Milton, WI Fire Regulations: Smoke Detectors (2026)

The City of Milton, Rock County, Wisconsin, does not print its own smoke-detector specifications in the Code of Ordinances. Chapter 10, Article III adopts the state framework wholesale: § 10-81 incorporates the Wisconsin Administrative Code provisions for one- and two-family dwellings in Chs. SPS 320 through 325 and Chs. SPS 327 through 328 by reference, which sweeps in SPS 321, the state fire-protection chapter that sets residential smoke-alarm placement and power requirements. Section 10-82 layers on the state Uniform Dwelling Code and directs a state-certified building inspector to administer and enforce all of it citywide.

For commercial buildings, § 10-144 separately adopts the Wisconsin Commercial Building Code, Wis. Admin. Code Chs. SPS 360-366. Where the code speaks for itself is short-term rentals, licensed under Chapter 14, Article XV. Section 14-726(3) tells every host the rental premises must have functioning smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors pursuant to SPS 321, and the property owner or manager must certify compliance on the license and renewal applications under § 14-726(4). A short-term rental license issues only through the city clerk under § 14-724, runs July 1 to June 30, and can be denied or revoked for violations under § 14-728.

Because the base code was published in 2004 but the STR chapter was added by Ordinance No. 528 in March 2024, this detector language reads as current maintained text, not a 2004 relic.