[Amended 7-10-2019 by Ord. No. 07-2019]
A. In accordance with § 66.0409, Wis. Stats. (Local regulation
of weapons), § 941.23, Wis. Stats., pertaining to concealed
weapons, and all amendments thereto is adopted by reference.
B. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than those identified
as a "licensee" or "out-of-state licensee" as defined in § 175.60,
Wis. Stats., and all amendments thereto, to carry on his or her person
a hidden, or concealed, dangerous weapon, within the corporate limits
of the City of Amery. This section applies to all dangerous weapons
unless they are unloaded, or disassembled, and completely encased.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or wear any dangerous
weapon, concealed or hidden on his or her person, in any building
owned, occupied, or controlled by the City of Amery, Wisconsin, to
the extent of § 943.13(1m)(c)4, Wis. Stats. All entrances
to such buildings shall be posted with signs no smaller than five
inches by seven inches stating that all weapons are banned from the
premises. Further instruction on proper signage shall be found in
§ 943.13(2)(bm)(2)c, Wis. Stats., and all amendments thereto.
D. It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, concealed or hidden,
any dangerous weapon at any special event as defined by § 943.13(1e)(h),
Wis. Stats., and all amendments thereto held in the City of Amery,
Wisconsin. All entrances to such special events shall be posted with
a sign at least five inches by seven inches stating that weapons are
banned from the event.
E. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to prohibit a
peace officer or military personnel armed in the line of duty, or
other person defined by § 175.49, Wis. Stats., or any person
duly authorized by the Chief of Police, to possess a firearm within
the corporate limits of the City of Amery or public buildings located
therein.
F. No person, except a police officer, sheriff, or their deputies, shall
discharge or fire any firearm, black powder gun, or air gun within
the corporate limits of the City of Amery, Wisconsin, unless the Chief
of Police has granted permission for such use for a lawful purpose.
Lawful purposes include, but are not limited to, pest extermination,
wildlife management as authorized by the City Council or the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, and the starting of athletic events.
No person shall sell, expose or offer for sale, use, keep, possess, discharge or explode any fireworks except toy pistol paper caps, sparklers and toy snakes within the limits of the City unless he/she shall be authorized by a fireworks permit as provided in Chapter
229, Fireworks, of this Code of Ordinances. The term "fireworks" as used in this section shall be defined as provided in § 167.10(1), Wis. Stats., and shall be deemed to include all fireworks, rockets or similar missiles containing explosive fuel.
No individual shall cross a police or fire line that has been
so designated by banner, signs or other similar identification.
[Amended 6-5-2019 by Ord.
No. 04-2019]
No person, with intent to harass, harm, or intimidate another
person, shall do any of the following, where each instance shall be
considered a separate violation:
A. Strike, shove, kick, or otherwise subject another person to physical
contact or attempt or threaten to do the same.
B. Attempt to engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts
which intend to harass or intimidate another person to physical contact
or attempt or threaten to do the same.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
C. Make any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal which is obscene,
lewd, lascivious, or indecent.
D. Engage in any electronic communication, by telephone, email, text,
or by any similar communication via electronic social network, or
by use of any device for transmitting or receiving such communications,
whether or not conversation ensues, with the intent to abuse, threaten,
or harass any person at the called number or receiving device.
E. Make or cause the telephone or any electronic device for sending or receiving electronic communications as described in Subsection
D above of another repeatedly or continuously to ring or signal activation to recipient, with intent to harass any person at the called number or numbers or receiving device.
F. Make repeated electronic communications, by telephone, email, text,
or any similar communication via electronic social network, or by
use of any device for transmitting or receiving such communications,
during which conversation ensues, solely to harass any person at the
called number or numbers or receiving device.
G. Knowingly permit the use of any electronic device for sending or receiving electronic communications as described in Subsection
D above, under an individual's control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section.
H. In conspiracy or concerted action with other persons, make repeated or simultaneous electronic communications as described in Subsection
D above, solely to harass any person at the called number or numbers or receiving device or devices.
No person shall have or permit on any premises owned or occupied
by him/her any open cisterns, cesspools, wells, unused basements,
excavations or other dangerous openings. All such places shall be
filled, securely covered or fenced in such manner as to prevent injury
to any person and any cover shall be of a design, size and weight
that the same cannot be removed by small children.
All forms of gambling, lotteries and fraudulent devices and
practices are prohibited within the City, except as provided by state
law. Any law enforcement officer of the City may seize anything devised
solely for unlawful gambling or found in actual use for gambling within
the City and dispose thereof after a judicial determination that such
device was used solely for gambling or found in actual use for gambling.
No person shall utilize the runways, taxiways, fields, or any
other portion of the Amery Municipal Airport for takeoffs, nonemergency
landings or tethering of any object, vehicle or conveyance which does
not possess a valid certificate of air worthiness as issued by the
Federal Aviation Administration, or landing parachute-dropped persons
or objects.
Fishing from bridges is prohibited in the City of Amery.