[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Waterford as §§ 9.12, 9.13 and 9.20
of the 1998 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Hazardous materials — See Ch.
137.
Peace and good order — See Ch. 174.
[Amended 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 581]
A.
Definition.
In this section, "firearm" shall mean a weapon that acts by force
of gunpowder.
B.
No person, except a law enforcement officer in the line of duty, shall fire or discharge any firearm within the Village except as set forth in Subsection C.
C.
This section
shall not prevent:
(1)
The
discharge of a firearm if the discharge is exempted from ordinance
enforcement pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 66.0409(3) because
of privilege or otherwise.
(2)
The
maintenance and use of supervised rifle or pistol ranges or shooting
galleries authorized by the Village Board.
(3)
The
firing or discharging of BB, spring or air guns by persons over 16
or under the direct personal supervision of a parent or guardian on
private property if the use is contained entirely within the private
property and no BB, pellet, paintball or other ammunition is discharged
onto public property or the property of another.
(4)
The
discharge of blanks from a firearm during an officially sanctioned
parade, a funeral or similar event.
D.
This section
shall be deemed to prohibit discharging a firearm within the Village,
provided that the Police Department may issue written permits to owners
or occupants of private premises to hunt or shoot on such premises
if it finds such privilege necessary for the protection of life or
property and subject to such safeguards as it may impose for the safety
of the lives and property of other persons within the Village.
[Amended 11-14-2011 by Ord. No. 581]
No person shall shoot any arrow or throw any
object, stone, snowball or other missile or projectile by hand or
by any other means at any other person or at, in or into any building,
street, sidewalk, alley, highway, motor vehicle, park, playground
or other public place within the Village. This section does not prohibit
the use of bows or crossbows and arrows, or other missiles, on private
property if the use is contained entirely within the private property
and no arrow or other missile enters public property or the property
of another.
