Little Chute, WI Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- Dilapidated, dangerous, unfit building
- Ordered by
- Village board
- Remedy
- Repair or raze, owner's choice
- State authority
- Wis. Stat. § 66.0413
Summary
The Little Chute village board can order the owner of any building it judges dangerous, unsafe or unfit for occupancy to repair it or raze and remove it, with the owner choosing repair when the building can be made safe.
Whenever the village board finds any building or part thereof within the village to be, in their judgment, so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human occupancy or use and so that it would be unreasonable to repair the same, they shall order the owner to raze and remove such building or part thereof or, if it can be made safe by repairs, to repair and make safe and sanitary, or to raze and remove at the owner's option. Such order and proceedings shall be provided in Wis. Stats. § 66.0413.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 18 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
Village Code § 8-17 lets the Little Chute village board order the owner of any building, or part of one, it judges 'so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe, unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human occupancy or use', and unreasonable to repair, to raze and remove it, or, where repair can make it safe, to repair and make it safe and sanitary, or raze at the owner's own option. A companion rule at § 8-20 targets vacant buildings with exposed, unsecured openings, giving owners 30 days' notice to secure the structure before the same raze-or-repair process applies. Formal order procedures follow Wis. Stat. § 66.0413.
Violations & Fines
Noncompliance with a village board raze-or-repair order proceeds under Wis. Stat. § 66.0413; unsecured vacant buildings under § 8-20 face the same process, with abatement costs and attorney's fees billed to the owner as a special charge against the property.
Frequently Asked Questions
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