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CHAPTER 8
LICENSES AND PERMITS
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
8-1 GENERAL RULES
ARTICLE II. SHORT TERM RENTALS
8-1.2 SHORT TERM RENTALS
ARTICLE III. REGISTRATION OF ENTERTAINERS
8-2 REGULATION OF ESCORT SERVICES
ARTICLE IV. COMMERCIAL QUADRICYCLES
8-5 REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL QUADRICYCLES
ARTICLE V. MURALS
8-10 MURALS
ARTICLE VI. AMBULANCE AND MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES
8-20 AMBULANCE AND MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES
ARTICLE VII. MOBILE VENDING
8-43 REGULATION OF MOBILE VENDORS
ARTICLE VIII. DIRECT SELLERS AND SOLICITORS
8-45 INTENT OF REGULATIONS
8-47 DEFINITIONS
8-50 REGULATIONS
8-55 SEVERANCE CLAUSE
ARTICLE IX. PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND ARTICLE AND SECONDHAND
JEWELRY DEALERS
8-62 STATE STATUTES ADOPTED
8-63 LICENSE REQUIRED
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8-63.1 DEFINITIONS
8-64 PROPERTY TRANSACTION RECORDS
8-65 HOLDING PERIODS
8-66 MINORS
8-67 COINS, CURRENCY, AND BULLION
8-67.1 RIGHT TO INSPECT
8-68 PENALTIES
ARTICLE X. JUNK YARDS
8-45 LICENSE REQUIRED
8-46 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE
8-47 LICENSE FEE; TERM
8-48 LOCATION RESTRICTED
8-49 INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION
8-50 REVOCATION OF LICENSE
8-51 SANITARY CONDITION REQUIRED
8-52 HEIGHT LIMIT ON JUNK PILES
8-53 RESTRICTION ON DISMANTLING
ARTICLE XI. AMUSEMENTS LICENSES
8-90 BILLIARDS, POOL AND BOWLING ALLEYS
8-91 MINIATURE GOLF COURSES
8-92 MECHANICAL ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES
8-93 CIGARETTE SALES.
ARTICLE XII. PENALTIES
8-106 PENALTIES
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ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
SECTION 8-1 GENERAL RULES
Except as may be specifically provided in connection with a license or permit within this Chapter or by
State Statute the following general rules shall apply:
(A) All licenses and permits issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall be valid only for the
purpose and person/business to whom issued. Licenses shall not be transferable except as explicitly
provided within this Chapter or State Statutes.
(B) Unless otherwise specifically provided, the license year for licenses granted under the provisions of
this chapter shall begin on July 1st in each year and end on June 30th in the following year. There
shall be no proration of the fee for licenses issued during the license year.
(C) Licenses and permits required within the City may be granted or renewed but shall not be issued
for any premises for which taxes, assessments, or special charges are delinquent and unpaid nor to
any person who is delinquent in the payment of taxes, assessments or special charges related to the
business or property for which the license or permit is sought in compliance with the provisions of
Chapter 3 of this Municipal Code.
(D) Licenses and permits may be suspended or revoked violations of this Chapter or State Statutes
upon written complaint filed with the City Clerk and after a public hearing before the Common
Council. Not less than 10 business days prior to the public hearing the City Clerk shall cause
written notice thereof to be served by personal service or certified mail upon the license or permit
holder.
ARTICLE I. SHORT TERM RENTALS
SECTION 8-1.2 SHORT TERM RENTALS
(A) Purpose.
The purpose of this Article is to ensure that the quality of short-term rentals operating within the
City is adequate for protecting public health, safety and general welfare, including establishing
minimum standards of space for human occupancy and for an adequate level of maintenance;
determining the responsibilities of owners, operators and property managers offering these
properties for tourists or transient occupants, to protect the character and stability of all areas,
especially residential areas, within the City of Oshkosh; to provide minimum standards necessary
for the health and safety of persons occupying or using buildings, structures or premises; and
provisions for the administration and enforcement thereof.
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(B) Definitions.
(1) For the purpose of administering and enforcing this Article, the terms or words used herein shall
be interpreted as follows:
(a) Words used in the present tense include the future.
(b) Words in the singular number include the plural number.
(c) Words in the plural number include the singular number.
(2) The following definitions and conditions apply unless specifically modified:
Department of Community Development. The City Department of Community Development of the
City of Oshkosh or designee.
Corporate Entity: A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or sole proprietorship
licensed to conduct business in this state.
Dwelling Unit: One (1) or more rooms with provisions for living, cooking, sanitary, and sleeping
facilities and a bathroom arranged for exclusive use by one (1) person or one (1) family. Dwelling
Units include residential, tourist rooming house, seasonal employee housing and dormitory units.
License. The Short-Term Rental License issued under 8-1.2
Owner. The owner of a short-term rental.
Person. Shall include a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization and any other
group acting as a unit as well as individuals, including a personal representative, receiver or other
representative appointed according to law. Whenever the word person is used in any section of this
Article prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the word shall include the
partners or members hereof, and as to corporations, shall include the officers, agents or members
thereof who are responsible for any violation of such section.
Resident Agent. Any person appointed by the owner of a short-term rental to act as agent on behalf
of the owner.
Short Term Rental. A residential dwelling unit that is offered for rent for a fee and for fewer than 29
consecutive days, as defined in Wis. Stat. Sec. 66.0615 (1)(dk).
State. The State of Wisconsin Department of Health, or its designee.
(C) Operation of Short-Term Rentals.
(1) No person may maintain, manage, or operate a short-term rental more than 16 nights each year
without a short-term rental license. Every short-term rental shall be operated by a Property Owner
or a Resident Agent
(2) Each short-term rental is required to have the following licenses and permits:
(a) A Winnebago County Tourist Rooming House License or Winnebago County Bed and
Breakfast License;
(b) A Seller’s Permit, if required by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue;
(c) A Room Tax Permit; and
(d) A permit or license issued pursuant to the provisions of this Article.
(3) Each short-term rental shall comply with all of the following:
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(a) The total number of days within any consecutive 365-day period that the dwelling may
be rented shall not exceed 180 days.
(b) No vehicular traffic shall be generated that is greater than normally expected in the
residential neighborhood.
(c) There shall not be excessive noise, fumes, glare, vibrations generated during the use.
(d) Name plates or other signage shall not exceed zoning code allowances for Building
Management Identification Sign. No other signage advertising the short-term rental is
permitted on site. Off-site advertising in media channels relating to the availability of
the rental may take place only after all City, County and State permits and licenses have
been obtained.
(e) The number of occupants in any unit shall not exceed the limits set forth in the State of
Wisconsin Uniform Dwelling Code and other applicable county and City housing
regulations based upon the number of bedrooms in each unit.
(f) No recreational vehicles (RVs), camper, tent, or other temporary lodging arrangement
shall be permitted on site as a means of providing additional accommodations for
paying guests or other invitees.
(g) Any outdoor event held at the short-term rental shall last no longer than one day
occurring between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Any activities shall be in
compliance with other noise regulations of the City.
(h) All rentals of the short-term rental shall be subject to payment of the City of Oshkosh
room tax at the current applicable rate. Permit holders are responsible for complying the
City’s Room Tax and Permit Regulations.
(i) Compliance with all state, county, and local regulations is required.
(j) A short-term rental license will not be issued until the following contingencies have
been met:
(1) County health department inspection completed and license issued;
(k) Short-term rental licenses are issued for one year period and must be renewed annually
subject to City approval or denial.
(D) Short-Term Rental License.
(1) The Department of Community Development shall issue a short-term rental license to all applicants
following the approval of an application and the filing of all documents and records required under
this Article. The application shall also contain the following information:
(a) Identify the Property Owner;
(b) Identify the Resident Agent with contact information;
(c) The maximum occupancy for the premises;
(d) The license term;
(e) State lodging license number, if any; and
(f) Contact information for the City.
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(2) The resident agent must be authorized to allow City employees, officers and their designees, to
enter the owner’s property for purposes of inspection and enforcement of this Article and the
Municipal Code.
(E) Short-Term Rental License Procedure.
(1) All applications for a short-term rental license shall be filed with the Department of Community
Development on forms provided. Applications must be filed by the property owner or on the
owner’s behalf by the Resident Agent. No permit shall be issued unless the completed application
form is accompanied by payment of the required fee.
(2) Each application shall include the following information and documentation for each short-term
rental unit:
(a) Winnebago County License for a Tourist Rooming House License or Bed and Breakfast
License issued under Wis. Stat. Sec. 254.64;
(b) A copy of a completed State Lodging Establishment Inspection form dated within
(c) one (1) year of the date of issuance or renewal;
(d) A Seller’s Permit, if required by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue;
(e) Designation of the Resident Agent (if applicable);
(f) Certification from the owner or licensee that the property meets the requirements of this
Article;
(3) Terms and Filing date. Each permit and license shall run during a calendar year. The filing fee shall
be paid upon filing of the application. The Department of Community Development may
conditionally accept late applications, subject to payment of the late filing fee. Any application
which does not include all of the information and documentation shall not be considered as
complete.
(4) Application Review Procedure. When satisfied that the application is complete, the Department of
Community Development shall forward initial applications for permits and licenses to the
appropriate City Departments for review. If the Department of Community Development in
consultation with City staff determines that the application meets the requirements of this Article,
they may approve the application. If the Department of Community Development in consultation
with City staff determines that the application does not meet the requirements of this Article, they
may deny the application.
(F) Renewal.
