66.0435(1)(h)
(h) "Person" means any natural individual, firm, trust, partnership, association, corporation or limited liability company.
66.0435(1)(hm)
(hm) "Recreational mobile home" means a mobile home that is no larger than 400 square feet, or that is certified by the manufacturer as complying with the code promulgated by the American National Standards Institute as ANSI 119.5, and that is used primarily as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal purposes.
66.0435(1)(i)
(i) "Space" means a plot of ground within a mobile home park, designed for the accommodation of one mobile home unit.
66.0435(2)
(2) Granting, revoking or suspending license. 66.0435(2)(a)(a) It is unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a mobile home park within the limits of a city, town or village, unless the person has received a license from the city, town or village.
66.0435(2)(b)
(b) In order to protect and promote the public health, morals and welfare and to equitably defray the cost of municipal and educational services required by persons and families using or occupying trailers, mobile homes, trailer camps or mobile home parks for living, dwelling or sleeping purposes, a city council, village board and town board may do any of the following:
66.0435(2)(b)1.
1. Establish and enforce by ordinance reasonable standards and regulations for every trailer and trailer camp and every mobile home and mobile home park.
66.0435(2)(b)2.
2. Require an annual license fee to operate a trailer and trailer camp or mobile home and mobile home park and levy and collect special assessments to defray the cost of municipal and educational services furnished to the trailer and trailer camp, or mobile home and mobile home park.
66.0435(2)(b)3.
3. Limit the number of units, trailers or mobile homes that may be parked or kept in any one camp or park.
66.0435(2)(b)4.
4. Limit the number of licenses for trailer camps or parks in any common school district, if the mobile housing development would cause the school costs to increase above the state average or if an exceedingly difficult or impossible situation exists with regard to providing adequate and proper sewage disposal in the particular area.
66.0435(2)(c)
(c) In a town in which the town board enacts an ordinance regulating trailers under this section and has also enacted and approved a county zoning ordinance under the provisions of
s. 59.69, the provisions of the ordinance which is most restrictive apply with respect to the establishment and operation of a trailer camp in the town.
66.0435(2)(d)
(d) A license granted under this section is subject to revocation or suspension for cause by the licensing authority that issued the license upon complaint filed with the clerk of the licensing authority, if the complaint is signed by a law enforcement officer, local health officer, as defined in
s. 250.01 (5), or building inspector, after a public hearing upon the complaint. The holder of the license shall be given 10 days' written notice of the hearing, and is entitled to appear and be heard as to why the license should not be revoked. A holder of a license that is revoked or suspended by the licensing authority may within 20 days of the date of the revocation or suspension appeal the decision to the circuit court of the county in which the trailer camp or mobile home park is located by filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the licensing authority, together with a bond executed to the licensing authority, in the sum of $500 with 2 sureties or a bonding company approved by the clerk, conditioned for the faithful prosecution of the appeal and the payment of costs adjudged against the license holder.
66.0435(3)
(3) License and monthly mobile home fee; review. 66.0435(3)(a)(a) The licensing authority shall collect from the licensee an annual license fee of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each 50 spaces or fraction of 50 spaces within each mobile home park within its limits. If the park lies in more than one municipality the amount of the license fee shall be determined by multiplying the gross fee by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of spaces in the park in a municipality and the denominator of which is the entire number of spaces in the park.
66.0435(3)(b)
(b) The licensing authority may collect a fee of $10 for each transfer of a license.
66.0435(3)(c)1.1. In addition to the license fee provided in
pars. (a) and
(b), each licensing authority shall collect from each mobile home occupying space or lots in a park in the licensing authority, except from recreational mobile homes as provided under
par. (cm), mobile homes that constitute improvements to real property under
s. 70.043 (1), and camping trailers as defined in
s. 340.01 (6m), a monthly parking permit fee computed as follows:
66.0435(3)(c)1.a.
a. On January 1, the assessor shall determine the total fair market value of each mobile home in the taxation district subject to the monthly parking permit fee.
