ORD20211458-Hours for Lake Access
COMMON COUNCIL - CITY OF MUSKEGO
ORDINANCE #1458
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 278, SECTION 278-19 &
ADD SECTION 278-20 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO
(Public Waters and Beaches/Hours for Lake Access. Violations and penalties.)
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MUSKEGO, WISCONSIN DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 278, Section 278-19, of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego, is hereby amended to read as follows:
§ 278-19 Hours for Lake Access.
Hours: Lake Access shall be open daily from 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. and closed
from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., except for activities and events sponsored by the
Department or authorized by permission of the Director or designee, and except for
the purpose of using the boat launch to launch or remove a watercraft. Any Lake
Access may be declared closed to the public by the Director or designee at any time
for any interval of time, with temporary or stated intervals as the Director or designee
shall find reasonably necessary. It shall be unlawful to go upon an area or part of
any Lake Access of the City when it has been declared to be closed to the public by
the Director or designee.
SECTION 2: Chapter 278, Section 278-19, of the Municipal Code of the City of
Muskego, is hereby renumbered to be Section 278-20 to read as follows:
§ 278-20 Violations and Penalties.
Wisconsin state boating penalties as found in § 30.80, Wis. Stats., and deposits as
established in the Uniform Deposit and Bail Schedule established by the Wisconsin
Judicial Conference are hereby adopted by reference. All references to fines shall be
amended to forfeitures and all references to imprisonment shall be deleted. The
penalty for violation of local regulations not contrary to or inconsistent with state
statute shall be provided in § 1-4 of this Code, unless a specific penalty for a specific
ordinance or regulation contained in this chapter pursuant thereto is adopted.
SECTION 3: The several sections of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. If
any section or portion thereof shall be declared by a decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, such decision shall apply only to
the specific section or portion thereof directly specified in the decision, and not affect the
validity of all other provisions, sections, or portion thereof of the Ordinance which shall
remain in full force and effect. Any other Ordinance whose terms are in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance is hereby repealed as to those terms that conflict.
SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication.
Ordinance #1458
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 11th DAY OF MAY 2021.
CITY OF MUSKEGO
_______________________________
Rick Petfalski, Mayor
First reading: April 27, 2021
ATTEST:
Clerk-Treasurer
Ordinance Published: May 19, 2021
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