Property Maintenance in Portage County, WI (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Portage County, Wisconsin.
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Property Blight
Portage County's Health Officer can declare dilapidated, unsafe or unsanitary housing a human health hazard under Sec. 4.5.6(5), and Sec. 4.5.5 bans anyone from creating or maintaining any human health hazard anywhere in the county. The owner is responsible for correcting it once the Health Officer confirms it exists.
Portage County Declares Blighted Housing a Hazard
Some RestrictionsPortage County Code §§ 4.5.5, 4.5.6(5)
No person shall erect, construe, cause, continue, maintain, or permit any human health hazard within Portage County. Any person who shall cause, create, or maintain a human health hazard or who shall in any way aid or contribute to the causing, creating, or maintenance thereof shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter and shall be liable for all costs and expenses necessary to remove and c...
Vacant Lot Maintenance
An accumulation of trash, rubbish, garbage, decayed animal or vegetable matter, or fecal matter that lets flies, rats, mice, skunks or other vermin breed or nest is a declared human health hazard on any Portage County lot under Sec. 4.5.6(1), whether the parcel is vacant or built on.
Portage County Bans Vermin-Breeding Debris
Some RestrictionsPortage County Code § 4.5.6(1)
(1)Breeding places for vermin, insects, etc. Accumulations of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, refuse, garbage, foodstuffs, animal or human fecal matter, or any substance or structure in which flies, cockroaches, rats, mice, skunks, or other disease carrying insects or vermin can breed, live, nest, or seek shelter.
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