[Amended 12-9-1997 by Ord. No. 97-640; 9-13-2011 by Ord. No.
2011-10]
No person, except in self-defense or in connection with his
or her official duties as a police officer or an officer of the peace,
or an individual approved by the Chief of Police as part of the Sharpshooting
Program approved by the Fox Point Village Board, permitted by the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and under the supervision
of the Chief of Police, shall discharge within the Village of Fox
Point any firearm or air gun of any type propelling a metal pellet
or any other dangerous instrumentality involving projection of any
type of projectile. This section does not apply and shall not be enforced
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., to the extent that Village authority is preempted by
§ 66.0409(3)(b), Wis. Stats.
[Amended 12-9-1997 by Ord. No. 97-641; 3-11-2014 by Ord. No.
2014-03]
No person shall hunt any animals or birds in the Village of
Fox Point with any bow and arrow, crossbow, spring gun, or similar
device which is calculated or intended to propel or project an arrow
or other projectile, except an individual approved by the Chief of
Police as part of the Sharpshooting Program approved by the Fox Point
Village Board, permitted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,
and under the supervision of the Chief of Police, subject to the following
exception. Hunting with a bow and arrow or crossbow is only prohibited
by this section in the following respects and in the following circumstances:
A. No person
shall hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow within 100 yards from
a building located on another person's land; provided that this prohibition
does not apply if the person who owns the land on which the building
is located allows the hunter to hunt within 100 yards of the building.
B. Any person
who hunts with a bow and arrow or crossbow must discharge the arrow
or bolt from the respective weapon toward the ground, such as from
a tree stand.
C. No person
may hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow on any land owned or leased
by the Village.
[Added 2-9-1999 by Ord. No. 99-03]
A. In the interest of public health and safety, it shall be unlawful
for any person in or on land within the Village to set, place or tend
any trap for the purpose of trapping, killing, catching, wounding,
or molesting any animal, except by use of live box-type traps only.
Live box-type traps shall be defined as those traps which capture
and hold an animal in an alive and unharmed condition.
B. This section shall prohibit the use of all traps other than live traps as described in Subsection
A of this section, including but not limited to traps commonly known as leg traps, pan-type traps, or other traps designed to kill, wound or close upon a portion of the body of the animal, unless the use of such traps is approved by the Chief of Police.
C. All such traps set, placed or tended shall comply with Ch. 29, Wis.
Stats., as it relates to trapping.
D. This section shall not apply to trapping within the confines of buildings
or homes.
E. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or hinder the Village or its
employees or agents from performing their official duties.