[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Fulton 9-12-1996 as Ch. 3, Part B of the
1996 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Records and property — See Ch. 120.
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton has the
specific authority, powers and duties pursuant to §§ 60.10,
60.22 and 101.13, Wis. Stats., and specific statutory authority, powers
and duties with authorization of the Town Meeting, to purchase, lease,
construct and dispose of buildings and property for the Town of Fulton
and to manage and direct certain affairs related to Town of Fulton
buildings and Town of Fulton lands.
A.Â
New building. The Town Board of the Town of Fulton
shall design and construct any new Town of Fulton public buildings
to allow physically disabled persons reasonable means of access, including
access from parking lots, if any, ancillary to the public building.
B.Â
Remodeling. The Town Board of the Town of Fulton shall
meet the minimum regulations of the State of Wisconsin Department
of Commerce and § 101.13, Wis. Stats., for remodeling of
Town of Fulton public buildings to ensure the access to and use of
the public buildings by physically disabled persons. Any Town of Fulton
public buildings that are remodeled, unless excepted by rules of the
State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce or by § 101.13,
Wis. Stats., shall be designed and constructed so as to provide reasonable
means of access for physically disabled persons and shall comply with
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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Authority for public access. The Town Board of the
Town of Fulton has the authority to establish dates and times for
public access to the public buildings and public lands owned or leased
by the Town of Fulton. In addition, the Town Board of the Town of
Fulton has the authority to place additional restrictions on the use
of the public buildings and public lands owned or leased by the Town
of Fulton.
B.Â
Town Hall. The Town Hall of the Town of Fulton shall
be open to the public at the following times and dates unless written
notice to the contrary is posted at the usual and customary locations
in the Town of Fulton: meetings of the Town Board, its committees
and commissions and elections. The Town Hall shall be open to the
public at other times with the approval of the Town Board of the Town
of Fulton. No person shall enter the Town Hall of the Town of Fulton,
except as noted above, unless authorized by the Town Board of the
Town of Fulton. Any person who violates the above-noted provision
shall immediately leave the Town Hall of the Town of Fulton.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 3c, Town
office, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted 11-13-2007.
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton does not
permit access to or use of any Town of Fulton public buildings and
Town of Fulton public lands by any cat, dog or other domestic animal
except as follows:
A.Â
Seeing Eye dog or other animal used to assist the
visually handicapped.
B.Â
A dog, cat or other domestic animal within a motor
vehicle where the animal is in the motor vehicle by consent of the
owner of the motor vehicle.
C.Â
A dog, cat or other domestic animal is permitted and
authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Fulton as an authorized
animal of a fair, circus or other social event that has been authorized
to be held on land owned or leased by the Town Board of the Town of
Fulton.
A.Â
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton does not permit
access to or use of Town of Fulton public buildings and Town of Fulton
public lands by any person who is intoxicated or impaired due to the
use of alcohol or drugs. Any person so intoxicated or impaired shall
leave the Town of Fulton public building, public land or office. No
formal request to leave by any Town of Fulton law enforcement officer
or any other law enforcement officer shall be required for violation
of this provision to occur. Any person who fails to leave immediately
any Town of Fulton public building and public land after formal request
by the Town of Fulton Town Chief of Police or other law enforcement
officer shall be immediately arrested by the Town of Fulton law enforcement
officer or any other law enforcement officer and shall be immediately
removed from the Town of Fulton public building, Town of Fulton public
land or Town of Fulton office.
B.Â
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton does not permit
use or possession, by any person, of any alcohol beverages or controlled
substance drug in or on the premises of any Town of Fulton public
building or Town of Fulton public land.
A.Â
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton does not permit
the disposal or discharge of any litter, solid waste, hazardous waste,
garbage or any other refuse in any Town of Fulton public building
and on the premises of any Town of Fulton public land except in disposal
containers authorized by the Town Board of the Town of Fulton or except
with a permit issued by the Town Board of the Town of Fulton.
