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Town of Verona |
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335 N. Nine Mound Road
Verona, WI 53593-1035 |
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Phone:
608-845-7187
Fax:
608-845-7143
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Office Hours |
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8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. M-F |
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FRIDAY 4-22 the Town Office will be
CLOSED |
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Ordinances
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Ordinance #69-3
Discharge of Rifles
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE
DISCHARGING OR FIRING OF CERTAIN
FIREARMS, IN THE TOWN OF VERONA,
DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN
WHEREAS, It is deemed expedient,
necessary and in the interests of
public safety to prohibit the
discharging or firing of certain
firearms, in the Town of Verona,
Dane County, Wisconsin:
NOW, THEREFORE, The Town Board of
the Town of Verona, Dane County
Wisconsin, Does ordain as follows:
No person, except a sheriff,
constable, police officer, or their
deputies, shall discharge or fire
any rifle, except a rim fire 22
caliber, within the Town of Verona,
or have any such rifle in his or her
possession or under his or her
control, except with a permit issued
by the Town of Verona, unless it is
unloaded and knocked down or
enclosed within a carrying case or
other suitable container, provided
that this section shall not prevent
the maintenance and use of duly
supervised rifle ranges or shooting
galleries authorized by the Town
Board, and further provided that
this section shall not prevent the
discharge or firing of any rifle
during hunting season and within the
rules established by the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources upon
lands where written permission is
obtained from the landowner.
Any person who shall violate any
provisions of this ordinance shall,
upon conviction thereof of the first
offense, forfeit not less than $1.00
nor more than $100.00, together with
the costs of prosecution, and in
default of payment of such
forfeiture and costs of prosecution,
shall be imprisoned in the County
Jail until said forfeiture and costs
are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
Any person found guilty of violating
this ordinance who shall previously
have been convicted of a violation
of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction thereof, forfeit not less
than $10.00 nor more than $200.00
for each such offense, together with
the costs of prosecution, and in
default of payment of such
forfeiture and costs, be imprisoned
in the County Jail until said
forfeiture and costs of prosecution
are paid, but not to exceed 6
months.
THIS ORDINANCE Shall take effect the
day after its publication in the
official town newspaper and posting
in three (3) public places within
the Town of Verona.
ADOPTED by the Town Board of the
Town of Verona, Dane County,
Wisconsin, this 1st day of October ,
1969.
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