Rothschild, WI

Rothschild caps grass and weeds at six inches in height on maintained lawn areas as part of its property maintenance code. Violators get a written notice with at least 48 non-business…

Rothschild requires trees, shrubs, and other plants overhanging a public street or alley to be trimmed for at least 14 feet of clearance, and 10 feet over a sidewalk, under § 505-10B…

Removing, trimming, or altering a tree or shrub in a Rothschild public right-of-way or public area requires a Village Forester permit under § 505-8. Oak trees anywhere in the Village…

Wisconsin has no statute banning rainwater harvesting. Under Wis. Stat. 145.01(10)(br)1, a rainwater gutter or downspout is expressly excluded from the legal definition of "plumbing"…

Rothschild allows a home occupation as a permitted accessory use in its R-1 Single-Family Residential District, but only one that meets the Village's definitional test: customary…

Marathon County caps home occupation and home professional business signage at one sign, with no other outward evidence of the business permitted under the county's zoning code.

Marathon County restricts traffic and parking generated by a home occupation or home professional business to no more than what's normal for a residential neighborhood, with no numeric…

Marathon County zoning treats home daycare separately from home businesses: a Type A Day Care Home covers four to eight children and a Type B covers nine to 15, both allowed in an…

Wisconsin has only one cottage food exemption written into its statutes, and it is narrow. Wis. Stat. § 97.29(2)(b)2. lets you sell home-canned pickles and other processed fruits or…

Wisconsin has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and it has no exemption that lets you cook meals in your own kitchen and sell them. Wis. Stat. § 97.30(2)(a) requires…

Rothschild bans transmitting or producing music by loudspeaker, amplifier, or similar device outside any building, or from inside a building or vehicle so the sound carries outside…

In Rothschild's residential zones, power tools must go quiet by 9 p.m. and stay quiet until 6 a.m., while lawn mowers, vehicle work, and musical instrument practice share a wider 9…

Construction equipment in Rothschild can run only between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., a village-wide rule under Code § 422-21.E that applies in every zoning district, not only residential…

Rothschild treats any noise measuring 85 dB(A) or more at the complainant's property line as presumptively unreasonable in residential zones, and applies the same 85 dB(A) threshold to…

Rothschild bars working on vehicles, revving engines, or other unnecessary vehicle noise in residential zones between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., and separately bans unmuffled jake brakes…

Rothschild bars keeping any animal that habitually howls, yelps, barks or wails so as to disturb other people, under Village Code § 195-23. Licensed animal hospitals treating animals…

Rothschild limits accessory structures like sheds and detached garages under Village Code § 590-96.1: only one detached garage per lot, no pole or post-frame construction, metal…

Marathon County zoning flatly bars using a detached garage, shed, or other accessory building as a separate dwelling unit, and residential lots are capped at one house anyway.

Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code (Wis. Stat. ch. 101 and SPS 320-325) sets statewide construction standards for one- and two-family dwellings, including tiny homes built as permanent…

Rothschild bans beekeeping outright: Village Code § 422-28 makes it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep bees anywhere in the Village, with no residential-zone…

Rothschild limits pet ownership to four adult dogs and/or cats combined per single-family home and two adult dogs and/or cats combined per multifamily unit, unless the property is…

Rothschild makes it unlawful to let a dog, cat or other animal run at large anywhere off its owner's property, under Village Code § 195-19. An animal is 'at large' unless it is on a…

Rothschild bans keeping any poisonous, dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile within the Village, then lists more than two dozen specific prohibited species from apes and big…

Rothschild bans keeping chickens and other livestock-type animals, including horses, mules, ponies, donkeys, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, and fur-bearing animals, anywhere in the Village…

Wisconsin prohibits baiting and feeding deer in counties with chronic wasting disease (CWD) or bovine TB under Wis. Stat. 29.336 and NR 10.07. The Department of Natural Resources…

Any commercial, business or industrial lot in Rothschild must provide an off-street loading area under Village Code § 590-86. Loading areas must be at least 60 feet long and 12 feet…

Rothschild lets homeowners park boats, campers, ATVs, snowmobiles and motor homes in residential yards, but not in the front yard of the living area unless parked on a driveway, and…

Rothschild bars storing or parking commercial vehicles in residential districts, with a single exception for one pickup or van driven by the person who lives there, under § 524-11D(6)…

Rothschild's Village President, Public Works Administrator, or Police Chief can declare a snow removal emergency barring all street and alley parking for its duration under § 524-13…

