Number
241547
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. COGGS, ALD. PEREZ AND ALD. CHAMBERS
Title
A Substitute ordinance relating to short-term rentals.
Sections
105-80 cr
Analysis
This ordinance requires the City to report any incidents that result in a citation arising from a property being used as a short-term rental to any platforms listing the property as a short-term rental. The ordinance also requires the Department of Neighborhood Services to provide written notice to any residences within 250 feet of any property applying for a short-term rental license. In addition, the ordinance requires that all short-term rentals within the city by managed and/or owned by Milwaukee residents and requires that the contact information for the owners or managers be posted prominently on any property being used as a short-term rental.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 105-80 of the code is created to read:
105-80. Short-term rentals.
1. DEFINITION. “Short-term rentals” means any tourist rooming houses, lodging places, tourist cabins and cottages, other than hotels and motels, in which sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to tourists or transients. It does not include private boarding or rooming houses not accommodating tourists or transients, or bed and breakfast establishments regulated under ch. ATCP 73, Wis. Adm. Code.
2. INCIDENT REPORTING AND APPLICATION NOTIFICATION.
a. Any incidents arising from a property being used as a short-term rental that result in the issuing of a citation by the city shall be reported by the issuing department to any platforms listing the property as a short-term rental.
b. The department of neighborhood services shall provide, by mail, written notice, regarding an application for any short-term rental/tourist rooming house received by the department, to any residences within a radius 250 feet, centered on the property for which a tourist rooming house license is sought.
c. The department of neighborhood services shall make a list of all short-term rental properties within the city publically available and accessible.
3. MANAGMENT REQUIREMENTS.
a. All short-term rentals shall be owned and/or managed by Milwaukee residents.
b. Owner and management contact information shall be posted prominently on any property being used as a short-term rental.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFOCEABLE
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Office of the city Attorney
Date:____________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB 180488-3
Christopher Hillard
7/17/2026