Milwaukee County imposes no annual limit on rental nights. State law lets a municipality cap only rentals of 6 to 30 days, and only at no fewer than 180 days a year; rentals of 7 or more consecutive days cannot be banned.
Milwaukee County does not cap the number of nights a property may be rented as a short-term rental, and Wisconsin narrowly limits any local cap. Under Wis. Stat. 66.1014, a political subdivision may not prohibit the rental of a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer, so longer stays are protected. The only cap the statute permits: for rentals of 6 to 30 consecutive days, a municipality may limit rental days to no fewer than 180 per 365-day period and may require they run consecutively, but may not dictate which part of the year they fall in. The county cannot set such a cap; only cities and towns may. Hosts over 10 nights yearly still need the DATCP license.
Exceeding a validly adopted municipal night cap can result in local enforcement, fines, and possible license suspension. No county-level night-cap penalty exists. A municipality cannot enforce a cap below the 180-day statutory floor or one that bans 7-plus-day rentals.
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