Milwaukee County does not run a countywide blight-enforcement program for private homes. Blight, nuisance, and derelict-property rules are set and enforced by each city, village, or town under Wisconsin's home-rule powers, not by the county.
In Wisconsin, exterior property maintenance and blight enforcement are municipal functions exercised under home-rule authority (Wis. Stat. § 62.11 for cities, § 61.34 for villages). Milwaukee County has no general ordinance regulating the upkeep of private residential property in its 19 municipalities. The City of Milwaukee enforces blight and property standards through its Department of Neighborhood Services under Code of Ordinances Chapter 200, while suburbs such as Wauwatosa, West Allis, and Greenfield run their own code-enforcement offices. Wisconsin also lets municipalities declare and abate blighted property under Wis. Stat. § 66.1105 and § 66.1337. Residents should report a blighted property to the code office of the specific city, village, or town where it sits.
Penalties depend on local ordinance. In the City of Milwaukee, Chapter 200 violations bring an order to correct, daily forfeitures, and municipal court citations if uncorrected. Milwaukee County issues no blight citations for private homes.
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Wauwatosa, WI
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Wauwatosa, WI
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Wauwatosa, WI
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Wauwatosa, WI
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Wauwatosa, WI
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Wauwatosa, WI
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