Property Maintenance in Wisconsin (2026)

When Appleton's Supervisor of Inspections finds a building unsafe or unfit for human habitation, the city can order…

The Village of Ashwaubenon declares a building or premises a public nuisance under Section 11-1-23(M) when faulty…

Beloit's building official can declare a structure unfit for human habitation and order it vacated under § 7.22 when it…

Brown County's Health Officer can condemn and placard any dwelling as unfit for human habitation when it is dangerously…

Under City Code section 94-16, De Pere's building inspector can condemn any building, dwelling or dwelling unit so old…

The City can order the owner of a dangerous, dilapidated Green Bay building to repair it or tear it down, and do the…

In the City of Janesville, the Building Official can order any old, dilapidated or unsafe building, fence, billboard or…

Jefferson County's health officer can condemn and placard any dwelling that is so abandoned, damaged, decayed…

Kenosha's Property Maintenance Code lets the Code Official close and secure any structure found unsafe, unfit for…

The Little Chute village board can order the owner of any building it judges dangerous, unsafe or unfit for occupancy…

A vacant, unsecured building in Madison is a declared public nuisance the owner must abate by securing it, boarding…

Middleton's Building Inspector can placard a building as unfit for human habitation when it is so dilapidated, unsafe…

Milwaukee's building commissioner can placard, close, and order the razing of any structure found unsafe or unfit for…

Neenah cites dilapidated, unsafe buildings as a public nuisance and lets the Chief of Police serve notice to abate; if…

Racine County's health officer can placard a dwelling as a human health hazard and order it vacated within 24 hours of…

Sun Prairie's building inspector can placard any dwelling designated unfit for human habitation and order it vacated…

In unincorporated Walworth County, the health officer can declare and placard a dwelling or structure unfit for human…

Washington County's Health Officer can order any owner to abate a human health hazard on their property within 30 days…

Any Waukesha building the Building Inspector finds dangerous from bad condition, decay or lack of fire guards must be…

Wausau's Building Inspector can order an owner to raze, remove or repair any building so old, dilapidated or unsafe…

West Allis prohibits owners from letting a vacant building sit in disrepair, junk-strewn, unsecured, or…

A Property Maintenance Code violation that an owner fails to correct becomes a declared public nuisance under…

Dane County's health department can order any land or building that poses a health risk abated as a nuisance under ch…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin declares old, dilapidated buildings unfit for human use a public nuisance under City Code Sec…

Storing junk, scrap metal, 20 or more tires, or parts of a dismantled building outside a building for more than three…

Grant County treats a dilapidated building as a public health nuisance under § 191-5I when it is dangerous, unsafe…

Milton's property-maintenance code, Chapter 26 Article III, declares substandard, deteriorating structures a public…

The City of Mosinee's property maintenance code, adopted from BOCA's Basic Housing Property Maintenance Code under Sec…

New Berlin requires every vacant structure to stay clean, safe, secure and sanitary under Code of Ordinances § 201-24…

Oneida County's Public Health Ordinance, General Code § 11.13, declares any dwelling rented out while 'unfit for human…

Outagamie County declares any structure that is unsanitary, unhealthy, or unfit for human habitation a public nuisance…

Portage County's Health Officer can declare dilapidated, unsafe or unsanitary housing a human health hazard under Sec…

Rock County bans any public nuisance on private property, including a structure so unsanitary or deteriorated it is…

Rothschild requires every owner to keep buildings and yards free of nuisances and hazards, and bars any structure from…

In unincorporated Sauk County, a building that is dilapidated, neglected or out-of-repair, dangerous, unsafe or unfit…

Wauwatosa's Property Maintenance Code, Chapter 15.32, treats an unsafe, unsanitary or fire-hazard building as a public…

In the City of Janesville, owners of vacant land cannot use the natural-landscaping exception to skip mowing: Sec…

Wausau treats trash, rubbish, rotting lumber and other vermin-breeding debris left on any property, improved or vacant…

Undeveloped parcels of one acre or more in the Village of Ashwaubenon must have noxious weeds destroyed and grass cut…

Burlington's litter ordinance requires every owner, agent, occupant or lessee to keep private property free of litter…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin requires unimproved and vacant lots in the urban service area to be mowed at least three times a…

In Grant County, grass or weeds more than 10 inches high above the ground on any parcel within 1,000 feet of a…

The city can order owners of unsafe or unsightly vacant lots to clear debris, surface irregularities, and unfinished…

Milwaukee County does not enforce maintenance of privately owned vacant lots. Weed cutting, debris removal, and…

An accumulation of trash, rubbish, garbage, decayed animal or vegetable matter, or fecal matter that lets flies, rats…

Waukesha's public nuisance code bans a named list of noxious weeds, including Canada thistle, ragweed and leafy spurge…

Appleton property owners and occupants have 36 hours after a snowfall ends to clear the full width of their abutting…

Every property owner or occupant abutting a public sidewalk in Ashwaubenon must clear snow, ice, and debris within 24…

Beloit property owners and occupants have 48 hours after snow, sleet or freezing rain stops falling to clear the…

Burlington property owners and occupants have 18 hours after snow stops falling to clear their abutting sidewalk under…

De Pere property owners must clear snow and ice from the sidewalk fronting their land within 48 hours of it falling or…

Fitchburg, Wisconsin gives property owners one clear deadline: clear the sidewalk fronting your lot of snow and ice by…

Occupants, or owners if there's no occupant, of Green Bay property abutting a public sidewalk have 24 hours after snow…

City Code § 34-59 gives every occupant, and every owner of an unoccupied lot, 12 hours after a snowstorm ends to clear…

Kenosha requires the owner or occupant of any property abutting a sidewalk to clear snow and ice within 24 hours after…

Little Chute property owners must clear the sidewalk in front of or beside their lot of snow and ice within 24 hours…

MGO § 10.28 requires property owners to clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks by noon the day after it…

Middleton owners, occupants and even vacant-lot holders must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks, handicap ramps…

City of Milton ordinance section 66-71 puts snow and ice removal squarely on the abutting property owner…

Milwaukee property owners must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks within 24 hours after snowfall stops, or face…

City of Mosinee owners and occupants must clear the sidewalk fronting their property of snow and ice within 24 hours…

Neenah property owners must clear the sidewalk abutting their lot of snow and ice within 24 hours after a storm ends…

New Berlin requires owners and occupants fronting a paved sidewalk or sidepath to clear snow and ice to the sidewalk's…

Rothschild property owners and occupants have 24 hours after a snowfall ends to clear the abutting sidewalk of snow and…

Property owners in the City of Sun Prairie must clear abutting sidewalks of snow and ice within 24 hours after snowfall…

Waukesha owners and occupants must clear sidewalk snow and ice to the full walk width within 12 hours after snowfall…

Wausau property owners must keep the sidewalk in front of their land clear of snow and ice at all times without waiting…

Wauwatosa property owners must clear snow and ice from their abutting sidewalk within twenty-four hours after snowfall…

West Allis property owners must clear sidewalk snow and ice within 24 hours of a snow event or ice formation under…