STATUTORY REFERENCES

FOR

WISCONSIN CITIES, VILLAGES, TOWNS

The statutory references listed below refer the code user to state statutes applicable to Wisconsin cities, villages and towns. They are current through 2015 Act 60, published August 13, 2015.

General Provisions

Home rule

Wis. Const. art. XI, § 3

Municipal powers

WSA 66.0101 et seq.

Cities

WSA ch. 62

Towns

WSA ch. 60

Villages

WSA ch. 61

Code of ordinances

WSA 66.0103

Ordinance violation procedures and penalties

WSA 66.0109 et seq.

Elections generally

WSA chs. 5—12

Municipal administrative procedure

WSA ch. 68

Administration and Personnel

Common council

WSA 62.11

Town board

WSA 60.20 et seq.

City officers

WSA 62.09

Village officers

WSA 61.197 et seq.

Town officers

WSA 60.30 et seq.

Town meetings

WSA 60.10 et seq.

Municipal officers and employees generally

WSA 66.0501 et seq.

Municipal courts

WSA ch. 755

Police and fire departments

WSA 62.13

Public records

WSA 19.21 et seq.

Revenue and Finance

Town finance

WSA 60.40 et seq.

Village taxes

WSA 61.46 and 61.47

Village contracts for improvements

WSA 61.54 et seq.

City finance

WSA 62.12

Municipal finance and revenue

WSA 66.0601 et seq.

Special assessments

WSA 66.0701 et seq.

Room tax

WSA 66.0615

Business Licenses, Taxes and Regulations

Amusement places

WSA 175.20

Franchises

WSA 66.0815

Alcohol beverages

WSA ch. 125

Transient merchants

WSA 66.0423

Taxicabs

WSA 349.24

Nonintoxicating and soda water beverages

WSA 66.0433

Manufactured and mobile home communities

WSA 66.0435

Animals

Animals at large

WSA 172.01 et seq.

Crimes against animals

WSA ch. 951

Dog regulations

WSA ch. 174

Animal health

WSA ch. 95

Health and Safety

Nuisances generally

WSA 66.0415

Local health officials

WSA ch. 251

Removal of rubbish

WSA 66.0405

Fireworks regulation

WSA 167.10

Ambulance service

WSA 62.133

Food regulations

WSA ch. 97

Industrial nuisance regulation

WSA 66.0415

Junkyards

WSA 84.31

Noxious weeds

WSA 66.0407

Cemeteries

WSA 157.129

Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

Municipal regulation generally

WSA 66.0107

Crimes against life and bodily security

WSA ch. 940

Crimes against public health and safety

WSA ch. 941

Crimes against reputation, privacy and civil liberties

WSA ch. 942

Crimes against property

WSA ch. 943

Crimes against sexual morality

WSA ch. 944

Gambling

WSA ch. 945

Marijuana

WSA 66.0107(1)(bm)

Crimes against government

WSA ch. 946

Crimes against public peace and order

WSA ch. 947

Local regulation of firearms

WSA 66.0409

Local regulation of tobacco possession by minors

WSA 134.66(5)

Vehicles and Traffic

Motor vehicles generally

WSA ch. 340

Rules of the road

WSA ch. 346

Local regulation

WSA ch. 349

Traffic accident record system

WSA 66.0141

Abandoned vehicles

WSA 342.40

Locked motor vehicles

WSA 66.0431

Snowmobiles

WSA ch. 350

Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

Town public works and safety

WSA 60.50 et seq.

Village streets, sidewalks and watercourses

WSA 61.36

City public works

WSA 62.15 and 62.16

Municipal public works and projects

WSA 66.0901 et seq.

Public Services

Public utilities

WSA 66.0801 et seq.

Sewers

WSA 62.18

Housing and transportation

WSA 66.1001 et seq.

Buildings and Construction

Building codes

WSA 62.17

Dangerous buildings

WSA 66.0413

Fire hazards

WSA 101.14

Plumbing

WSA ch. 145

Inspection warrants

WSA 66.0119

Historic properties

WSA 66.1111

Subdivisions

Local subdivision regulations

WSA 236.45

Zoning

Town land use and planning

WSA 60.61 et seq.

Village planning

WSA 61.35

City planning

WSA 62.23