[Adopted 2-25-2004 (§ 4.09 of the 1998 Code)]
This article is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to
municipalities by § 125.10, Wis. Stats.[2]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquor.
Twenty-one years of age.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever sells
or furnishes alcohol beverages to a person under the legal drinking
age not accompanied by a parent, guardian, or adult spouse shall be
subject to a forfeiture of not more than $500, together with the costs
of prosecution, and, in default of the payment of the forfeiture and
costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned in the county jail until
said forfeiture and costs are paid, but not to exceed 90 days. This
section shall not apply to licensees or employees of licensees under
Ch. 66 or 125, Wis. Stats.
A.
A person under the legal drinking age not accompanied by a parent,
guardian, or adult spouse who possesses alcohol beverages or who enters
or knowingly attempts to enter or be on any premises for which a license
or permit for the retail sale of alcohol beverages has been issued,
for any purpose except the transaction of business pertaining to the
licensed premises with or for the licensee or his or her employee,
shall be subject to the sanctions for municipal ordinance violations
provided in § 938.343, Wis. Stats., as well as the motor
vehicle operating privilege sanctions provided in § 343.30(6),
Wis. Stats. An underage person may not be present on such licensed
premises other than for the transaction of business, which business
may not be amusement or the purchase, receiving or consumption of
edibles or beverages or similar activities which normally constitute
activities of a customer of the premises. The prohibition for underage
persons to be present on licensed premises does not apply to exceptions
set forth in § 125.07(3)(a)1 to 10, Wis. Stats.
B.
This section does not prevent a person under the legal drinking age
in the employ of a licensee or permittee from possession of alcohol
beverages for sale or delivery to customers.
No person under the legal drinking age not accompanied by his
or her parent, guardian or spouse shall procure, seek to procure,
knowingly possess, or consume any alcohol beverages within the Village.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall, upon
conviction thereof, forfeit not more than $500 nor less than $25 and
shall pay the costs of prosecution for each such violation. If any
person fails to pay the forfeiture imposed, the court may suspend
any driver's license or operating privileges pursuant to § 948.17,
Wis. Stats.
No person under the legal drinking age shall knowingly possess
identification that has been altered so as to be untrue or inaccurate,
nor shall any person under the legal drinking age present as identification,
for purposes of procuring or seeking to procure alcohol beverages,
a document that is not a true and accurate identification of said
person. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, forfeit not more than $500 nor less than
$25 and shall pay the costs of prosecution for each such violation.
If any person fails to pay the forfeiture imposed, the court may suspend
any driver's license or operating privileges pursuant to § 938.17,
Wis. Stats.