B.Â
No person shall dispose or discharge the above-noted
waste in violation of this provision. Any person violating this provision
shall immediately and totally reclaim and remove the disposed or discharged
waste from the Town of Fulton public building and the Town of Fulton
public lands. No formal request to reclaim and remove the above-noted
waste by any Town of Fulton law enforcement officer or any other law
enforcement officer shall be required to violate this provision. Any
person who fails to reclaim and remove the above-noted waste immediately
from any Town of Fulton public building and Town of Fulton public
land after formal request to reclaim and remove by a Town of Fulton
law enforcement officer or any other law enforcement officer shall
be immediately arrested and removed from the Town of Fulton public
building and Town of Fulton public land.
A.Â
The Town Board of the Town of Fulton does not permit
disorderly conduct in any public building and on any public land or
contemptuous behavior or insolent behavior to any Town of Fulton official,
employee or agent in any Town of Fulton public building and on any
Town of Fulton public land when the officer, employee or agent is
on duty or working for the Town of Fulton.
B.Â
No person shall commit or cause disorderly conduct
to the public or commit or cause contemptuous behavior or insolent
behavior to a Town of Fulton official, employee or agent in a Town
of Fulton public building and on any Town of Fulton public land when
the officer, employee or agent is on duty or working for the Town
of Fulton. Loitering in a Town of Fulton public building and on any
Town of Fulton public land or office, including Town roads, after
being formally requested to leave the Town of Fulton public building
and Town of Fulton public land by the chief presiding officer of any
public meeting or by a Town of Fulton law enforcement officer or other
law enforcement officer shall be considered disorderly conduct under
this provision. Any person who continues to violate this provision
after formal request to cease the disorderly conduct or to cease the
contemptuous or insolent behavior by the Town of Fulton law enforcement
officer or any other law enforcement officer shall be arrested and
removed from the Town of Fulton public building and Town of Fulton
public land.
The following will be the normal hours and days
the following public buildings and public facilities will be open
to the general public:
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
Conduct in a public or private place that is violent, abusive,
indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly
under circumstances in which the conduct leads to cause or provoke
a disturbance.
Insulting, abusive or offensive behavior.
To linger, stand around, move slowly about, remain or spend
time idly in a public building, public land, in a public facility
or any public place.
A person who requires an assistant device for mobility, including
but not limited to a wheelchair, brace, crutch or artificial limb.
An arena, coliseum, related exposition facility or center
for the performing or visual arts.
[Added 3-11-2008]
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PUBLIC WALKWAY
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
A parcel or strip of land, owned by the Town varying in length
and width, located between and adjoining to privately held property,
one end of which is located at the shoreline of a navigable body of
water within the Township of Fulton. Such parcel or strip of land
permits foot traffic over said parcel or strip of land to a navigable
body of water, but does not include any such parcel or strip of land
which permits or is developed for the purpose of allowing vehicular
traffic to the shoreline of a navigable body of water for the purpose
of launching watercraft or other such similar uses.
B.Â
Limitations on use.
(1)Â
Landowners adjoining public walkways may but are not
required to maintain or improve a walkway, provided that any maintenance
or improvements do not restrict the public from enjoying a permitted
use of the walkway.
(2)Â
Public walkways may be utilized by the public during
the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Sunday through Saturday.
(3)Â
Public walkways may not be utilized to transport watercraft
to a navigable waterway, except nonmotorized watercraft transported
by individuals without a trailer. Furthermore, use of walkways by
any motorized vehicle is prohibited.
(4)Â
Any and all construction of piers, boat lifts or other
such physical improvements or obstacles along or at the shoreline
edge of a public walkway is prohibited. Repair, maintenance or replacement
of existing piers is also prohibited.
(5)Â
Disposal of refuse or any other such waste material
on public walkways is prohibited.
(6)Â
Consumption of alcoholic beverages on public walkways
is prohibited.
(7)Â
Fires on public walkways are prohibited.
(8)Â
Discharge of firearms or fireworks on public walkways
is prohibited.
(9)Â
Behavior constituting disorderly conduct, including,
but not limited to, producing sound levels that are disruptive to
nearby properties is prohibited.
C.Â
Maintenance of public walkways. This section does
not create any obligation on behalf of the Town to improve or otherwise
maintain any such public walkway.
D.Â
Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this
section shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture in the
amount set forth on the schedule located in the office of the Town
Clerk/Treasurer and the cost of prosecution. In default of payment
of forfeiture and costs, such persons may be imprisoned in the county
jail until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but
not to exceed 90 days. Each act of violation and every day upon which
a violation occurs or continues to exist constitutes a separate offense.