Fitchburg, WI

Fitchburg's zoning code caps most lots at one accessory dwelling unit and bills new utility hookups like a brand-new house: Sec. 22-230(8) charges new water and sewer connections the…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin caps a detached garage, carport or storage building over 400 square feet at the height of the house and no more than 15 feet under City Code § 22-56(6), while…

Fitchburg allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot under § 22-230, capped at 75 percent of the principal home's floor area and 25 feet in height, built to the state Uniform Dwelling…

Dane County's zoning code flatly bars turning a garage or other accessory building into living space. Section 10.004(2) defines an accessory building as incidental to the main building…

Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code (Wis. Stat. ch. 101 and SPS 320-325) sets statewide construction standards for one- and two-family dwellings, including tiny homes built as permanent…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin allows home-based limited vocational activities without a permit, but City Code § 22-55(2)(e) caps the traffic they generate: it cannot exceed what is customary…

Fitchburg treats small home day cares as a by-right vocational activity, but once the number of children in custodial care exceeds the state licensing threshold in Wis. Stats. §…

A home occupation sign in Fitchburg, Wisconsin cannot exceed three square feet and must be attached to the residential building where the business operates, under City Code § 26-4(12)…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin lets residents run a limited vocational activity from a single-family home without a permit, but City Code § 22-55(2) makes it conditional: the work must stay…

Wisconsin has only one cottage food exemption written into its statutes, and it is narrow. Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. lets you sell home-canned pickles and other processed fruits or…

Wisconsin has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it has no exemption that lets you cook meals in your own kitchen and sell them. Wis. Stat. § 97.30(2)(a) requires…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin allows honey bees on single-family and duplex lots in the R-L, R-LM and R-M districts, but City Code § 22-56(14)(b) requires a zoning administrator permit, caps…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars an owner from letting a dog run at large on any city street, alley or public place, with the only exceptions being the city dog park and public hunting…

Fitchburg's R-L zoning code allows limited animal husbandry, including poultry, up to 25 percent of one animal unit per acre, where one animal unit equals 100 poultry under the code's…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin sets no flat cap on how many dogs or cats a household may keep, but under Dane County's City of Fitchburg code, reaching four or more dogs turns the premises into…

Fitchburg zones veterinary clinics differently by district: Sec. 22-310 lists "animal hospital and kennel" as a flat-out permitted use in the B-H Highway Business District, while Sec…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires every cat five months or older kept in the city's urban services area to carry an annual license under City Code Section 56-26. Section 56-74 separately…

Dane County has no general pet-microchipping mandate, but ch. 47.18(9)(b) requires an owner whose animal has been declared dangerous to provide written veterinary proof that a…

Dane County makes it unlawful to intentionally feed wild deer anywhere in the county under section 47.42, with a carve-out for standing or stored crops and for captive deer kept on…

Dane County outlaws live skunks outright: section 47.41 of the animal control ordinance makes it unlawful to sell, give away, trade or even possess a live skunk anywhere in the county…

Dane County's Public Health Department for Madison and Dane County can formally declare any animal dangerous under Code ch. 47.18 after it bites, attacks, or menaces a person or…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin's fire code requires the curb at every fire hydrant to be painted yellow with a 20-foot stripe, ten feet on each side of the hydrant, or a four-inch yellow…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin reserves signed loading zones for handicapped passenger loading only: Fitchburg City Code § 68-215 bars anyone from parking there except to load or unload a…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin caps how long any vehicle can sit on a signed city street: once signs are posted giving notice, Fitchburg City Code § 68-211 bars stopping or leaving a vehicle…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin keeps large commercial-scale vehicles off city streets overnight: Fitchburg City Code § 68-216 bars parking or standing any 'large vehicle,' defined in § 68-207 as…

When accumulating snow or ice creates a traffic hazard, Fitchburg's police chief declares a snow emergency and switches to alternate-side parking under Fitchburg City Code § 68-210…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin treats any vehicle left unattended on a public highway, public property, or private property without the owner's permission for more than 48 hours as abandoned…

Every winter, Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans overnight street parking on a rotating side-of-street schedule: Fitchburg City Code § 68-212 forbids parking between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a permit before an RV, mobile home, manufactured home, camper trailer, or small trailer, the kind used to haul a boat, sits on a city street for more than…

