[Amended 5-29-2012 by Ord. No. 08-12; 5-27-2014 by Ord. No. 04-14; 2-14-2022 by Ord. No. 04-22]
A. Firearms. Subject to § 66.0409(3)(b), Wis. Stats., no person, except a law enforcement officer in the performance of an official duty, shall discharge any firearm within the City. This shall not apply to the children's toys equipped with rubber-tipped arrows, airsoft guns, or target shooting of bows or crossbows inside privately owned buildings with the owner's consent. Target practicing with bows is allowed as permitted by Subsection
F below. This subsection shall not apply to a starter pistol (blank pistol) used in starting of athletic events, with the approval of the Chief of Police, or his designee, who shall be notified at least 24 hours in advance prior to any such event.
B. Carrying firearm in public building. Subject to § 941.235,
Wis. Stats., no person shall carry a firearm, whether or not concealed,
loaded or unloaded into any building owned, occupied, or operated
by the City of Prescott, or any special event organized/operated by
the City of Prescott.
C. Hunting prohibited. Hunting with firearms within the City is prohibited,
but the Chief of Police may issue written permits to owners or occupants
of private premises to hunt or shoot on such premises if he finds
such privileges necessary for the protection of life or property,
and subject to such safeguards as he may impose for the safety of
the lives and property of other persons within the City of Prescott.
In addition, the Common Council may authorize a deer management program
in conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
if the Council finds that it is necessary to protect the health, safety
and general welfare of the City.
D. Hunting allowed. Hunting with a bow or crossbows within the City
is allowed per 2013 Wisconsin Act 71. Hunting with a bow or crossbow
must comply with the following restrictions:
(1) Hunting is prohibited within 100 yards of a building. This restriction
does not apply if the person who owns the land on which the building
is located allows the hunter to hunt within the specified distance
of the building.
(2) Hunters are required to comply with all Wisconsin Statutes, rules
and regulations, including the ones listed below.
(a)
Wisconsin deer baiting and wildlife feeding regulation.
(b)
Wisconsin Statutes for trespassing.
E. Shooting into City limits. No person shall in the territory adjacent
to the City discharge any firearm in such manner that the discharge
shall enter or fall within the City.
F. Backyard archery. Target shooting of bows and arrows shall be permitted
at City-approved archery ranges only. Archery practice shooting on
private property is permitted if the following requirements are complied
with:
(1) Archers under the age of 18 years old must be certified by a Hunter's
Safety Course or other recognized safety training program to qualify
for a permit and be supervised by an adult permit holder when shooting.
(2) All shooting will be directed downwards towards an approved structure
on the permit holder's property, and not shoot towards adjacent
property unless there is a minimum of 150 yards down range, without
structures.
(3) Contiguous property dwellers will be contacted and advised of the
applicant's intention to obtain a permit for archery practice
on the property.
G. Shooting ranges. This section shall not prevent the maintenance and
use of duly supervised rifle or pistol ranges or shooting galleries
approved by the Common Council, upon the recommendation of the Chief
of Police, where proper safety precautions are taken.
H. Explosive devices. No person shall discharge or detonate any dynamite,
nitroglycerin or other explosive within the City without first obtaining
a permit to do so from the Common Council.
I. Throwing or shooting of stones or other missiles prohibited.
(1) 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 City.
(2) This subsection shall not apply:
(a)
To the shooting or discharging of toy arrows or arrows which
have a tip made of rubber or similar material.
(b)
To a supervised archery range approved by the Common Council.
(c)
Within the interior of a single-family dwelling.
(d)
To persons engaged in activities ordinarily and reasonably conducted
by participants of recreational or professional games such as playing
catch, baseball, tennis, football, soccer, etc., which ordinarily
involve throwing or hitting a ball or puck or similar object (but
this exception does not apply to any hunting activities).
[Amended 5-29-2012 by Ord. No. 08-12]
Except for someone duly licensed as provided in § 175.60,
Wis. Stats., and as limited by § 175.60, Wis. Stats., no
person shall, within the City, wear or in any manner carry under his
clothes or conceal upon or about his person any deadly or dangerous
weapon, provided this subsection shall not apply to a peace officer
or such persons as may be authorized to carry such weapons.
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 City unless he shall be authorized by a fireworks permit as provided in Chapter
307 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.
[Amended 5-29-2012 by Ord. No. 08-12; 8-11-2014 by Ord. No. 10-14]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to possess a controlled substance
contrary to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, Chapter 961 of
the Wisconsin Statutes.
No individual shall cross a police or fire line that has been
so designated by banner, signs or other similar identification.
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 a design, size and weight that the same
cannot be removed by small children.
No person shall make fraudulent or otherwise improper calls
to the 911 emergency telephone system.