Supervision of Dumps.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 80-46
in effect80-46. Supervision of Dumps.
1. AUTHORITY. The supervision and control of all dumps is placed in the department, and the commissioner is authorized to adopt rules and regulations governing the supervision and control of all such dumps located in the city. These rules and regulations may include the cleansing and care of all automobiles, wagons and other vehicles and receptacles used in conveying of material, and placarding of dumps and anything else which, in the judgment of the commissioner, is necessary to the maintenance of good order and sanitation in connection with any such dumps and their use.
2. INSPECTION. The commissioner or any agent authorized by him to do so may inspect any dump site in the city at any time, and no operator or agent of any operator of a dump shall attempt to stop or in any way hinder any such inspection made by the commissioner or his duly authorized agent.
3. VIOLATIONS. Whenever upon inspection of any dump, the commissioner finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of this section, or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner shall give notice, in writing, by personal service or by certified mail or by registered mail, to the operator of such dump, that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period to be determined by the commissioner, the operator's dump permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the commissioner shall reinspect the dump, and if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall suspend the license and give notice in writing to the operator that the latter's permit has been suspended. Upon receipt of notice of permit suspension, the operator shall cease operation of such dump.
4. SUSPENSION. Any person, firm or corporation whose permit to operate a dump has been suspended, or who has received notice from the commissioner that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices are corrected at the dump which he operates, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the commissioner if he files a written petition for such hearing in the office of the commissioner within 10 days following the day on which such permit was suspended, and if no petition for such hearing is filed in the matter and the existing conditions and practices are not corrected within the time allotted, the dump permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked. Upon receipt of notice of permit revocation, the operator shall cease operation of such dump.
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/CH80.pdf#page=17Fetched: 10/26/2026