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Public Conduct in Racine County, WI (2026)

7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Racine County, Wisconsin.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Racine County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Aggressive Panhandling

Racine County Code Sec. 16-3 bars soliciting, canvassing or begging from county employees on county property without written permission from the county executive or the county board chairman.

County Employee Solicitation Ban in Racine County

Significant Restrictions

Racine County Code Sec. 16-3(a)

No person shall solicit, canvass, beg, offer to perform any service without compensation or offer for sale or sell any goods, wares, merchandise or other articles of value to employees of the county while they are working in the course of their employment in structures or facilities of the county without written permission from the county executive or written permission from the chairman of the...

Skateboarding Rules

Racine County bars skateboards, scooters, rollerblades, roller skates and motorized versions of each from the courthouse, law enforcement center, service centers and other listed county sites under Code Sec. 16-2.

Skateboard and Scooter Ban on County Property

Some Restrictions

Racine County Code Sec. 16-2(a)

No person shall use, operate or travel upon any skateboard, rollerblades, scooter, roller skates, motorized skateboard, motorized scooter, motorcycle, bicycle or any other device similar in nature within the county courthouse property, the law enforcement center property, and the parking lot leased by the county located at the corner of Eighth Street and Lake Avenue in the City of Racine, Racin...

Loud Party Ordinance

Racine County's disorderly conduct ordinance bars unreasonably loud, boisterous, or otherwise disorderly behavior in public or private places that provokes a disturbance: the provision county deputies use to break up loud house parties.

Loud and Disorderly Conduct Ban in Racine County, Wisconsin

Some Restrictions

Racine County Code § 11-6

No person shall, in a public or private place, engage in violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud or otherwise disorderly conduct under circumstances in which such conduct tends to cause or provoke a disturbance. (b) W.S.A. § 947.013(1)(a) and (1m), describing and defining offenses relating to harassment or intimidation of another person, exclusive of any penalty impos...

Loitering Rules

In unincorporated Racine County, it's illegal to loiter as a visitor in or around a public school without staff permission, or to loiter on private-school grounds anywhere in the county; enrolled students and parents/guardians are exempt.

School-Property Loitering Rules in Racine County, Wisconsin

Some Restrictions

Racine County Code § 11-4

It is unlawful for any person not excluded by subsection (b) below who is present as a visitor to loiter in any public school building or on public school district property or about such school building in unincorporated areas of the county without the permission of the principal, custodian or other person in charge thereof. (b) Excluded from the provisions of subsection (a) above are students ...

Outdoor Smoking Restrictions

Racine County Code Sec. 16-95(a)(3) bans smoking within 25 feet of any entrance to a county building where smoking is prohibited indoors, with shelters at five county parks exempted.

25-Foot Smoking Buffer at County Buildings

Some Restrictions

Racine County Code Sec. 16-95(a)(3)

Except as specifically provided in section 16-96, no person may smoke in the following places: (1) Any enclosed, indoor area located within any building owned or leased by the county and operated by its employees. This includes all elevators, public lobbies, corridors, waiting rooms, dining areas, restrooms, stairwells, auditoriums, conference, meeting, and/or training and testing rooms, office...

Public Marijuana Use

Racine County bans carrying, possessing, or using marijuana, synthetic marijuana, or drug paraphernalia anywhere in the county, mirroring state drug law, with an exception only for a valid medical prescription.

Marijuana Possession and Use Ban in Racine County, Wisconsin

Heavy Restrictions

Racine County Code § 11-10

It shall be unlawful for any person to carry, possess or use marijuana or synthetic marijuana as those substances are defined in either W.S.A., § 961.01 or have been placed on an emergency schedule by the USDEA administrator, unless such substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner filled out in the course of his professional practice, or...

Public Alcohol Use

Racine County bars bringing in or consuming alcohol in county parks and parkways except in committee-designated areas or licensed venues.

Open Alcohol Rules in Racine County Parks

Significant Restrictions

Racine County Code § 14-70

Except as provided in (b), (c) and (d), no person shall bring into, possess or consume any spirit, wine, fermented malt beverage or liquor in any park, recreation area or parkway. The public works committee is hereby authorized to designate areas where only fermented malt beverages shall be allowed upon the written permission of the committee...

Public Conduct by City in Racine County

1 cities in Racine County have their own public conduct rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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