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Chapter 2 Section 45

Section 2.45.  SAFETY AT SPORTING EVENTS.

(1)       Definitions.

[a]        “Alcohol beverages” means fermented malt beverages and intoxicating liquor.

[b]        “Facility” means building or stadium.

[c]        “Fermented malt beverages” has the meaning designated in Section 125.02(8) Wis. Stats.

[d]       “Intoxicating liquor” has the meaning designated in Section 125.02(8) Wis. Stats.

[e]        “Passing” includes pushing, pulling, throwing and moving.

[f]        “Sports facility” means a facility where sporting events are held, regardless of whether that is the exclusive use of the facility.

(2)        Body Passing.

[a]        A spectator at a sporting event at a sports facility shall not participate in the process of passing another person above the floor or ground from one location to another.

[b]        Paragraph [a] does not apply to the act of a person moving another person in order to render first aid or otherwise assist or care for that other person.

(3)        Object Passing.  A spectator at a sporting event at a sports facility shall not participate in the process of passing bleachers, seats or other objects in a manner which threatens the safety of other persons.

(4)        Alcohol Consumption.

[a]        A spectator shall not bring alcohol beverages into a sports facility where there is a sporting event at the sports facility.

[b]        A spectator shall not possess or consume alcohol beverages at a sporting event at a sports facility if the alcohol beverages were brought to the facility as specified in paragraph [a].

[c]        This ordinance does not apply to any vendor or other person who brings alcohol beverages into a sports facility with the authorization of the person in charge of the facility.

(5)        Forfeiture.  Any person, whether an adult or child, found guilty of a violation of any provision of subsections (2), (3) or (4) hereof, shall be subject to a forfeiture of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars together with the costs of the action.  In the event of the default in payment thereof by an adult, the adult shall be subject to confinement in the County Jail or House of Correction of Milwaukee County until such forfeiture and costs have been paid, but in any event, not to exceed thirty (30) days.