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Timestamp: 2019-11-12 05:55:11
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Village of Woodville, WI Offenses Against Public Safety and Peace
Ch 398 Art II Offenses Against Public Safety and Peace
§ 398-3 Firearms, explosives and other missiles.
§ 398-4 Carrying concealed weapons; certain weapons prohibited; reckless use of weapons.
§ 398-5 Safe use and transportation of firearms and bows.
§ 398-6 Obstructing streets and sidewalks.
§ 398-7 Loitering.
§ 398-8 Loud and unnecessary noise.
§ 398-9 Disorderly conduct.
§ 398-10 Unauthorized presence on school property.
§ 398-11 Failure to obey lawful order; resisting officer.
§ 398-12 Possession of controlled substances; marijuana.
§ 398-13 Drug paraphernalia.
§ 398-14 Crossing police or fire line.
§ 398-15 Harassment; harassing or obscene telephone calls.
§ 398-16 Open cisterns, wells, basements or other dangerous excavations.
§ 398-17 Gambling, lotteries and fraudulent devices and practices.
Village of Woodville, WI / Part II: General Legislation / Peace and Good Order
Discharge of firearms regulated. It is unlawful to discharge or cause the discharge of any missile from any firearm, slingshot, bow and arrow, when said bow has pull of 30 pounds' pressure or more, or other dangerous weapon within the limits of the Village. This section shall not apply to firearms used by law enforcement officers, nor shall this section prohibit the use of shotguns for hunting during open seasons for hunting as provided by state regulations, except that during such open seasons no shotgun shall be discharged within 200 feet of any dwelling building within the limits of the Village or on any land of another after having been notified by the owner or lawful occupant not to enter on or remain on the premises by posted sign or otherwise.
Hunting prohibited. Hunting within the Village of Woodville is prohibited.
Shooting into Village limits. No person shall, in the territory adjacent to the Village, discharge any firearm in such manner that the discharge shall enter or fall within the Village of Woodville.
Shooting ranges. This section shall not prevent the maintenance and use of duly supervised rifle or pistol ranges or shooting galleries approved by the Village Board, upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police, where proper safety precautions are taken.
Definition. For purposes of this section, "firearm" is defined as any instrumentality from or with which a shot, bullet or pellet may be discharged or expelled, regardless of whether the propelling force is provided by air, spring or other similar mechanical device, or gunpowder.
Prohibition. No person shall, within the Village of Woodville, wear or in any manner carry under his clothes or conceal upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous weapon, provided that this subsection shall not apply to a peace officer or such persons as may be authorized to carry such weapons.
Specific concealed weapons prohibited. No person, except a sheriff, constable, police officer or other law enforcement officer acting within the scope of his duties, shall carry or wear concealed about his person any pistol, revolver, firearm, slingshot, crossknuckle of lead, brass or other materials, bowie knife, switchblade, dirk or dagger or any other dangerous or deadly weapon within the Village.
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 instrumentality 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 Woodville.
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.
No person shall operate or go armed with a firearm, air gun, knife or bow and arrow while he is under the influence of an intoxicant.
The meaning given under § 340.01(74), Wis. Stats., and includes a snowmobile, as defined under § 340.01(58a), Wis. Stats.
No person may place, possess or transport a firearm, bow or crossbow in or on a motorboat with the motor running, unless the firearm is unloaded or unless the bow or crossbow is unstrung or is enclosed in a carrying case.
No person may place, possess or transport a firearm, bow or crossbow in or on a vehicle, unless the firearm is unloaded or unless the bow or crossbow is unstrung or is enclosed in a carrying case.
No person may load or discharge a firearm or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow in or from a vehicle.
No person may load or discharge a firearm or shoot a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the center of a road.
A person who violates Subsection B(1)(a) through (d) above is subject to a forfeiture pursuant to § 1-4.
