5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
Verified from official government sources
Milwaukee County does not regulate residential garbage-cart storage or condition. Rules on where carts are kept, their lids, and screening are set by each city or village that provides curbside collection, not by the county.
Milwaukee County does not run a countywide blight-enforcement program for private homes. Blight, nuisance, and derelict-property rules are set and enforced by each city, village, or town under Wisconsin's home-rule powers, not by the county.
Milwaukee County does not enforce maintenance of privately owned vacant lots. Weed cutting, debris removal, and securing empty parcels are handled by each city or village under Wisconsin municipal law, not by the county.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0407(3)
A person owning, occupying or controlling land shall destroy all noxious weeds on the land. The person having immediate charge of any public lands shall destroy all noxious weeds on the lands.
Milwaukee County has no ordinance on garage or rummage sales. Limits on how many sales per year, sale duration, and sign placement are set by each city or village. In the City of Milwaukee, no more than two rummage sales per residence per year are allowed.
Wisconsin's noxious-weed duty under Wis. Stat. § 66.0407 requires every landowner to destroy noxious weeds, but height limits and mowing enforcement are set by each city or village. Milwaukee County does not run tall-grass enforcement on private property.
Wis. Stat. § 66.0407(1)(b)
“Noxious weed” means Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed, any weed designated as a noxious weed by the department of natural resources by rule, and any other weed the governing body of any municipality or the county board of any county by ordinance or resolution declares to be noxious.
1 cities in Milwaukee County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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