Milwaukee County is fully urbanized and is not a wildfire or defensible-space region, so there is no county-wide brush-clearance mandate. Overgrown weeds on private lots are nuisance matters handled by each city, village, or town.
Unlike western foothill counties, Milwaukee County is a dense metro county on the Lake Michigan plain with no CAL FIRE-style defensible-space or 100-foot clearance requirement. There is no county-wide ordinance forcing wildfire brush clearance because the area is not a wildland-urban-interface region. Weed, grass, and brush overgrowth on private property is abated as a public-nuisance matter by each municipality's code-enforcement office, such as the City of Milwaukee's weed ordinances. On county-owned land, removing vegetation is controlled by Ordinance 47.08, which bars injuring, destroying, or removing trees, shrubs, plants, or turf in any park or parkway without Parks Department authorization. Report hazardous vegetation on a private lot to your municipality.
Nuisance weed and brush violations on private property are enforced by the city, village, or town, which may issue abatement notices and bill or lien the owner. On county parks, removing vegetation under Ordinance 47.08 triggers a minimum $100 fee.
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West Allis, WI
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