Milwaukee County sets no neighbor fence rules. Boundary-line fences on residential land follow municipal zoning, while Wisconsin's statewide partition-fence law governs shared fences on farming or grazing land.
The county has no ordinance on shared or boundary fences. On residential lots, placement along a property line is governed by your city or village zoning code. Statewide, Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 90 governs partition fences, but only where land is used for farming or grazing; it requires adjoining occupants to build and maintain a shared boundary fence in equal shares. For a typical suburban lot, that farm-fence duty does not apply, and disputes are private matters or handled under municipal code.
Wisconsin's partition-fence duty is enforced through town fence viewers, who can order repairs and assess costs against a non-compliant adjoining owner on qualifying agricultural land.
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