66.0435(3)(c)1.b.
b. The fair market value, determined under
subd. 1. a., minus the tax-exempt household furnishings thus established, shall be equated to the general level of assessment for the prior year on other real and personal property in the district.
66.0435(3)(c)1.c.
c. The value of each mobile home, determined under
subd. 1. b., shall be multiplied by the general property gross tax rate, less any credit rate for the property tax relief credit, established on the preceding year's assessment of general property.
66.0435(3)(c)1.d.
d. The total annual parking permit fee, computed under
subd. 1. c., shall be divided by 12 and shall represent the monthly mobile home parking permit fee.
66.0435(3)(c)2.
2. The monthly parking permit fee is applicable to mobile homes moving into the tax district any time during the year. The park operator shall furnish information to the tax district clerk and the assessor on mobile homes added to the park within 5 days after their arrival, on forms prescribed by the department of revenue. As soon as the assessor receives the notice of an addition of a mobile home to a park, the assessor shall determine its fair market value and notify the clerk of that determination. The clerk shall equate the fair market value established by the assessor and shall apply the appropriate tax rate, divide the annual parking permit fee thus determined by 12 and notify the mobile home owner of the monthly fee to be collected from the mobile home owner. Liability for payment of the fee begins on the first day of the next succeeding month and continues for the months in which the mobile home remains in the tax district.
66.0435(3)(c)3.
3. A new monthly parking permit fee and a new valuation shall be established each January and shall continue for that calendar year.
66.0435(3)(c)4.
4. The valuation established is subject to review as are other values established under
ch. 70. If the board of review reduces a valuation on which previous monthly payments have been made the tax district shall refund past excess fee payments.
66.0435(3)(c)5.
5. The monthly parking permit fee shall be paid by the mobile home owner to the local taxing authority on or before the 10th of the month following the month for which the parking permit fee is due.
66.0435(3)(c)6.
6. The licensee of a park is liable for the monthly parking permit fee for any mobile home occupying space in the park as well as the owner and occupant of the mobile home occupying space. A municipality, by ordinance, may require the mobile home park operator to collect the monthly parking permit fee from the mobile home owner.
66.0435(3)(c)7.
7. No monthly parking permit fee may be imposed for any space occupied by a mobile home accompanied by an automobile for an accumulating period not to exceed 60 days in any 12 months if the occupants of the mobile home are tourists or vacationists. Exemption certificates in duplicate shall be accepted by the treasurer of the licensing authority from qualified tourists or vacationists in lieu of monthly mobile home parking permit fees.
66.0435(3)(c)8.
8. The credit under
s. 79.10 (9) (bm), as it applies to the principal dwelling on a parcel of taxable property, applies to the estimated fair market value of a mobile home that is the principal dwelling of the owner. The owner of the mobile home shall file a claim for the credit with the treasurer of the municipality in which the property is located. To obtain the credit under
s. 79.10 (9) (bm), the owner shall attest on the claim that the mobile home is the owner's principal dwelling. The treasurer shall reduce the owner's parking permit fee by the amount of any allowable credit. The treasurer shall furnish notice of all claims for credits filed under this subdivision to the department of revenue as provided under
s. 79.10 (1m).
66.0435(3)(cm)
(cm) Recreational mobile homes are exempt from the monthly parking permit fee under
par. (c). The exemption under this paragraph also applies to steps and a platform, not exceeding 50 square feet, that lead to a recreational mobile home, but does not apply to any other addition, attachment, patio, or deck.
66.0435(3)(d)
(d) This section does not apply to a mobile home park that is owned and operated by any county under the provisions of
s. 59.52 (16) (b).