Subsection B(1)(b) and (c) do not apply to the holder of a permit under § 29.193(2)(c), Wis. Stats., who is hunting from a standing automobile in accordance with that subsection.[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11-2-4, Sale and discharge of fireworks restricted, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See Ch. 289, Fireworks.
Obstructing streets. No person shall obstruct, loiter, cause a nuisance or engage in any sport or exercise on any public street, sidewalk, bridge or public ground within the Village of Woodville in such a manner as to:
Unnecessary conduct which may tend to annoy, intimidate, threaten or otherwise disturb another in or about any public street, sidewalk, bridge or public ground which is offensive to the public morals or decency of the citizens of the Village of Woodville.
Public property loitering prohibited.[1]
No person shall loiter in or about any private premises or adjacent doorways or entrances or upon private property held out for public use, including but not limited to business or industry parking lots or shopping malls, without invitation from the owner or occupant or any person in authority at such places. No person shall loiter in or about the doorway, stairway, steps or entrance of any business place or private residence without the expressed consent of the owner thereof, or at any time other than usual business hours. Under this subsection, "business place" shall include a public building at such times that the same shall be closed for the usual and normal business conduct thereat.
No person shall sit, lie, or otherwise recline upon or against any parked motor vehicle without the expressed consent of the owner thereof, whether such is parked upon a public street, alley, parking lot, driveway or private premises.
No person shall stand or loiter on any roadway other than in a safety zone if such act interferes with the lawful movement of traffic.[2]
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11-2-6(c), Loitering or prowling prohibited, and (d), Loitering by underage persons where alcohol beverage is dispensed, which immediately followed this subsection, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Definitions. As used in this section, the terms "loiter" and "nuisance" shall be defined as provided in § 398-6C.[3]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). Original Sec. 11-2-6(f), Soliciting, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Loud and unnecessary noise prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to make, continue or cause to be made or continued any loud and unnecessary noise. It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or wantonly to use or operate, or to cause to be used or operated, any mechanical device, machine, apparatus or instrument for intensification or amplification of the human voice or any sound or noise in any public or private place in such manner that the peace and good order of the neighborhood are disturbed or that persons owning, using or occupying property in the neighborhood are disturbed or annoyed.
The sounding of any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place in the Village for longer than three seconds in any period of one minute or less, except as a danger warning; the creation of any unreasonably loud or harsh sound by means of any signaling device and the sounding of any plainly audible device for an unnecessary and unreasonable period of time; the use of any signaling device except one operated by hand or electricity; the use of any horn, whistle or other device operated by engine exhaust; and the use of any signaling device when traffic is for any reason held up.
The squealing of tires or racing of engines unnecessarily.
Radios, phonographs and similar devices. The using, operating or permitting to be played, used or operated of any radio receiving set, musical instrument, phonograph or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in a loud and unnecessary manner. The operation of any set, instrument, phonograph, machine or device between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. in a manner as to be plainly audible at the property line of the building, structure or vehicle in which it is located shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
Schools, courts, churches and hospitals. The creation of any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, institution of learning, church or court while in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which unreasonably interferes with the normal operation of that institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided that conspicuous signs are displayed in those streets indicating a school, hospital or court street. No person, while on public or private grounds adjacent to any building or while within any building in which a school or any class thereof is in session, shall willfully make or assist in the making of any noise or diversion which disturbs or tends to disturb the peace or good order and operation of such school session or class thereof.
Editor's Note: Original Sec. 11-2-7(c), Permits for amplifying devices, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
§ 398-9 Disorderly conduct. [1]
Disorderly conduct prohibited. No person within the Village of Woodville shall:
In any public or private place, engage in violent, noisy, riotous, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct which tends to cause or provoke an immediate disturbance of public order or tends to annoy or disturb any other person.
Indecently expose his or her person.