Fitchburg's R-L zoning code requires driveways to be hard-surfaced and kept at least two feet from side or rear lot lines. Parking spaces outside a driveway cannot sit in front of the…

Wisconsin caps what a towing service may charge you after a nonconsensual tow from private property. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 319.03(1) limits removal to $150 regardless of the…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin lets landowners apply for a land management plan to grow a native landscape or natural lawn over the normal eight-inch grass cap. City Code Sec. 37-71 through Sec…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a written permit from the city forester before anyone plants, removes, braces, trims, prunes or cuts a tree or shrub in a public way or public area. City…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans landfilling yard waste. Under Chapter 41 of the city code, yard waste from homes must be composted or land applied through a public or private recycling…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin caps plant growth on improved lots in the urban service area at eight inches and requires noxious weeds to be cut. City Code Sec. 37-69 exempts cultivated gardens…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires trees and shrubs that stand in or overhang a public way to be kept trimmed for safe overhead clearance under City Code Section 54-106(d). The city…

Fitchburg runs a three-stage water shortage response, from a voluntary watch to a mayor-ordered mandatory water warning that can bar new sodded or seeded lawns, up to a full water…

Wisconsin has no statute banning rainwater harvesting. Under Wis. Stat. 145.01(10)(br)1, a rainwater gutter or downspout is expressly excluded from the legal definition of "plumbing"…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans compression (jake) brakes outright, and separately bars operating a vehicle radio or sound system audible from 50 or more feet, plus excessive tire squeal…

Outdoor loudspeakers, PA systems and other sound-amplifying devices used outside a soundproof enclosure in Fitchburg, Wisconsin require a permit from the Public Safety and Human…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin treats a dog, cat or other animal that habitually disturbs a neighbor's peace and quiet as a public nuisance under Fitchburg City Code § 74-22(10). Any resident…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars construction noise, including excavating, grading, building or erecting a structure, between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any day under Fitchburg City Code §…

Dane County doesn't set a flat decibel ceiling for commercial or industrial uses; instead town boards and the zoning committee set case-by-case decibel limits as a condition on…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin's land division ordinance lets the city require a subdivider whose plat borders farmland or grazing land to build and maintain a partition fence along that…

In Fitchburg, Wisconsin residential districts, City Code § 22-56(10) caps a perimeter fence, one built within five feet of the lot line, at six feet and keeps it behind the front face…

Fitchburg's zoning code sets a one-foot minimum setback from the property line for retaining walls built as residential landscape features, and a stricter two-foot setback for taller…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin exempts occasional short-term rentals from its licensing scheme: City Code § 10-284(j) says no license is required for a short-term rental operated ten nights or…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin short-term rental licenses issued under City Code § 10-285 must state a maximum occupancy for the rental, and § 10-287(c) makes it unlawful to host more guests…

Every short-term rental host in Fitchburg, Wisconsin must obtain an annual license from the city clerk before renting, under City Code § 10-284. The application must show the…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin taxes short-term rental stays under 28 days the same as hotel rooms under its room tax ordinance, and operators must also hold a city business permit. Lodging…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin only lets a property's actual live-in owner or lessee run it as a licensed short-term rental. City Code § 10-284(b) and (g) require the application to state, and a…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin has elected under state law to regulate fireworks and bans selling, possessing for sale, or using fireworks except as the city code allows. The narrow local…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans open burning citywide except on land outside the Urban Service Area or under a permitted prescribed burn, both subject to strict conditions. A Fitchburg Fire…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires new residential buildings with three or more dwelling units to install a manual alarm system with smoke detection in common hallways, stairwells, storage…

Dane County limits open fires in its parks to firepits, fireplaces, grills, or spots the parks division specifically designates, so a freelance campfire anywhere else on park land is…

Wisconsin uniformly regulates propane storage, installation, and handling under Wis. Admin. Code SPS 340, adopting NFPA 58 statewide and preempting inconsistent local rules through…

Wisconsin DNR designates statewide Fire Protection Areas under Wis. Stat. § 26.11 where the agency holds primary wildfire suppression authority and enforces stricter ignition rules…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars anyone from building, installing, enlarging or altering a swimming pool without a permit from the city building inspector first. Sec. 35-355 requires a scaled…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin's Chapter 35 building code requires every inground pool not enclosed in a permanent building to be fenced at least four feet high, strong enough to block access…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, bars household sharp medical waste like hypodermic needles from the regular trash entirely. It must go to a sharps container delivered to an…