Rothschild treats any vehicle left unattended for more than 48 hours on a public street or 30 days on private property as abandoned and a public nuisance under § 520-1. Section 520-2…

Rothschild caps alley parking at 30 minutes and bars leaving any nonmotorized vehicle, trailer, or unlicensed vehicle standing on a street, alley, or sidewalk at any time under §…

From November 1 through April 1, Rothschild bars parking on any public street between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. under § 524-11A, an ordinance built around winter snow removal. Signs at…

Wisconsin caps what a towing service may charge you after a nonconsensual tow from private property. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 319.03(1) limits removal to $150 regardless of the…

A Rothschild fence permit turns on height and location under Village Code § 590-95D(1): fences under four feet outside the front or street yard need no permit, but any fence in a front…

Rothschild does not set a retaining wall height cap, but Village Code § 590-94 requires written consent from the abutting property owner and Planning and Zoning Commission approval…

Rothschild caps residential front and street-yard fences at four feet with at least 50% transparency and an 18-inch setback under Village Code § 590-95. Side and rear yard fences on…

Rothschild bans wire mesh, barbed wire and electrified fencing on residential lots under Village Code § 590-95B(1)(a); only wood, stone, brick, vinyl, wrought iron and chain link are…

Wisconsin Chapter 90 governs partition (line) fences between adjoining owners of farming or grazing land. Adjoining owners generally share the cost equally, and town fence viewers…

Rothschild's Zoning Code lists pools among the structures needing a village permit before construction begins, and its separate Swimming Pool chapter forces every outdoor pool 18…

Every outdoor private swimming pool in Rothschild needs a fence or wall at least four feet high with no gaps larger than four inches, plus self-closing, self-latching gates…

Rothschild adopts Wisconsin's SPS 328 smoke and carbon monoxide detector code by reference and layers its own testing rule on top: every smoke detector, battery or hardwired, must be…

Open burning in Rothschild takes a District permit under Chapter 306's Article VIII, is limited to the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., and is banned outright whenever wind speed tops…

Backyard fire pits and rings in Rothschild are exempt from the outdoor burning permit as long as they stay within 36 inches across, sit at least 20 feet from any structure or 10 feet…

Wis. Stat. §167.10 requires a user's permit for nearly all consumer fireworks (firecrackers, bottle rockets, Roman candles, mortars, aerial repeaters). Permits are issued by the mayor…

Wisconsin uniformly regulates propane storage, installation, and handling under Wis. Admin. Code SPS 340, adopting NFPA 58 statewide and preempting inconsistent local rules through…

Wisconsin DNR designates statewide Fire Protection Areas under Wis. Stat. § 26.11 where the agency holds primary wildfire suppression authority and enforces stricter ignition rules…

Wis. Stat. §66.1014 preempts local STR bans for stays of 7 consecutive days or more. Hosts renting more than 10 nights per year must hold a Tourist Rooming House license from Wisconsin…

Wisconsin requires short-term rental hosts to collect state sales tax and any local room tax. Wis. Stat. § 66.0615 governs municipal room taxes and caps maximum rates absent…

Rothschild's social host ordinance makes it unlawful to host or allow a gathering of three or more people at any residence or property, public or private, where underage possession or…

Rothschild bans possessing 25 grams or less of marijuana or THC anywhere in the Village, public or private, unless it came from a valid prescription. Violators face the Village's…

Rothschild's ordinance bars loitering or prowling in a way that alarms a reasonable person for the safety of people or property nearby, and separately bars lingering on private…

Marathon County bans smoking in, or within 50 feet of, county park playgrounds, sports fields and seating, swimming areas, and the Marathon County Sports Complex under Section 19.03(8).

Rothschild's Chief of Police sets the hours during which Village parks close to the public, and the hours must be posted at the park. No one may be inside a park once it closes for the…

Rothschild bars minors from public places between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday through Thursday nights, and from 12:01 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. Parents…

Rothschild caps garage and rummage sales at three per year per property and limits each sale to 72 consecutive hours, with a mandatory 30-day gap before the next one. Sales must run…

Rothschild confines adult-oriented businesses to the I-1 Light Industrial and I-2 Heavy Industrial districts as a conditional use only, and imposes a 1,000-foot separation from homes…

Selling cigarettes, tobacco products or vapor products in Rothschild takes a Village-issued retailer license under the state law the Village has adopted by reference, § 258-1. The…

