CHAPTER 62
CITIES
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL CHARTER LAW
62.02 Repeal of special charters.
62.03 First class cities excepted.
62.04 Intent and construction.
62.071 Annexations to cities of the first class.
62.075 Detachment of farm lands from cities.
62.08 Alteration of aldermanic districts.
62.115 Defense of officers by city attorney.
62.13 Police and fire departments.
62.133 Ambulance service.
62.135 Highway safety coordinator.
62.14 Board of public works.
62.155 Acquisition of recycling or resource recovery facilities without bids.
62.16 Street grades; service pipes.
62.17 Enforcement of building codes.
62.175 Sewer and water extensions in 1st and 2nd class cities; sewage from other municipalities.
62.185 Sewer district bonds.
62.19 Water and heat pipe extensions.
62.22 Acquiring property; opening or changing streets.
62.225 Recycling or resource recovery facilities.
62.231 Zoning of wetlands in shorelands.
62.234 Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
62.25 Claims and actions.
62.26 General provisions.
SUBCHAPTER II
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
62.50 Police and fire departments in 1st class cities.
GENERAL CHARTER LAW
62.01
62.01
Saving clause. That no inconvenience may arise by reason of change of government of cities from special charter to general charter, or by reason of the revision of the general charter law, it is declared that:
62.01(1)
(1) All vested rights, pending actions and prosecutions, and existing judgments, claims, and contracts, both as to individuals and bodies corporate, shall continue as though no change had taken place.
62.01(3)
(3) Ordinances in force, so far as not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in force until altered or repealed.
62.01(5)
(5) Nothing herein shall change the time for paying taxes as provided in any special city charter until the council shall by ordinance change the same to conform to general law.
62.02
62.02
Repeal of special charters. All special charters for cities of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th classes are hereby repealed and such cities are hereby incorporated under this subchapter. The city clerk shall forthwith certify the boundaries of such city to the secretary of state, who shall file the same and issue to such city a certificate of incorporation as of the date when this subchapter became effective, and record the same.
62.02 History
History: 1977 c. 151.
62.03
62.03
First class cities excepted. 62.03(2)
(2) Any such city may adopt by ordinance this subchapter or any section or sections thereof, which when so adopted shall apply to such city.
62.03(3)
(3) The revision of the general charter law by
chapter 242, laws of 1921 shall not affect the application of any provisions of the general charter previously adopted by any 1st class city under special charter, but such provisions shall as to such cities retain the same force and application as they had before the enactment of
chapter 242, laws of 1921.
62.03 Annotation
Milwaukee can adopt less than a "section", i.e., a subsection or paragraph from ch. 62. State ex rel. Cortez v. Bd. of F. & P. Comm. 49 W (2d) 130, 181 NW (2d) 378.
62.03 Annotation
See note to 66.01, citing 58 Atty. Gen. 59.
62.04
62.04
Intent and construction. It is declared to be the intention of the revision of the city charter law, to grant all the privileges, rights and powers, to cities which they heretofore had unless the contrary is patent from the revision. For the purpose of giving to cities the largest measure of self-government compatible with the constitution and general law, it is hereby declared that
ss. 62.01 to
62.26 shall be liberally construed in favor of the rights, powers and privileges of cities to promote the general welfare, peace, good order and prosperity of such cities and the inhabitants thereof.
62.04 Annotation
See note to 111.70, citing City of Brookfield v. WERC, 87 W (2d) 819, 275 NW (2d) 723 (1979).
62.05
62.05
Classes of cities. 62.05(1)(1) Cities shall be divided into 4 classes for administration and the exercise of corporate powers as follows:
62.05(1)(a)
(a) Cities of 150,000 population and over shall constitute 1st class cities [class].
