Weed control in Milwaukee County runs on Wisconsin's statewide noxious-weed law, Wis. Stat. sec. 66.0407, enforced by each municipality's weed commissioner. The county does not run a resident weed-enforcement program; landowners must destroy noxious weeds, and the local commissioner can abate and bill.
Milwaukee County does not operate its own residential weed-enforcement ordinance. Wisconsin's noxious-weed system is statewide under Wis. Stat. 66.0407, which requires a person owning, occupying, or controlling land to destroy all noxious weeds on it. Noxious weeds include Canada thistle, leafy spurge, field bindweed, weeds designated by the Department of Natural Resources, and any weed a municipality or county board declares noxious. Enforcement runs through the local weed commissioner: under Wis. Stat. 66.0517 each mayor, village president, or town chair may appoint a commissioner who investigates weeds and, if a landowner neglects to destroy them, destroys them and may enter the land without trespass liability, charging the cost as a special tax against the parcel.
A landowner who fails to destroy noxious weeds may have them destroyed by the municipal weed commissioner under Wis. Stat. 66.0517, with cost recovered from the owner and, if unpaid, placed on the tax roll as a special charge.
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