City of Lake Mills, WI
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2023-04-04
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 354 Firearms; Hunting and Trapping
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 10 Administration of Government
- Ch 16 Administrative Review
- Ch 27 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 38 City Council
- Ch 44 City Manager
- Ch 59 Elections and Districts
- Ch 64 Emergency Management Services
- Ch 71 Ethics
- Ch 80 Fees, Municipal
- Ch 89 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 96 Fire Department
- Ch 145 Municipal Court
- Ch 153 Officers and Employees
- Ch 161 Public Improvements
- Ch 190 Records
- Ch 211 Utilities, Municipal
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 240 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 246 Alarm Systems
- Ch 249 Alcohol Beverages
- Ch 255 Animals
- Ch 264 Bicycles
- Ch 271 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 279 Building Construction
- Ch 286 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 292 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 311 Cable Television
- Ch 318 Cemetery
- Ch 346 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 350 Fair and Open Housing
- Ch 354 Firearms; Hunting and Trapping
- § 354-1 Firearms.
- § 354-2 Leg-hold traps.
- Ch 362 Fires and Fire Prevention
- Ch 368 Fireworks
- Ch 393 Hazardous Waste Cleanup
- Ch 402 Housing Code
- Ch 411 Impact Fees
- Ch 417 In-Line Skating
- Ch 424 Junk Dealers; Salvage Yards
- Ch 445 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 463 Minors
- Ch 470 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 479 Nuisances
- Ch 491 Parades and Processions
- Ch 496 Parks, Recreation and Public Property
- Ch 505 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 512 Public Market
- Ch 548 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 556 Solid Waste
- Ch 565 Stormwater Management
- Ch 573 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 581 Swimming Pools
- Ch 587 Taxicabs
- Ch 594 Trees
- Ch 609 Vehicles, All-Terrain
- Ch 615 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 623 Water and Sewer
- Ch 636 Yard Waste
- Part III: Land Use Legislation
- Ch 650 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 660 Zoning Regulations
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Mills 12-15-2009 by Ord. No. 1054 as Sec. 5-1-2 of the 2009 Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 1129A]
No person, other than a law enforcement officer acting within
the scope of his or her authority, may fire or discharge any firearm
within the City, except firearms may be discharged for hunting purposes
during lawful hunting seasons, provided:
A.
Such hunting and discharge is in accordance with all provisions of
the Wisconsin State Statutes and the rules of the Department of Natural
Resources;
B.
Such hunting is upon lands owned by the hunter, or is conducted with
the written permission of the landowner, or is upon lands that are
clearly designated as public hunting grounds;
C.
No discharge of firearms occurs within 100 yards of a structure,
or within a distance of 50 feet of the center line of any street or
roadway, or occurs by shooting across a street or roadway; or
D.
No discharge of firearms may occur on lands owned by the City or
within any public park.
No person, except a sheriff, police officer or their deputies,
shall set or cause to be set any steel or metal leg-hold trap designed
for the purpose of trapping fur-bearing animals; provided, however,
that this section is not preventing or prohibiting the use of possible
traps designed to trap fur-bearing animals in a manner so as not to
cause injury to the animal.
