Scope.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 244-01
in effect244-01. Scope.
1. GENERAL. Except as otherwise regulated herein, the regulations of this chapter shall govern all outdoor signs, advertising structures or devices with respect to location, safety, size, construction, erection, attachment, support, anchorage and maintenance. The number, location, height and size of signs is further regulated in ch. 295.
2. ZONING REGULATIONS. No regulations of this chapter shall authorize or permit the erection or maintenance of any sign, advertising structure or device contrary to any regulations of ch. 295.
3. COMPLIANCE. No outdoor sign, advertising structure or device erected prior to the effective date of the adoption of this chapter [chapter initially enacted January 12, 1954] shall be rebuilt or relocated except in conformity with the regulations of this chapter and in conformance with the applicable regulations of ch. 295.
a. The regulations set forth in this subsection and sub. 3 shall not prohibit the main-tenance of the structural supports of any existing sign providing the size of the display area remains unchanged.
b. The regulations as set forth in this subsection and sub. 3 shall not preclude the removal of the advertising facing of an existing sign and its transport to a shop or other off-premise location for the purpose of changing the advertising facing providing the display area is not increased.
4. RECONSTRUCTED SIGNS. When any outdoor sign, advertising structure or device, or a major part thereof, is blown down, destroyed, taken down or removed for any purpose, such structures shall not be re-erected, reconstructed, rebuilt or relocated except in conformity with the regulations of this chapter.
5. STANDARDS. Where the standards of this chapter conflict with those found elsewhere in this code, or ordinances, state statutes or laws of other governmental units having jurisdiction over signs and billboards, the most restrictive regulations shall apply.
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/Master-V2.pdf#page=209Fetched: 10/26/2026