66.0435(3)(e)
(e) If a mobile home is permitted by local ordinance to be located outside of a licensed park, the monthly parking permit fee shall be paid by the owner of the land on which it stands, and the owner of the land shall comply with the reporting requirements of
par. (c). The owner of the land may collect the fee from the owner of the mobile home and, on or before January 10 and on or before July 10, shall transmit to the taxation district all fees owed for the 6 months ending on the last day of the month preceding the month when the transmission is required.
66.0435(3)(f)
(f) Nothing in this subsection prohibits the regulation by local ordinance of a mobile home park.
66.0435(3)(g)
(g) Failure to timely pay the tax prescribed in this subsection shall be treated as a default in payment of personal property tax and is subject to all procedures and penalties applicable under
chs. 70 and
74.
66.0435(3)(h)
(h) Each local governing body may enact an ordinance providing a forfeiture of up to $25 for failure to comply with the reporting requirements of
par. (c) or
(e). Each failure to report is a separate offense.
66.0435(3m)
(3m) Park operator reimbursement. A park operator who is required by municipal ordinance to collect the monthly parking permit fee from the mobile home owner may deduct, for administrative expenses, 2% of the monthly fees collected.
66.0435(4)
(4) Application for license. Original application for mobile home park license shall be filed with the clerk of the licensing authority. Applications shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and shall contain the following:
66.0435(4)(b)
(b) The location and legal description of the mobile home park.
66.0435(5)
(5) Plans and specifications to be filed. Plans and specifications in compliance with all applicable ordinances of the licensing authority and provisions of the department of health and family services shall be filed with an original application for a mobile home park. The clerk, after approval of the application by the licensing authority and upon completion of the work according to the plans, shall issue the license. A mobile housing development harboring only nondependent mobile homes as defined in
sub. (1) (f) is not required to provide a service building.
66.0435(6)
(6) Renewal of license. Upon application by any licensee, after approval by the licensing authority and upon payment of the annual license fee, the clerk of the licensing authority shall issue a certificate renewing the license for another year, unless sooner revoked. The application for renewal shall be in writing, signed by the applicant on forms furnished by the licensing authority.
66.0435(7)
(7) Transfer of license; fee. Upon application for a transfer of license the clerk of the licensing authority, after approval of the application by the licensing authority, shall issue a transfer upon payment of the required $10 fee.
66.0435(8)
(8) Distribution of fees. The licensing authority may retain 10% of the monthly parking permit fees collected in each month, without reduction for any amounts deducted under
sub. (3m), to cover the cost of administration. The licensing authority shall pay to the school district in which the park is located, within 20 days after the end of each month, such proportion of the remainder of the fees collected in the preceding month as the ratio of the most recent property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total tax levy for all purposes in the licensing authority. If the park is located in more than one school district, each district shall receive a share in the proportion that its property tax levy for school purposes bears to the total school tax levy.
66.0435(9)
(9) Municipalities; parking fees on mobile homes. A licensing authority may assess parking fees at the rates under this section on recreational mobile homes, except recreational mobile homes which are located in campgrounds licensed under
s. 254.47 and recreational mobile homes which are located on land where the principal residence of the owner of the recreational mobile home is located, regardless of whether the recreational mobile home is occupied during all or part of any calendar year.
66.0435(10)
(10) The powers conferred on licensing authorities by this section are in addition to all other grants of authority and are limited only by the express language of this section.
66.0435 History
History: 1999 a. 5;
1999 a. 150 ss.
112,
158 to
161; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0435;
2005 a. 298.
66.0435 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
ATCP 125, Wis. adm. code.
