[Amended 10-18-2011 by Ord. No. 11-10]
A. Concealed weapons.
(1) Pursuant to § 943.13(1m)(c)(4), Wis. Stats., effective
on November 1, 2011, no person shall enter or remain in any part of
a building owned, occupied or controlled by the Village of New Glarus
while carrying a concealed weapon.
(2) The Village Administrator shall cause signs to be erected at all
entrances to all buildings owned, occupied, or under the control of
the Village of New Glarus providing notice to all person entering
that entrance while carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited. Such
signs shall be at least five inches by seven inches in size or larger.
B. Possession, sale and manufacture of certain weapons prohibited.
(1) No person shall sell, manufacture, purchase, possess or carry metallic
knuckles or knuckles of any substance which could be put to the same
use with the same or similar effect as metallic knuckles, a numchuk
(also called a "nunchaku") or any similar weapon, a cestus or similar
material weighted with metal or other substance and worn on the hand,
a churkin (also called a "suriken") or any similar object intended
to injure a person when thrown, a sucbai or similar weapon, a manrikigusari
or a similar length of chain having weighted ends, or any other martial
arts device or instrument which, in the manner it is used or intended
to be used, is calculated or likely to produce injury or death to
another person within the Village of New Glarus.
(2) For the purpose of this Subsection
B, the following definitions shall apply:
CHURKIN
A round throwing knife consisting of several sharp points
protruding from a rounded disc.
NUMCHUK or NUNCHAKU
An instrument consisting of two or more sticks, clubs, or
rods connected by a rope, cord, wire, or chain.
SUCBAI
A short length of wood or metal or similar material which,
when gripped in the hand, protrudes on either side of the fist. Such
prohibited instrument may or may not have spikes or short pointed
protrusions from either end.
(3) Any such device shall be seized by a law enforcement officer and
destroyed or turned over to the State of Wisconsin Crime Laboratory
for destruction.
C. Reckless use of weapons.
(1) Acts prohibited.
(a)
No person shall endanger another's safety by reckless conduct
in the operation or handling of a firearm, air gun, knife or bow and
arrow.
(b)
No person shall operate or go armed with a firearm, air gun,
knife or bow and arrow while he/she is under the influence of an intoxicant.
(c)
No person shall intentionally point a firearm, air gun, knife
or bow and arrow at or toward another person.
(2) Reckless conduct defined. "Reckless conduct" consists of an act which
creates a situation of unreasonable risk and high probability of death
or great bodily harm to another and which demonstrates a conscious
disregard for the safety of another and a willingness to take changes
of perpetrating an injury. It shall not be reckless conduct to discharge
a firearm if the actor's conduct is justified or, had it been subject
to a criminal penalty, would have been subject to a defense described
in § 939.45, Wis. Stats. Further, unless other facts and
circumstances apply indicating a criminal or malicious intent on the
part of the person, a person cannot be charged with reckless conduct
or disorderly conduct or other inappropriate behavior for simply loading,
carrying or going armed with a firearm.
D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to prohibit a
peace officer or armed forces or military personnel armed in the line
of duty or any person duly authorized by the Chief of Police to possess
a firearm in any public building. Notwithstanding Wis. Stats. § 939.22(22),
for purposes of this paragraph, peace officer does not include a commission
warden who is not a State certified commission warden.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the carrying
of any firearm or dangerous weapon contrary to Wis. Stats. §§ 941.23
or 941.235.
No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale, use, keep, possess, discharge or explode any fireworks except toy pistol paper caps, sparklers and toy snakes within the limits of the Village unless he/she shall be authorized by a fireworks permit as provided in Chapter
165, Fireworks, of this Code. 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 fireworks, rockets or similar missiles containing explosive fuel.
No individual shall cross a police or fire line
that has been so designated by banner, signs or other similar identification.
[Amended 3-16-2021 by Ord. No. 21-02]
A. Harassment. No person, with intent to harass or intimidate another
person, shall do any of the following, each instance to be considered
a separate violation:
(1) Strike, shove, kick or otherwise subject the person to physical contact
or attempt or threaten to do the same.
(2) Engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts which harass
or intimidate the person and which serve no legitimate purpose.
B. Harassing or obscene telephone calls and electronic communications.
(1) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
The transmission of sound, images, data or messages which
includes, but is not limited to, email, text messaging, instant messaging
and social networking websites by the means of an electronic communication
device.
(2) of the following acts shall be subject to the general penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-5, of this Code:
(a)
9-1-1 calls. No person shall make a 9-1-1 call, whether or not
a conversation ensues, for the purpose of activating an emergency
response when no actual emergency exists. This provision shall not
affect those callers who in good faith believe an emergency situation
exists when initiating the call.
(b)
Harassing or obscene communication. It shall be unlawful for
any person to do any of the following by telephone, or by means of
another electronic communication device, originating within or received
within the limits of the Village.
[1]
Make any comment, request, suggestion or proposal which is obscene,
lewd, lascivious or indecent;
[2]
Whether or not a conversation ensues, initiate and complete
image transmission or text messaging, with the intent to abuse, threaten
or harass any person at the called number or numbers, or electronic
communication device;
[3]
Make or cause the land-based or wireless/cell telephone of another
repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person
at the called number or numbers;
[4]
Knowingly permit any land-based or wireless/cell telephone or
electronic communication device under the person's control to
be used for any purpose prohibited by this section;
[5]
In conspiracy or concerted action with other persons, make repeated
or simultaneous land-based or wireless/cell telephone calls solely
to harass any person at the called number or numbers.
No person shall have or permit on any premises
owned or occupied by him/her any open cisterns, cesspools, wells,
unused basements, excavations or other dangerous openings. All such
places shall be filled, securely covered or fenced in such manner
as to prevent injury to any person, and any cover shall be of a design,
size and weight that the same cannot be removed by small children.
All forms of gambling, lotteries and fraudulent
devices and practices are prohibited within the Village, except as
provided by state law. Any law enforcement officer of the Village
may seize anything devised solely for unlawful gambling or found in
actual use for gambling within the Village and dispose thereof after
a judicial determination that such device was used solely for gambling
or found in actual use for gambling.