Ordinances

Curfew

Windom’s curfew hours are set forth in City Ordinance as follows:

Generally, if you are under 18, the curfew period is from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. every day.
See Exceptions under (D)

City Ordinance Section 130.01
 
130.01  CURFEW. (A) Minors under the age of 18. It is unlawful for any minor person under the age of 18 years to be or loiter upon the streets or public places between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.

(B) Parents and guardians. It is unlawful for any parent, guardian or other person having the legal care or custody of any minor person to allow or permit the minor person to be or loiter upon the streets or public places in violation of this section, unless the minor is accompanied by a person of lawful age having the minor person in charge.

(D) Exceptions.  This section does not apply to a minor who is:
(1) Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardian;
(2) On an errand at the direction of the minor's parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
(3) In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel; (
4) Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
(5) Involved in an emergency;
(6) On the sidewalk abutting the minor's residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the police department  about the minor’s presence;
(7) Attending an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious, or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor;
(8) Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
(9) Married or had been married or had disabilities of minority removed in accordance with state law.

No parking on city streets is permitted over 36 hours.

No parking is permitted within 10 feet of a fire hydrant or mailbox.

On-street parking is prohibited from 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. in the downtown business area. 

See Title 9 - Chapter 95 - General Regulations of the City Ordinances for full details 

Vehicles are considered abandoned motor vehicles if:

• Parked on public property over 48 hours.
• Parked on private property over 72 hours without permission of the property owner and they are in an inoperable condition.

See Title 9 - Chapter 96 - Abandoned Vehicles of the City Ordinances for full details

Refer to Animal Ordinances Section 93 for full ordinance lanquage.

§ 93.009 RUNNING AT LARGE.
It is unlawful for any owner, or any person having control of a dog or cat, to permit the dog or cat
to run at large in the city. Any dog or cat upon public property, or upon private property over the protest
and against the will of the property owner, not on a leash or otherwise under the control of an
accompanying person, shall be deemed as running at large. The term OWNER, as used in this section,
means any person who owns, harbors or keeps the dog or cat

§ 93.008 ANIMAL RESTRAINT.
(A) The license holder, owner or keeper of any dog or cat shall be responsible for the effective
restraint of the dog or cat and shall not permit the dog or cat to run at large.
(B) It is unlawful for the owner or the keeper of any dog or cat to fail to properly and effectively
restrain the dog or cat.
(C) Any dog or cat which is not effectively contained within a fenced area, or any dog or cat which
is on any unfenced area or lot abutting a street, alley, public park, public place or upon any other private
land, without being effectively controlled or restrained from moving beyond the unfenced area or lot,
or any dog or cat on any street, public work, school ground or public place without being effectively
restrained by chain or leash, shall be deemed "not effectively restrained," and in violation of this
subchapter

93.006 LIMITATION ON OWNERSHIP.
(A) (1) It is unlawful for any person to own, keep, care for, have custody of or knowingly
permit at any time more than three dogs and/or three cats in or about his or her residence or any other
location under the person's control within the city.

(B) This section shall not apply to the following:
(1) One litter of pups or kittens under 90 days of age born to a licensed dog or cat;
(2) Residents of newly-annexed areas; provided that, the owners have the animals licensed
within 90 days after annexation occurs, and until the time as one or more of the illegal animals dies or
for some other reason is not owned or possessed by the resident;

Weapons (Firearms, BB Guns, Airsoft Guns, etc)

It is unlawful for any person to fire or discharge any cannon, gun, pistol or other firearm, firecracker, sky rocket or other fireworks, air gun, air rifle or other similar device commonly referred to as a BB gun. It is equally unlawful to fire or discharge any prohibited object or device whether it is fired or discharged within the city, or from a point without the city into the city.

PLEASE NOTE: Airsoft guns are not allowed to be used within City Limits

Bow and Arrow

It is unlawful for any person to shoot a bow and arrow, except in a physical education program in a school supervised by a member of its faculty, a community-wide supervised class or event specifically authorized by the Chief of Police or a bow and arrow range authorized by the Council.