Kenosha, WI

Kenosha bans parking commercial trucks, buses, recreational vehicles over 24 feet, and heavy construction equipment on residential property or residential streets for more than one…

When Kenosha's Director of Public Works declares a snow emergency, no vehicle may park on posted Snow Emergency Streets, triggered by 2 inches of snow in 24 hours, or on any City…

Kenosha bans parking on any street in hazardous spots such as near rail crossings, church and hospital entrances, and in the arc of a curve, and caps continuous street parking at 24…

Kenosha lets property occupants apply to the Common Council for a curbside loading zone, but charges an annual per-linear-foot fee that varies by hours of use and zoning district under…

Kenosha prohibits parking a recreational vehicle over 24 feet long on any public street, alley, or right-of-way in a residential zoning district between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. for…

Kenosha bars parking or storing RVs, campers, camping trailers and boats in the front yard or street-side yard of a residential lot unless they sit on the driveway apron, and bans…

A vehicle left unattended in violation of a parking restriction on any Kenosha public street or highway for 48 consecutive hours or more is deemed abandoned and a public nuisance. 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…

Kenosha caps ownership at three dogs, cats, or a combination of the two per household once the animals pass five months old, under Code of General Ordinances Section 14.013. Owners who…

Kenosha does not ban retail sale of dogs and cats or require adoption-only sourcing. Section 14.015 of the Code of General Ordinances requires any kennel or pet shop to hold an annual…

Kenosha allows up to four hens per licensed single-family lot under Section 14.02(B), but roosters, on-site slaughtering, and any coop within twenty-five feet of a neighbor's residence…

Kenosha does not restrict pets by breed. Instead, Section 14.075 lets the Kenosha County Public Health Department declare any individual animal 'dangerous' based on unprovoked attacks…

Kenosha bans letting a dog or cat 'run at large' anywhere in the City. City Code § 14.01.D.1 requires a secured leash of six feet or less on public property or on private property…

Kenosha does not require dog or cat owners to spay or neuter their pets. Instead, City Code § 14.01 sets a lower license tax for altered pets: $15.00 for a neutered or spayed dog or…

Section 14.02 of the Code of General Ordinances makes it unlawful to bring into, keep or maintain any wild animal or any animal that may endanger life or property anywhere in the City…

Kenosha bans keeping bees citywide except in the A-1 and A-2 agricultural zoning districts, where Section 14.02(A) of the Code of General Ordinances allows beekeeping only after…

Kenosha County treats animal hospitals, shelters, kennels and veterinary services as a conditional use in the B-2 Community Business District and B-5 District, not a by-right use…

Kenosha County's BP-1 Business Park District won't let a grooming shop operate under the 'Professional offices' principal use. Section 12.33.070(b)(20) lists accountants, attorneys…

Kenosha County requires any house cat entering a County park or park trail to stay on a leash no longer than 10 feet and to be properly licensed with current vaccinations. The rule…

Wisconsin prohibits baiting and feeding deer in counties with chronic wasting disease (CWD) or bovine TB under Wis. Stat. 29.336 and NR 10.07. The Department of Natural Resources…

Kenosha limits a home occupation's on-site identification to a single flush-mounted, nonilluminated nameplate under Section 15.11, capped at one square foot and one per occupancy. The…

Kenosha County allows home occupations and professional home offices only in districts whose regulations list them as permitted, and only after the owner gets a Certificate of…

Kenosha County controls home-business traffic through vehicle and group-size caps rather than a stand-alone visitor limit: no more than three vehicles tied to the business may be…

Kenosha County treats family day care serving eight or fewer children or adults as an automatically permitted home occupation, subject to every standard general home-occupation…

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…

Kenosha bans radios, stereos and sound amplifiers from creating a "noise disturbance" across a property line between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., caps noncommercial loudspeaker use overnight…

Kenosha bans keeping a dog whose loud, frequent or habitual barking, yelping or howling causes serious annoyance to the neighborhood. City Code § 14.01.C also forbids letting a fierce…

Kenosha bars modifying a vehicle's exhaust or intake muffler to increase its noise above factory level, and separately prohibits tire squealing, unnecessary horn use and engine racing…

Kenosha caps sound at the receiving property line under City Code § 23.06's Table 1: 60 dBA in residential, public-space, open-space, agricultural and institutional zones from 7 a.m…

Kenosha exempts construction sites, public utilities and public works projects from the Table 1 decibel limits only during daytime hours, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Monday through…

Kenosha's noise ordinance sets a citywide 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. quiet period during which radios, TVs, musical instruments and amplifiers cannot create a "noise disturbance" across a…