(1) Each application for a renewal of a permit or license shall include updated information for the
documentation on file with the Department of Community Development and payment of the
applicable fee. The Department of Community Development shall verify that the information
provided on the renewal application is complete and in accordance with the requirements of this
Article. The Department of Community Development shall request reports from the City of
Oshkosh Police regarding any complaints received, calls for service or actions taken regarding the
short-term rental properties. The Department of Community Development shall issue renewal
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licenses within thirty (30) days of the filing of the application unless the information provided is
incomplete or otherwise not in compliance with the requirements of this Article and/or the reports
from the Police Department and the Zoning Administrator indicate that there are complaints or
actions involving the property.
(2) If the Department of Community Development finds that the license or permit should not be
renewed, the Department of Community Development shall deny the renewal.
(3) No permit or license shall be renewed if the applicant or property has outstanding fees, taxes or
forfeitures owed to the City, or is under an order issued by the Building Inspector, or his designee,
to bring the premises into compliance with City ordinances, unless arrangements for payment have
been approved by the Department of Community Development.
(G) Resident Agent.
(1) All short-term rentals are required to appoint a Resident Agent for the receipt of service of notice of
violation of this Article’s provisions and for service of process pursuant to this Article. Such a
designation shall be made by the owner and shall accompany each application form. Said
applicant shall immediately notify the Department of Community Development of any change in
residence or information regarding the Resident Agent.
(2) To qualify as a Resident Agent the person must meet the following requirements:
(a) The applicant is authorized by owner to accept service of process for all City
communications, citations and orders.
(3) Each Resident Agent shall be authorized by the property owner to act as the agent for the owner
for the receipt of service of notice of violation of this Article’s provisions and for service of process
pursuant to this Article and shall be authorized by the owner to allow City employees, officers and
their designees, to enter the owner’s property for purposes of inspection and enforcement of this
Article and/or the City Municipal Code.
(H) Standards for Short-term Rentals.
(1) Each short-term rental shall comply with this Article’s requirements or any other applicable City
ordinance. Each short-term rental shall comply with the following minimum requirements:
(a) Not less than one (1) bathroom for every six (6) occupants;
(b) Not less one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space for the first occupant
thereof and at least an additional one hundred (100) square feet of floor space for
every additional occupant thereof; the floor space shall be calculated on the basis of
total habitable room area. Floor space is determined using interior measurements of
each room. Floor space does not include kitchens, bathrooms, closets, garages, or
rooms not meeting Uniform Dwelling Code requirements for occupancy. The
maximum occupancy for any premises without a separate enclosed bedroom is two
(2) people;
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(c) Not less than one (1) onsite off-street parking spaces for every four (4) occupants
based upon maximum occupancy;
(d) A safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe, open space at ground level;
(e) Shall have functional smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors in accordance
with the requirements of Chapter SPS 362 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code;
(f) Shall not have an accessible wood burning fireplace unless the property owner
provides a certificate from a certified HVAC / Fireplace Installer or technician, dated
not more than thirty (30) days prior to submission, certifying that the fireplace and
chimney have been inspected and are in compliance with National Fire Prevention
Association Fire Code Chapter 211 Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents, and
Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances;
(g) Shall not have a hibachi, gas-fired grill, charcoal grill, or other similar devices used
for cooking, heating, or any other purpose on any balcony, deck or under any
overhanging structure or within ten (10) feet of any structure;
(h) Certification of compliance. As a condition of issuance of a license under this
Article, the Owner / Resident Agent shall certify that property is in compliance with
the terms and conditions of the license and this Article.
(I) Room Tax.
(1) Each short-term rental shall comply with the room tax reporting requirements of the City Municipal
Code Chapter 8-1.1
(2) All tax returns and supporting documentation filed with the Department of Community
Development are confidential and subject to the protections provided under City Municipal Code
8-1.1and Wis. Stat. Sec. 66.0615 (3) and Wis. Stat. Sec. 77.61.
(J) Display of Permit.
Each license or permit shall be displayed on the inside of the main entrance door of each short-
term rental.
(K) Appeal and License Revocation.
(1) The denial of any license or permit application or renewal under this Article may be appealed by
filing a written appeal request with the Department of Community Development within ten (10)
days of the City’s notice of denial. The appeal shall be heard by the Board of Appeals.
(2) A license may be revoked for one or more of the following reasons:
(a) For non-payment of taxes or other charges as provided under Section 8-88 of this
code;
(b) Failure to comply with the City of Oshkosh Room Tax and Permit Ordinance;
(c) Three (3) or more calls for police service, building inspection or the health
department for nuisance activities or other law violations in a twelve (12) month
period as defined in Sec. 17-38.1, Chronic Nuisance Premises;
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(d) Failure to obtain all necessary county and state permits and licenses within twelve
(12) months of obtaining the City license;
(e) Failure to maintain all required local, county, and state licensing requirements;
(f) Failure to use the property as a short-term rental within twelve (12) months of
obtaining the City license;
(g) Any violation of local, county, or state laws that substantially harm or adversely
impact the predominantly residential uses and nature of the surrounding
neighborhood.
(L) Penalties.
(1) Any person who shall violate any provision of this Article shall be subject to a penalty as provided
in Chapter 8-1.06
(2) Penalties set forth in this section shall be in addition to all other remedies of injunction, abatement
or costs whether existing under this Article or otherwise.
(M) Fees.
Fees for licenses required by this Article are due and payable before issuance of a new license and
renewal license annually before January 1 of each year. All frees for these services will be listed on
the Planning Services Division fee schedule and will be established by resolution.
ARTICLE II. REGISTRATION OF ENTERTAINERS
SECTION 8-2 REGULATION OF ESCORT SERVICES
(A) DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Section, certain terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) “Escort” means any person who, for a fee commission, salary, hire, profit, payment or other
monetary or other valuable considerations, accompanies or offers to accompany another
person to or about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement, or who may
consort with another person about any place of public resort or within any private quarters.
(2) “Escort service” means service provided by any person who, for a fee commission, salary,
hire, profit, payment or other monetary or other valuable considerations, furnishes or offers
to furnish names of escorts who may accompany or offers to accompany other persons to or
about social affairs, entertainments or places of amusement, or who may consort with
others about any place of public resort or within any private quarters.
(3) “Person” means any individual and includes and applies to associations, clubs, societies,
firms, partnerships, corporations or other business ventures, and bodies politic and
corporate.
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(B) LICENSE/REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
(1) No escort service shall operate or be maintained in the City without first obtaining from the
Common Council a license to operate issued as provided in this Section.
A license may be issued only for one escort service located at a fixed and certain place, and
must be displayed at all times in a space fully visible to those on the subject premises. Any
person, including partnership or corporation, which desires to operate more than one escort
service must have a license for each service.
(i) The location to be licensed under this Section shall comply with all applicable
building and zoning code provisions of this Code.
(ii) No person, partnership, corporation or other entity shall own, operate, manage,
rent, lease, occupy, or exercise control of any building, structure, premises, or
portion or part thereof, for which a license is required by this Section, if otherwise
allowed, that is located closer than 500 feet from the nearest lot line, that is the legal
boundaries of a parcel of property, of a similar establishment, or, if so licensed, of
another Class "B"/"Class B" establishment, or any facility governed by Sections 15-19
or 18-9 of this municipal code, or any school (whether pre-school, elementary,
middle or high school, whether public or private), or any residentially zoned
property, library, church or chapel, park or playground, or licensed day-care facility.
(a) No license or interest in a license may be transferred to any person,
including partnership or corporation.
(2) All operators or any person working for any escort service and any independent contractors
shall, prior to beginning employment or contracted duties, register and obtain a photo
identification card from the City Clerk as provided in this Section. Such card shall be
carried on the person at all times and shall be kept available for production upon request;
failure to comply with this requirement shall be deemed a violation of this Section.
(C) APPLICATION. Any person desiring to secure a license or photo identification card under this
Section shall make application to the City Clerk, accompanied by a receipt from the City showing
payment of the appropriate fee.
(1) The application shall be on a form approved by the City Clerk. An applicant (which shall
include each partner and limited partner of a partnership applicant, each officer and director
of a corporate applicant, each stockholder holding 10% or more of the stock or beneficial
ownership and every other person who is interested directly in the ownership or operation
of the business) shall furnish the following information:
(a) Name and address, including all aliases;
(b) a picture identification card establishing that the individual(s) is(are) at least eighteen
(18) years of age;
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(c) All residential addresses for the applicant(s) for the past ten (10) years;
(d) The business, occupation or employment of the applicant(s) for ten (10) years
immediately preceding the date or application,
(e) Whether the applicant(s) previously operated in this or any other state, county or
municipality under an escort service license or similar business license, or registration
system; whether the applicant has ever had such a license or photo identification card
revoked or suspended, the reason therefor and the business entity or trade name
under which the applicant operated that was subject to the suspension or revocation;
(f) All criminal violations, whether federal or state, or municipal ordinance violation
convictions, forfeiture of bond and pleadings of no contest on all charges, except
minor traffic violations;
(g) Fingerprint registration with the Police Department and photograph on file with the
Oshkosh Police Department;
(h) The address of the escort service to be operated by the applicant, or the address of the
escort service for which the individual will be an escort;
(i) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall specify the name of the
corporation, the date and state of incorporation, the name and address of the
registered agent and all officers and directors of the corporation.
(D) STANDARDS FOR ISSUANCE. To receive a license to operate an escort service, or to receive an
identification card, an applicant must meet the following standards:
(A) If the applicant is an individual:
(a) The applicant shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Subject to Chapter 111, of the Wisconsin Statutes, the applicant shall not have been
convicted of or pleaded no contest, to a violation as outlined in Subsection (G)(1)(c) of
this Section, in any jurisdiction within five (5) years immediately preceding the date
of the application;
(c) The applicant shall not have been found to have previously violated this ordinance
within five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(B) If the applicant is a corporation:
(a) All officers, directors and others required to be named under this Section shall be at
least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Subject to Chapter 111, of the Wisconsin Statutes, no officer, director or other person
to be named under this Section shall have been convicted of or pleaded no contest, to
a violation as outlined in Subsection (G)(1)(c) of this Section, in any jurisdiction
within five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(c) No officer, director or other person required to be named under this Section shall not
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have been found to have previously violated this ordinance within five (5) years
immediately preceding the date of the application.