Rothschild requires every property owner to eliminate rat harborages, store waste in ratproof containers, and ratproof buildings with hardware cloth or similar material. Anyone finding…

Rothschild residents may not put garbage containers at the curb before the evening before collection day, and must pull them back within 24 hours after pickup. Between collections…

Rothschild requires every household and business to separate 17 categories of recyclables from the trash, from lead-acid batteries and waste oil to glass, paper, and rigid plastics…

Rothschild does not curbside-collect bulky items like furniture and major appliances. Village Code Section 464-5 requires bulky materials to be broken down to fit inside your regular…

Rothschild does not collect yard waste curbside. Village Code Section 464-19 requires it to go to the designated Compost Site, imported yard waste from outside the Village is banned…

Dumping solid waste or recyclable material in a Rothschild street, alley or public place is unlawful under Village Code Section 464-25. Most violations of the Village's recycling…

Rothschild's Solid Waste chapter puts garbage collection under Village Board supervision, run day-to-day by the Public Works Administrator, and ties curbside timing to the regular…

New development in Rothschild must cut post-construction runoff pollution by 80 percent and control peak flows for the 2-, 10- and 100-year storm before a post-construction runoff…

Rothschild requires an approved erosion and sediment control plan and a permit from the Administrator of Public Works before any land disturbing activity of an acre or more begins…

In Rothschild's floodfringe zoning district, new homes and substantial home improvements must have their lowest floor built up on fill to or above the flood protection elevation…

Wisconsin's NR 115 sets minimum shoreland zoning standards along navigable waters, and the Public Trust Doctrine protects Great Lakes shores. Counties must adopt rules at least as…

Wisconsin requires every county, city, and village with mapped floodplains to adopt floodplain zoning meeting NR 116 minimums. Local ordinances must be approved by the DNR and cannot…

Rothschild allows electronic reader boards and changeable-message signs, exempting them from the Village's ban on flashing or moving signs. Every electronic sign still needs a Zoning…

Rothschild caps every window sign at 50% of the individual window's glass area under Village Code § 590-176D. Window signs are a permitted sign type in commercial, business and office…

Marathon County requires temporary garage, yard, and estate sale signs to come down on the sale's last day, and bars placing them in the public right-of-way.

Marathon County exempts holiday decorations from its exterior lighting standards while they're in season, freeing seasonal displays from the shielding, wattage, and intensity limits…

Wisconsin protects the display of political signs on private property. Wis. Stat. 12.04 limits how municipalities may restrict residential political signs, and Wis. Stat. 12.13(3)(h)…

The Village of Rothschild pays the full cost of building a new sidewalk, but after that the Village and the abutting property owner each cover 50% of repair and maintenance costs…

Rothschild bans placing building materials, rubbish, or displayed goods on a public sidewalk or street without a Village Board permit. Village Code Section 470-5 also prohibits…

Placing poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other equipment in a Rothschild street, sidewalk or other public right-of-way requires a Village permit under Code § 184-1. Owners apply on…

Rothschild property owners and occupants have 24 hours after a snowfall ends to clear the abutting sidewalk of snow and ice. Village Code Section 470-6 also bans piling snow on streets…

Rothschild requires every owner to keep buildings and yards free of nuisances and hazards, and bars any structure from showing "progressive deterioration" that drags down the…

New commercial, industrial and multifamily development in Rothschild must use dark-sky-compliant, shielded, downward-directed lighting under Village Code § 590-118F(1)(a). Parking lot…

Rothschild bars glare and light spilling beyond a property line villagewide under Village Code § 590-36, requiring exposed light sources to be shielded so they aren't visible outside…

Rothschild requires every building or accessory structure, including sheds, parking structures, and fences, to sit at least 75 feet back from the ordinary high-water mark of the…

Primary buildings in Rothschild's residential zoning districts cannot exceed 35 feet in above-grade height once erected or structurally altered. The same 35-foot cap repeats word for…

Marathon County's Table 2 caps building footprint at 15 to 30 percent of lot area depending on zoning district, calculated as total structure square footage divided by lot area, and…

Rothschild imposes an 8.0% room tax on the gross receipts of hotels, motels and any other operator renting rooms or lodging to transients, effective January 1, 2017. The Village…

Rothschild requires a state uniform building permit before building any one- or two-family dwelling, issued through the Village and filed with the Village Clerk, under Code § 234-2…

Rothschild bars door-to-door sellers from calling before 9 a.m. or after 9 p.m. without an appointment, and from calling at any home posted with a "No Peddlers" or "No Solicitors" sign…

Peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants must register with the Village Clerk before going door to door in Rothschild under Chapter 271's direct seller ordinance. Registration…

Rothschild bans hibachis, grills and similar cooking or heating devices from balconies, overhangs and within 10 feet of any structure at multifamily buildings of three or more units…

Restaurant patios and sidewalk cafes in unincorporated Marathon County towns need a right-of-way use permit, must leave a 5-foot clear walkway, and can't obstruct visibility or utility…

Any gathering of 5,000 or more people in Marathon County's unincorporated area, including parades, races, and festivals, needs an Assembly Permit from Conservation, Planning and…

Anyone wanting to hold a public meeting or gathering in a Marathon County park must get a Parks Commission permit at least 48 hours ahead, under Section 19.02 of the county code.

Marathon County requires peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants to register with the County Clerk, pass a Sheriff's Department background check, and post a bond before selling…

Wisconsin requires all food trucks to be licensed as Mobile Retail Food Establishments under Wis. Stat. ch. 97 and ATCP 75. State licensing is uniform statewide, though local zoning…

Solar energy systems are allowed by right in every Marathon County zoning district but need a zoning permit and a to-scale site plan approved by the Zoning Administrator before…

Wisconsin does not merely limit what a homeowners' association may say about solar. Wis. Stat. § 236.292(2) declares that all restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly…

Marathon County shields farmland from sprawl through its General Agriculture (G-A) and Farmland Preservation (F-P) zoning districts, but county zoning only applies in unincorporated…

Wisconsin Statute 823.08 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits by neighbors, requiring courts to dismiss claims unless the farm substantially threatens…

Wisconsin has no legal recreational or medical marijuana dispensary program. State law prohibits cannabis sales, so no municipality can authorize dispensary operations through zoning…

Wisconsin prohibits all marijuana cultivation, including for personal use. Growing any cannabis plant is a felony under state controlled substances law. No municipality may authorize…

Wisconsin commercial drone operators follow FAA Part 107. Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities, and local governments cannot regulate flight…

Wisconsin has a partial drone framework: local governments generally cannot regulate drone flight, but Wis. Stat. 114.045 sets state no-fly zones over prisons, schools, and utilities…

Wisconsin Statute 104.001 expressly preempts cities, villages, towns, and counties from establishing a minimum wage higher than the state minimum, ensuring uniform wage rules across…

Wisconsin Statute 103.10 and 104.001 preempt local paid sick leave ordinances, blocking cities and counties from requiring private employers to provide paid time off beyond state and…

Wisconsin preempts local predictive scheduling and fair workweek ordinances under Wis. Stat. 103.007, ensuring statewide uniformity for employer scheduling practices and forbidding…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0409 broadly preempts local firearm regulation, barring cities, villages, towns, and counties from enacting ordinances stricter than state law on possession…

Wisconsin permits adults at least 18 who are not prohibited persons to openly carry firearms in public without a permit, with statewide preemption blocking local restrictions on lawful…

Wisconsin Statute 941.23 makes carrying a concealed handgun in a vehicle without a CCW license a misdemeanor, while open carry and licensed concealed carry inside vehicles are lawful…

Wisconsin requires footings and foundations to sit below the frost penetration level or at least 48 inches below adjacent grade, whichever is deeper, so 48 inches is a floor, not a…

Wisconsin's dwelling code sets minimum roof snow loads from a state zone map and does not state a ground snow load at all, which is the opposite of how most states publish the figure.

Wisconsin bans gambling as a crime, but Wis. Stat. § 563.11(1) lets bona fide religious, charitable, service, fraternal, or veterans organizations apply to the Department of…

Wisconsin's gambling code has no carve-out for private social games. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1) defines 'bet' and lists eight exceptions, business deals, contest prizes, bingo, pari-mutuel…

Wisconsin has no commercial sportsbook law. Wis. Stat. § 945.02 makes placing any bet a Class B misdemeanor unless it fits a listed exception, and § 945.01(1)(h), added by 2025…

Wisconsin has no comprehensive non-condo HOA act. Condominium associations get a statutory assessment lien under Wis. Stat. § 703.165 that is foreclosed like a mortgage. Non-condo HOAs…

Wisconsin condominiums run through an association of unit owners under Wis. Stat. § 703.15, which sets meeting-notice, proxy, and voting rules. Non-condo HOAs are governed as nonstock…

