(a) 
The nonfelony offenses and violations of the State Criminal Code, W.S.A., ch. 939, excluding the punishments for such provisions, and as may be subsequently amended in the future, are adopted by reference in this section as if fully set out.
(b) 
Violations of the statutes adopted by reference occurring in the City shall constitute violations of this section and shall be punished by a forfeiture as provided in Section 1-12.
[Code 1992, § 9.50]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person found to be in violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order made under this chapter, upon conviction, shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Section 1-12.
[Code 1992, § 9.02]
(a) 
Guns, revolvers, firearms and air guns. No person shall discharge any gun, revolver or other firearm or air gun within the City except for the lawful protection of life or property, the suppression of crime or by an officer on official duty, and except also when done pursuant to and in accordance with an expressed permit from the Chief of Police.
(b) 
Slingshot, bow and arrow and other contrivances. No person shall throw or discharge any missile by means of the weapon or appliance commonly known as a slingshot, bow and arrow or any similar contrivance within the City except in lawful defense of person or property.
[Code 1992, § 9.03(2); amended 10-24-2011 by Ord. No. 11-30]
(a) 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FIREARMS
A weapon that acts by force of gunpowder.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Any person employed by the State of Wisconsin or any political subdivision of this 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.
WEAPON
A firearm, an electronic weapon as defined in § 941.295, Wis. Stats., a knife, a billy club, spring gun, air gun (whether a missile is expelled by air, gas, or chemical), electric weapon, or paint ball gun.
(b) 
No person, except a law enforcement officer or member of the military in the line of duty or a person acting within the terms of a license issued to carry a concealed weapon as defined in Wisconsin Statutes, shall have any weapon in his or her possession or under his or her control unless it is both unloaded and locked or enclosed within a carrying case or other suitable container.
(c) 
In addition to the provisions of § 175.60, Wis. Stats., enumerating places where the carrying of a weapon or firearm is prohibited, including exceptions thereto, it shall be unlawful for any person other than law enforcement or member of the military in the line of duty to enter any City-owned structures at which signage meeting the requirements of § 943.13(2)(bm) Wis. Stats., is posted.
(d) 
Signs meeting the requirements of § 943.13(2)(bm) Wis. Stats., shall be posted in prominent places near all entrances of such buildings regarding such restrictions.
(e) 
Any person who enters or remains on any aforementioned premises contrary to such signage shall be considered a trespasser subject to forfeitures for trespassing as set by the City Council by resolution from time to time.
[Code 1992, § 9.15]
No person shall intentionally damage, alter, remove or conceal any public notice, posted as authorized by law, before the expiration of the time for which the notice was posted.
[Code 1992, § 9.26]
(a) 
No person shall take and carry away, transfer, conceal or retain possession of any library material without the consent of a library official, agent or employee and with the intent to deprive the library of possession of the material.
(b) 
The concealment of library material beyond the last station for borrowing library material in a library is evidence of intent to deprive the library of possession of the material. The discovery of library material which has not been borrowed in accordance with the library's procedures or taken with consent of a library official, agent or employee and which is concealed upon the person or among the belongings of the person or concealed by a person upon the person or among the belongings of another is evidence of intentional concealment on the part of the person so concealing the material.
(c) 
Overdue library materials are subject to fines and/or suspension of the borrower's driver's license.
[Code 1992, § 9.31]
No person shall make, alter or present to any person any document, card or other thing which misrepresents that person's age or identity.
[Code 1992, § 9.33]
No unauthorized person shall remove, take down, alter the position of, damage, destroy, pass over or beyond any barrier erected within the City by order or approval of the Street Superintendent, Police or City Council.
[Code 1992, § 9.28]
(a) 
No person shall drive or park any vehicle on any City street or alleyway for the primary purpose of displaying advertising. The expression "primary purpose" is that which is first in intention; which is fundamental. It is the principle or fixed intention with which an act or course of conduct is undertaken. Facts to be considered in determining the primary purpose include, but are not limited to, those listed in this subsection. The absence or existence of one or more of these considerations is not necessarily controlling in the determination of the primary purpose.
(1) 
The length of time a vehicle is parked in a particular parking space.
(2) 
The uses of the vehicle other than as an advertising display medium.
(3) 
The amount of surface space of the vehicle used to display advertising.
(4) 
Whether structural modifications were made to the vehicle to facilitate advertising.
(b) 
This section shall not be deemed to prohibit street parades and advertising incidentally displayed where such parade has first been authorized by the City pursuant to this Code, nor shall this section be deemed to prohibit parades sponsored by the City or its agencies including, but not limited to, Christmas and homecoming parades, nor shall this section be deemed to prohibit advertising when authorized by a validly issued street use permit.
[Amended 2-13-2012 by Ord. No. 12-03]
[Code 1992, § 8.07]
No person shall place, throw, deposit or leave any trash, debris or any materials or foreign substances in or upon any street, gutter, sidewalk, alley or public grounds in the City.
[Ord. No. 98-3, § I, 3-9-1998]
(a) 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended:
(1) 
LOITER — To sit, stand, loaf, lounge, wander or stroll in an aimless manner or to stop, pause or remain in an area for no lawful purpose.
(2) 
NUISANCE — Unnecessary conduct which may tend to intimidate, threaten or otherwise disturb another in or about any public street, alley, sidewalk, bridge or public ground and which is threatening to the public's health, safety or welfare.
(3) 
OBSTRUCT — To interfere with the unobstructed travel by any means, including but not limited to standing on the part of the walk that is fit for travel, or placing any object or vehicle whatsoever on such sidewalk.
(4) 
SIDEWALK — Any public sidewalk. The term shall not include sidewalks or walkways on private property in shopping centers, apartment complexes, office building sites or any other private property.
(b) 
Obstructing streets and alleys. Except as otherwise provided, no person shall obstruct, loiter, cause a nuisance or engage in any sport or exercise on any public street or alley, sidewalk, bridge or public ground within the City in such a manner as to:
(1) 
Prevent or obstruct the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic thereon;
(2) 
Prevent or hinder free ingress or egress to or from any place of business or amusement, church, public hall or meeting place; or
(3) 
Cause a nuisance by congregating and hindering the free passage of pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(c) 
Obstructing sidewalk prohibited. No person shall block any sidewalk or bridge by obstructing the same so that it is difficult for a pedestrian to travel along the sidewalk without leaving the sidewalk and walking on adjacent property or on the street.
(d) 
Public property loitering prohibited.
(1) 
No person shall loiter in or about any public street, alley, public sidewalk, street crossing, bridge, public parking lot or other place of assembly or public use in a manner which threatens public peace, order, or the health, safety and welfare of the public.
(2) 
Upon being requested to move by any public officer or other person in authority, the person shall move or provide an explanation for their presence. Failure to immediately comply with such request shall be a violation of this section.
(e) 
Private 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 by any person in authority at such places.
(2) 
Upon being requested to move by any such person in authority or by any police officer, a person shall immediately comply with such request by leaving the premises or area thereof, or providing a lawful explanation for their presence.
(f) 
Prowling prohibited. No person shall loiter or prowl in a place, at a time or in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety of person or property in the vicinity. Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether such alarm is warranted is the fact that the person takes flight upon appearance of a police or peace officer, refuses to identify himself or manifestly endeavors to conceal himself or move in any other stealth manner.