(C) If the applicant is a partnership, joint partnership, or any other type of organization where
two or more persons have a financial interest:
(a) Each person having a financial interest in the partnership, joint partnership or other
type of organization shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(b) Subject to Chapter 111, of the Wisconsin Statutes, no person having a financial
interest in the partnership, joint partnership or other type of organization shall have
been convicted of or pleaded no contest, to a violation as outlined in Subsection
(G)(1)(c) of this Section, in any jurisdiction within five (5) years immediately
preceding the date of the application;
(c) No person having a financial interest in the partnership, joint partnership or other
type of organization shall have been found to have previously violated this ordinance
within five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(D) No license or photo identification card, or any renewal thereof, shall be issued unless the
Police Department has investigated the applicant's qualifications to be licensed or registered,
which shall be completed within five (5) business days of referral to the Department.
(E) TERM; RENEWAL. Every license or identification card issued pursuant to this Section will
terminate on December 31st following its issuance, unless sooner revoked, and must be renewed
before operation is allowed or escort services provided in the following year. Application for
renewal shall be on a form provided by the City Clerk, shall contain the information required in
subsection (C) of this Section, and shall be accompanied by a receipt from the City showing
payment of the appropriate fee. Subsections (D) and (G) shall apply to all renewals.
(F) DENIAL OR NONRENEWAL OF APPLICATION OR REGISTRATION
(1) Whenever an initial application or a renewal thereof is denied, the City Clerk shall notify the
applicant in writing of the reasons for the decision and shall notify the applicant of any
appeal rights. Within five (5) business days of said decision, such notice shall be mailed by
first class mail to the address listed on the application and service shall be deemed complete
upon mailing.
(2) Within ten (10) business days of service of such notice, the applicant shall file with the City
Clerk a written appeal of the denial, containing the reasons for such appeal. The Clerk shall
then schedule a time at the Common Council’s next regular meeting, following the
conclusion of the Council’s regular agenda, at which time the applicant can present the
appeal in person, subject to questioning as may be appropriate. Within five (5) business
days of receipt of such appeal, the Clerk shall notify the applicant in writing of the date, time
and place when the applicant’s appeal shall be heard. Such notice shall be mailed by first
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class mail to the address listed on the application and service shall be deemed complete
upon mailing.
(3) The Council shall hear and decide all appeals under this Section by majority vote of the
membership of the Council. The Clerk shall notify the applicant of the decision. Within five
(5) business days of said decision, such notice shall be mailed by first class mail to the
address listed on the application and service shall be deemed complete upon mailing.
(4) Any party to an appeal, as outlined in this subsection, may seek review thereof by certiorari
to be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction within ten (10) business days of the date of
service of the Council’s decision. Based only on the record of proceedings before the
Council, the court may affirm or reverse the final determination, or remand to the Council
for further proceedings consistent with the court’s decision. The court may also order costs
to the prevailing party as is appropriate.
(a) If review is sought, the record of proceedings shall be transcribed at the expense of
the person seeking review. A transcript shall be supplied to anyone requesting the
same at the requester’s expense. By stipulation, the court may order a synopsis of the
proceedings in lieu of transcript. The court may otherwise limit the requirement for a
transcript.
(G) SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR CARD. Any license or photo identification
card issued under this Section may be suspended for not less than ten (10) nor more than ninety
(90) days, or revoked. To the extent practicable, Section 125.12(2), of the Wisconsin Statutes, shall
govern the proceedings for suspension or revocation, and judicial review thereof.
(1) Grounds for suspension or revocation, non-issuance or non-renewal shall include:
(a) Any violation of this Section;
(b) The person does not possess the qualifications required under this Section to hold the
license or photo identification card;
(c) The person has been convicted of violations of alcohol beverage regulations as
defined in Chapter 125 of the Wisconsin Statues and Chapter 4 of this Code, of crimes
against life and bodily security as defined in Chapter 940 of the Wisconsin Statutes, of
crimes against public health and safety as defined by Chapter 941 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, of crimes against property as defined by Chapter 943 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, of crimes against sexual morality as defined by Chapter 944 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, of crimes of interference with law enforcement as defined by Sections 946.31
through 946.50, inclusive, of the Wisconsin Statutes, of crimes against public peace,
order and other interest as defined by Chapter 947 of the Wisconsin Statutes, of
crimes against children as defined in Chapter 948 of the Wisconsin Statutes, of
violations of the uniform controlled substances act as defined by Chapter 961 of the
Wisconsin Statutes, or comparable municipal ordinance, in any jurisdiction; or the
person knowingly allows another person, who is either on the premises for which the
license under this Section is issued or is the recipient of an escort service, to commit a
violation of the offenses outlined in this paragraph.
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(d) Any act or omission of any employee or independent contractor constituting a
violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed the act or omission of
the operator for purposes of determining whether the operator's license shall be
revoked, suspended or non-renewed.
(H) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OPERATOR
(1) The operator of an escort service shall maintain a register of all employees, or independent
contractors, showing the names and aliases used by said individuals, together with the home
address, birth date, sex, telephone numbers, Social Security Number and date of
employment or service and termination. The foregoing information on each shall be
maintained in the register on the premises for a period of three (3) years following
termination.
(2) The operator of an escort service shall make the register available immediately for inspection
by police upon demand at all reasonable times.
(3) Every act or omission by an employee or independent co-contractor constituting a violation
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed the act or omission of the operator if such
act or omission occurs either with the authorization, knowledge or approval of the operator,
or as a result of the operator's negligent failure to supervise the employee's conduct. The
operator shall be punishable for such act or omission in the same manner as if the operator
committed the act or caused the omission.
(I) FEES. The application fee for a license, or any renewal thereof, shall be $500. The application fee
for a photo identification card, or any renewal thereof, shall be $100. There is no proration of fees
for any license or card issued for less than a one-year period, nor shall there be any prorated refund
for license or card that is suspended or revoked. If the application for the initial license or card, or
any renewal thereof, is denied, the fee, less any administrative costs, shall be refunded.
(J) EXEMPTIONS. This Section does not apply to businesses, agencies and persons licensed by the
State of Wisconsin or the City of Oshkosh pursuant to a specific statute or ordinance, and
employees employed by a business so licensed and which performs as an escort or an escort service
function as a service merely incidental to the primary function of such profession, employment or
business and which do not hold themselves out to the public as an escort or an escort service.
(K) PENALTIES. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity, who violates any of the
provisions of this Section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a forfeiture of not less
than $250 nor more than $1000, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment
thereof by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days. In addition, a
person convicting of violating this provisions of this Section shall be subject to suspension or
revocation by a court of record of his/her operating privileges as provided within Chapter 343 of
the Wisconsin Statutes. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
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ARTICLE III. COMMERCIAL QUADRICYCLES
SECTION 8-5 REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL QUADRICYCLES
(A) Definitions. The following words, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Applicant” means the owner of a Commercial Quadricycle seeking to obtain a Commerical
Quadricycle License.
(2) “Commercial Quadricycle” has the meaning given in section 340.01 of the Wisconsin
Statutes.
(3) “Driver” means a person who is at least 18 years of age, holds a valid driver’s license, and
who is responsible for steering and all other operations and functions of a Commercial
Quadricycle. “Driver” does not mean those passengers who are pedaling or have the
opportunity to pedal.
(4) “Fermented Malt Beverages” has the meaning given in section 125.02 of the Wisconsin
Statutes.
(5) “License” means a Commercial Quadricycle license issued in accordance with the
provisions of this section.
(6) “Licensee” means an Applicant who has obtained a Commercial Quadricycle License.
(B) Commercial Quadricycle License
(1) No Commercial Quadricycle shall be operated within the City of Oshkosh without a License
issued by the Common Council as provided for in this section.
(2) Licenses are issued on a calendar year basis and expire on December 31st of each year.
There shall be no pro rata or other reductions for applications made, or for the termination
of operations, during the calendar year.
(3) Licenses are not transferrable.
(C) License Application
(1) Applicants for a License shall submit an application on a form provided by the Department
of Community Development and pay a nonrefundable application fee of $100.00 dollars.
There will be no additional fee in the event a License is issued.
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(2) Licenses are issued one per Commercial Quadricycle. If an Applicant owns more than one
Commercial Quadricycle, the Applicant will need to apply for a License for each
Commercial Quadricycle.
(3) Applications shall include the following minimum information:
(a) Name, address, and telephone number of the applicant. If the applicant is a legal
entity, then the application shall also identify the person who is authorized to act in
all respects for the entity.
(b) The serial number of the Commercial Quadricycle, the number of persons the
Commercial Quadricycle is designed to carry, and a photograph of the Commercial
Quadricycle.
(c) A detailed description and map of the proposed route(s) on which the Commercial
Quadricycle is to be operated, including the location of where passengers will be
picked up and dropped off and where the Commercial Quadricycle is intended to
be parked.
(d) Proof of liability and property insurance in amounts and in the form required by the
City at the time of application.
(e) All additional information as the City may require.
(4) The Department of Community Development shall forward the application to the Common
Council for consideration as an action item. The Department of Community Development
shall also provide Common Council with a report and recommendation. Prior to
forwarding the application to Common Council, the Department of Community
Development may consult with the applicant, City Departments, City Boards or
Commissions, or others deemed by the City as having information or interests that may
assist the Common Council when making their decision on the application.