Wisconsin overrides anti-solar and anti-wind HOA restrictions by statute. Wis. Stat. § 236.292 voids restrictions on platted land that prevent or unduly restrict solar or wind energy…

Wisconsin protects flag display through two separate statutes, and which one applies depends on whether you own a condominium unit or a lot in a covenanted subdivision. Wis. Stat. §…

Wisconsin sets no dollar cap on association fines and requires no hearing before one is imposed. For condominiums, Wis. Stat. § 703.24(2) makes a unit owner liable for any charges…

Only Wisconsin condominium associations hold a statutory collection lien. Wis. Stat. § 703.165(3) gives the association a lien for unpaid assessments if it files a statement of…

Wisconsin runs the opposite way from states that shield owners who lease. Wis. Stat. § 703.10(3) expressly authorizes condominium bylaws to carry any restriction on the use of the…

You will not meet an OWI checkpoint in Wisconsin. Wis. Stat. § 349.02(2)(a) forbids a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, traffic officer or motor vehicle inspector from stopping…

Wisconsin is a one-party consent state. Wis. Stat. § 968.31(2)(c) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication when…

Wisconsin has no general stop-and-identify offense. Wis. Stat. § 968.24 lets an officer who has first identified himself or herself as law enforcement stop you in a public place, for a…

Wisconsin is unusual in codifying the grounds for a search at all. Wis. Stat. § 968.10 says a search may be made and things seized only when it is incident to a lawful arrest, with…

Wisconsin splits these two machines apart in the definitions and then treats them completely differently. A low-speed vehicle has a statewide right of the road: under Wis. Stat. s…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.17 sets the pre-eviction notice. For nonpayment of rent on a month-to-month tenancy or a lease of one year or less, the landlord gives a 5-day notice to pay or…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.07 makes the landlord keep structural elements, common areas, and equipment supplying heat, water, and other services in a reasonable state of repair. If the…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 and Act 317 prevent municipalities from limiting landlord-tenant relationships beyond state law, including any local just-cause eviction requirement. Eviction…

Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.05(2) lets a landlord enter only on advance notice and at reasonable times to inspect, repair, or show the unit. Wis. Admin. Code ATCP 134.09(2) makes that…

Under Wis. Stat. Sec. 704.19, either the landlord or tenant may end a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy with at least 28 days' written notice. If rent is payable on a basis less…

Wisconsin prohibits rent control statewide. Wis. Stat. § 66.1015 bars every city, village, town, and county from regulating the amount of rent charged for a residential rental unit…

Wisconsin Statute 66.0104 bars municipalities from requiring rental registration or licensing and limits inspection programs to designated districts with blight or code problems…

Wisconsin sets no statutory cap on the amount of a residential security deposit. After a tenancy ends, the landlord must mail or deliver the deposit, less lawful deductions, within 21…

Wisconsin recognizes three adverse-possession tracks. The default under Wis. Stat. Sec. 893.25 is 20 years of uninterrupted possession with no written instrument. Sec. 893.26 shortens…

Wisconsin Statute 134.66 bars selling cigarettes and tobacco to anyone under 18 and vapor products to anyone under 21. The federal Tobacco 21 law independently requires all tobacco and…

Wisconsin has not enacted a statewide ban on flavored tobacco or vapor products; sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes remain lawful under Wis. Stat. 134.66 subject to…

Wisconsin's rule on extra lighting is a colour rule with a count attached. Wis. Stat. § 347.07(2) bars operating any vehicle on a highway displaying a colour other than white or amber…

Wisconsin never legislated dash cams, so the governing rule is the windshield rule, and Wisconsin's version is a closed list. Wis. Admin. Code § Trans 305.34(6) bars any posters…

Wisconsin has never legislated lane splitting in either direction. The phrases "lane splitting" and "between lanes" appear nowhere in chs. 340 to 351, the whole Wisconsin Vehicle Code…

Wisconsin attacks plate covers from two directions. Wis. Stat. s. 341.61 (3) makes it an offence carrying a forfeiture of up to $500 to place any substance on a plate that hinders its…

A radar detector is lawful in a private car in Wisconsin. The phrase "radar detector" appears nowhere in the Wisconsin Statutes or the Wisconsin Administrative Code, and the equipment…

Wisconsin gives ordinary drivers no studded-tire season at all. Wis. Stat. s. 347.45 (2) bans any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike or other non-rubber protuberance that projects…

Wisconsin puts its tint numbers in the Department of Transportation's equipment rules, not in the statute book. Aftermarket film on the vent and front side windows must still pass at…