Fitchburg's housing code requires every building interior and every exterior property area, citywide, to stay free of rodent harborage and infestation. In multifamily rental buildings…

Dane County backs Wisconsin's certified food manager requirement with a financial penalty: sec. 46.34(4) of the county code lets Public Health Madison and Dane County charge a…

Fitchburg's Sec. 22-481 A-X Exclusive Agriculture District exists to keep farmland in production: rezoning out of it takes a public hearing and a finding that the change won't impair…

Fitchburg's RC Rural Cluster District ties new rural subdivisions to farming: Sec. 22-614(3) requires every new residential lot created under a rural cluster rezoning to have a…

Fitchburg City Code § 60-4 bans drinking or carrying an open alcohol container on any public street right-of-way and in city parks between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., with neighborhood…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars pedestrians from lingering on the median of a designated arterial street unless they are actively crossing at a safety zone or crosswalk, and treats staying…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars pedestrians from approaching moving vehicles on its busiest arterial and collector streets, a traffic-safety rule the common council adopted specifically to…

Fitchburg City Code § 70-23 bans loitering: standing idly, lingering, or moving slowly in a manner that raises alarm for the safety of people or property, including taking flight from…

Fitchburg City Code § 70-122 bars possessing or using marijuana anywhere in the city unless it came from a valid practitioner's prescription or state law otherwise authorizes it. The…

Dane County Code § 34.07(5) bans smoking and tobacco use within 15 feet of any entrance, operable window, or ventilation intake of a building where indoor smoking is prohibited, at any…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a building permit for every solar energy collection system under City Code § 22-8. Roof and ground-mounted panels serving a home are permitted by right in…

Wisconsin does not merely limit what a homeowners' association may say about solar. Wis. Stat. § 236.292(2) declares that all restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin caps residential garage sales at two per premises per year under City Code § 22-55(2)(h), with each sale limited to four days. The rule applies as one of the…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a building permit from the building inspector before any construction, addition, alteration or demolition. City Code Sec. 35-100 exempts only small…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin buildings under permit go through staged inspections before work can be covered, from building-sewer and footing to a final inspection before occupancy. City Code…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires an electrical permit from the city building inspector before any electrical work begins. The city adopts the Wisconsin Electrical Code (Admin. Code SPS…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin exempts one- and two-family homes from mandatory automatic fire sprinklers, but requires them throughout larger new residential buildings. Buildings with more than…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a plumbing permit from the city building inspector before any plumbing work starts. The city adopts the Wisconsin Plumbing Code (Admin. Code SPS 381-387)…

Fitchburg requires every dwelling unit's main entrance door to be solid-core, fitted with a peephole and protected hinges, and equipped with a keyed deadbolt with a one-inch throw and…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin declares old, dilapidated buildings unfit for human use a public nuisance under City Code Sec. 74-22(7). The building inspector abates housing-code violations by…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin gives property owners one clear deadline: clear the sidewalk fronting your lot of snow and ice by 6:00 p.m. the day after it stops falling. If ice can't be chipped…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires unimproved and vacant lots in the urban service area to be mowed at least three times a year to no more than six inches. City Code Sec. 37-70 sets…

In Fitchburg, Wisconsin, the city forester decides where every tree or shrub goes in a public way, terrace or park under City Code Chapter 54. Section 54-106 sets a 35-foot spacing…

Fitchburg has no landmark or heritage-tree designation program, but Sec. 24-4(g) forces every subdivider to inventory and protect "desirable trees": 15 named native species at least…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires anyone operating as a secondhand article or secondhand jewelry dealer to hold a city license before doing any business, with the police department…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin licenses pawnbrokers separately from ordinary secondhand dealers, requiring a $1,000.00 surety bond before the city council will grant a license, plus a mandatory…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires a city license before anyone may operate an adult-oriented or adult entertainment establishment, and Dane County zoning has no say inside city limits. The…

Dane County requires a license to operate a tattooing or body-piercing establishment and for every practitioner working in one, under Code ch. 48.13. The Public Health Madison and Dane…

Dane County's smoking ordinance defines a 'retail electronic delivery device store' as a shop deriving 75% or more of its gross income from selling e-cigarettes and accessories, and §…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin lets neighbors hold a block party or similar event that uses but does not close a public street by registering with the city clerk at least two weeks ahead, a…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires anyone wanting to close city streets for a parade or special event to get a street use permit from the public safety and human services committee, filing…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires committee approval before any large scale festival event, meaning an open, alcohol-licensed, sound-permitted event not sponsored by the city, can happen…