(5) Prior to the issuance of any License, the Commercial Quadricycle shall be examined by the
Oshkosh Police Department. If the Commercial Quadricycle is found to be in a satisfactory
and safe condition for the transportation of passengers, in clean and good appearance, and
in compliance with all other provisions of this Article and State Law, the Oshkosh Police
Department shall file a report with the Department of Community Development confirming
compliance. If such examination shows that the Commercial Quadricycle is not in
satisfactory condition, the Oshkosh Police Department shall file a report of noncompliance
and the License shall not be issued.
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(6) If the application is approved by Common Council, and a report of compliance is received
from the Oshkosh Police Department, the Department of Community Development shall
issue a written License for the Commercial Quadricycle.
(7) A Licensee is required to comply with the route(s) and other conditions of the License. New
or temporary routes, or other changes of terms, must be approved by the Common Council
by filing an amended application with the Department of Community Development. There
shall be no fee for amended applications from the same Licensee.
(D) License Denial, Revocation, and Appeals
(1) Applications for a License may be denied by the Common Council if it appears that the
approval of the application will for any reason be detrimental to the public health, safety,
and welfare.
(2) Decisions of the Common Council shall represent the final decision of the City and such
decisions may be appealed as otherwise allowed by law.
(3) Any Commercial Quadricycle License may be revoked by Common Council for one or
more of the following reasons:
(a) The Licensee, including any owner, manager, agent, or employee of the Licensee,
has violated the terms of the License, or any provision of this section, or any other
rule, regulation, or code that applies to a Commercial Quadricycle, including state
law.
(b) The Licensee, including any owner, manager, agent, or employee of the Licensee has
been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that substantially relates to the operation
of a Commercial Quadricycle.
(E) Restrictions on Operation of Commercial Quadricycles
(1) Commercial Quadricycles shall only be operated on routes specified in the approved
License application.
(2) Commercial Quadricycles shall not be operated or parked on a public sidewalk, recreation
trail, or river walk.
(3) Commercial Quadricycles shall not use any public street or any other public property as a
loading, unloading, parking, or waiting area unless such area is a legal motor vehicle
parking space.
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(4) Commercial Quadricycles shall not load or unload passengers in any traffic lane, or in any
manner that will in any way adversely affect the safety of passengers or the public, or will
impede or interfere with the orderly flow of traffic on the streets.
(5) Commercial Quadricycles shall not be occupied by passengers or available to carry
passengers after 10:30 pm or before 10:00 am.
(6) Commercial Quadricycles shall be operated in compliance with applicable state and local
traffic and parking laws and in a manner so as to assure the safety of persons and property.
(7) Commercial Quadricycles shall be driven by persons having in their possession proof of
insurance and a valid driver’s license.
(8) No glass containers are allowed on a Commercial Quadricycle.
(9) No music or amplified sound shall be played, nor noisemakers used, nor yelling or
conversation conducted, in such a manner that the sound carries to nearby residences,
businesses, or properties, and is audible above the level of conversational speech at a
distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the point of origin from the sound.
(10) The License shall be prominently displayed on the Commercial Quadricycle so that the
public, passengers, and City employees or representatives may easily view the content of
the License.
(11) Commercial Quadricycles shall not be driven by anyone that consumes alcohol while the
Commercial Quadricycle is occupied by passengers, including any stops, breaks, or
transport to and from active operations.
(12) Commercial Quadricycles shall not be driven by anyone who has an alcohol concentration
of more than 0.02.
(13) No alcohol beverages other than Fermented Malt Beverages shall be carried or consumed on
a Commercial Quadricycle.
(14) No alcohol beverage shall be sold on a Commercial Quadricycle. This includes the
prohibition of delivery on the Commercial Quadricycle of alcohol beverages previously sold
by a caterer.
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(15) Each passenger on a Commercial Quadricycle is permitted to carry on to the Commercial
Quadricycle up to 36 ounces of Fermented Malt Beverages. No other alcohol beverages may
be possessed on, carried upon, or consumed on a Commercial Quadricycle by passengers.
(16) Any police officer of the City, County, or State may at all reasonable times, inspect any
Commercial Quadricycle that is licensed under this Article and may prohibit the use of any
Commercial Quadricycle that is found to be unsafe, not in proper repair, or not otherwise
in compliance with this Article or State law.
(F) Penalties: In addition to other fines, penalties, and/or charges that can be imposed under Municipal
Code and state law, the violation of the terms of this Section by the Licensee, or any person,
organization, or entity violating this Ordinance or responsible for violating this Ordinance, shall be
punishable by a forfeiture of $75.00. Each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense.
In addition, the City may enforce this Section by immediately revoking the License, seeking
injunctive relief, and all other remedies available in law and equity.
ARTICLE IV. MURALS
SECTION 8-10 MURALS
(A) Definitions
1. Mural: A one-of-a-kind, hand-produced, or digitally printed work of visual art that
is either affixed to or painted directly on the exterior wall of a structure with the
permission of the building owner.
a. Murals may not contain a Commercial Message as defined in Chapter 30 of
this Code.
2. Mural Attribution and Sponsorship Recognition:
a. Mural Attribution: Information located within or adjacent to a mural that
identifies the artist name(s) and/or artist’s business name. Mural
Attributions must meet the following requirements:
i. Attribution shall contain only the artist name(s) and date
ii. Number of Attribution areas #: one (1) for each mural
iii. Attribution Placement: if incorporated into mural
1. Attribution area: maximum size no more than 10% of mural
size or no larger than 3 square feet, whichever is less.
iv. Attribution Placement: if adjacent to mural
2. Attribution area: must be within Sponsorship Recognition
area
b. Sponsorship Recognition: Information located adjacent to a mural that
identifies the mural sponsor’s name or sponsor’s business or association
name. Sponsorship Recognitions must meet the following requirements:
i. Shall contain only a sponsor’s name
ii. Number of Sponsorship Recognition areas: one (1) area shall be
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permitted for each mural which may contain any number of
individual sponsors
iii. Sponsorship Placement: adjacent to mural
iv. Sponsorship Recognition area: maximum size = 11” x 17”
v. Sponsorship Recognition placement: wall mounted
vi. Sponsorship Recognition text: A uniform font must be used for the
entire sponsorship recognition; different fonts are not permitted.
The Sponsorship Recognition should only contain text; logos are not
permitted.
vii. Must meet current ADA requirements
(B) Mural Permit
No mural shall be installed unless a mural permit is obtained by the owner, or their agent,
from the Planning Services Manager, or their designee.
(C) Application Requirements
Permit application shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. Site plan showing the lot and building dimensions and indicating the proposed
location of the mural.
2. Pictures of the building elevations.
3. A scaled drawing of the building elevation showing the proposed size and
placement of the mural.
4. A colored draft of the proposed mural.
5. A description of the proposed maintenance schedule that includes the timeframe for
the life of the mural and method for removal, if applicable.
6. Mural material and how it will be attached
(D) Fees
The Mural Permit application fee shall be as established by Resolution of the Common
Council. See the Fee Schedule for details.
(E) Prohibited Mural Types
1. Murals or other representations which imitate or appear to imitate any official traffic
sign or device which appears to regulate or direct the movement of traffic or which
interferes with the proper operation of any traffic sign or signal, or which obstructs
or physically interferes with a motor vehicle operator’s view of approaching,
merging, or intersecting traffic.
2. Murals are prohibited in all Residential Zoning Districts: Single Family Residential-
2, Single Family Residential-3, Single Family Residential-5, Single Family
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Residential-9, Duplex Residential-6, Two Family Residential-10, Multi-Family
Residential-10, Multi-Family Residential-12, Multi-Family Residential-20, Multi-
Family Residential-36, Mobile Home Residential-9
3. Murals are not permitted on the primary façade of a building. A primary façade is
defined (for purposes of this section) as the building elevation that faces the adjacent
street right-of-way and is the primary customer entrance.
4. Murals affixed, applied or mounted above, upon or suspended from any part of the
roof of a structure that would diminish the structural integrity.
5. Murals shall not project from the wall surface, other than the minimum necessary
protrusion to mount the mural to the wall or structure.
6. Murals containing true threats (a serious expression of an intent to commit an act of
unlawful violence).
7. Murals containing a Commercial Message as defined in Chapter 30.
8. Murals containing obscene content. For purposes of this section, any material is
obscene if applying contemporary community standards:
a) The predominant appeal is to a prurient interest in sex; and
b) The average person would find the material depicts or describes sexual
content in a patently offensive way; and
c) A reasonable person would find the material lacks serious literary, artistic,
political, or scientific value.
(F) Standards
1. Surface Preparation. Sand and high-pressure water blasting are not permitted as a
cleaning process for either surface preparation or for mural maintenance purposes
in any historic district or any building on the Local, State, or National Register of
Historic Buildings.
(G) Maintenance
1. The mural shall be kept in good condition for the life of the mural according to the
maintenance schedule and responsibilities approved by the Planning Services
Manager, or their designee.
2. The display surface shall be kept clean and neatly painted and free from corrosion.
3. Any mural that is not maintained, faded, or is in disrepair shall be removed or
covered with opaque paint, similar to the primary building materials/colors or other
appropriate material as ordered by the Planning Services Manager, or their
designee.
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(H) Mural Permit Approval
1. No mural permit shall be approved unless the Planning Services Manager, or their
designee, shall find that the requirements of this Section have been fulfilled.
2. Permit Denial. A mural permit applicant may appeal the decision of the Planning
Services Manager to deny a mural permit. Said appeal shall be made in writing to
the Planning Services Manager and said appeal shall be made within 30 days of the
decision by the Planning Services Manager to deny the permit. Appeals will be
heard by the Board of Appeals to determine if the Planning Services Manager’s
decision to deny the permit is consistent with the provisions of this Section of the
Municipal Code.
