Short-term rentals.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 105-80
in effect105-80. Short-term rentals.
1. DEFINITION. “Short-term rental” means any tourist rooming house, lodging place, tourist cabin or cottage, other than a hotel or motel, in which sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to tourists or transients. It does not include private boarding or rooming houses not accommodating tourists or transients, or bed and breakfast establishments regulated under ch. ATCP 73, Wis. Adm. Code.
2. INCIDENT REPORTING. Any citation, order or police report issued for activity occurring at a property arising from its use as a short-term rental shall be reported by the issuing department to any platforms listing the property as a short-term rental within 30 days of issuance.
3. NOTICE. a. Within 30 days of receipt, the department of neighborhood services shall provide, by mail, written notice of any application for a tourist rooming house received by the department to the local council member and to all residences within a radius of 250 feet, centered on the property for which a tourist rooming house license is sought.
b. The department of neighborhood services shall maintain a list of all short-term rental properties within the city and make the list publicly available and accessible.
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/CH105.pdf#page=29Fetched: 10/26/2026