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2.8 Building, Housing, and Sanitary Codes, and Private Sewage System Ordinances
Counties as well as cities, villages, and towns may enact building and sanitary codes.
(82) Building codes are sets of regulations that set standards for the construction of buildings in a community. Building codes ensure that new and altered will be safe. These codes must conform to the state building, plumbing, and electrical codes.(83) All counties, except Milwaukee, are required to enact private sewage system ordinances.(84) These ordinances must conform to the state plumbing code and apply to all towns, villages and cities located in the county.Housing codes define standards for how a dwelling unit is to be used and maintained after it is built. This code is concerned with keeping housing from falling into dilapidation and thus keeping neighborhoods from falling into blight.
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(82) Wis. Stat. § 59.70 (counties); Wis. Stat. § 62.17 (municipalities); Wis. Stat. § 60.61(1m) (towns). See also
Chapter 101 of the Wisconsin Statutes, especially Wis. Stat. §§ 101.65, 101.76, and 101.86.
(83) See, e.g., Wis. Stat. §§ 66.301 - 66.303.
(84) Wis. Stat. § 59.70(5). In Milwaukee county, the cities and villages must enact these ordinances.