Fitchburg caps how much new outdoor lighting can spill onto a neighbor's land: no more than 0.50 footcandles above ambient light, measured at the property line on a cloudless night…

Fitchburg's Dark Sky Ordinance requires new outdoor light fixtures to be full cutoff: no glow escapes above the horizontal plane, and drop lenses are banned outright. The rule targets…

Dane County caps how signs, including billboards, may be lit: external fixtures must aim only at the copy from a downward angle, no up-lighting is allowed, and glare toward roadways is…

Fitchburg exempts decorative holiday displays from its sign code, but only for a set window: up to 30 days a year tied to a holiday, commemorative day, civic festival or fair. Leave a…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin exempts campaign yard signs from its sign permit system but still caps them at 11 square feet in residential districts and bars electrical, mechanical, or audio…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans flashing, alternating, rotating, or swinging signs citywide, allowing only narrow exceptions for on-site time and temperature displays, on-site LED fuel-price…

Dane County treats a garage-sale sign as a temporary sign under its zoning ordinance: only one sign per parcel, capped at 32 square feet and 12 feet tall, and displayable for just 60…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin defines obstructing a street or sidewalk right-of-way as placing any object there that hinders free passage, and requires a temporary occupancy permit from the…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin's housing code puts sidewalk repair on notice, not a fixed calendar: once the building inspection department orders it, holes, breaks and obstructions in walks…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars any sign from sitting within or over a public street right-of-way unless the applicant first obtains a street encroachment permit approved by the common…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bars anyone age 12 to 16 from streets, alleys or other public places after 11 p.m. on school nights and after midnight on weekends, unless an exception applies…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin closes its public parks between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily. No one may be or remain in a city park during those hours without written common council…

To report a suspected code violation in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, bring the complaint to any city official or employee, who forwards it to the appropriate department head for inspection…

In Fitchburg's R-L Low Density District, buildings and other lot coverage cannot exceed 35 percent of the lot under the zoning code's dimensional standards. The Rural Density district…

Fitchburg's R-L Low Density District requires a 30-foot front setback, ten-foot side setback, 25-foot street-side setback on corner lots, and 35-foot rear setback, with specific…

Fitchburg caps residential structures in the R-L Low Density District at 35 feet or three stories, whichever is less, under the zoning code's dimensional standards, with…

Fitchburg City Code § 70-57(d)(1) bars using a charcoal, pellet or LP gas grill on a balcony, porch or wood deck, unless the building is a single-family or two-family dwelling with no…

Fitchburg City Code § 70-57(d) allows charcoal, pellet, solid-fuel and LP gas-fueled outdoor cooking devices but requires them to sit at least ten feet from any building or lot line…

Fitchburg requires a stormwater control permit once a project adds 20,000 square feet of impervious surface, involves a subdivision plat, or counts as redevelopment. The approved plan…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires new and substantially improved residential structures in the floodplain to sit at or above the flood protection elevation, defined in the Dane County…

Fitchburg requires an erosion control permit before almost any real land disturbance: more than 4,000 square feet, more than 400 cubic yards of cut and fill, or work touching more than…

Dane County bars boats from tying up at county-owned piers on navigable waters without authorization, and bars docking at any privately owned pier, mooring buoy or raft without the…

Diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles in unincorporated Dane County cannot idle more than five minutes in any sixty-minute period under ch. 34.26. The rule targets diesel trucks…

Dane County regulates every Zone A, AO, AH, A1-30 and AE area on the Flood Insurance Rate Map under Chapter 17 of its Code of Ordinances, adopted under Wis. Stat. §§ 59.69, 59.692…

Wisconsin's NR 115 sets minimum shoreland zoning standards along navigable waters, and the Public Trust Doctrine protects Great Lakes shores. Counties must adopt rules at least as…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin (Dane County) taxes hotel, motel, and short-term rental stays under City Code § 10-242, a room tax charged on rooms furnished to transients by hotel keepers, motel…

