Restrictions on Wooden Buildings.
Milwaukee City Charter § 4-33
in effect4-33. Restrictions on Wooden Buildings.
The common council, for the purpose of guarding against the calamities of fire, shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to prescribe the limits within which wooden buildings, or buildings of other materials that shall not be considered fire proof, shall not be erected, placed or repaired; and to direct that all and any buildings within the limits prescribed, shall be made and constructed of fire proof materials; and to prohibit the repairing or rebuilding of wooden buildings within the fire limits, when the same shall have been damaged to the extent of fifty percent of the value thereof, and to prescribe the manner of ascertaining such damage. (S. 1, Subch. 14, Ch. 184, L. 1874.)
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/CH4.pdf#page=9Fetched: 10/26/2026
