A.
No person shall, in a public or private place, engage in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, vulgar, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly conduct which tends to cause or provoke a disturbance of public order or tends to annoy or disturb any other person. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
B.
With injury. Whoever in a public or private place engages in violent, abusive or indecent or other disorderly conduct under circumstances which tend to cause or provoke a disturbance and which results in bodily injury to another person is guilty of disorderly conduct with injury and may be penalized as provided in § 1-2 if this Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021]
C.
Urinating or defecating in public. For public decency and health reasons, no person shall urinate or defecate on a public highway, street, alley, parking lot, sidewalk, or cemetery or on public or private property open to public view. This subsection does not apply to public or private restrooms. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
D.
With telephone. No person shall, with intent to annoy, harass or threaten another, make a telephone call or send a text, whether or not conversation ensues. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
E.
With motor vehicle. No person shall make unnecessary noise with a motor vehicle, including motorcycles and dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles, by squealing tires, excessive acceleration of the engine, or by emitting unnecessary and loud muffler noise. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner or in a manner endangering any person's safety or at a speed in excess of posted limits. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except as provided in Subsection B hereof, to be present in, loiter or enter into any public school building, school parking lot or any public school grounds without permission of the school principal, custodian or other person in charge thereof. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
B.
This section shall not apply to:
(1)
Students regularly enrolled in public schools who have not been properly
ordered by the school principal, custodian or other person in charge
thereof to leave the school building or grounds.
(2)
Persons coming into the school building or school grounds for the
purpose of attending scheduled school or civic functions or making
use of the recreational facilities located upon or within school premises,
but as to such attendance or use, this exception shall apply only
to the portion of the premises on which such facilities are located
and during the hours such facilities are specifically open to the
general public or invited portion thereof.
(3)
Parents or legal guardians of a regularly enrolled student. However,
such parent or legal guardian may be required to register at the school
office.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
No person shall disturb a public meeting or loiter about a place of public assemblage. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
No person shall treat cruelly any animal within the Village. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
No person shall hunt, trap, or shoot or kill any wild animal or bird within the Village, except as authorized by the Village Board or Police Department. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 8-2-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-03]
A.
Loudspeakers.
(1)
Use on streets. No person shall use any loudspeaker on the streets
of the Village except under permit granted by the Police Chief.
B.
Regulation of noise.
(1)
DAYTIME HOURS
NIGHTTIME HOURS
PRODUCE
Definitions in this section:
The hours between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
The hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
When referring to producing noise, to physically activate
the source that creates the noise, to order or authorize another person
to activate the source that creates the noise, or to have control
over a source of noise and permit the noise to exist.
(2)
Unreasonably loud noise. No person shall produce unreasonably loud
noise. A court shall consider any relevant factors to determine whether
any noise is unreasonable, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a)
Decibels. A court may determine any noise is unreasonable solely
because it exceeds 80 decibels when measured from any property not
under control of the person producing the noise.
(b)
Time of day. Certain noise that is reasonable during daytime
hours may be unreasonably loud during nighttime hours.
(c)
Land use. Certain noise that is unreasonably loud in residential
areas may be reasonable in mixed-use, commercial, or industrial areas.
(d)
Duration of noise. Certain loud noise may be reasonable for
a short time, but may be unreasonable if the noise persists over a
long time.
(3)
Presumptions. The typical noise produced by the following activities
is presumed to be reasonable:
(a)
Required noise. Any noise-producing activity required by law.
(b)
Construction work. Work performed at construction sites, at
public works projects, and by public utilities during daytime hours
Monday through Saturday.
(c)
Waste collection. The collection of solid waste during nighttime
hours Monday through Friday.
(d)
Safety response. Emergency vehicles responding to an emergency.
(e)
Power equipment. The use of lawn mowers, snow removal equipment,
lawn and garden tools, and riding tractors during daytime hours for
yard, pavement, or land maintenance.
(f)
Air conditioning. The use of residential air conditioners.
(g)
Airplanes. Aircraft operations controlled specifically by federal
law.
(h)
Time signals. The use of bells, chimes, and similar devices
that signal the time of day during daytime hours.
(i)
Warning devices. The use of a device that requests assistance
or warns against an unsafe condition.
(4)
Special permit.
(a)
Application. Any person wishing to produce or allow noise notwithstanding
this section may file a request with the Police Department at least
30 days prior to the event or activity that will produce the noise.
(b)
Police approval. If the Chief of Police, or his or her designee,
determines that the noise produced by the particular event will not
substantively harm the public health, safety and welfare, the Police
Department may issue a special permit allowing such noise and place
conditions upon its use. Whether a permit is issued or denied, the
Police Department shall notify the applicant by mail of its decision.
