5 rules for unincorporated Rock County, Wisconsin.
Verified from official government sources
Rock County sets no countywide rule on trash-cart storage or screening. Whether bins must be stored out of view or off the street is decided by your city, village or town. In Janesville the city issues and services the carts under its municipal solid-waste program.
Rock County does not run a countywide property-blight code. Blight, junk-storage and dilapidated-building rules are set by your city, village or town (Janesville, Beloit, Edgerton, etc.). The county's role is public-nuisance abatement authority under its ordinance and Wisconsin law.
Wisconsin does regulate weed-choked vacant lots, but through the noxious-weed statute and municipal codes rather than a Rock County blight ordinance. Under Wis. Stat. §66.0407 the local weed commissioner can order destruction of noxious weeds on any lot and bill the owner.
Rock County has no countywide garage-sale or rummage-sale ordinance. Permit needs, allowed number of sales per year, hours and sign rules are set by your city, village or town. Many Rock County municipalities limit rummage sales to a few days and a few events per year.
Rock County has no countywide lawn-height limit, but Wisconsin's noxious-weed statute applies everywhere. Wis. Stat. §66.0407 requires landowners to destroy noxious weeds; the local weed commissioner can cut them and charge you. Tall-grass height limits are set by your city or village.
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