Mosinee, WI Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- BOCA Basic Housing Property Maintenance Code, adopted by reference
- Key section
- Sec. 42-1379, exterior building requirements
- Pest duty
- Sec. 42-1381 requires prompt extermination of infestations
- Enforcement
- Building inspector issues written correction order
- Appeal
- 15 days to appeal to board of public works
- Penalty
- $25-$500 first offense forfeiture, Sec. 1-13
Summary
The City of Mosinee adopted the BOCA Basic Housing Property Maintenance Code by reference under Sec. 42-1377, and Sec. 42-1379 sets a citywide maintenance floor for every dwelling, nondwelling and accessory structure: sound structural members, weathertight walls and roofs, functioning gutters, and secure doors and windows. The building inspector enforces it.
The Basic Housing Property Maintenance Code, as published by the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc., is adopted in its entirety by reference in this section. ... No person shall allow or permit any building, whether a dwelling, nondwelling or accessory on their property to deteriorate or remain in a condition that is not in accord with the following provisions of this section: ... (2)Structural members. All structural members shall be maintained free from deterioration and shall be capable of safely supporting the imposed dead and live loads.
Full Breakdown
, in its entirety by reference under Sec. 42-1377, originally by Ord. No. 90-9 in 1990. Sec. 42-1379, most recently amended by Ord. No. 2018-02 in 2018, spells out the exterior maintenance floor that applies to every dwelling, nondwelling and accessory building in the city: structural members must safely support imposed loads; exterior walls and foundations must be free of holes, cracks and rot and kept rodentproof and reasonably watertight; roofs and flashing must be sound and leak-free, with tarps and tarpaper barred as anything but a 60-day emergency cover; gutters and downspouts must be secured and functioning; porches, decks, stairs, handrails and guards must be structurally sound; doors, windows and basement hatchways must fit tightly and keep out animals and water; and peeling paint, cracked masonry and street-visible graffiti must be corrected.
Sec. 42-1381 layers on a pest-control duty requiring prompt extermination and follow-up precautions against reinfestation. Enforcement runs through the building inspector, who issues a written order under Sec. 42-1383 giving the owner or occupant a deadline to correct cited conditions; an owner who disagrees can appeal to the board of public works within 15 days and get a hearing within 15 days of the request.
Violations & Fines
Failure to correct a cited maintenance violation after a written order from the building inspector, and after the appeal period to the board of public works runs, exposes an owner to a citation under Sec. 1-13, the Code's general penalty: forfeitures of $25 to $500 for a first offense and $50 to $1,000 for a repeat offense within a year, plus prosecution costs, with jail up to 90 days (first) or six months (repeat) in default of payment. The city can also do the repair itself and special-charge the cost to the property's tax bill.
Frequently Asked Questions
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