Dock Construction.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 118-7
in effect118-7. Dock Construction.
1. PLANS TO BE
BOARD OF HARBOR FILED WITH COMMISSIONERS. Every person, firm or
before proceeding with
the corporation construction, erection, rebuilding, alteration or repair of any dock along the banks of any navigable river, public canal or water slip within the corporate limits of the city shall, subject to
of the board of harbor the approval commissioners, file with said board drawings, plans and specifications sufficient to enable the board to obtain full and complete information as to the extent and character of the work to be done, which
said drawings, plans and specifications shall conform with the standard plans and specifications on file in the office of the board governing the construction, erection, rebuilding, alteration or repair of any dock along the banks of any navigable river, public canal or water slip in the city.
2. BOARD TO APPROVE PLANS. If the drawings, plans and specifications indicate to said board of harbor commissioners that the work to be done is not in all respects in accordance with the standard plans and specifications on file in the office of the board of harbor commissioners governing the construction, erection, rebuilding, alteration or repair of any dock along the banks of any river, public canal or water slip in said city, the said board shall refuse to approve the same until such drawings, plans and specifications shall have been made to conform in every respect to said plans and specifications on file in the office of said board of harbor commissioners. Thereafter such work shall be done and performed under the supervision and direction of said board of harbor commissioners.
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/CH118.pdf#page=14Fetched: 10/26/2026