(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FIREARM. Any weapon which acts by force of gunpowder.
OTHER DANGEROUS WEAPON. Includes bow and arrow, crossbow, sling shot, blow gun, air guns, BB guns, and other similar weapons.
PUBLIC BUILDING. Any building owned by the village, the county, or the school district.
(B) Possession of firearms in public place prohibited. In addition to the provisions of division (C) below, no person, except duly authorized city, village, county, state, or federal law enforcement officers specifically authorized by law to carry firearms, shall possess a firearm while in any public building (as defined in division (A) above) within the village, as provided in Wis. Stats. § 941.235; within any school zone, as provided in Wis. Stats. § 948.605; or goes armed with a handgun in any tavern within the village, as provided in Wis. Stats. § 942.237.
(C) Use of firearms regulated. No person except an authorized police officer shall discharge any firearm within the village.
(D) Use of other dangerous weapons regulated. No person shall shoot or discharge any other dangerous weapon anywhere in the village.
(E) Exceptions.
(1) In season shotgun hunting and bow and arrow hunting in the Conservancy District.
(2) Trap shooting and archery in the Conservancy District.
(3) (a) Permits may be issued by the Village Board for the shotgun hunting of nuisance geese to applicants who have obtained a DNR permit for the same.
(b) The permit shall state the designated area where shooting is permitted, permitted hours, names of persons shooting, safety precautions, and the duration of the permit.
(Prior Code, § 9.02) (Ord. 4-96, passed 8-8-1996; Ord. 5-02, passed 9-12-2002) Penalty, see § 130.999