-2016; 10-9-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2]
A.
A snowmobile
trail route has been designated on the north and south sides of Little
Rapids Road for approximately 4,000 feet from the west right-of-way
at the intersection of Mid Valley Road and Little Rapids Road to the
east right-of-way at the northernmost intersection of Lawrence Drive
and Little Rapids Road, for the purpose of traveling with a snowmobile.
The designated trail route includes a portion on the roadway for approximately
550 feet immediately east of French Road and a portion on the roadway
for approximately 550 feet immediately west of Lawrence Drive. The
designated trail route includes a crossing of Little Rapids Road approximately
halfway between French Road and Lawrence Drive.
B.
The snowmobile
club or snowmobile organization responsible for the snowmobile trail
that leads to the roadway trail will be solely responsible for any
and all road damages on the designated trail. The degree of damage
shall be determined by the Town Board.
C.
The Town
of Lawrence Town Board has the right to rescind this section and close
the designated trail on Little Rapids Road for the following reasons:
[Amended 4-25-2016]
No person shall throw or shoot any object, stone, snowball or
other missile or projectile, by hand or by any other means, at any
person or at, in or into any building, street, sidewalk, alley, highway,
park, playground or other public place within the Town.
[Added 6-28-2010; amended 4-25-2016; 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-003]
A.
CIGARETTE
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
SMOKE or SMOKING
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following words
shall have the following meanings:
Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any other regulated
substance other than tobacco.
Any product containing or delivering nicotine or any other
substance intended for human consumption that may be used by a person
to simulate smoking through inhalation of vapor or aerosol from the
product. "Electronic delivery device" includes any device manufactured,
distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe,
e-hookah, or vape pen, or under any other product name or description,
or any component part of such product, whether or not sold separately.
"Electronic delivery device" does not include any product that has
been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for
sale as a tobacco cessation product and is being marketed and sold
solely for such an approved purpose.
Any person employed by the state or any political subdivision
of the state for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and
enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests
for violations of the laws or ordinances he or she is employed to
enforce.
Burning, holding, inhaling, exhaling or carrying any lighted
or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe or heated tobacco or plant product
intended for inhalation, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner
or form. "Smoking" includes the use of an electronic delivery device
which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or form, or the use
of any oral smoking device.
Cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut,
crimp cut, ready-rubbed and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour;
cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos;
shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco
and other kinds and forms of tobacco prepared in such manner as to
be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both
for chewing and smoking; but (tobacco products) does not include cigarettes,
as defined under Wis. Stats. § 139.30(1).
B.
Prohibited conduct.
(1)
No child under the age of 18 may do any of the following:
(a)
Buy or attempt to buy any cigarette or tobacco product or other
smoking or electronic delivery device or engage in any conduct prohibited
by Wis. Stats. § 254.92.
(b)
Falsely represent his or her age for the purpose of receiving
any cigarette or tobacco product or other smoking or electronic delivery
device or for the purpose of engaging in any other activity prohibited
by Wis. Stats. § 254.92.
(c)
Possess any cigarette or tobacco product or other smoking or
electronic delivery device.
C.
Exceptions.
(1)
A child may purchase or possess cigarettes or tobacco products or
other smoking or electronic delivery device for the sole purpose of
resale in the course of employment during his or her working hours
if employed by a retailer licensed under Wis. Stats. § 134.65(1)(d).
D.
Smoking ban adopted. The Town adopts, by reference, the provisions
of Wis. Stats. § 101.123, Smoking prohibited, pertaining
to the statewide smoking ban. For purposes of enforcing the smoking
ban found in Wis. Stats. § 101.123 within this Town, the
definition found in this section for "smoke or smoking" shall apply
instead of the definition for "smoking" found in said state statutes,
and the definition found in this section for "electronic delivery
device" shall also apply.
E.
Related provisions. This section further adopts:
(1)
Wis. Stats. § 101.123, relating to the prohibition of smoking,
is hereby adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
(2)
Wis. Stats. § 134.65, Cigarette, electronic vaping devices,
and tobacco products retailer license.
(3)
Wis. Stats. § 134.66, Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes
or nicotine or tobacco products.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-3 of this Code. In addition to any penalty imposed for violation of this chapter adopting § 943.01(1), Wis. Stats., 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 of any unemancipated minor child who violates this chapter adopting § 943.01(1), Wis. Stats., may also be held liable for the cost of repairing such damaged or destroyed property in accordance with § 895.035, Wis. Stats.
