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No, please do not hang up if you experience a delay in the ringing signal after dialing 911. Your call is still being processed and will be connected to emergency services as quickly as possible. As long as you have an active celluar or phone signal, it is important to remain on the line until your call is answered.
The 5 to 12 second delay before the ringing signal is due to a component of the system called "call setup time" which is necessary for the 911 system to process calls efficiently. This delay is a result of the transition from old copper landlines to the new nationwide 911 system based on IP technology, as well as the complexities of routing calls from non-local phone numbers and cellular phones.
Mequon City Ordinance Sec. 82-63 Parking prohibited.
Except as set forth in this article or as otherwise directed by appropriate signs, it shall be unlawful for any person to: park, stop or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon any street or highway of this city; park on private property without the expressed consent or permission of the property owner; park, in whole or in part, in or on any space designated as handicap parking.
(Code 1957, § 12.04(1))
Unless permission is first obtained through the Mequon Police Department, parking is illegal.
Parking restrictions do not apply to in front of Mequon City Hall.
In special circumstances, or special events at your home, or if you are suffering a disabled vehicle, problem, the Mequon Police will work with you on the parking request.
In the case of multiple car parking requests, the Mequon Police normally grants parking permission, but only for one side of the road.
The Mequon Police will typically not grant parking permission for parking on State Highways, such as Mequon Road (Hwy 167), Cedarburg Road (Hwy 57), or Wauwatosa Road (Hwy 181).
Please phone the Mequon Police at (262) 242-3500 for a parking permission request.
More at Municipal Ordinances website
By and large, the vast majority of simple traffic tickets can be dealt with by stipulation (paying the fine). If you choose to stipulate, then simply remit the money bond amount (entered by the Officer in the upper right corner) before the court date. That will take care of it! Please don't send cash - a check or money order will do.
You can also pay online here.
Some serious violations require a court appearance. These mandatory appearances require your appearance on the posted court date. In those cases, you may not "just" pay the bond, you must see the Judge. You will see the MANDATORY APPEARANCE box annotated with an "X" by the Officer, on your copy of the citation you received. If you wish to plead NOT GUILTY to the charge (you want to contest the Officer's ticket), without appearing in court, then you or your attorney must notify the court in writing, of such a plea, before the court date. Your plea will be entered for you on the return date and thereafter, a trial will be set. Either you will receive written notice, of the setting of court date, at your address (as set forth on the citation), or your attorney will. You will be notified by the court in approximately 1 week of the date for your PRE TRIAL. A Pre Trial is a meeting between yourself (or yourself and your attorney) and the City Attorney for the City of Mequon and a Command Staff Officer of the Mequon Police Department. Both sides of the matter will be discussed. Questions and answers concerning court, prosecution, and police procedure can be posed at this time.
Please do not attempt to establish a court date on a NOT GUILTY plea over the telephone. All such messages must be done in writing.
If you plead GUILTY, or NO CONTEST, the court officer will present information contained in the arresting Officer's written report, to the court. The arresting Officers normally make thorough notes of the citation or arrest. These notes or report will be read by the Judge before he or she imposes a sentence. You may, if you want, make a statement regarding any extenuating circumstances, if any, for the Judge’s consideration in determination of the penalty the Judge will impose.
If you wish to contest the charge you must plead NOT GUILTY. If you plead NOT GUILTY on the return (court date), the case will not be set and called for trial until a later date. Your appearance then and there will be to establish your not guilty plea and schedule a court date for some time later on. This later date for trial is necessary because many other cases will be called on your original court date. Furthermore, both you and your attorney and the prosecuting attorney should be granted time to prepare for a trial, or subpoena necessary witnesses or even request a jury trial, should you deem that appropriate.
If you request a Jury Trial, the request must be received in the Office of the Clerk of Courts, IN WRITING within 10 days of entering a plea of NOT GUILTY.
If you have posted bond and fail to appear in court on the return date, such bond will be forfeited and a report of the conviction of the offense charged will be forwarded to the Division of Motor Vehicles. Failure to appear, or pay the forfeiture by the return date, unless you have pleaded NOT GUILTY, will result in an automatic conviction to the charge and possible suspension of your driver's license (operator's privileges). Any person who holds a Probationary License, or to whom such license would have been issued had proper application been made, will be assigned the regular demerit points, plus two additional points for the second and all subsequent violations.
Any dog, male or female, living in the City of Mequon, that is five (5) months of age or older as of January 1 of any year must be licensed prior to March 31. Further, a license is also required within 30 days of acquiring ownership of a new dog or within thirty (30) days from a date a young dog becomes five (5) months of age.
Cost of license for unspayed females and unneutered males is $15.00, and for neutered males and spayed females is $10.00 and half of these amounts if the dog became five (5) months of age after July 1 of the license year. An additional late fee will be charged if the dog is not licensed by April 1 of after the 30 day period has elapsed in the cases of new dogs and young dogs. The license must be secured to a collar and the collar kept on the dog at all times.
No license shall be issued for any dog unless the applicant presents proof that the dog has been inoculated for rabies by a licensed veterinarian within three years prior to such application.
A small portion of the related ordinances related to animal (dog) behavior, owner requirements, and city action/response are provided below. These do not represent all ordinances related to dogs or other animals. For a publication of the most current ordinances, please reference the Mequon Municode Library link at the bottom of this page.
