Current through October 28, 2024
Section UWS 18.08 - Personal conduct prohibitions(1) ANIMALS. (a) The presence of dogs, cats, and other pets is prohibited in all university buildings and in arboretums at all times except as authorized by the chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer may also prohibit the presence of dogs, cats, and other pets on other designated university lands.(b) The presence of dogs, cats and other pets is prohibited on all university lands not described in par. (a) unless the animal is on a leash which is physically controlled by the individual responsible for the animal, except as authorized by the chief administrative officer.(c) The chief administrative officer may not grant the exceptions allowed under par. (a) and (b) in any outdoor area where food is being served or where animals are otherwise prohibited by signage. (d) Any pet waste deposited on university lands shall be removed and properly disposed of by the individual responsible for the animal.(e) Any individual found in violation of this subsection may have the animal for which they are responsible impounded and be subject to the penalty provisions in s. UWS 18.13.(f) This section does not apply to police and service animals when those animals are working.(2) ATHLETIC EVENTS. (a) No person may enter onto the playing surface of an officially sanctioned athletic event while the event is in progress without prior authorization from the chief administrative officer. An event is in progress from the time when teams, officials, trainers, support staff, or bands first reach the playing surface until the time when they have left.(b) As used in this subsection, "playing surface" means that area on which the event is contested, together with the contiguous area used by teams, officials, trainers, and support staff.(3) BICYCLES. No person may park or store a bicycle in buildings, on sidewalks or driveways, or in motor vehicle parking spaces, except in areas designated for that purpose or in bicycle racks, or as authorized by university housing policies. Bicycles shall be parked so as not to obstruct free passage of vehicles and pedestrians. Bicycle riding is prohibited on university lands when and where the intent is to perform tricks or stunts and those tricks or stunts may result in injury to any person or cause damage to property.(4) DEPOSIT OF HUMAN WASTE PRODUCTS. No person may deposit human waste products upon, nor urinate or defecate upon, any university lands or facilities other than into a toilet or other device designed and intended to be used to ultimately deposit such human waste products into a septic or sanitary sewer system.(5) IMPROPER USE OF UNIVERSITY IDENTIFICATION CARDS.(a) No person may falsify, alter or duplicate, or request the unauthorized falsification, alteration or duplication, of a university identification card.(b) No person may knowingly present a false, altered or duplicate university identification card with the intent that such card be relied upon by university employees, university agents, or state or local officials in connection with obtaining services, privileges or goods.(c) No person may knowingly use or permit another person to use a university identification card for the purpose of making a false statement with respect to the identity of the user, and with the intent that such statement be relied upon by university employees or agents in connection with obtaining university services, privileges or goods.(d) University officials may confiscate false, altered or duplicate university identification cards, or university identification cards used in violation of par. (c).(6) PHYSICAL SECURITY COMPLIANCE. (a) No person may ignore, bypass, circumvent, damage, interfere with, or attempt to deceive by fraudulent means, any university authorized security measure or monitoring device, whether temporary or permanent, that is intended to prevent or limit access to, or enhance the security of, university lands, events, facilities or portions thereof.(b) No person may duplicate, falsify or fraudulently obtain a university key or access control device, or make any unauthorized attempt to accomplish the same.(c) No person who is authorized to possess a university key or access control device may transfer a university key or access control device to an unauthorized person, nor may any unauthorized person be in possession of a university key or access control device.(d) Any university key or access control device in the possession of an unauthorized person may be confiscated by any authorized university official.(7) LOITERING. (a) No minor person may loiter, idle, wander or play, either on foot or in or on any vehicle of any nature, on university lands between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday, and the hours of midnight through 5:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other adult person having care and custody of the minor.(b) This subsection shall not apply to minors returning home from functions authorized by any school or religious organization and carrying proof of identification on their persons, or to currently enrolled university students.(8) MISUSE OF PARKING SERVICES. (a) No person may falsify, alter or duplicate or request the unauthorized falsification, alteration or duplication of any type of university parking permit.(b) No person may knowingly display on a vehicle, or knowingly allow another person to display on a vehicle, a falsified, altered, duplicated, stolen, lost or found parking permit.(c) No person may knowingly provide false information to any university employee or agent with the intent to obtain a valid university parking permit.(9) POSTINGS AND SIGNAGE. (a) No person may erect, post or attach any notices, posters, pictures or any item of a similar nature in or on any building or upon other university lands except on regularly established bulletin boards, or as authorized by the provisions of this code or by the chief administrative officer.(b) No person may fail to comply with a sign that reasonably conveys prohibited behavior and that has been approved and posted on university buildings or lands in compliance with the university's formal process for posting signs. This subsection does not apply to traffic related offenses (ch. 346, Stats.).(10) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. (a) No person may swim, fish, boat, snowmobile, ride horseback or use any type of all-terrain or off-road vehicle on university lands except in those areas and at times expressly designated by the chief administrative officer and denoted by official signs.(b) No person may dock, moor, park, or store any boats, boating gear, snowmobiles, or similar equipment on university lands except under conditions specified by the chief administrative officer.(11) SMOKING. (a) No person may smoke in any residence hall or other university-owned or university-leased student housing or in any location that is 25 feet or less from such residence hall or housing.(b) No person may smoke in any nonresidential university building except in those areas designated for that purpose.(12) TICKET SCALPING. (a) Every ticket or other evidence of the right of entry to any amusement, game, contest, exhibition, event, or performance given by or under the auspices of the University of Wisconsin System, or an institution or college of the University of Wisconsin System, shall be considered a revocable license to the person to whom the ticket has been issued and shall be transferable only on the terms and conditions prescribed on the ticket or other evidence of the right of entry.(b) No person may buy or sell a ticket or other evidence of the right of entry for more than the price printed upon the face of the ticket.Wis. Admin. Code Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System UWS 18.08
CR 08-099: (1) to (5), (7), (8), (9) (a), (10) and (11) (b) renum. from UWS 18.06(5), (49), (8), (47), (32), (48), (44), (17), (19), (18) and am. (1), (3), (5) (b), (7) (b), (9) (title), (a) and (11) (b), cr. (title), (6), (9) (b) and (11) (a) Register August 2009 No. 644, eff. 9-1-09.Amended by, 2015 Wis. Act 330: am. (12) (a) Register April 2016 No. 724, eff.5/1/2016