Milton, WI Short-Term Rentals: Taxes & Fees (2026)

28(25) (the zoning accessory-use standard). Under Section 14-724, every application for an initial or renewal short-term rental license must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee before the city clerk will consider it complete, and no license or provisional license issues if the property owes outstanding fees, taxes, special charges, or forfeitures to the city. Section 14-730 leaves the dollar amount of that fee to be set by resolution of the common council rather than fixed in the ordinance text. The zoning standard for short-term residential rentals as an accessory land use goes further on the tax side: before the annual City of Milton Short-Term Rental License issues, the operator must supply a City of Milton Room Tax Permit and pay an administrative fee, set annually by the city, to cover the city's cost of administering the program, alongside proof of insurance, the state Tourist Rooming House license, and a Wisconsin seller's permit.

Because Wis. 1014 constrains how far a municipality can restrict short-term rentals of six nights or fewer, Milton's room-tax-permit and administrative-fee conditions function as the revenue and compliance mechanism rather than a rental restriction.