Examination of Trees.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 116-66
in effect116-66. Examination of Trees.
The commissioner of public works shall have the right to examine all trees, alive or dead, standing or fallen, and logwood piles for the purpose of determining whether same are contagiously diseased. Such examinations shall include the right to take samples from such trees and logwood piles for laboratory testing purposes. It is made the duty of the commissioner of public works to give notice to the owner or owners, or the agent of such owner or owners of land, in the city whereon there are situated any infested or diseased trees, or hazardous conditions existing, or cut elm wood, unless debarked or treated with a proper insecticide, declared by said commissioner to be a public nuisance under s. 116-53, and which are not maintained by the city as provided by law, to remove, prune or treat or cause same to be removed, pruned or treated within 30 days, excepting when said notice applies to the pruning or treating of elm trees, or other diseased or infested trees which shall be done within 10 days.
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