Electric Devices Near Trees.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 116-63
in effect116-63. Electric Devices Near Trees.
No person, corporation or association shall attach any electric insulators, or any device for the holding of electric wires, to any tree growing or planted upon any public highway of the city. Every person, corporation or association having any wire or wires charged with electricity running through a public highway shall securely fasten such wire or wires to a post or other structure so that they shall not come in contact with any tree thereon. Every such person, corporation or association shall, when and if the commissioner of public works determines it to be necessary in order to prune or cut down any trees growing in a public highway in the city, temporarily remove any such wire or wires, or cut off the electricity within 24 hours after service upon the owner of said wire or wires, or his or its agents, of a written notice signed by the commissioner of public works to remove said wire or wires, or cut off said electricity.
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/CH116.pdf#page=7Fetched: 10/26/2026