[Amended 12-5-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-1625]
A. Prohibited. No person shall throw, shoot or discharge any bullet, pellet, B-B, marble, stone or other missile or projectile by hand or by any other means, for hunting purposes, at, in or into any building or within 500 feet from any building or upon or within 500 feet from any boundary of real property upon which there exists a street, sidewalk, alley, highway, park or playground, or any real property used by or owned by the public or within 1,700 feet of any hospital, sanatorium or the grounds of any school. The terms "hunt" or "hunting" as used in this section shall have the meanings as set forth under § 29.001(42), Wis. Stats., as amended from time to time. No person may shoot a bow and arrow for hunting or target shooting purposes, except as allowed by Subsection
B below. An owner of lands together with the invitees of such owner may shoot a bow and arrow upon the lands belonging to such owner for the purpose of pest control without regard to any distance prohibition under this section being applied to any building on the owner's lands, provided that the owner's and any invitees' permit(s) issued under Subsection
C include a statement of the type of animal to be destroyed and the specific injury or damage to persons or property to be stopped or prevented by such authorization, which may be approved and shall be signed by the Chief of Police or designee upon that officer's determination that the owner has shown satisfactory proof that such authorization is necessary to prevent such injury or damage and which authorization shall be only for the type of animal specified on the permit(s).
[Amended 9-23-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-2147]
B. Bow and arrow hunting and target shooting. The owner of any lands within the City, together with the invitees of such owner, may shoot a bow and arrow upon the lands belonging to such owner for the purposes of hunting or target shooting, subject to compliance with Subsections
C through
H below, except as set forth under Subsection
B(1) and
(2) below.
[Amended 9-23-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-2147]
(1) The distance restrictions under Subsection
A above shall apply to target shooting.
(2) A person may hunt with a bow and arrow or crossbow, except that such
hunting activity is prohibited:
(a)
In any area within 100 yards from a building which is a permanent
structure used for human occupancy [including a manufactured home
as defined in § 101.91(2), Wis. Stats.)], unless the person
who owns the land on which such building is located allows the hunter
to hunt within such area;
(b)
Upon any property owned or leased by the City of Franklin;
(c)
Pursuant to § 29.301 (1), Wis. Stats., within 1,700
feet of any hospital, sanatorium or the grounds of any school, where
the restricted area is designated by signs;
(d)
Pursuant to § 167.30, Wis. Stats., within 40 rods
(660 feet) of any park, square or enclosure owned or controlled by
the City of Franklin (note: Milwaukee County Code of General Ordinances
§ 47.05 prohibits bowhunting within any Milwaukee County
Park or Parkway [as determined to be authorized by the Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources upon review pursuant to § 29.038(4)],
Wis. Stats.);
(e)
Pursuant to § 167.31(2)(d), Wis. Stats., and subject
to the exceptions set forth therein, when and where the person discharges
a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow from or across a highway
or within 50 feet of the center of a roadway;
(f)
In furtherance of the public health and safety, under any circumstances
where the discharge of a bow or crossbow may endanger the life, limb
or property of another; and
(g)
At any time and in any area when and where the person who hunts
with a bow and arrow or crossbow does not discharge the arrow or bolt
from the respective weapon toward the ground.
C. Bow and arrow permits.
(1) No person shall shoot a bow and arrow within the City
without having first obtained a permit therefor.
(2) A permit to shoot a bow and arrow may be issued by
the Chief of Police or his or her agent upon the following qualifications:
(a)
No permit shall be issued to any person under
the age of 12 years.
(b)
The application for such permit by a person
between the ages of 12 and 16 years shall be signed by the parent
or guardian of the person applying.
D. Regulations pertaining to permits. The following regulations
are imposed upon bow and arrow shooting permits:
(1) No person shall shoot upon any lands, except as an
owner or an invitee of the owner, and if an invitee, with a written
permission on the person of the invitee specifying the name of the
invitee and the permission to shoot or hunt granted, signed and dated
by the owner.
(2) No person shall hunt without having in his or her
possession a valid permit and hunting license issued by the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources or without displaying on his or her
person such hunting license tags as may be required and in such manner
as may be required by the Wisconsin Statutes or Administrative Code,
while hunting.
(3) No person between the ages of 12 and 16 shall hunt,
unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(4) No person shall have in his or her possession or control
any poisoned arrow, arrow with explosive tips or any bow drawn, held
or released by mechanical means, except that a person may possess
and control such mechanical bow or a crossbow, provided that such
person is concurrently in possession of a valid license or permit
as required by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for the
possession and/or use of such bow drawn, held or released by mechanical
means or crossbow.
(5) No person shall transport a bow and arrow in any manner,
unless such bow is unstrung or enclosed within a carrying case.
