Tristan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Blog

Archive of: City of Milwaukee

Jul 2009

Milwaukee's Chronic Nuisance Ordinance and It's Improper Use Against Landlords

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Evictions, City of Milwaukee, Nuisance Properties / Comments

The City of Milwaukee's Chronic Nuisance Ordinance (80-10) is a thorn in the side of many landlords. Essentially the ordinance says that if your property generates more than 3 calls for police service for "nuisance activities" within a 30 day period that the city will charge you for the costs associated with abating the alleged nuisance. Nuisance activities include the following: harassment, disorderly conduct, battery, indecent exposure, prostitution, ...

May 2009

PASSING OF WORTHLESS CHECKS WILL NOT BE PROSECTED IN CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bad/Bounced Checks, City of Milwaukee / Comments

Issuing a worthless check is a crime in Wisconsin. Accordingly, when a tenant pays his/her rent or security deposit with a worthless check I typically advise my landlord clients to do two things: (1) serve the tenant with the proper notice terminating tenancy for failure to pay rent so that an eviction action can be commenced against the tenant, and (2) report the crime to the local police so that a ...