ARTICLE V. AMBULANCE AND MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES
SECTION 8-20 AMBULANCE AND MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICES.
I. Purpose. The Common Council hereby utilizes its authority identified in Sections 62.11(5)
and 62.133, Wisconsin Statutes, and other enabling statutes and regulations, to enact this
Ordinance for the purpose of ensuring that citizens within the municipal; boundaries are
properly served in emergency circumstances through the City of Oshkosh’s emergency
transport, and all non-emergency transport operators are providing legitimate and
transparent services. The Common Council has determined that generally limiting
emergency response services to the Oshkosh Fire Department and providing for
supplemental emergency response services to be controlled by the Oshkosh Fire
Department, whose members are specially and highly trained in emergency response, will
provide for a more orderly health care process and chain of command at the location of
emergency situations that will best serve the health, safety, and welfare interests of the
public. In addition, the Common Council has determined that a system of registration and
requiring other ambulance service providers operating with this City of Oshkosh to meet
certain standards and requirements for service as set forth within this ordinance will also
promote an orderly health care process as well as clarity and transparency in services which
will best serve the health, safety, and welfare interests of the public.
II. Definitions.
a. Ambulance: any privately owned motor vehicle or aircraft that is specially designed
or constructed, equipped, and intended to be used for and maintained or operated
for transportation of patients, except that such motor vehicle owned by, or operated
under the direct control of the United States or the State of Wisconsin.
b. Ambulance Service Operator: A person engaged in the business of transporting
patients by ambulance to or from facilities or institutions providing health services.
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The term does not include the Oshkosh Fire Department for purposes of this
ordinance.
c. Emergency transport: Any actual or self-perceived event which threatens life, limb,
or the well-being of an individual in such a manner that a need for immediate
medical care is created or an event that requires emergent or unscheduled medical
attention. Any response requiring the use of lights and/or sirens shall be considered
emergency service.
d. Non-emergency transport: Planned transport of a person in a medically stable
condition on a non-emergency or scheduled basis. The term does not include
services of the Oshkosh Fire Department for purposes of this ordinance.
e. Paramedic: A person who is specially trained in emergency cardiac, trauma, and
other lifesaving or emergency procedures in a training program or course of
instruction resulting in certification as an Emergency Medical Technician –
Advanced or Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic by the National Registry
of Emergency Medical Technicians or the Wisconsin Division of Health. Any
Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic must also be CPR-certified, which
means they are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to standards
set by the American Heart Association.
f. Patient: A person who is sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or
helpless, and in need of transportation and/or medical treatment.
g. Person: Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, group
of individuals acting together for a common purpose, or organization of any kind,
including government agency other than the United States or State of Wisconsin.
III. Ambulance Service Within Municipal Boundaries
a. The City of Oshkosh Shall be the Sole Provider of Emergency Transports within the
Oshkosh Municipal Boundaries.
i. Except for the City of Oshkosh and/or its agents, no person, either as owner,
agent, or otherwise, shall furnish, operate, conduct, maintain, advertise, or
otherwise be engaged in, or profess to be engaged in, the business or service
of the emergency transports of patients originating within the municipal
boundaries of the City of Oshkosh.
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ii. Non-emergency transports of patients or persons within the municipal
boundaries of the City of Oshkosh may occur subject to the rules and
standards set forth herein.
b. Exceptions: The following Ambulance Service Operators may operate within, or
respond to calls within, the Oshkosh municipal boundaries:
i. Ambulances or similar emergency vehicles operated by or under the direct
control of the United States or the State of Wisconsin;
ii. Ambulances transporting patients from locations outside the municipal
boundaries of the City of Oshkosh into the City of Oshkosh;
iii. Ambulances providing assistance to licensed Ambulance Service Operators
in the case of a Mutual Aid request by the City of Oshkosh, or a major
catastrophe or emergency in which the licensed Ambulance Service
Operators of the City of Oshkosh are unable to address the extent of the
health needs of the catastrophe, emergency, or extreme system overload;
iv. Ambulance transports passing through the City of Oshkosh which
originated from a point outside the City and having a destination point also
outside the City;
v. Aircraft, including “Flight for Life” or similar services, that transport
patients to or from hospitals within the City of Oshkosh. Such aircraft must
be licensed by the State of Wisconsin to perform such services.
IV. Registration. All Ambulance Service Operators providing non-emergency transports
originating within the municipal boundaries of the City of Oshkosh shall register with the
City. Registrations shall be filed with the City Clerk’s office. The Clerk shall maintain the
Registrations with the official records of the City, and shall transmit copies of all
Registrations, including any supporting documents, to the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief or
their designee shall have the authority to enforce the requirements of this Section. The
Registration shall be on such forms provided by the City and shall include, at a minimum,
the following information:
a. Name and complete contact information for Registrant. This includes name,
address, telephone numbers, and email addresses.
b. Names and contact information for at least one (1) primary and one (1) secondary
agent for the Registrant.
c. If the Registrant is an entity, identify the state of formation.
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d. All trade or other corporate names, if any, under which the Registrant does business
or proposes to do business.
e. A copy of all licenses and/or certificates issued by the State of Wisconsin
Department of Health Services or other regulatory body that the Registrant believes
enables it to lawfully perform the proposed services within the City of Oshkosh.
f. The signature of the Registrant or the Registrant’s authorized representative.
g. There shall be no charge for filing the Registration with the City.
V. Standards for Operation of Non-Emergency Transports
a. Each transport vehicle proposed to be used within the City of Oshkosh by an
Ambulance Service Operator shall comply with the following:
i. The color scheme, lettering, messaging, and special markings on transport
vehicles shall be significantly different from the vehicles of all other
Ambulance Service Providers providing services in the City of Oshkosh so
that there can be no confusion between the Registrant and other operators
that have also submitted registrations. There shall be no use of the words
“Oshkosh Fire Department” or variations thereof, located anywhere on the
vehicle.
ii. Any telephone number that states or implies that it is an emergency number
shall be limited to the nationwide designated number for emergencies,
which is “9-1-1”. Any other contact numbers shall clearly designate their
use for non-emergencies only.
iii. Be equipped with radio equipment, as follows:
1. Each transport vehicle shall be equipped with at least one portable
radio capable of transmitting on the Federal Communications
Commission assigned emergency medical frequency and shall be
capable of transmitting from any patient location within the City of
Oshkosh to all Oshkosh hospitals and to 9-1-1 dispatch.
2. Transport vehicle radio operations shall comply with procedures
approved by the Federal Communications Commission and is
compatible with the system used by the City of Oshkosh Fire
Department. Compatibility shall be determined by the Fire Chief,
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b. Ambulance Service Operators providing services within the City of Oshkosh shall
have in effect for all transport vehicles a sufficient policy of insurance issued by an
insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Wisconsin, which shall
provide that the insurance company shall be liable for damages of up to one million
dollars ($1,000,000) for any accident due to the negligent operation of one of the
patient transport vehicles.
VI. Response to Incidents
a. An Ambulance Service Operator shall not respond to a medical emergency incident
within the City of Oshkosh unless called to respond by the Winnebago County
Communication Center, the Oshkosh Fire Department, or direct telephone call in
circumstances described in subsection III.b. of this section.
b. An Ambulance Service Operator receiving a request for an Ambulance to respond to
any medical emergency within the City of Oshkosh from any source other than the
Winnebago County Communication Center or Oshkosh Fire Department, shall
immediately, coincident with its response, provide the Winnebago County
Communications Center with all available information as to the nature and location
of the emergency.
VII. Command at Incident Scene
a. Incident Scene and Patient Care.
i. Upon arrival on the scene of a medical emergency where patient care is
being provided by Oshkosh Fire Department personnel, the Fire Department
personnel remain in charge of the incident in accordance with state law.
ii. In all instances when the Oshkosh Fire Department personnel are called to
an incident, they shall be in command of the incident and for all patient care.
iii. It is the obligation of the Ambulance Service Operator personnel to seek out
the Fire Department personnel in command of the incident and patient care.
iv. In the instances where the Oshkosh Fire Department personnel arrive at the
incident first, all subsequent Ambulance Service Operators arriving at the
scene shall act under the command of the Oshkosh Fire Department
personnel.
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v. Oshkosh Fire Department personnel remain in command of patient care
until it is specifically relinquished to the Ambulance Service Operator
personnel.
vi. In instances where an Ambulance Service Operator arrives at the incident
first, the Ambulance Service Operator shall relinquish command of the
incident and patient care to the Oshkosh Fire Department personnel upon
their arrival and upon their request to assume command of the incident and
patient care.
b. If the Ambulance Service Operator is at the scene in violation of this Chapter, no
action or inaction of the Oshkosh Fire Department at the scene shall be interpreted
to release or waive the violation.
VIII. Obedience to Traffic Laws, Ordinances and Regulations.
a. The driver of an Ambulance shall comply with all traffic laws relating to the
operation of emergency vehicles, as provided by Section 346.03, Wisconsin Statute.
b. No siren shall be used when transporting stabilized patients, unless a known
additional emergency response situation exists.
IX. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be severable and if any of the
provisions shall be held in contravention of the Constitution and laws of the State of
Wisconsin, or the United States, the validity of the rest of the Ordinance shall not be
affected. It is hereby declared to be the intent of this Ordinance that the same would have
been adopted had such unconstitutional or unlawful provisions, if any, not been included
herein.
X. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective ninety (90) days from the date of
publication.
XI. Penalties
a. Any Person that violates any provision of this Section shall be subject to a forfeiture
of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) but not more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00), together with prosecution.
b. Each day the violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.
c. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the City from taking any other lawful action
in addition to seeking a forfeiture in the event of a violation of this Section.