Defecating or urinating in public places. It shall be unlawful for any person to defecate or urinate outside of designed sanitary facilities, upon any sidewalk, street, alley, public parking lot, park, playground, cemetery or other public area within the Village, or upon any private property in open view of the public, or in the halls, rooms without rest room facilities, stairways or elevators of public or commercial buildings.
No student who is under suspension, expulsion, or other disciplinary procedures excluding him from attending any school located within the Village or any person not a student presently enrolled or not an employee of such school or not a parent or guardian of a student, or not an otherwise authorized person, shall be present within any school building or upon any school grounds without having first secured authorization to be there from the principal or other person in charge of the school building or school grounds, except while in direct route to secure such authorization.
Any person who is present at any school building or school grounds for the purpose previously authorized by the school or its designee.
Loitering near school prohibited. No person not in official attendance or on official school business shall enter into, congregate, loiter or cause a nuisance in any school building in the Village of Woodville or upon any school district grounds or within adjacent posted school zones on any day when such schools are in session.
Definitions. As used in this section, the terms "loiter" and "nuisance" shall be defined as provided in § 398-6C.[1]
Resisting or interfering with officer prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to resist or in any way interfere with any police officer or member of the Police Department or any person called to assist such officer, or to threaten, resist or interfere with such officer or person, or to advise or encourage any other person to resist or interfere with such officer or person in the discharge of his duty, or in any way to interfere with or hinder or prevent him from discharging his duty as such officer or assistant, or to offer or endeavor to do so, or in any manner to assist any person in the custody of any law enforcement officer to escape or to attempt to escape from such custody, or to try to persuade any person to escape from the custody of such officer, or to rescue or attempt to rescue any person so in custody, or to fail to obey the order or direction of such officer while such officer is acting in his official capacity in carrying out his duties.
§ 398-12 Possession of controlled substances; marijuana. [1]
Possession of controlled substances. It is unlawful for any person to possess a controlled substance, other than a controlled substance classified in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Ch. 961, Wis. Stats., which is a narcotic drug, unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to a valid prescription or order of, a practitioner as defined in § 961.01(19), Wis. Stats., while acting in the course of his professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this Code.
No person shall possess 25 grams or less of marijuana, as defined in § 961.01(14), Wis. Stats., unless it was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner, as defined in § 961.01(19), Wis. Stats., while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by Ch. 961, Wis. Stats.
This section does not apply to any person who is charged with possession of more than 25 grams of marijuana or who is charged with possession of any amount of marijuana following a conviction for possession of any amount of marijuana in the State of Wisconsin.
§ 398-13 Drug paraphernalia. [1]
State statutes adopted. The provisions of §§ 961.571, 961.572, 961.573, 961.574, 961.575 and 961.576, Wis. Stats., and the definitions therein are adopted by reference.
Definition. In this section, "drug paraphernalia" shall be defined as provided in § 961.571, Wis. Stats.
Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons whom he or she knows intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of this section; the innocence of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, as to a direct violation of this section shall not prevent a finding that the object is designed for use or primarily intended for use as drug paraphernalia.
Manufacture or delivery of drug paraphernalia. No person may deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, drug paraphernalia, knowing that it will be primarily used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance or controlled substance analog in violation of this section.
Delivery of drug paraphernalia by a minor to minor. Any person who is under 17 years of age who violates Subsection D(2) by delivering drug paraphernalia to a person 17 years of age or under who is at least three years younger than the violator is guilty of a special offense.
Prohibited advertisement of drug paraphernalia. No person may place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill or other publication any advertisement, knowing that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed for use or primarily intended for use as drug paraphernalia in violation of this section.
Penalties. Any juvenile who violates Subsection D(1), (2) or (3) shall, upon conviction, be subject to disposition under § 938.344, Wis. Stats.
Harassing or obscene telephone calls. Whoever commits any of the following acts shall be subject to the general penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code:
No person shall have or permit on any premises owned or occupied by him 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 such 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 police officer of the Village may seize anything devised solely for 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.