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.
A. Chapter 106, Apprentice, Employment and Equal Rights Programs.
(1) Section
106.50, Open housing.
B. Chapter 110, Motor Vehicles.
(1) Section
110.075(7), Motor vehicle inspection, producing/using inspection sticker
fraudulently.
C. Chapter 134, Miscellaneous Trade Regulations.
(1) Section
134.06, Bonus to chauffeurs for purchases, forbidden.
(2) Section
134.65, Cigarette and tobacco products retailer license.
(3) Section
134.66, Restrictions on sale or gift of cigarettes or nicotine or
tobacco products.
D. Chapter 167, Safeguards of Persons and Property.
(1) Section
167.10, Regulation of fireworks.
E. Chapter
175, Miscellaneous Police Provisions.
(1) Section
175.25, Storage of junked automobiles.
F. Chapter 173, Animals; Humane Officers.
(1) Section
173.10, Investigation of cruelty complaints.
G. Chapter 218, Finance Companies, Auto Dealers, Adjustment Companies
and Collection Agencies.
(1) Section
218.0146, Motor vehicles.
(2) Section
218.0147, Purchase or lease of motor vehicle by minor.
H. Chapter
254, Environmental Health.
(1) Section
254.76, Causing fires by tobacco smoking.
(2) Section
254.92, Purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by
person under 18 prohibited.
I. Chapter 285, Air Pollution.
(1) Section
285.30(2), Motor vehicle emissions limitations.
J. Chapter 450, Pharmacy Examining Board.
(1) Section
450.11, Prescription drugs and prescription devices, obtaining a prescription
drug by fraud.
K. Chapter 939, Crimes – General Provisions.
L. Chapter 940, Crimes Against Life and Bodily Security.
(1) Section
940.19(1), Battery.
(2) Section
940.20, Battery: special circumstances.
(3) Section
940.225(3m), Fourth degree sexual assault.
(4) Section
940.32, Stalking.
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.
N. Chapter 942, Crimes Against Reputation, Privacy and Civil Liberties.
(1) Section
942.01, Defamation.
(2) Section
942.03, Giving false information for publication.
(3) Section
942.05, Opening letters.
(4) Section
942.06, Use of polygraphs and similar tests.
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.
Q. Chapter 945, Gambling.
(1) Section
945.02, Gambling.
(2) Section
945.03, Commercial gambling.
(3) Section
945.04, Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling.
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.
(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.
(1) Section
947.01, Disorderly conduct.
(2) Section
947.012, Unlawful use of telephone.
(3) Section
947.013, Harassment.
(4) Section
947.015, Bomb scares.
(5) Section
947.02(3) and (4), Vagrancy.
(6) Section
947.04, Drinking in common carriers.
(7) Section
947.06, Unlawful assemblies.
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.
(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.
No person owning, harboring or keeping any animal or fowl shall
allow the same to run at large within the Town.
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.
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.
[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:
(1) Lack of compensation for needed road repairs due to snowmobiles.
(3) Any other issues deemed not to be in the best interest of the Town
of Lawrence.
[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. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following words
shall have the following meanings:
CIGARETTE
Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any other regulated
substance other than tobacco.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICE
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.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
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.
SMOKE or SMOKING
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.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
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.
(2) An individual who violates Subsection
B(1)(a),
(b), and
(c) shall be subject to a forfeiture of up to $100 for each violation.
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).
(2) A law enforcement officer shall seize any cigarette or tobacco product or other smoking or electronic delivery device involved in any violation of §
204-15B in his or her presence.
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.
(4) Wis. Stats. § 254.76, Causing fires by tobacco smoking.
(5) Wis. Stats. § 254.92: all other provisions of this statutory subsection not otherwise adopted or encompassed by this §
204-15.
F. Penalties. Penalties or imposed forfeitures for the above not otherwise specifically noted fall under §
1-3 of the Town of Lawrence municipal ordinances.
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.