This article is enacted pursuant to the authority granted to
municipalities by § 125.10, Wis. Stats.
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 article, 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.
C.
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.
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 § 938.17,
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.
[Added 10-7-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-07]
A.
No adult may knowingly permit or fail to take action to prevent the
illegal consumption of alcohol beverages by an underage person on
property, including any premises, owned and occupied by the adult
or occupied by the adult and under the adult's control. This
section applies at a lodging establishment, as defined in Wis. Stats.
§ 106.52(1)(d), only if the adult has furnished payment
or security for lodging. This section does not apply to alcohol beverages
used exclusively as part of a religious service.
C.
Penalties.
(1)
In this subsection, "violation" means a violation of this section if the violation results in the imposition of a forfeiture. For purposes of determining previous violations under Subsection C(2), the thirty-month period shall be measured from the dates of violation that resulted in an imposition of a forfeiture. For the purpose of determining whether or not a previous violation has occurred, if more than one violation occurs at the same time all those violations shall be counted as one violation.
(2)
A person who commits a violation shall be:
(a)
Required to forfeit not more than $500 if the person has not
committed a previous violation within 30 months of the violation.
(b)
Required to forfeit not more than $500 if the person has committed
a previous violation within 30 months of the violation.
(c)
Required to forfeit not more than $1,000 if the person has committed
two previous violations within 30 months of the violation.
(d)
Required to forfeit not more than $10,000 if the person has
committed three or more previous violations within 30 months of the
violation.
(e)
Required to pay the costs of prosecution for each such violation.
