[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Wrightstown 8-29-1996 by Ord. No. 082996 (Ch. 19 of the 1976
Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter shall be to protect
the parks and parkways and appurtenances thereto in the village from
fire, abuse and desecration; to provide for the recreational use of
these areas; to control and regulate traffic and maintain general
order therein; and to further the safety, health, comfort, morals
and welfare of all persons while within the limits of the parks and
parkways.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Buildings, Parks and Recreation Committee.
Includes the grounds, buildings thereon, water therein and
any other property which is now or may hereafter be under the control
or jurisdiction of the Village Buildings, Parks and Recreation Committee.
Includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation and
association of persons, and the singular number shall include the
plural.
A.
Presence prohibited when closed. All public parks and public playgrounds
in the Village shall be closed from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. No person
shall be within the Village parks between these hours.
[Amended 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
B.
Exemption. The Village Board may grant permission
to any group wishing to use a specific public park or public playground
to use such park or public playground during closed hours beyond 10:00
p.m. Permission shall be given, in writing, and shall contain the
name of the group, the name of a responsible person in charge of the
group and the date for which permission to use the specific public
park or public playground beyond the closed hours is granted. The
Village Recreation Director may extend closing hours for all parks
for Park Department sponsored activities.
In case of an emergency, or when in the judgment
of the Village Board the public interest demands it, any portion of
the parks or parkways or buildings therein may be closed to the public
or to designated persons until permission is given to return.
No person shall interfere with or in any manner
hinder any employee of the Committee nor any employee of a contractor
while engaged in constructing, repairing or caring for any portion
of the parks or parkways or while in the discharge of the duties conferred
by this chapter.
A.
No person shall be permitted to smoke or to hold a
lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe in any building or section of a building
or in any park or parkway area where officially posted notices so
prohibit.
B.
No person shall throw or drop a lighted cigar or cigarette
stub or empty a lighted pipe from an automobile moving along a parkway
drive.
A.
No person shall scatter, drop or leave any piece of
paper, rag, tin can, peanut shells, melon rinds, banana peels or other
garbage, dead flowers or other rubbish in any portion of the parks
or parkways, excepting the receptacles provided for that purpose.
B.
No person shall deposit, dump, throw or place any
earth, rubbish, dust, manure, paper, garbage or other refuse matter
or any sand, stone, lumber or building material or any substance in
the water, grounds or roadways of any park or parkway without written
permission of the Committee.
Auto radios, portable radios and television
sets must be turned low at all times so as not to be heard from a
distance beyond 40 feet from the instrument. No portable radio or
television set shall be operated within any building unless specifically
permitted in connection with a public gathering or a temporary exclusive
use for which a permit has been granted.
A.
No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale any tangible
or intangible article, merchandise or thing nor solicit for any trade,
occupation, business or profession or for alms within any park or
parkway without the written permission of the Village Board.
B.
No person shall distribute, post, affix or display
any card, handbill, sign, placard, target, banner, flag (except of
the United States) or advertisement of any kind within any park or
parkway or upon any of the gates or enclosures thereof without the
written permission of the Village Board. The word "distribute" shall
include the scattering of printed matter from aircraft.
A.
Special event permit required. No person or group
shall sell, offer for sale or give away any intoxicating liquor or
fermented malt beverages in a village park in conjunction with a picnic
or other special event without first obtaining a permit therefor from
the Village Board.
A.
No person shall in any manner disturb, harass or interfere
with any person or party holding a written permit as indicated previously,
nor with any of their equipment or property.
B.
Permits for the exclusive use of any picnic or play
area for any specified date or time may be granted at the discretion
of the Committee, and no person shall in any manner disturb or interfere
with any person or party occupying the ground under such a permit,
nor with any of their equipment or property.
[Amended 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
No person shall carry, fire or discharge any gun, pistol or
firearm, nor any rocket, torpedo or any other fireworks of any description,
nor shall any person hunt with bow and arrow within any park or parkway.