Kenosha allows recreational fires in outdoor fireplaces or fire pits under Code § 3.19(B)(5), but only with the property owner's permission, at least 15 feet from any building or lot…

Kenosha bans open burning citywide under Code § 3.19(B): "Open burning and sky lanterns are prohibited" except for narrow uses like welding, contained cooking fires kept 10 feet from…

Kenosha's Property Maintenance Code requires a functional smoke detector in every dwelling, dwelling unit and lodging room, with placement rules that get stricter by construction date…

Kenosha County Code § 9.01 adopts Wisconsin's fireworks statute, Wis. Stat. § 167.10, in full, replacing its penalty with a county forfeiture of $100 to $2,000 per violation. Anyone…

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…

Kenosha caps grass and weeds at eight inches on any lot a person owns, occupies, or controls, including the parkway strip abutting the street. Code of General Ordinances Section 5.117…

Kenosha bars removing a protected tree, a tree three inches or more in diameter at 54 inches from grade, on qualifying lots without a Tree Protection Permit from the City Forester. The…

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"…

Kenosha exempts one-story residential sheds, playhouses and similar accessory buildings of 120 square feet or less from a Building Code permit, but requires a permit for any size…

Kenosha County limits who can live in an Accessory Living Unit: the occupant must be a resident related by blood, marriage or adoption to the resident of the main single-family…

Kenosha County permits one Accessory Living Unit per single-family home, capped at 600 square feet and two occupants, with no separate address, driveway or utility meters, only in the…

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…

Kenosha requires a Retaining Wall Permit with licensed civil engineer approval for any retaining wall taller than five feet; walls of five feet or less are exempt under the Building…

In Kenosha County's unincorporated towns, most new, moved, or rebuilt fences need a zoning permit under Section 12.19.010, except the specific exempt fence types listed in Section…

Section 12.19.030(a) flatly bans any residential fence or wall that incorporates barbed wire in unincorporated Kenosha County towns, while Section 12.19.030(c) flips the rule inside…

In unincorporated county towns, Section 12.19.030(a) caps residential fences and walls at 6 feet in the side and rear yard, 4 feet in the street (front) yard, and just 2 feet inside…

Wisconsin Chapter 90 governs partition (line) fences between adjoining owners of farming or grazing land. Adjoining owners generally share the cost equally, and town fence viewers…

Every swimming pool, hot tub and spa in Kenosha needs a Building Code permit under Section 9.18, an applicant holding a Wisconsin Master Electrician's License, and a final inspection…

Kenosha requires a 48-inch to 6-foot self-closing, self-latching fence around any pool, hot tub or spa two feet deep or more under Section 9.18.E, with narrow exceptions for tall pool…

Anyone operating a hotel, motel, or tourist rooming house, including a short-term rental that meets that state definition, in unincorporated Kenosha County must get a license from the…

Tourist rooming house and hotel/motel operators in unincorporated Kenosha County pay a county license fee posted on the Division of Health's fee schedule plus any separate Wisconsin…

Kenosha runs a dedicated Stormwater Utility under Chapter VIII of its Code, billing every property an Equivalent Hydraulic Unit charge based on impervious surface, with credits up to…

Kenosha requires an Erosion Control Permit before any land-disturbing construction activity begins, and no Building Permit will issue without one. The Director of Public Works, acting…

Kenosha County requires the lowest floor of any rebuilt or elevated structure in the floodplain, including the basement, to sit at or above the base flood elevation, and floodproofed…

Kenosha County regulates development in FEMA-mapped floodplains under County Code § 12.37.010, banning virtually all new structures, dumping, filling, and storage of buoyant or…

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…

Kenosha requires state certification under Wis. Stats. § 101.862 and a City permit before installing electrical wiring, adopts SPS 316 and the National Electrical Code by reference…

Kenosha's Property Maintenance Code requires at least one carbon monoxide detector in every single-family building and mandates additional detectors near fuel-burning appliances and…

Kenosha requires a Building Code permit before any construction, alteration, or system work begins: Code § 9.06(A) covers anyone who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair…

Kenosha requires a permit before installing, altering, or replacing any plumbing system, issued by the Department of City Inspections under Code of General Ordinances Section 9.06. The…

Kenosha's alcohol code makes it illegal to consume alcohol on public thoroughfares or in a licensed establishment's parking lot and bars licensees from permitting off-premises…

Kenosha classifies public urination and defecation as an 'Objectionable Condition' under its Business Nuisance ordinance, § 13.15. Businesses that let three such incidents occur on…

