Repair or Removal of Projection and Encroachments.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 115-34
in effect115-34. Repair or Removal of Projection and Encroachments.
If privileges, projections, or encroachments permitted in ch. 245 become out of repair or unsafe, the commissioner of neighborhood services shall notify the owner or persons in charge of the abutting property to repair or make such things safe. If the notice is not complied with within 5 days from the receipt thereof, the commissioner of neighborhood services shall thereupon notify the commissioner who shall repair or remove the privileges, projections or encroachments either by contract or by city forces and shall certify the costs thereof in the proper manner to have them levied as special charges against the property, and, if the charge becomes delinquent, the proper officers of the city are authorized and directed to enter the charges onto the tax rolls for payment, settlement and collection as provided in ch. 19 of the city charter.
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-1/CH115.pdf#page=23Fetched: 10/26/2026