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ARTICLE VI. MOBILE VENDING
SECTION 8-43 REGULATION OF MOBILE VENDORS
I. Definitions:
a. Licensee means an applicant who has obtained a license to conduct a mobile vending operation
pursuant to this chapter.
b. Mobile Vending Operation means vending, selling, serving, displaying, offering for sale or
giving away goods, wares, merchandise, or food from a mobile vending unit.
c. Mobile Vending Unit means any motorized or non-motorized vehicle, trailer, kiosk, pushcart,
stand, display, blanket, ground covering or other device designed to be portable and not
permanently attached to the ground from which any food, goods, wares, or merchandise are
peddled, vended, sold, served, displayed, offered for sale or given away. This includes any
display consisting of food, goods, wares or merchandise being peddled, sold, served, displayed,
or offered for sale. This does not include a mobile wholesale delivery unit that visits multiple
private or public property sites on a daily basis.
d. Mobile Vendor means a person who peddles, vends, sells, serves, displays, offers to sell or give
away food, goods, wares, or merchandise from a mobile vending unit. This term does not
include a mobile wholesale delivery unit that visits multiple private or public property sites on
a daily basis.
e. Public Property as used in this ordinance means all property owned by a governmental entity,
but does not include public rights of way.
II. City License Required to Operate
a. No Mobile Vending Unit shall operate within the City of Oshkosh without a Mobile Vending
License issued by the City Department of Community Development.
b. The following Mobile Vending Units are exempt from the requirement to obtain a Mobile
Vending License:
i. Mobile Vending Units that are approved participants of a Special Event;
ii. Mobile Vending Units operating on private property and obtain a Temporary Use Permit.
c. The City’s Mobile Vending License is in addition to all other local, State, or Federal approvals,
permits, or licenses necessary to engage in this activity.
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III. Mobile Vending Operations May be Located:
a. On hardscape surfaces on private or public property, except as otherwise specifically limited or
prohibited, with approval of the property owner.
b. On hardscape surfaces in public right of way terrace areas, provided a minimum unobstructed
sidewalk space of five (5) feet from the right of way line is maintained, and two (2)
unobstructed feet from the established face of the curb or street is maintained.
c. In legal on-street public parking spaces, provided the spaces are occupied with vehicles licensed
to operate on streets, roads, and highways. Trailers, carts, wagons, and similar objects that are
otherwise licensed for travel on streets, roads, and highways may occupy an on-street parking
space provided they remain attached to the licensed motorized vehicle pulling it. All parking
rules and regulations must be followed.
d. The right of way terrace areas and on-street parking options are available provided these
locations are not subject to a Special Event approved by the City.
IV. Mobile Vending Operations are prohibited from the following locations:
a. Any City park contrary to the rules set forth in Section 19.4(M) of the Municipal Code except
through a vending contract with the City or as part of an approved Special Event. This includes
driveways, parking areas, sidewalks, and public rights of way within City parks.
b. Any City parking lot except as part of an approved Special Event.
c. Any location which is otherwise included within an area approved for a Special Event within
the City, except for those vendors who are allowed to operate by the organizer of the approved
Special Event.
d. Within thirty-seven & half (37.5) feet of a customer entrance for a full service restaurant, or an
approved sidewalk café, or another Mobile Vendor already occupying a particular location.
The distance from a customer entrance shall be from a line perpendicular from the door frame
and extending into the street.
e. On the City’s Riverwalk, or at a location which utilizes the Riverwalk in any way for the Mobile
Vending Operation.
f. No part of the Mobile Vending Operation can obstruct access to any fire hydrant nor obstruct
the view of any fire hydrant from the street.
g. No Mobile Vending Operation is permitted within five (5) feet of the sides of bus stops or bus
shelters, nor permitted in a manner that interferes with the use of bus stops or interferes with
the ingress and egress from any bus shelter.
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h. No Mobile Vending Operation can be located within five (5) feet of a curb-cut, a marked cross-
walk, or any other obstruction including, but not limited to, a parking meter post, sidewalk
bench, bike rack, kiosk, etc.
i. No Mobile Vending Operation can be located to obstruct any truck, freight, or passenger
loading zone, nor adjacent to any disabled parking space.
j. Any location that will obstruct sight distance triangles at intersections.
k. In Residential Districts, except for the following two situations:
i. Continuously mobile, motorized, street - licensed vehicles stopping only for customers or
for no longer than five (5) minutes in anticipation of future customers; and,
ii. Mobile Vendor Operations adjacent to eligible City parks utilizing legal parking spaces or
appropriate hardscape terraces upon the approval of the City Manager, or designee.
Eligible City parks are defined as all City parks except Lakeshore Park, Menominee Park,
Spanbauer Fields, Red Arrow Park, Pollock Community Water Park, Riverside Park, and
Leach Amphitheater.
l. Within one hundred (100) feet of the boundary of a Special Event approved under Chapter 5 of
this Municipal Code.
V. Mobile Vending License:
a. All applicants shall submit a completed application to the Department of Community
Development and pay a nonrefundable application/license fee of $100.00 dollars. There will be
no additional charge in the event a Mobile Vending License is issued.
b. Licenses are issued on a calendar year basis. There will be no pro rata or other reductions for
applications during the calendar year.
c. Applications will require information deemed necessary by the City Manager and shall include
the following minimum information:
i. Name and all contact information of the applicant. If the applicant is a legal organization,
then the application shall identify the person who is authorized to act in all respects for the
corporation.
ii. The name and contact information for the person who will be managing, operating, and
making decisions for the Mobile Vending Unit on a day to day basis.
iii. Identification and description of the Mobile Vending Operation and Mobile Vending Unit.
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iv. A site plan showing the space the Mobile Vending Unit will occupy.
v. The proposed location(s) of the Mobile Vending Unit.
vi. Copies of other necessary permits or licenses from other governmental agencies including,
without limitation, a health license and a Wisconsin Seller’s permit.
vii. Proof of liability and property insurance. A Mobile Vending License will not be issued until
proof is provided showing that the City of Oshkosh is added as an additional insured to the
Mobile Vendor’s policy.
d. All applicants shall meet with the Department of Community Development and other City
officials to discuss compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and codes, to evaluate the
applicant’s proposed vending site(s), and to answer questions about rules for other potential
vending sites within the City. The Department of Community Development shall arrange a
meeting for the applicant with all City Departments deemed necessary to review the
application.
e. The City Department of Community Development will issue Mobile Vending Licenses for those
who are eligible for License, and shall deny the application of those who are not eligible.
Licenses shall include information deemed necessary by the City Manager, and shall contain the
following minimum information:
i. Name, address, telephone number, and contact person for the Vendor.
ii. Type of vending allowed, such as food or merchandise.
iii. If authorized to vend on private or public property, the license must include the address(es)
on which they are allowed to locate their vending operations.
f. Licenses shall be issued to allow Mobile Vending on private or public property, or on hardscape
surfaces in the right of way, or in on-street public parking spaces, or a combination of these
available locations. Except for private or public property locations, there shall be no sites
assigned to any particular Mobile Vending Operation.
g. Except for private or public property locations, Mobile Vending Sites shall be available on a
daily basis to the first vendor to arrive.
h. Mobile Vending Licenses shall be prominently displayed on the Mobile Vending Unit so that
consumers and/or City employee or representative may easily view the content of the License.
i. Licenses are not transferrable. Licenses may be amended to include operation on private or
public properties or operation on additional private or public properties, by filing an amended
application with the Department of Community Development. There shall be no charge for
amended applications.
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VI. License denial, revocation, and appeals.
a. Applications for licenses may be denied by the Department of Community Development if it
appears that the approval of the application will for any reason be detrimental to the health,
safety, and welfare of the public, and including the following reasons:
i. Fraud, misrepresentation, or false statement contained in the application for the license.
ii. Any violation of the provisions of this Chapter within the current or previous calendar year.
iii. All other necessary approvals including, without limitation, health licenses or seller’s
permits, have not been obtained.
iv. The applicant, principal of applicant, or a manager of applicant’s mobile vending unit has
been convicted within the previous five years of any felony, or misdemeanor that is
substantially related to a Mobile Vending Operation.
v. The applicant, principal of applicant, or a manager of applicant’s mobile vending unit has
admitted to or has been adjudged to have violated any civil consumer law within the
previous five years.
vi. The applicant, principal of applicant, or manager has had a vendor license issued by this
City revoked within the current or prior calendar year.
vii. The applicant is not 18 years of age.
b. Any license issued pursuant to this Chapter may be revoked by the City Department of
Community Development for one or more of the following reasons:
i. The licensee, or manager of the licensee, has violated a provision of this article, or any other
rule, regulation, or code that applies to a Mobile Vending Operation.
ii. The licensee, or licensee’s manager or employee of a Mobile Vending Unit, has been
convicted of a felony, or misdemeanor substantially related to a Mobile Vending Operation.
c. Application denials and license revocations may be appealed to the City Manager. The City
Manager’s decision shall be the final decision of the City.
VII. Restrictions on Mobile Vending
a. Every licensee operating a Mobile Vending Unit on private or public property shall have and
maintain the written authority or permission to use the private or public property, and shall
provide written evidence to the City Department of Community Development of that
authorization or permission with the Application.