(6) No person shall hunt with an arrow having a point
with a diameter of greater than 1 7/8 inches.
(7) No person shall hunt with a bow having less than 25
tested drawing weight at 26 inches of draw.
(8) No person shall violate any provision of the Wisconsin
Statutes or Administrative Code or Rule or Order of the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources applicable to hunting, while hunting
with a bow and arrow.
(9) No person shall permit any other person to use his
or her permit.
(10)
Permits shall be valid from August 31 of the
year of issue and expire on August 31 of the year immediately subsequent
to the year of issuance; except that any permit as it may be used
for hunting shall only be valid during such times within the aforesaid
license year that occur within the times and hours specified by the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for legal bow and arrow
hunting.
E. Permit fees.
(1) Residents of the City shall pay no fee for the issuance
of a permit.
(2) Nonresidents shall pay a fee of $7 for the issuance
of a permit.
F. Regulation of archery ranges.
(1) License required. No premises shall be used or permitted
to be used, leased or hired as an archery range to practice target
shooting without being licensed therefor.
(2) License fee. The license fee for archery ranges shall
be $25 per year, and the license shall expire on July 1, after the
granting thereof, unless sooner revoked.
(3) Licenses for corporation, etc. No corporation, firm,
association or club shall be granted a license hereunder except to
an agent thereof appointed by it who is, at the time of filing such
application, an officer, manager or member thereof, a citizen of the
United States and a resident of the state for at least two years prior
to the date of such application.
(4) Licenses for individuals. No individual shall be granted
a license hereunder unless he or she shall have been, at the time
of filing of such application, a citizen of the United States and
a resident of the state for at least two years prior to the date of
such application.
G. Application for license. Application for a license
for any premises required to be licensed hereunder shall be made,
in writing, and accompanied by the license fee. Such application shall
contain the following information:
(1) Name of applicant; state whether a firm, association,
corporation, club or individual.
(3) If applicant is an individual, state age.
(4) If applicant is not an individual, state names and
addresses of all officers and members of applicant.
(5) Location and description of premises sought to be
licensed.
(6) Statement as to whether such premises are owned or
leased by applicant.
(7) Qualification of applicant.
(8) Name of agent of applicant to whom license shall be
issued.
(9) Furnish proof of appointment of agent.
H. Regulations for shooting premises.
(1) All targets should be regulation forty-eight-inch
target faces. The center of the bull's-eye shall be 48 inches above
the ground.
(2) The range shall be at least 50 yards longer than the
longest distance to be shot.
(3) The targets shall be 10 yards apart from center of
bull's-eye to center of bull's-eye.
(4) No range shall be conducted nearer than 500 feet to
a public highway, public building or private residence.
I. Rocket or missile launching. No rocket or missile
shall be launched from public or private property unless a permit
has been issued by the City Clerk, after the applicant has met the
following conditions:
(1) Launch site shall not be less than 600 feet by 600
feet.
(2) Written approval for use of land shall be on file.
(3) Liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 shall
be on file, holding harmless the City or landowner from liability.
(4) The applicant shall comply with the National Association
of Rocketry - Hobby Industry Association of America Model Rocket Safety
Code.
(5) No rocket or missile shall be launched within 500
feet of a structure or building.
J. See §
183-75A of this Code for exceptions to this section which allow for shotgun hunting and bow hunting upon lands owned and managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources within the Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area.
[Added 8-17-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-2016]
No person shall make false statements as follows:
Under oath or affirmation make or subscribe a false statement which
the person does not believe is true, when such oath or affirmation
is authorized or required by any public officer or governmental agency
as a prerequisite to such officer or agency taking some official action.
[Added 11-3-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-2151]
A. Prohibited. No person shall, in or on City parklands or on any property
owned or leased by the City of Franklin, set or operate any trap,
device, mechanism, or contraption that is designated, built, or made
to close upon, hold fast or otherwise capture a wild animal or animals,
except as otherwise provided herein.
B. Exceptions.
(1)
This section shall not proscribe the use of live box-type traps
authorized under § 29.337, Wis. Stats., relating to the
live trapping of certain animals by owners or occupants of land. Live
box-type traps shall be defined as those traps which capture and hold
an animal in an alive and unharmed condition.
(2)
This section shall not apply to trapping within the confines
of buildings, homes or their respective curtilage for the purpose
of vermin eradication.
(3)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth within this
section or within this Municipal Code, trapping is permitted upon
lands within the Big Muskego Lake Wildlife Area which are owned and
managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and which
were acquired by the Department under the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship
Program, and which lands are west of South 116th Street and more particularly
described under Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2010-2016. The regulations pertaining to trapping upon such lands
shall be those as are set forth in the Wisconsin Statutes and the
Wisconsin Administrative Code, as amended from time to time, respectively.