66.0435 Annotation
A license issued without prior approval of park plans is void and the owner cannot complain if it is revoked. A mobile home park zoning ordinance adopted without compliance with the notice of hearing requirements of s. 60.74 (2) [now 60.61 (4)] is void. Edelbeck v. Town of Theresa,
57 Wis. 2d 172,
203 N.W.2d 694 (1973).
66.0435 Annotation
The time for appeal under sub. (2) (d) begins on the date of the action revoking the license, not on the effective date of the revocation. Reusch v. City of Baraboo,
85 Wis. 2d 294,
270 N.W.2d 229 (1978).
66.0435 Annotation
A town had authority outside this section to require a building permit for a mobile home located outside a mobile home park and that the mobile home be connected to a well and septic system. Town of Clearfield v. Cushman,
150 Wis. 2d 10,
440 N.W.2d 777 (1989).
66.0435 Annotation
A state university is not subject to local licensing in the operation of a university mobile home park. 60 Atty. Gen. 7.
66.0435 Annotation
A town cannot have a more restrictive ordinance regulating use and location of mobile homes outside of mobile home parks than the county. 60 Atty. Gen. 131.
66.0435 Annotation
A town board that has given conditional approval to plans for a mobile home park has power to alter conditions as long as it acts reasonably. Molgaard v. Town of Caledonia,
527 F. Supp. 1073 (1981).
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
66.0501
66.0501
Eligibility for office. 66.0501(1)
(1)
Deputy sheriffs and municipal police. No person may be appointed deputy sheriff of any county or police officer for any city, village or town unless that person is a citizen of the United States. This section does not apply to common carriers or to a deputy sheriff not required to take an oath of office.
66.0501(2)
(2) Eligibility of other officers. Except as expressly authorized by statute, no member of a town, village or county board, or city council, during the term for which the member is elected, is eligible for any office or position which during that term has been created by, or the selection to which is vested in, the board or council, but the member is eligible for any elective office. The governing body may be represented on city, village or town boards and commissions where no additional compensation, except a per diem, is paid to the representatives of the governing body and may fix the tenure of these representatives notwithstanding any other statutory provision. A representative of a governing body who is a member of a city, village or town board or commission may receive a per diem only if the remaining members of the board or commission may receive a per diem. This subsection does not apply to a member of any board or council described in this subsection who resigns from the board or council before being appointed to an office or position which was not created during the member's term in office.
66.0501(3)
(3) Appointments on consolidation of offices. Whenever offices are consolidated, the occupants of which are members of the same statutory committee or board and which are serving in that office because of holding another office or position, the common council or village board may designate another officer or officers or make any additional appointments as may be necessary to procure the number of committee or board members provided for by statute.
66.0501(4)
(4) Compatible offices and positions. A volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, or first responder in a city, village, or town whose annual compensation from one or more of those positions, including fringe benefits, does not exceed the amount specified in
s. 946.13 (2) (a) may also hold an elective office in that city, village, or town. It is compatible with his or her office for an elected town officer to receive wages under
s. 60.37 (4) for work that he or she performs for the town.
66.0501(5)(a)1.
1. "Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
66.0501(5)(a)2.
2. "Public employee" means any individual employed by a political subdivision, other than an individual to whom
s. 164.06 applies and other than an individual to whom
5 USC 1502 (a) (3) applies.
66.0501(5)(b)
(b) No political subdivision may prohibit a public employee from being a candidate for any elective public office, if that individual is otherwise qualified to be a candidate. No public employee may be required, as a condition of being a candidate for any elective public office, to take a leave of absence during his or her candidacy. This subsection does not affect the authority of a political subdivision to regulate the conduct of a public employee while the public employee is on duty or otherwise acting in an official capacity.
66.0501 Annotation
A citizenship requirement for peace officers is constitutional. 68 Atty. Gen. 61.
66.0501 Annotation
The offices of commissioner of a town sanitary district and supervisor of a town board are incompatible when the town board also serves as the appointing authority for the commissioners. 69 Atty. Gen. 108.
66.0503
66.0503
Combination of municipal offices. 66.0503(1)
(1) The office of county supervisor may be consolidated by charter ordinance under
s. 66.0101:
66.0503(1)(a)
(a) With the office of village president in any village which has boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under
s. 59.10 (3).
