Waukesha County has no countywide primary-residence-only STR rule. Under Wis. Stat. 66.1014, a municipality may not prohibit renting a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer, which limits how far a local primary-residence requirement can go.
Wisconsin's "right to rent" law, Wis. Stat. 66.1014, protects a property owner's ability to rent a residential dwelling for 7 consecutive days or longer, and Waukesha County imposes no countywide requirement that an STR be the owner's primary residence. A city or village may adopt reasonable licensing and standards, but cannot use a primary-residence rule to effectively ban qualifying rentals. For rentals of 6 to 30 days, a municipality may cap total rental days at no fewer than 180 per year. Investors and second-home owners around Pewaukee, Nagawicka and Okauchee lakes rely on this protection.
If a local rule is applied as a de facto ban on 7+ day rentals, it can be challenged as conflicting with Wis. Stat. 66.1014; ordinary licensing violations draw municipal fines.
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