The word "gun" shall include air gun. No trapping of any kind is permitted
unless authorized by the Parks Director.
No person shall throw stones or missiles in
or into any park, parkway or waterways.
A.
No person shall make or kindle a fire for any purpose
except in places provided therefor, and then subject to such regulations
as may be prescribed.
B.
The use of charcoal burners in designated picnic areas
shall be permitted, provided that lawns and other vegetation are not
damaged, and provided further that all unburned coals or ash are disposed
of in such manner as to prevent fire or damage to any park property.
The person using said charcoal burners shall be responsible for providing
the receptacles for the disposal of said unburned coals and ash.
C.
No person or group shall leave a fire unattended, and all fires shall
be extinguished before leaving the area.
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No. 07032018]
A.
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or any other
vehicle or ride a horse in any part of the property in a village park
except upon facilities provided therefor.
B.
Animals prohibited in Village parks. Animals (except seeing-eye dogs,
hearing-ear dogs or other service dogs) are not allowed in parks or
parkways.
[Amended 4-18-2000 by
Ord. No 04182000A; 7-3-2018 by Ord. No. 07032018]
A.
No person shall climb any tree or pluck any flowers
or fruit, wild or cultivated, or break, cut down, trample upon, remove
or in any manner injure or deface, write-upon, defile or ill-use any
tree, shrub, flower, flower bed, turf, fountain, ornament, statue,
building, fence, apparatus, bench, table, official notice, sign, bridge,
structure or other property within any park or parkway.
B.
No person in any park or parkway shall remove any
device for the protection of trees or shrubs.
No person shall ascend of land with any aircraft,
including gliders and parachutes, or engage in stunt flying or parachute
landing in any park or parkway without the written permission of the
Committee.
No person shall sleep or camp or lodge in any
park or parkway except in such places as designated for such purposes,
as overnight or tourist, or trailer camps or campsites, and then only
subject to the rules and regulations of the Committee governing the
use of such areas. An authorized person charged with guarding such
property shall be exempted from this regulation.
The location of all sewers and receivers, gas
pipes, water pipes, stopcocks boxes, hydrants, lamp posts, telegraph,
telephone and electric power posts and lines, manholes, conduit and
pumps within any park or parkway shall be subject to the jurisdiction
and control of the Committee, and their construction, erection, repair
or relocation shall be undertaken only after written permission is
received from the Village Board.
A.
Regular drives and parking areas. No person shall
drive any automobile, motorcycle, snowmobile or other vehicle of traffic
or burden upon any part of the parks or parkways except the proper
drives and parking areas, or permit the same to stand upon the drives
or any part thereof so as to congest traffic or obstruct the drive.
B.
Parking regulations. Vehicles normally shall be parked
in designated parking areas. Parking along roads and drives may be
controlled by appropriate signs.
A.
Permits. All permits shall be issued by a duly authorized
employee of the Village Board, in writing, and subject to park rules
and regulations as fully as though the same were inserted in such
permits, and any person or persons to whom such permits have been
granted shall be liable for any loss, damage or injury sustained by
the Village Board or by any person by reason of the negligence of
the person or persons to whom such permits have been granted, their
servants or agents.
B.
Supplementary rules. Until otherwise directed by the
Village Board, the Board may adopt additional or revised rules and
regulations for the proper conduct and administration of the parks
and parkways in the village not inconsistent with this chapter and
may perform any other acts with reference to the management of the
parks and parkways as are lawful and as they may deem expedient to
promote the beauty and usefulness of the parks and parkways and to
increase the comfort, safety, convenience and public welfare of the
citizens of the village and of visitors to the parks and parkways
in their use of the same.
A.
The use of glass beverage containers of any measures
or kind whatsoever is hereby prohibited in all parks in the village.
B.
Public warning. The Village Board is hereby instructed
to post in all parks in the village public signs warning all users
of the parks that the use of glass beverage containers of any nature
or kind whatsoever is prohibited.
