Madison has no ordinance prohibiting backyard composting, and no permit is required. Compost simply cannot become a nuisance: property-maintenance rules require land to be free of odors, pests, rodents, and unsecured animal manure, and any bin creating a stench or infestation can be ordered abated.
The city code contains no composting-specific regulation, so home composting is permitted. However, it must be managed so it does not violate the nuisance-control article. Section 22-94 declares it unlawful for land not used for agriculture to hold animal manure that is not securely protected from insects and the elements, and Section 22-97 requires all land to be kept free of noxious or objectionable stench or odors and free from insect and rodent infestation and noxious pests. A compost pile that smells, attracts vermin, or draws complaints can be declared a nuisance and ordered abated.
A nuisance compost pile is enforced by notice to abate under Ch. 22; city may abate and lien costs; general penalty up to $500 and/or 12 months.
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