Kenosha's loitering ordinance does not police general public idling; Section 11.034 narrowly targets loitering for drug activity, making it unlawful to loiter or drive in any public…

Kenosha decriminalized simple marijuana possession into a $1 municipal forfeiture, but Section 11.146 raises the stakes for using it in public: anyone convicted of possessing marijuana…

Kenosha bans smoking, including vaping, in specific outdoor public spaces: pool deck areas under Code § 6.02(C)(15) and the fenced Petzke Park playground under § 6.02(D)(2), on top of…

Kenosha pedestrians may not cross between adjacent signalized intersections except in marked crosswalks, enter against a "Don't Walk" signal, or walk along a roadway where sidewalks…

Kenosha bans skateboards, scooters, and roller skates from any street, alley, highway, or thoroughfare intended for motor vehicles (except in marked crosswalks), from private property…

Kenosha does not carve out a separate rule for aggressive panhandling: Section 11.02.O of the disorderly conduct chapter makes it unlawful to beg or receive alms in any public place…

Section 15.15 of Kenosha's sign code allows Digital Display Off-Premises Signs but requires each message to hold for at least six seconds and change in one second or less, bans…

Kenosha's Sign Code lets window signs go up without a size cap, but only in commercial and industrial zones. Table 1 of Chapter XV marks window signs "PERMITTED" in the B-1/B-2/B-3, IP…

Wisconsin protects the display of political signs on private property. Wis. Stat. 12.04 limits how municipalities may restrict residential political signs, and Wis. Stat. 12.13(3)(h)…

Kenosha's Property Maintenance Code lets the Code Official close and secure any structure found unsafe, unfit for occupancy or vacant substandard, and bill the cost back to the…

Kenosha requires the owner or occupant of any property abutting a sidewalk to clear snow and ice within 24 hours after a snowfall ends. Ice that cannot be removed must be treated with…

Kenosha residents can bar door-to-door peddlers and solicitors by posting a sign at their property. City Code § 13.037 makes it unlawful to peddle or solicit on private property once…

Kenosha requires anyone selling goods, food, or services door-to-door for profit to obtain a $250 peddler's license from the City Clerk. Peddling in a residential area without a…

Kenosha requires wreckers who tow vehicles at the Police Department's request, including disabled, abandoned, illegally parked or evidence vehicles, to hold a City towing license under…

Kenosha requires a Common Council license before anyone may operate a massage establishment or practice massage or bodywork for pay. City Code § 13.125 sets a $100 annual fee, a…

Kenosha requires anyone lending money on pledged goods to hold a $1,000-a-year pawnbroker's license and post a $500 bond. Every pawned or purchased item must sit on the shop's premises…

Selling cigarettes or tobacco products in Kenosha requires a Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retailer License under Section 13.09.B: no one may sell, expose for sale or give away…

Kenosha's general code does not set a separate adult-business permit or spacing rule of its own; instead Section 11.085 makes it unlawful for anyone in control of an Adult Use, as that…

Kenosha licenses secondhand article dealers separately from secondhand jewelry dealers, at $100 and $500 a year respectively. Purchased secondhand articles must sit unaltered on the…

Kenosha County requires a Division of Health license to operate a tattoo, body piercing, or combined establishment, and a separate state practitioner license for anyone who actually…

Kenosha treats illegal dumping as disorderly conduct: Section 11.02.U bars throwing, placing or depositing debris, rubbish, grass clippings or waste on private property without the…

Kenosha requires occupants of single-family and small residential buildings to separate aluminum, glass, paper, rigid plastics, electronics, and other recyclables from trash under City…

Kenosha's automated waste and recycling carts must go out in the street right-of-way between the sidewalk and curb, wheels facing the house, at least three feet from any obstruction…

Large items that do not fit inside a Kenosha waste cart, like mattresses, appliances or furniture, go out only through a prearranged Special Pickup under Sec. 5.06(J). Each residential…

Kenosha collects yard waste, leaves, grass clippings and garden debris, curbside for six weeks each spring and eight weeks each fall under Sec. 5.119(L)(4). Bags must be City-approved…

The City of Kenosha collects residential waste once a week and recycling once every two weeks from every building of four units or fewer, under Sec. 5.06(G)(1)(a). Collecting or…

Placing a construction or demolition dumpster in a Kenosha street requires a Street Opening/Occupying Permit from Public Works, liability insurance, and compliance with curb, hydrant…

Kenosha caps rummage and garage sales at six calendar days per year under Section 11.149: sales must stick to personal property, cannot run more than six days in a calendar year…