Sec. 58-531. - Specific requirements—Pets.
Sec. 58-524. - Vicious animals prohibited.
(a) Vicious animal defined.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a domestic animal may be declared vicious if:
a. The domestic animal bites, claws, or attempts to bite or claw any person or bites or injures another animal; or
b. The domestic animal approaches any person in an apparent attitude of attack, whether the attack is consummated or capable of being consummated; or
c. The domestic animal has a known propensity to attack or bite people or other domestic animals, or such propensity reasonably should be known, to the owner or to any member of the owner's immediate family who resides with the owner.
d. The domestic animal has at any time been declared dangerous or vicious by any agency or department of another municipality, county, or state.
(2) Exceptions.
a. Dogs utilized by law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties shall not be deemed vicious.
b. A domestic animal shall not be deemed vicious for engaging in actions described in subsection (1) under any of the following circumstances:
(i) The domestic animal was defending its owner, caretaker or another person from an attack by a person or animal.
(ii) The domestic animal was protecting itself, its young or another animal.
(iii) The domestic animal was defending itself against any person who was provoking, tormenting, assaulting or abusing it or who was engaging in conduct reasonably calculated to provoke the domestic animal to attack, bite, or injure.
(iv) The domestic animal was defending itself against any other domestic animal that was provoking, tormenting, assaulting or abusing it or that was engaging in conduct reasonably calculated to provoke the domestic animal to attack, bite, or injure.
(v) The domestic animal was defending its owner's or caretaker's property against trespassers.
(vi) The person or animal injured, threatened or approached by the domestic animal was unlawfully entering a fenced or enclosed portion of the premises upon which the domestic animal was lawfully kept or upon a portion of the premises where the domestic animal was lawfully chained.
(vii) The person injured, threatened or approached by the domestic animal was unlawfully entering or upon a vehicle in which the domestic animal was confined.
(viii) The person injured, threatened or approached by the domestic animal was attempting to stop a fight between that domestic animal and any other animal.
(ix) The person injured, threatened or approached by the domestic animal was attempting to aid the domestic animal while the domestic animal was injured or experiencing serious illness.
c. For the purposes of this section, a person is lawfully upon the premises of a guardian or keeper when such person is on the premises in the performance of any duty imposed by law or by the express or implied invitation of the owner of the premises or the owner's agent.
(b) Prohibition on keeping vicious animals. No person shall own or keep a vicious animal.
(c) Removal or destruction of vicious animals.
(1) Any vicious animal which is found off the premises of its owner may be seized by any officer and, upon establishing to the satisfaction of the court of the vicious character of such animal by testimony under oath, may be killed by the police authorities.
(2) The owner or caretaker of a vicious animal shall destroy or otherwise remove the vicious animal from the city within 48 hours of service of written notice to do so. If the owner refuses to accept such notice, the police department may attach the written notice to the front door of the owner's residence and such notice shall be deemed served upon posting on the door. In addition to any other remedy or penalty, should the owner fail to timely remove the vicious animal as required under this subsection, the vicious animal may be subject to destruction as provided in subsection (3).
(3) In addition to any other penalty or remedy, upon reasonable suspicion that a vicious animal is being kept in the city in violation this subsection, the city may file an action in the circuit court seeking an order authorizing the destruction of the vicious animal. Upon establishing the vicious character of the animal, the court may enter an order authorizing the city to kill the vicious animal.
(4) An officer may in the exercise of his or her reasonable discretion take any immediate action reasonably necessary to protect life or property.
(Ord. No. 2019-1543, Exh. A, 4-9-2019)
Sec. 58-531. - Specific requirements—Pets.
(a) Dogs.
(1) No person shall own, harbor or keep any dog in the city which:
a. Habitually pursues any vehicle upon any public street, alley or highway in the city;
b. Assaults or attacks any person;
c. Is at large within the limits of the city;
d. Habitually barks or howls to the annoyance of any person or persons;
e. Kills, wounds or worries any animal;
f. Is known to be infected with rabies; or
g. Is declared vicious.
(2) Every owner of a dog trained to guard property shall post or place in a conspicuous place, so it can easily be seen at the regular and auxiliary entrances to the property, a notice or sign reading "beware of dog". A dog trained to and acting in a defensive manner on property so posted or signed shall not be considered a vicious animal.
(Ord. No. 2019-1543, Exh. A, 4-9-2019).
Additional dog and pet based ordinances, along with other applicable city ordinances, can be viewed at: https://library.municode.com/wi/mequon/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMEWI
Please see the Employment section of this website.
Fingerprinting is a service the Mequon Police Department will assist with. The days and times of service are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The fee is $20.00.
An Officer can be requested to give a safety presentation, attend a ceremony, or participate in a youth event. Please call Melina at (262) 242-7987, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, to discuss the details of your request.
Please download and fill out the "Request to Access Public Records" request form. Email the form to pdrecords [at] cityofmequonwi.gov (pdrecords[at]cityofmequonwi[dot]gov), fax it to the number listed, (262) 242-7655, or bring it to the Mequon Police Department. You will be notified when the copies are available for pickup. There is a $0.25 fee per printed page, additional copy/format options are available (see fees listed on the form).