HomeMy WebLinkAbout22. 21-467AUGUST 24, 2021 SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 21-447 21-467 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: AMEND ORDINANCE FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION
PENALTIES - ADULT
INITIATED BY: CITY ADMINISTRATION
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH REPEALING AND
CREATING SECTION 17-46(K) OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO PENALTY FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION – ADULT
WHEREAS, the City of Oshkosh pursuant to authority granted by Wisconsin State
Statute Section 66.0107 has adopted an ordinance prohibiting the possession of
marijuana; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh wishes to reduce the
forfeiture amount for possession of marijuana by adults as an ordinance violation within
the City of Oshkosh.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 17-46(K) pertaining to penalty for possession of
marijuana by adults is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
(K) A forfeiture of not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00), together with the costs of
prosecution for a violation of the following:
Section 17-1 adopting §961.41(3g) Wis. Stats.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, and publication.
AUGUST 24, 2021 SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 21-447 21-467 ORDINANCE
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SECTION 3. Publication Notice. Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh
enacted ordinance #21-467 AMEND ORDINANCE FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION
PENALTIES - ADULT (A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH
REPEALING AND CREATING SECTION 17-46(K) OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PENALTY FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION –
ADULT) on September 14, 2021. The ordinance revises the City’s penalty for violation of
the ordinance pertaining to adult possession of marijuana to seventy-five dollars ($75.00)
plus the costs of prosecution.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215 Church
Avenue and through the City’s website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us. Clerk’s phone:
920/236-5011.