Ashwaubenon, WI Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)

Section 3-2-110 defines an 'event or gathering' as any group of three or more people assembled for a social occasion, and 'host or allow' broadly as aiding, conducting, organizing, supervising or failing to prevent such a gathering. Subsection (C) makes it unlawful to procure, sell or give alcohol to an underage person not accompanied by a parent, guardian or spouse of legal drinking age, and separately bars any adult from knowingly permitting, or failing to act to prevent, illegal underage alcohol consumption on property the adult owns, occupies or controls; at a lodging establishment, that duty only attaches if the adult paid for or secured the room.

Adults also may not intentionally encourage a violation of those provisions. Subsection (D) exempts underage possession that occurs during the course of lawful employment or as part of a religious service. The Village Board's stated findings, in subsection (A), are that underage drinking gatherings threaten public health and that holding hosts responsible creates a deterrent, regardless of who actually supplied the alcohol. The ordinance was adopted by Ord. No. O4-1-13 (4-23-2013) and amended by Ord. No. O9-4-20 (9-22-2020).