Fitchburg's Landmarks Preservation Commission can designate a structure or site as historic based on cultural significance alone, not just architecture. Once approved by the common…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin bans dumping refuse or recyclables anywhere in the city outside a licensed sanitary landfill. City code also requires common council permission before anyone…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, tells residents exactly where to place carts, what containers are allowed, and how big loads may be. Residential carts go curbline; commercial…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, requires every household and business to separate 19 categories of material from the trash, from lead-acid batteries and glass containers to yard…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, keeps major appliances, waste tires, and lead-acid batteries out of curbside trash entirely, routing them to private recyclers or a paid hauler…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin, in Dane County, has the department of public works and its contracted hauler set collection times, with the city clerk publishing the schedule whenever it…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin tells single-family and small multi-unit households exactly how each recyclable must be prepared: containers rinsed and loose, corrugated cardboard kept free of…

Dane County bans grass clippings and leaves from every county-owned landfill outright, and Chapter 41's mandatory-recycling rule adds brush to the list of materials landfill users…

In Fitchburg, a property owner who fails to repair a leaking or broken water service pipe after written notice from the utility gets shut off until the repair is done, and every…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires anyone selling food, goods or services on a public street, alley or sidewalk to first obtain a vending license from the economic development director…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin (Dane County) requires anyone selling food, including mobile food carts and trucks, from a public street, alley or sidewalk to hold a vending license under City…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin confines licensed street vending to an assigned site no larger than 10 by 12 feet and bars it near fire hydrants, bus stops, crosswalks and any street adjacent to…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin tenants living in a building with an uncorrected rent-impairing code violation can force a hearing on rent abatement by filing a written request with the Building…

Fitchburg landlords who supply heat must keep every rental dwelling at 67 degrees Fahrenheit year-round with windows and doors closed, and hot water must reach at least 120 degrees but…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.17 sets the pre-eviction notice. For nonpayment of rent on a month-to-month tenancy or a lease of one year or less, the landlord gives a 5-day notice to pay or…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 and Act 317 prevent municipalities from limiting landlord-tenant relationships beyond state law, including any local just-cause eviction requirement. Eviction…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.05(2) lets a landlord enter only on advance notice and at reasonable times to inspect, repair, or show the unit. Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.09(2) makes that…

Under Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.19, either the landlord or tenant may end a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy with at least 28 days' written notice. If rent is payable on a basis less…

Wisconsin prohibits rent control statewide. Wis. Stat. § 66.1015 bars every city, village, town, and county from regulating the amount of rent charged for a residential rental unit…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 bars municipalities from requiring rental registration or licensing and limits inspection programs to designated districts with blight or code problems…

Wisconsin sets no statutory cap on the amount of a residential security deposit. After a tenancy ends, the landlord must mail or deliver the deposit, less lawful deductions, within 21…

Wisconsin recognizes three adverse-possession tracks. The default under Wis. Stat. Sec. 893.25 is 20 years of uninterrupted possession with no written instrument. Sec. 893.26 shortens…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin has no ordinance that singles out sitting or lying on a sidewalk. Instead, Fitchburg City Code § 74-22(11) and (14) declare lingering, unauthorized obstructions of…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin keeps marked bike lanes clear of motor vehicles: Fitchburg City Code § 68-237 makes it unlawful to stop, stand, or park any vehicle in a marked bicycle lane…

Wisconsin splits these two machines apart in the definitions and then treats them completely differently. A low-speed vehicle has a statewide right of the road: under Wis. Stat. s…

Anyone soliciting house to house for contributions, orders, or sales in unincorporated Dane County needs a Solicitor's Permit from the County Clerk first: fingerprints, a photo, and a…

Wisconsin has no legal recreational or medical marijuana dispensary program. State law prohibits cannabis sales, so no municipality can authorize dispensary operations through zoning…

Wisconsin prohibits all marijuana cultivation, including for personal use. Growing any cannabis plant is a felony under state controlled substances law. No municipality may authorize…

Wisconsin commercial drone operators follow FAA Part 107. Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities, and local governments cannot regulate flight…

Wisconsin has a partial drone framework: local governments generally cannot regulate drone flight, but Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities…

Wisconsin Statute 104.001 expressly preempts cities, villages, towns, and counties from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum, ensuring uniform wage rules across…

Wisconsin Statute 103.10 and 104.001 preempt local paid sick leave ordinances, blocking cities and counties from requiring private employers to provide paid time off beyond state and…

