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Village of Allouez, WI
Brown County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Allouez as § 31.13 of the Village Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Animals — See Ch. 151.
Boating — See Ch. 169.
Smoking on parklands and trails — See Ch. 195, Art. IV.
Snowmobiles — See Ch. 378.
All-terrain vehicles — See Ch. 421.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village of Allouez to regulate and control the operation and parking of any motor vehicle on public park grounds; to prevent loitering or lounging in public park grounds during certain hours; to prevent injury to trees, plants, and other vegetation or to any Village property found on public park grounds; to prevent the building of fires in places other than approved grills or fireplaces on public park grounds; to prevent littering and disorderly conduct on public park grounds; and to enforce posted rules, regulations and ordinances of the Village and its Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry for the use or enjoyment of any facilities upon such public grounds.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. 
Park any motor vehicle upon such public park grounds except within the limits of clearly marked parking areas, and except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board.
B. 
Operate any vehicle upon such public park grounds except upon clearly marked public roadways.
C. 
Operate any vehicle upon any roadway within the limits of such public park grounds at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
D. 
Park any vehicle upon such public park grounds between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following morning, except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board.
E. 
Operate any off-road vehicle, minibike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV), utility terrain vehicle (UTV), or similar vehicle on or within public park grounds.[1]
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
F. 
Operate a snowmobile on or within public park grounds except on a designated snowmobile trail.[2]
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or ride a horse upon public park grounds, except upon clearly marked public roadways.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. 
Loiter or lounge upon public park grounds between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following morning except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board or its designee.
B. 
Camp on public park grounds, except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board or its designee.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to:
A. 
Disturb, molest, deface, remove, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant or natural growth on public park grounds.
B. 
Carve or paint on any rock, sign, wall or structure on public park grounds.
C. 
Drive any nail into any tree on public park grounds.
D. 
Injure or deface in any manner any park building, public facility, sign, fence, table or other Village property on public park grounds.
E. 
Dig into or break up the ground surface anywhere in any public park grounds except as allowed by permit issued by the Village Board or its designee.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to build any fires upon public park grounds, except in a fireplace or approved grill, or to dispose of live embers of any fire where they may start a grass or forest fire or endanger public health or safety.
It shall be unlawful for any person who is upon public park grounds to leave, throw or break any bottle, box, can, garbage or other object except in a clearly marked refuse receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any persons to be intoxicated, use profane language, practice rowdiness, set off fireworks, or otherwise conduct themselves in a disorderly manner upon any public park grounds.
Any park or part thereof may be declared closed to the public by the Village Board or its designee, at any time and for any interval of time, either temporarily or at regular or stated intervals. It shall be unlawful for any person to enter or be present in any park or portion thereof which has been closed to the public unless a permit has been obtained from the Village Board or its designee.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Golf is prohibited in all parks.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Mechanical rides, dunk tanks, inflatables, or other temporary structures are prohibited except for programs that have obtained a permit from the Village Board or its designee and have placed a certificate of liability insurance on file naming the Village as an additional insured.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
It shall be unlawful for any person to fail, refuse or neglect to obey any regulation, posted rule or ordinance of the Village or its Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry pertaining to the use and enjoyment of any facilities upon such public grounds.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties imposed by § 1-3 of this Code.