66.0503(1)(b)
(b) With the office of alderperson or council member in any city in which the district from which the alderperson or council member is elected is coterminous with the boundaries of any supervisory district established under
s. 59.10 (3).
66.0503(2)
(2) After the effective date of adoption or repeal of a charter ordinance under this section, the clerk of the municipality shall file a copy of the ordinance with the clerk of the county within which the supervisory district lies. When so consolidated, nomination papers shall contain that number of signatures required under
s. 8.10 for county supervisors and shall be filed in the office of the county clerk.
66.0503(3)
(3) Removal from office of any incumbent of an office consolidated under this section vacates the office in its entirety whether effected under
ss. 17.09,
17.12 and
17.13 or other pertinent statute.
66.0503(4)
(4) Compensation for an office consolidated under this section shall be separately established by the several governing bodies affected by the consolidation as though no consolidation of offices had occurred.
66.0503(5)
(5) Tenure for an officer of an office consolidated under this section shall coincide with the term for county supervisors.
66.0505
66.0505
Compensation of governing bodies. An elected official of any county, city, town or village, who by virtue of the office held by that official is entitled to participate in the establishment of the salary attending that office, shall not during the term of the office collect salary in excess of the salary provided at the time of that official's taking office. This provision is of statewide concern and applies only to officials elected after October 22, 1961.
66.0505 History
History: 1991 a. 316;
1993 a. 213;
1999 a. 150 s.
312; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0505.
66.0507
66.0507
Automatic salary schedules. Whenever the governing body of any city, village or town by ordinance adopts a salary schedule for some or all employees and officers of the city, village or town, other than members of the city council or village or town board, the salary schedule may include an automatic adjustment for some or all of the personnel in conformity with fluctuations upwards and downwards in the cost of living, notwithstanding
ss. 60.32,
61.32,
62.09 (6) and
62.13 (7).
66.0507 History
History: 1971 c. 125 s.
522 (1);
1971 c. 154;
1985 a. 225;
1993 a. 246;
1999 a. 150 s.
314; Stats. 1999 s. 66.0507.
66.0509
66.0509
Civil service system; veterans preference. 66.0509(1)(1) Any city or village may proceed under
s. 61.34 (1),
62.11 (5) or
66.0101 to establish a civil service system of selection, tenure and status, and the system may be made applicable to all municipal personnel except the chief executive and members of the governing body, members of boards and commissions including election officials, employees subject to
s. 62.13, members of the judiciary and supervisors. Any town may establish a civil service system under this subsection. For veterans there shall be no restrictions as to age, and veterans and their spouses shall be given preference points in accordance with
s. 230.16 (7). The system may also include uniform provisions in respect to attendance, leave regulations, compensation and payrolls for all personnel included in the system. The governing body of any city, village or town establishing a civil service system under this section may exempt from the system the librarians and assistants subject to
s. 43.09 (1).
66.0509(2)(a)(a) Any town may establish a civil service system under
sub. (1) and in the departments that the town board may determine. Any person who has been employed in a department for more than 5 years before the establishment of a civil service system applicable to that department is eligible to appointment without examination.
66.0509(2)(b)
(b) Any town not having a civil service system and having exercised the option of placing assessors under civil service under
s. 60.307 (3) may establish a civil service system for assessors under
sub. (1), unless the town has come within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under
s. 70.99.
66.0509(3)
(3) When any town has established a system of civil service, the ordinance establishing the system may not be repealed for a period of 6 years after its enactment, and after the 6-year period it may be repealed only by proceedings under
s. 9.20 by referendum vote. This subsection does not apply if a town comes, before the expiration of the 6 years, within the jurisdiction of a county assessor under
s. 70.99.
66.0509(4)
(4) Any civil service system established under the provisions of this section shall provide for the appointment of a civil service board or commission and for the removal of the members of the board or commission for cause by the mayor with approval of the council, by the city manager and the council in a city organized under
ss. 64.01 to
64.15, and by the board in a village or town.