Any peace officer of the village may, without
a warrant, arrest any offender whom he or she may detect in the violation
of any of the provisions of this chapter and take the person so arrested
forthwith before a court having competent jurisdiction, and he or
she shall have, at all times, the right to enter the premises of any
building, structure or enclosure in any park or parkway, including
such grounds, buildings, structures or enclosures which may be leased
or set aside for private or exclusive use of any individual or group
of individuals, for the purpose of arresting violators hereof, and
may use all necessary means to attain that end.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
A.
Applicability. The provisions of this section shall, so far as applicable,
regulate the operation of all boats and other watercraft on all that
part of the Fox River lying within the corporate boundaries of the
Village.
B.
State statutes adopted. Sections 30.50 to 30.63 and 30.64 to 30.71,
Wis. Stats., inclusive, are hereby adopted by reference and made a
part of this section as if fully set forth in this subsection. Any
act required to be performed or prohibited by such statutes incorporated
in this subsection by reference are required or prohibited by this
section.
C.
Littering waters. No person shall deposit, place or throw from any
boat, raft, pier, bridge, platform or similar structure, any cans,
paper, bottles, debris, refuse, garbage, solid or liquid waste into
the water of the Fox River.
D.
Boat dockage
(1)
Facilities for public use. The Village's dock facility at the
Mueller Park/Boat Landing shall be provided to the public at no charge.
The Village shall not accept reservation for any dock space, nor shall
any persons be given priority in the use of boat docking space. Any
person leaving any dockage area within the park with their boat or
other watercraft shall not attempt to block or otherwise reserve any
docking space therein for future use.
(2)
Docking limits. No person shall use any facilities within Mueller Park/Boat Landing for purposes of docking or securing any boat or other watercraft for more than a total of three hours in the aggregate in any day during the hours in which the park is open to the public. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed as permitting the docking or securing of any boat or other watercraft during the hours of 10:00 p.m. each day to 4:00 a.m. the succeeding day, as expressly prohibited by § 135-3A(1)(a).
(3)
Waiver. The Village Board may waive the provisions of Subsection
(D)(1) and (2) on a temporary and limited basis, to authorize boat
dockage under certain circumstances as may be delineated by written
policy of such Board.
E.
Permit required. No person or owner of a motor vehicle as defined by § 340.016, Wis. Stats., shall use a public boat landing in the Village unless such person has obtained and displays a valid daily or annual boat ramp user permit as provided in this Subsection E.
(1)
Annual permit purchase. Annual permits may be purchased at the office
of the Village Clerk-Treasurer in the Village Hall or through the
Brown County Parks Department. Such permits shall be valid from date
of purchase until December 31 of the year of purchase.
(2)
Daily permit purchase. Daily permits may be purchased at the launch
sites using the form and collection box located at the sites. A daily
permit shall only be valid at the launch site where the permit was
purchased for the date of the purchase.
(3)
Fee for permit. The fee for the permit shall be established by resolution.
(4)
Receipt to constitute payment. Receipt for payment of either a daily
or annual permit shall constitute the permit for purposes of this
section. The annual receipt shall be displayed prominently on the
lower left-hand front windshield of the motor vehicle used for launching
from the respective boat ramps or permanently affixed to the backside
of the trailer winch post. The daily receipt shall be displayed prominently
on the lower left-hand from windshield of the motor vehicle used for
launching from the respective boat ramps. All permits shall remain
on display for the entire time the motor vehicle is on the premises
of the boat ramp.
(5)
Use of daily permit. Upon purchase of a daily permit, the date of
the purchase shall be clearly marked on the appropriate portion of
the receipt to be used as a permit. Failure to clearly and legibly
enter such date or any attempt to alter the date or use the permit
on a date other than that properly entered on the permit shall constitute
a violation of this section.
(6)
County-wide permit system. Current and valid annual permits issued
through the authority of the county shall be treated as Village permits
for purposes of this section.