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b. Connection of a mobile vending unit or mobile food vending unit to a public source of
electricity, water, or sewer at a mobile vending operation site is prohibited.
c. No Mobile Vending Operation may use any public property such as light poles or other utility
poles, flower planters, trees, or other amenities as a point of attachment for anything, including
ropes, posters, signs, or electrical cords.
d. Mobile Vending Units may be located and operational on public property and public right-of-
way beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending the same time as the closing time for Class “B” alcoholic
beverage license or permit, with closing time as defined by Wisconsin Statutes or Oshkosh
Municipal Code, whichever is later, except that those mobile vendors operating within legal on-
street parking spaces must comply with all City parking ordinances. The ending time shall be
the time the Mobile Vending Unit has been closed, cleaned, and completely removed from its
vending location on public property. Mobile vending on private property shall not have any
limitations of their time of operation.
e. Mobile Vending Units otherwise located on public property or public right-of-way shall be
removed from their location and returned to their mobile base during the time they are not
allowed to operate as defined in paragraph VII. d., above, and during all other times the Mobile
Vending Unit is not actively operational. A mobile vending unit is actively operational when
an attendant is present and the food or merchandise to be sold is available for purchase. The
mobile vending unit may be inactive for only one consecutive hour, and a cumulative total of
two hours between the hours it is allowed to be located on public property or public right-of-
way.
f. The site that a Mobile Vending Unit is occupying shall at all times be kept clean and free from
litter, garbage, rubble, and debris.
g. Mobile Vending Operations will comply with all applicable noise ordinances.
h. Seating for consumer consumption or use of products sold is not allowed at the site occupied by
the Mobile Vending Unit. One chair, stool, or seat for use by the operator will be allowed.
i. Mobile Vending Units shall occupy a site only large enough to carry out the essential functions
of the Mobile Vending Operation and shall not use a space larger than 6 feet by 10 feet, except
for those using on-street public parking spaces.
VIII. Penalties
a. In addition to other potential fines, penalties, and/or charges as described in the Oshkosh
Municipal Code, the violation of the terms of this Chapter by any person, organization, or entity
shall be punishable by a forfeiture of $75.00. Each day of violation shall be considered a
separate offense. In addition, the City may enforce this Chapter by way of immediately
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revoking the License, seeking injunctive relief, and all other remedies available in law and
equity.
b. The penalties set forth shall also apply to all persons, organizations, and entities that take
actions or conduct themselves in a manner which requires a Mobile Vending License but the
person, organization, or entity fails or refuses to do so. If any person, organization, or entity
violates any provision of this Chapter, the City shall have the authority to institute appropriate
legal action or proceedings to ensure compliance and to prohibit such person, organization, or
entity from violating these conditions.
ARTICLE VII. DIRECT SELLERS AND SOLICITORS
SECTION 8-45 INTENT OF REGULATIONS
The intent of these regulations is to protect the safety and peaceful enjoyment of the residents of Oshkosh
in their residence and throughout the community and to protect residents from commercial fraud
whenever possible. The Common Council recognizes that constitutional limitations restrict extensive and
broad prohibitions against direct sales and solicitations, but it believes that reasonable regulations are
essential to promote privacy among city residents given that door-to-door type activities as contemplated
herein are not traditional public forums.
SECTION 8-47 DEFINITIONS
When used in this Article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(A) "Direct Solicitor" or “Direct Solicitation” means any individual who, for him/herself, or for a
partnership, association or corporation, who without invitation goes to private homes or businesses
for the purpose of selling goods or services; taking orders for the later delivery of goods or services,
requesting contributions of time, money, or support for any cause, issue or person; purchasing or
collecting scrap metal, furniture, household goods or other scrap materials or goods, and shall
include, but not be limited to peddlers, solicitors, transient merchants, charitable contributions, junk
collectors, proselytizing, and solicitations for political candidates.
SECTION 8-50 REGULATIONS
(A) No Direct Solicitor shall engage in the following practices:
(1) Calling at any dwelling or other place between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. except
by appointment;
(2) Calling at any dwelling or other place where a sign is displayed bearing the words "No
Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" or words of similar meaning;
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(3) Calling at the rear door of any dwelling place unless previously arranged;
(4) Remaining on any premises after being asked to leave by the owner, occupant or other
person having authority over such premises;
(5) Misrepresenting or making false, deceptive or misleading statements concerning the
quality, quantity or character of any goods or services offered for sale, the purpose of the
visit, the identity of the caller or the identity of the organization represented;
a) When asked, a direct seller for a charitable organization shall specifically disclose
what portion of the sale price of goods or services offered will actually be used for
the charitable purpose for which the organization is seeking assistance.
(6) Failing to display when requested a document identifying the direct seller or solicitor as
representing an individual, a partnership, an association or a corporation, failing to display,
when requested to do so by any law enforcement officer, such identification or document.
(7) Impeding the free use of sidewalks, streets and other rights of way by pedestrians and
vehicle;
a) Where sales or solicitations are made by vehicles, all traffic and parking regulations
shall be observed.
(8) Making any loud noises or using any sound amplifying devices to attract customers if the
noise produced is capable of being plainly heard outside a one-hundred (100) foot radius of
the source.
(9) Littering or allowing rubbish or litter to accumulate in or around the area where he/she is
conducting activities.
(10) Violating any applicable state law, including but not limited to Wis. Stat. Ch. 423 and ATCP
127.
Direct Solicitors who engage in the business of lending money on the deposit of any article or jewelry or
purchasing any article or jewelry with an expressed or implied agreement or understanding to sell it back
at a stipulated price or who engages in the business of purchasing or selling secondhand articles as
regulated by this Chapter and Section 134.71 of the Wisconsin Statutes governing pawnbrokers,
secondhand article and secondhand jewelry dealers must comply with the provisions of this section and
Article VIII of this Chapter.
SECTION 8-55 SEVERANCE CLAUSE
The provisions of this Article are declared to be severable, and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Article shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
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validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Article, but they shall remain in
effect, it being the legislative intent that this Article shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
ARTICLE VIII. PAWNBROKERS AND SECONDHAND ARTICLE
AND JEWELRY DEALERS
SECTION 8-62 STATE STATUTES ADOPTED
Except as otherwise specifically provided by this article, all provisions of Section 134.71 Wis. Stats. defining
and describing the regulations with respect to pawnbrokers and secondhand article and secondhand
jewelry dealers are hereby adopted by reference and made a part of this code as if fully set forth herein. It
is the intention of this article to include within such references all provisions of section 134.71 Wis. Stats. in
effect at the time of adoption of this article together with any applicable revisions and all future
recodifications, renumberings, and amendments unless otherwise expressly provided in such references. It
is the intention of this article that any act required to be performed or prohibited by section 134.71 Wis.
Stats. presently in effect or as may be amended in the future is an act required to be performed or is an act
prohibited by this section.
SECTION 8-63 LICENSE REQUIRED
No person shall carry on the business of a pawnbroker, or secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer
within the city without first having obtained a license therefor.
SECTION 8-63.1 DEFINITIONS
(a) "Article" means any of the following articles except jewelry:
(1) Audio-visual equipment, including but not limited to stereos, cassette recorders, compact
disc players, stereo components, cameras, videotape recorders, video cameras, portable
stereos, audio tapes, compact discs, recording tapes, video tapes, albums, visual or
electromagnetic tapes, and similar materials.
(2) Bicycles.
(3) China.
(4) Computers, printers, software, hardware, and computer supplies.
(5) Computer games and toys.
(6) Crystal.
(7) Electronic equipment.
(8) Fur coats and other fur clothing.
(9) Ammunition and knives.
(10) Microwave ovens.
(11) Office equipment.
(12) Pianos, organs, guitars, keyboards and other musical instruments.
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(13) Silverware and flatware.
(14) small electrical appliances.
(15) telephones and answering machines.
(b) Any word not defined herein shall have that meaning specified within section 134.71 Wis. Stats.
SECTION 8-64 PROPERTY TRANSACTION RECORDS
For each transaction of purchase, receipt, or exchange of any secondhand article or secondhand jewelry
from a customer, a pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall electronically
submit the required property transaction information to an electronic reporting service specified by the
Oshkosh Police Department by the close of business each day according to the following procedures.
(a) Pawnbrokers, secondhand article and secondhand jewelry dealers using point of sale software shall
ensure compatibility of their software with the specified electronic reporting service, and shall
electronically transfer all required information from their computer to the specified electronic
reporting service via internet connection.
(b) Pawnbrokers, secondhand article and secondhand jewelry dealers not using point of sale software,
but having 200 or more reportable transactions during the previous calendar year, shall either
acquire point of sale software and adhere to the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) above; or, if
the specified electronic reporting service allows, manually enter all reportable transactions into the
database via internet connection.
(c) Pawnbrokers, secondhand article and secondhand jewelry dealers subject to electronic reporting
shall take a color, digital photograph of every item purchased, received, or exchanged that does not
have a unique serial or identification number affixed. This section specifically includes jewelry,
coins, currency, and bullion. One group photo shall suffice for mass items acquired in one
transaction. When a photograph is taken it must be maintained in such a manner that it can be
readily matched and correlated with all other records of the same transaction, and must be made
available for inspection by law enforcement for a period of not less than one year from the date of
transaction.
(d) Electronic submission of property transaction information and digital photography of property
shall be encouraged but not required for pawnbrokers, secondhand article and secondhand jewelry
dealers having fewer than 200 reportable transactions during the previous calendar year. When
electronic submission of reportable transactions is not made according to the provisions set forth in
paragraphs (a) or (b) above, Property Transaction Forms shall be manually completed and
submitted according to the following procedures:
(1) Forms shall be obtained from the Oshkosh Police Department. Forms are identified by
number and the pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall be
solely responsible for each form. A copy of each form shall be provided to the Oshkosh
Police Department upon request. Each form must be accounted for by the pawnbroker,
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secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer.
(2) This form shall be completed by the pawnbroker or secondhand article or secondhand
jewelry dealer and signed by the customer.
(3) The form shall be completed in ink. Entries must be legible. No entry on such form may be
erased, mutilated or changed.
(4) The form shall be completed in its entirety. All articles must be described and documented
in detail sufficient to differentiate the article from other like articles. If the item has a serial
number or other identifying information or unique characteristics such information shall be
noted on the form.
(5) The pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall retain an original
of each form for not less than one year from the date of the transaction. Duplicate forms
shall be provided to law enforcement agencies upon request.
