Installation Standards.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 222-15
in effect222-15. Installation Standards.
1. The commissioner of neighborhood services may grant special permission, for a limited period of time, for the installation or use of temporary electrical wiring and equipment which do not conform with the regulations of this chapter. The electrical contractor installing such wiring or equipment shall be directly and legally responsible and accountable for the safe condition of the installation at all times, and its complete removal at the end of the fixed temporary period, as set forth by the commissioner of neighborhood services or any time sooner when ordered by the commissioner of neighborhood services. Carnivals, circuses, theatrical acts, and exhibitions and all places of temporary outdoor assembly are included in the provisions of this subsection, and all electrical wiring and equipment associated therewith shall be installed, maintained, and operated in a safe and workmanlike manner. All such electric wiring and equipment shall be isolated from the public by proper elevation and guarding and all electric fuses and switches shall be installed in approved enclosures. Cable laid on the ground in areas traversed by the public shall be buried in trenches or protected by approved covers.
2. Existing electrical equipment which does not conform to the regulations of this chapter, but which was lawfully installed prior to the passage of this chapter, may be continued in use if maintained in a safe condition.
3. When any additions, alterations, or renewals of existing electrical equipment lawfully installed prior to the adoption of this chapter are made, such portion of the installation which is added, altered or renewed shall conform to the regulations of this chapter.
4. Any change in the occupancy or use of an existing building, structure or premises shall not require a change in the existing electric equipment, provided such change does not create an electric hazard.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-2/CH222.pdf#page=5Fetched: 10/26/2026