Festivals, fairs, and markets in Kenosha fall under the same Special Event Permit as parades. Any vendor selling food, goods, or services at the event, or even just interacting with…

Kenosha residents who want to close a residential street for a block party need a Street Party Permit under Sec. 5.04(Y)(2). A majority of property owners on the block must sign the…

Kenosha requires a Board of Park Commissioners or Superintendent of Parks permit before anyone can hold a gathering of 250 or more people, reserve an athletic field or picnic area, run…

Restaurants, coffee shops and similar food businesses that want tables on a Kenosha sidewalk, right-of-way or public property need an annual Outdoor Dining Area Permit from the…

Kenosha requires a Special Event Permit for any parade, march, or ceremony that uses City streets or property and draws public participation. Applications go to the Department of…

A stationary sidewalk vending stand in Kenosha needs Common Council permission under the peddler's-stand rules, not just a peddler license. Stands can only operate 9:00 a.m. to 8:00…

Wisconsin requires all food trucks to be licensed as Mobile Retail Food Establishments under Wis. Stat. ch. 97 and ATCP 75. State licensing is uniform statewide, though local zoning…

Kenosha requires all outdoor residential lighting to be aimed and shielded so it does not create glare or a nuisance for neighbors, under Code § 4.07(A)(1); fixtures rated 5 watts or…

Kenosha caps how much light can spill across a property line: fixtures over 1,000 initial lumens must be full cutoff or shielded so there is no direct line of sight to the lamp or its…

Kenosha's declared policy puts the cost of keeping public sidewalks in repair on the abutting property owner, not the City. City Code Section 5.116 lets the City Engineer's Sidewalk…

Placing any banner, sign, decoration or physical obstruction in a Kenosha public right-of-way requires written permission from the Director of Public Works under Code of General…

Kenosha caps how far a permitted sidewalk obstruction, such as a display rack or outdoor table, can intrude into the public right-of-way. Section 5.045(C) limits placement to sidewalks…

Kenosha closes its City Parks to the public between 10:00 p.m. and sunrise under Code Section 6.02(A)(19). The Superintendent of Parks can grant written permission for individuals or…

Kenosha bars minors under eighteen from public places between 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and between midnight and 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, under Section…

Kenosha's bicycle code requires riders to control speed and avoid collisions while using a bicycle lane, and bicycles may ride two abreast within a single lane where traffic runs in…

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…

Kenosha's public nuisance code declares any building, container, or structure that gives rodents or insects refuge from disturbance a public nuisance outright. Property owners must…

Kenosha bans drone flying, model rocket launching, and remote-controlled vehicles or aircraft in or over its designated Nature Areas, Poerio Nature Center and the Phil Sanders Nature…

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…

Kenosha's fire code treats backyard grills as regulated open burning: outdoor cooking fires must burn in a metal, concrete, or brick device built for cooking and stay at least 10 feet…

Kenosha imposes an 8% room tax on hotels, motels and other transient lodging under City Code § 2.16, collected monthly by the City Clerk/Treasurer. Any operator furnishing rooms to…

Kenosha County's R-1 Rural Residential District caps buildings at 35 feet under County Code § 12.32.010(f), the base height standard for unincorporated towns that have adopted county…

Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 115 sets uniform impervious surface coverage limits for shoreland properties statewide. Counties must adopt these standards, typically capping coverage…

Wisconsin Statute § 59.692 and Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 115 establish uniform statewide shoreland zoning standards including setback requirements from navigable waters…

Kenosha County zoning does not restrict decorative lawn features: County Code § 12.38.020(p) lets sun dials, ornamental lights, birdbaths and similar landscape items sit in any…

Kenosha County requires a formal 'Design Guidelines' document before it will create a Town Center Overlay District under County Code § 12.37.070, covering architecture, landscaping…

Kenosha County designates landmarks and historic areas as a Historical Overlay District under County Code § 12.37.020, applying only in the unincorporated towns where county zoning…

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 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…

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…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.07 makes the landlord keep structural elements, common areas, and equipment supplying heat, water, and other services in a reasonable state of repair. If the…

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…

Wisconsin's Working Lands Initiative under Statute 91 establishes farmland preservation zoning districts, certifies county and local plans, and offers income tax credits to farmers in…

Wisconsin Statute 823.08 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits by neighbors, requiring courts to dismiss claims unless the farm substantially threatens…

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…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0401 broadly preempts municipalities and counties from restricting solar and wind energy systems unless restrictions serve specific public health, safety, or…

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…