(c)
Appeal. The applicant may appeal a Police Department decision
to the Village Board within 15 days after receiving the decision by
filing an appeal notice with the Village Clerk. The Village Board
shall hear the applicant's appeal and affirm, reverse, or modify
the Police Department decision. If the Village Board determines that
the noise produced by the particular event will not substantively
harm the public health, safety, and welfare, the Village Board may
recommend issuance of a special permit allowing such noise and place
conditions upon its use.
(d)
Revocation. The Police Department may immediately revoke a permit
issued under this subsection of the permittee violates any conditions
placed upon the permit.
A.
Whoever knowingly resists or obstructs an officer while such officer is doing any act in an official capacity and with lawful authority is guilty of a violation of this section. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
B.
OBSTRUCTS
OFFICER
As used in this section the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes without limitation knowingly giving false information
to an officer or knowingly placing physical evidence with intent to
mislead an officer in the performance of his or her duty, including
the service of any summons or civil process.
A police officer or other public officer or public employee
having the authority by virtue of the officer's or employee's office
or employment to take another into custody.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
No person shall intentionally aid any prisoner or person to escape from the lawful custody of a law enforcement or peace officer of the Village. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
No person shall impersonate a law enforcement or peace officer of the Village. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
A.
Whoever within a fifteen-day period issues one or more checks or other orders for payment amounting in the aggregate to $100 or less which at the time of issuance the person intends shall not be paid is guilty of a violation of this section. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
B.
This section shall not apply to any person who has been convicted
of violating § 943.24, Wis. Stats., or found guilty of violation
this section within the five-year period before issuance of the first
check or order for payment charged under this section.
C.
Any of the following is prima facie evidence that the person at the
time he or she issued the check or other order for the payment of
money intended it should not be paid:
(1)
Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have an account
with the drawee;
(2)
Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have sufficient
funds or credit with the drawee and that the person failed within
five days after receiving notice of the nonpayment or dishonor to
pay the check or other order; or
(3)
Proof that, when presentment was made within a reasonable time, the
person did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and
the person failed within five days after receiving notice of nonpayment
or dishonor to pay the check or other order.
D.
This section does not apply to a postdated check or a check given
for past consideration, except a payroll check.
A.
Whoever with intent to defraud falsely makes or alters a writing or object of any of the following kinds so that it purports to have been made by another, or at another time, or with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority, is guilty of forgery. Whoever violates this section is subject to a penalty as set forth in § 1-2 of the Code.
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021; 3-7-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-04]
(1)
A writing or object whereby legal rights or obligations are created,
terminated or transferred, or any writing commonly relied upon in
business or commercial transactions as evidence of debt or property
rights;
(2)
A public record or a certified or authenticated copy thereof;
(3)
An official authentication or certification of a copy of a public
record; or
(4)
An official return or certificate entitled to be received as evidence
of its contents.
B.
Whoever utters as genuine or possesses with intent to utter as false or as genuine any forged writing or object mentioned in Subsection A, knowing it to have been thus falsely made or altered, is guilty of forgery.
C.
Whoever, with intent to defraud, does any of the following is guilty
of forgery:
(1)
Falsely makes or alters any object so that it appears to have value
because of antiquity, rarity, source or authorship which it does not
possess, or possesses any such object knowing it to have been thus
falsely made or altered and with intent to transfer it as original
and genuine, by sale or for security purposes; or
(2)
Falsely makes or alters any writing of a kind commonly relied upon
for the purpose of identification or recommendation.
A.
In this section "message" means any transfer of signs, signals, writing,
images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature, or any transfer
of a computer program as defined in § 943.70(1)(c), Wis.
Stats.
B.
Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a violation of this
section:
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021]
(1)
With intent to frighten, intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass another
person, sends a message to the person on an electronic mail or other
computerized communication system, including cell phones. This would
include any threat to inflict injury or physical harm to any person
or property of any person and use of obscene, lewd, or profane language
or suggesting any lewd or lascivious act.
(2)
With intent solely to harass another person, sends repeated messages
on an electronic mail or other computerized communication system,
including cell phones, with reasonable expectation that the person
will receive the message.
(3)
With intent to harass or annoy another person sends a message or
directs or knowingly permits another person to send any message prohibited
by this section from any computer terminal or other device used to
send messages that is under his or her control.
A.
COURSE OF CONDUCT
CREDIBLE THREAT
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
RECORD
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
A pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a
period of time, however short, evidencing continuity of purpose.
A threat made with the intent and apparent ability to carry
out the threat.
Has the meaning as given in § 19.62(5), Wis. Stats.
Has the meaning given in § 19.62(6), Wis. Stats.
B.
Whoever, with intent to harass or intimidate another person, does
any of the following is guilty of a violation of this section:
[Amended 12-21-2021 by Ord. No. 12-21-2021]
(1)
Shoves, strikes, kicks or otherwise subjects a person to physical
contact or attempts or threatens to do the same.
(2)
Engages in a course of conduct or repeatedly commits acts which harass
or intimidate the person and which serve no legitimate purpose. The
act is accompanied by a credible threat that places the person in
reasonable fear of physical injury.