Wisconsin preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under Wis. Stat. 103.007, ensuring statewide uniformity for employer scheduling practices and forbidding…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0409 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities, villages, towns, and counties from enacting ordinances stricter than state law on possession…

Wisconsin permits adults at least 18 who are not prohibited persons to openly carry firearms in public without a permit, with statewide preemption blocking local restrictions on lawful…

Wisconsin Statute 941.23 makes carrying a concealed handgun in a vehicle without a CCW license a misdemeanor, while open carry and licensed concealed carry inside vehicles are lawful…

Wisconsin requires footings and foundations to sit below the frost penetration level or at least 48 inches below adjacent grade, whichever is deeper, so 48 inches is a floor, not a…

Wisconsin's dwelling code sets minimum roof snow loads from a state zone map and does not state a ground snow load at all, which is the opposite of how most states publish the figure.

Wisconsin bans gambling as a crime, but Wis. Stat. § 563.11(1) lets bona fide religious, charitable, service, fraternal, or veterans organizations apply to the Department of…

Wisconsin's gambling code has no carve-out for private social games. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1) defines 'bet' and lists eight exceptions, business deals, contest prizes, bingo, pari-mutuel…

Wisconsin has no commercial sportsbook law. Wis. Stat. § 945.02 makes placing any bet a Class B misdemeanor unless it fits a listed exception, and § 945.01(1)(h), added by 2025…

Wisconsin has no comprehensive non-condo HOA act. Condominium associations get a statutory assessment lien under Wis. Stat. § 703.165 that is foreclosed like a mortgage. Non-condo HOAs…

Wisconsin condominiums run through an association of unit owners under Wis. Stat. § 703.15, which sets meeting-notice, proxy, and voting rules. Non-condo HOAs are governed as nonstock…

Wisconsin overrides anti-solar and anti-wind HOA restrictions by statute. Wis. Stat. § 236.292 voids restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict solar or wind energy…

Wisconsin protects flag display through two separate statutes, and which one applies depends on whether you own a condominium unit or a lot in a covenanted subdivision. Wis. Stat. §…

Wisconsin sets no dollar cap on association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. For condominiums, Wis. Stat. § 703.24(2) makes a unit owner liable for any charges…

Only Wisconsin condominium associations hold a statutory collection lien. Wis. Stat. § 703.165(3) gives the association a lien for unpaid assessments if it files a statement of…

Wisconsin runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who lease. Wis. Stat. § 703.10(3) expressly authorizes condominium bylaws to carry any restriction on the use of the…

You will not meet an OWI checkpoint in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat. § 349.02(2)(a) forbids a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector from stopping…

Wisconsin is a one-party consent state. Wis. Stat. § 968.31(2)(c) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when…

Wisconsin has no general stop-and-identify offense. Wis. Stat. § 968.24 lets an officer who has first identified himself or herself as law enforcement stop you in a public place, for a…

Wisconsin is unusual in codifying the grounds for a search at all. Wis. Stat. § 968.10 says a search may be made and things seized only when it is incident to a lawful arrest, with…

Wisconsin Statute 134.66 bars selling cigarettes and tobacco to anyone under 18 and vapor products to anyone under 21. The federal Tobacco 21 law independently requires all tobacco and…

Wisconsin has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products; sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes remain lawful under Wis. Stat. 134.66 subject to…

Wisconsin's rule on extra lighting is a colour rule with a count attached. Wis. Stat. § 347.07(2) bars operating any vehicle on a highway displaying a colour other than white or amber…

Wisconsin never legislated dash cams, so the governing rule is the windshield rule, and Wisconsin's version is a closed list. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 305.34(6) bars any posters…

Wisconsin has never legislated lane splitting in either direction. The phrases "lane splitting" and "between lanes" appear nowhere in chs. 340 to 351, the whole Wisconsin Vehicle Code…

Wisconsin attacks plate covers from two directions. Wis. Stat. s. 341.61 (3) makes it an offence carrying a forfeiture of up to $500 to place any substance on a plate that hinders its…

A radar detector is lawful in a private car in Wisconsin. The phrase "radar detector" appears nowhere in the Wisconsin Statutes or the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and the equipment…

Wisconsin gives ordinary drivers no studded-tire season at all. Wis. Stat. s. 347.45 (2) bans any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance that projects…

Wisconsin puts its tint numbers in the Department of Transportation's equipment rules, not in the statute book. Aftermarket film on the vent and front side windows must still pass at…