(6) Forms shall be made available for inspection during business hours by the Oshkosh Police
Department or other law enforcement agency upon request.
(7) Each form shall be physically kept with the article(s) detailed upon the form for the
required holding period.
(8) The pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall, in addition to the
property transaction forms, keep a written inventory and records of declaration of
ownership as required by state statute.
SECTION 8-65 HOLDING PERIODS
(a) Any secondhand article or secondhand jewelry purchased or received by a pawnbroker as a
secondhand article shall be kept on the pawnbroker's premises or other place for safekeeping for
not less than 30 days after the date of purchase or receipt, unless the person known by the
pawnbroker to be the lawful owner of the secondhand article or secondhand jewelry recovers it.
(b) Any secondhand article or secondhand jewelry purchased or received by a secondhand dealer as a
secondhand article shall be kept on the secondhand dealer’s premises or other place for safekeeping
for not less than 21 days after the date of purchase or receipt.
(c) If a pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer is required or otherwise elects to
submit electronic reports under section 8-64, the secondhand article or secondhand jewelry
purchased or received shall be kept on the pawnbroker’s or secondhand dealer’s premises or other
place for safekeeping for not less than 7 days after the date of the purchase or receipt.
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article or secondhand jewelry dealer.
(e) During the holding period the secondhand article or secondhand jewelry shall be held separate
and apart from any other merchandise carried by the dealer and shall not be altered or modified in
any manner.
(f) During the holding period the pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall
permit any law enforcement officer to inspect the article. Articles held off premises shall be made
available for inspection under this section within 24 hours, or a reasonable time in the case of
weekends or holidays, of a request by a law enforcement officer.
(g) Any law enforcement officer who has reason to believe any secondhand article or secondhand
jewelry was not sold or exchanged by the lawful owner may direct a pawnbroker, secondhand
article or secondhand jewelry dealer to hold that article for a reasonable length of time which the
law enforcement officer considers necessary to identify it.
SECTION 8-66 MINORS
No pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer shall engage in a transaction of
purchase, exchange or receipt of any secondhand article or secondhand jewelry from a minor unless the
minor is accompanied by the minor's parent or guardian.
SECTION 8-67 COINS, CURRENCY, AND BULLION
Any pawnbroker, secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer receiving any coin or currency, any
gold or silver coin or gold or silver bullion shall not be required to comply with the holding periods within
section 8-65 but shall otherwise be required to comply with the provisions of this article.
SECTION 8-67.1 RIGHT TO INSPECT
A license holder under this article shall make available for inspection, by any law enforcement officer at
any reasonable time, the licensed premises and any items on the licensed premises. Any items stored off-
premises shall be made available for inspection under this section upon request by a law enforcement
officer.
SECTION 8-68 PENALTIES
(a) Upon conviction for a first offense under this article, a person shall forfeit not less than $75 nor
more than $1000.
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(b) Upon conviction for a second offense under this article, a person shall forfeit not less than $525 nor
more than $2000.
ARTICLE X. JUNK YARDS AND COLLECTORS
DIVISION 1. JUNK YARDS
SECTION 8-75 LICENSE REQUIRED.
No person, firm or corporation shall store at any place in the City any old iron, old bottles, old rags, paper,
old auto tires, or any other kind of junk until a license therefor shall have been secured as provided in this
Section.
SECTION 8-76 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.
(A) Application for license accompanied by the prescribed fee shall be made to the City Clerk and shall
state the property to be used for the storage junk and other things mentioned in Section 8-75, the
name of the applicant, the name of the owner of the property, and, if the property is leased, a copy
of applicant's lease. The City Clerk shall refer said application to the Common Council which may
in its discretion grant said applicant a license.
Upon the allowance of a license by the Common Council, the City Clerk shall issue said license.
SECTION 8-77 LICENSE FEE; TERM.
The license fee shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for a period of one (1) year or fraction thereof, and shall
expire on the 30th day of June after its date, unless revoked as hereinafter provided. All licenses that expire
on June 30, 1968, under this ordinance shall receive a refund of Ten Dollars ($10.00).
SECTION 8-78 LOCATION RESTRICTED.
No license shall be issued to store any of the things mentioned in Section 8-75 within two hundred fifty feet
(250') of any dwelling house, in an area other than the heavy industrial district east of South Main Street
and south of the Fox River, on the same street, or at any place within one hundred fifty feet (150') of North
or South Main Street.
SECTION 8-79 INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION.
(A) Every licensee shall permit inspection of his premises and junk by the police officers of the City at
all reasonable hours.
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(B) The Chief of the Fire Department shall cause to be investigated each and every junk yard at least
once each year.
SECTION 8-80 REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
(A) The Council may, upon evidence being submitted that any junk yard is being conducted in any
unsanitary manner, or that there is a fire hazard created by the said junk yard, or that the said junk
yard licensee has violated any ordinance of the City or law of the State relating to buying or storage
of junk, revoke said license, and no license shall thereafter be issued to any one to conduct a junk
yard upon the premises for a period of one (1) year.
(B) The fact that a license has been issued shall not be deemed to make the City a party to such
business, and shall not be a bar to any party in an action to abate a nuisance.
SECTION 8-81 SANITARY CONDITION REQUIRED
Each licensee shall keep his said junk yard in a sanitary condition, and shall keep inflammable material in
such a manner so that there will be minimum fire danger.
SECTION 8-82 HEIGHT LIMIT ON JUNK PILES.
No iron, scrap or other material shall be piled over fifteen feet (15') high in any junk yard.
SECTION 8-83 RESTRICTIONS ON DISMANTLING.
No vehicle, or other article of junk shall be broken up, or dismantled upon any street or alley and no part of
the same shall be left by any licensee in any street or alley. No junk shall be stored within fifteen feet (15')
of any street unless enclosed in a building as concealed from view from said street.
ARTICLE XI. AMUSEMENTS LICENSES
SECTION 8-90 BILLIARDS, POOL AND BOWLING ALLEYS
(A) LICENSE REQUIRED
No person, firm or corporation shall erect, maintain or permit to be erected or maintained upon his
premises, for gain, any billiard or pool tables or bowling alley without first having obtained a license
therefor as herein provided.
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(B) ISSUANCE OF LICENSE
Each license granted shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of the prescribed fee, and signed by
the City Manager and City Clerk and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the City. No license issued
pursuant hereto shall be assignable.
(C) LICENSE FEES; TERM
The annual license fee shall be $10.00 for each individual bowling alley, or nine or ten pin alley in any
bowling establishment, and $5.00 for each billiard table and pool table. Every license shall expire on the 1st
day of June next succeeding the granting thereof. No license issued pursuant hereto shall be assignable.
(D) GAMBLING PROHIBITED
No person licensed to keep a billiard table, pool table or bowling alley shall allow or permit any kind of
rioting, reveling, drunkenness, lewd or disorderly conduct on the licensed premises, or shall use or permit
the use of such billiard table, pool table or bowling alley so kept by him for the purpose of gambling.
SECTION 8-91 MINIATURE GOLF COURSES
(A) LICENSE REQUIRED
No person, firm or corporation shall operate any miniature golf grounds or any other similar place of
amusement within the City without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
(B) APPLICATION; FEE; TERM
Application for such license shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be accompanied by a license fee of
Five Dollars ($5.00). The application shall be thereafter acted upon by the Council who may grant or refuse
such license in their discretion. The term of this license shall be for one (l) year, expiring on December 31.
(C) CLOSING HOURS
No license shall keep open his place of business between the hours of eleven thirty (11:30) o'clock p.m. and
eight (8:00) o'clock a.m. All licensees shall conduct their places of business in an orderly and quiet manner.
No licensee shall permit his place of business to be illuminated more than thirty (30) minutes after the
closing time herein provided.
SECTION 8-92 MECHANICAL ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES
(A) LICENSE REQUIRED
No person, firm or corporation shall operate any device, machine or contrivance for entertainment which is
operated by the placing of a coin in said instrument or in any mechanism connected thereto, or by in any
manner paying the owner or operator thereof a fee or charge of any kind, without first obtaining a license
as herein provided.
(B) ISSUANCE OF LICENSE; FEE
The City Clerk shall issue licenses to persons applying therefor for the operation of a mechanical or
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electrical entertainment device, or any device or machine mentioned in Section 5-36 above, upon payment
of an annual license fee of Twenty Dollars ($20.00). Said licenses shall be valid for a period of one (1) year
from the 1st day of July, unless sooner revoked as herein provided. Radio and television sets placed in
hospitals or other charitable institutions are exempt from the license fee provided herein.
(C) HOURS RESTRICTED
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or permit to be operated at any restaurant, soft drink parlor,
ice cream parlor, or other place where merchandise of any kind including liquor or fermented malt
beverage is sold, any electrical, or mechanical contrivance or device capable of emitting sound for
entertainment purposes, except during such hours as said establishment is legally open for business,
providing, however, that any such licensee may lose the privilege of operating between the hours of one
(l:00) o'clock a.m. and eight (8:00) o'clock a.m. or such license, upon the filing of a written complaint with
the City Clerk and after a public hearing thereof before the Common Council and notice of such public
hearing given to the licensee.
SECTION 8-93 CIGARETTE SALES.
The license regulating tobacco in the City shall be governed by the provisions of Section 134.65 of the
Wisconsin Statutes.
(a) The annual fee for such license shall be $100.00. There shall be
no proration of this fee for licenses issued during the license year.
ARTICLE XII. PENALTIES
SECTION 8-100 PENALTIES.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Chapter or of any Section thereof, shall upon
conviction thereof, be punished by a forfeiture of not less than $75.00 nor more than $500.00, together with
the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period
not to exceed sixty (60) days. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.