(7)
Parking at launch sites. It shall be unlawful for the registered
owner of any motor vehicle to suffer or permit the parking of a motor
vehicle, which was used to launch a boat under this section, in the
vicinity of the boat ramp without first obtaining and posting a permit
in compliance with this section. For purposes of this section, any
motor vehicle which has a boat trailer or any boat-carrying device
attached thereto and which vehicle is parked in the vicinity of the
boat ramp shall be presumed to have launched a boat under this section.
(8)
Exceptions. The permit and parking requirement of this section shall
not apply to federal, state, or local officers, employees or agents
who are engaged in the performance of their official duties, which
duties require the launch of a boat at a Village boat ramp.
F.
Use of boat landing. No person shall use a public boat landing in
the Village for a period in excess of 10 minutes. The Village Board
and the members of the Police Department shall direct and control
the use of the boat landings, and all persons using the same shall
obey the orders of the officials. No person shall stop, park or let
standing any vehicle, or operate a boat in the Fox River, so as to
interfere with the ingress and egress of boats into or out of the
Fox River to and from public boat landings.
G.
Mueller Park boat launch and docking hours. The Mueller Park boat
launch shall be open between the hours of 4:00 a.m. through 10:00
p.m.. After 10:00 p.m., boats may be retrieved but not launched from
the facility. Overnight docking at the Mueller Park boat launch is
prohibited.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
A.
Purpose. The Village operates and maintains boat landing and docking
facilities as a public service. The boating activity within the areas
of such facilities is substantial, and the public safety and welfare
requires that the use of the property be regulated in such a manner
that accidents between persons using boats in the area and persons
desiring to enter the water for swimming purposes may be prevented.
Because the primary intended purpose of the boat docking and ramp
facilities is related to the landing and docking of boats, the regulations
of this section are enacted to avoid the inherently dangerous situation
created by mixed recreational use of the facilities.
B.
Swimming and wading. Except to the extent necessary for the safe
and proper launching or landing of a boat or other water vehicle,
no persons shall enter or remain in the Fox River from the shoreline
within 100 feet of any public boat ramp or docking facility owned
or operated by the Village or from any such dock or boat ramp facility
for the purpose of swimming or wading. This section in intended to
prohibit recreational swimming and other recreational activities not
directly associated with the launch or a watercraft.
C.
No vehicles on docks. No person shall operate, use or otherwise be
present upon any motorcycle, bicycle, unicycle or other toy vehicle
including, without limitation by enumeration, skateboards, roller
skis and roller skates on any public dock or boat ramp owned or operated
by the Village.
D.
Water skiing. Section 30.69(3), Wis. Stats., is adopted in this subsection
by reference. No boat towing persons engaged in water skiing, aquaplaning
or other similar activities shall engage in such activity within 100
feet of a public boat landing or dock without a permit.
E.
Park department to post signs. The Park department shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs upon such property advising the public
of the regulations of this section.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
The Director of Parks and Recreation shall permit the use of
parks for recreational activities according to the rules and regulations
of the Board. The Director of Parks and Recreation may lease or permit
to be used the public parks for private or public groups restricting
the use of the park or portions of the park to the group.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
It shall be the duty of the Police Department and its officers
to enforce this chapter and the park rules and regulations of the
Board. No person shall resist or in any way interfere with any Police
Officer, Director or park employee or their subordinates in the discharge
of his or her duty or hinder or prevent any of them from discharging
his or her duty in any park or on the waters of the Fox River. It
shall also be the duty of all persons in the park or on the waters
of the Fox River when called upon by any of the such officials to
promptly heed and assist such officer in the discharge of his or her
duty. Any person failing to aid in the assistance of such official
when called upon to do so shall be in violation of this section.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
No person shall molest, disturb, chase, or throw objects at
any animal or bird within the park.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
The Parks Director may issue permits to groups and organization
to use specific parks, facilities or buildings for a particular event.
The Parks and Recreation Committee shall establish such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary for the issuance of such permits
and may charge a fee or require a deposit to insure the premises are
left in good order.
[Added 7-3-2018 by Ord.
No. 07032018]
No person shall operate a metal detector in any park without
a written permit from the Park Director.
