This article is adopted in consonance with the
provisions of § 27.075, Wis. Stats.
This article shall be known as the "Green Lake
County Parks and Recreational Areas Ordinance."
This article shall regulate all County-owned
and operated parks and recreational areas, to include public landings
and accesses.
[Added 9-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 1120-2015]
A. Hunting prohibited in County parks.
(1)
Hunting or causing the discharge from any firearm, slingshot,
bow and arrow, crossbow, air rifle or any other weapon within, from,
into or across the boundaries of Green Lake County parks shall be
prohibited at all times.
(2)
Green Lake County's parks are Zobel Park, Margaret Dodge Memorial
Park, Sunset Park, Spring Lake Park (Town of Green Lake), Kingston
Spring Lake Park, Twin Lakes Park and Lake Maria Park.
(3)
Constructing any shed, hunting stand, blind or other private
structure within, on or over any park is prohibited.
B. Hunting on County-owned lands.
(1)
Hunting is permitted on County-owned lands that are not parks
in accordance with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources regulations.
(2)
A hunting stand, blind or other private structure within, on
or over any park must conform with Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources regulations.
C. Trapping or laying of traps within all County-owned lands, including
County parks, is prohibited at all times.
D. In all Green Lake County Parks, no person other than a duly authorized
law enforcement officer shall fire or discharge any firearm or air
rifle within the parks. Neither shall any person, except as allowed
through a properly issued valid concealed carry permit, have in his
or her possession or control of any firearm or air rifle within the
confines of the County parks, unless it is unloaded and knocked down,
or unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case or other suitable
container, nor shall any person have in his or her possession or control
a bow or crossbow within the confines of the County parks, unless
that bow does not have an arrow nocked or the crossbow is not cocked
or is unloaded and enclosed in a carrying case.
E. The prohibitions contained in this section do not apply to County
employees or agents engaging in live trapping to benefit the County
by removing nuisance animals in the County parks. Further, the hunting
prohibitions of this section do not apply to those licensed persons
engaged in falconry as defined and regulated in Ch. NR 18, Wis. Adm.
Code.
[Added 6-16-2020 by Ord. No. 7-2020]
A. Definitions
FUNDRAISE/FUNDRAISING
To collect money or engage in the organized activity of raising
funds for a nonprofit or by selling merchandise or accepting donations.
NON-PROFIT
Any organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service
as a tax exempt organization under Section 501 (a) and (c) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or a group organized for purposes other than
generating profit and in which no part of the organization's
income is distributed to its members, directors, or officers.
MERCHANDISE
Goods to be sold, including but not limited to food and beverages.
B. Sale of merchandise/fundraising.
(1)
Sale of merchandise is only allowed for the following:
(a)
The concessionaire at Margaret Dodge Memorial Park.
(2)
Fundraising is only allowed for the following:
(b)
Support of the disc golf course at Zobel Memorial Park.
[Amended 5-17-2011 by Ord. No. 993-2011; 9-15-2015 by Ord.
No. 1120-2015]
A. Any person who violates regulations set forth in §§
187-8 and
187-8.1 may also be required, upon conviction for a first offense, to forfeit not less than $5 nor more than $250 plus the costs of prosecution of the action; and upon conviction of second and subsequent offenses, to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $500 plus the costs of prosecution of the action.
B. A person in default of payment of forfeiture and costs of prosecution
shall be imprisoned in the County jail until payment in full but not
to exceed 30 days.
C. Any person damaging County property may also be ordered to pay restitution.
[Amended 5-17-2011 by Ord. No. 993-2011]
A. The Green
Lake County Sheriff’s Office shall enforce the provisions herein.
B. The Sheriff's Office shall have the authority to issue citations for violations of the regulations set forth in §§
187-8 and
187-8.1. Furthermore, the Green Lake County Corporation Counsel or District Attorney are authorized to prosecute violations of this article.
[Amended 9-15-2015 by Ord. No. 1120-2015]
C. A Green
Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy, after issuing a citation for
illegal parking of an unattended vehicle in violation of this chapter,
is authorized to remove or cause to be removed such vehicle to a position
or location where parking is permitted or to the Green Lake County
Sheriff's Office storage area, whichever the officer deems appropriate.