710.15(1)(d)
(d) “Operator" means a person engaged in the business of renting plots of ground or mobile homes or manufactured homes in a community to mobile home or manufactured home owners or occupants.
710.15(1)(f)
(f) “Resident" means a person who rents a mobile home or manufactured home site in a community from an operator and who occupies the mobile home or site as his or her residence.
710.15(1m)
(1m) Requirement and term of lease. Every agreement for the rental of a mobile home site or manufactured home site shall be by lease. Every lease shall be for a term of at least one year unless the resident or occupant requests a shorter term and the operator agrees to the shorter term.
710.15(2)
(2) Rules included in lease. All community rules that substantially affect the rights or duties of residents or occupants or of operators, including community rules under sub.
(2m) (b), shall be made a part of every lease between them.
710.15(2m)(a)
(a) Every lease shall state whether the community contains an emergency shelter.
710.15(2m)(b)
(b) If a community contains an emergency shelter under par.
(a), the community rules shall state the location of the emergency shelter and procedures for its use.
710.15(3)
(3) Prohibited consideration of age of mobile home or manufactured home. 710.15(3)(a)
(a) An operator may not deny a resident the opportunity to enter into or renew, and may not include, exclude or alter any terms of, a lease to continue to locate a mobile home or manufactured home in the community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home.
710.15(3)(b)
(b) An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured home from a community solely or in any part on the basis of the age of the mobile home or manufactured home, regardless of whether the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change.
710.15(4)
(4) Prohibited consideration of change in ownership or occupancy of mobile home or manufactured home. An operator may not require the removal of a mobile home or manufactured home from a community solely or in any part because the ownership or occupancy of the mobile home or manufactured home has changed or will change. An operator may refuse to enter into an initial lease with a prospective resident or occupant for any other lawful reason.
710.15(4m)
(4m) No interest in real estate; screening permitted. Neither sub.
(3) (b) nor sub.
(4) creates or extends any interest in real estate or prohibits the lawful screening of prospective residents and occupants by an operator.
710.15(5m)
(5m) Termination of tenancy or nonrenewal of lease. Notwithstanding ss.
704.17 and
704.19, the tenancy of a resident or occupant in a community may not be terminated, nor may the renewal of the lease be denied by the community operator, except upon any of the following grounds:
710.15(5m)(a)
(a) Failure to pay rent due, or failure to pay taxes or any other charges due for which the community owner or operator may be liable.
710.15(5m)(b)
(b) Disorderly conduct that results in a disruption to the rights of others to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the premises.
710.15(5m)(c)
(c) Vandalism or commission of waste of the property.
710.15(5m)(e)
(e) Violation of community rules that endangers the health or safety of others or disrupts the right to the peaceful enjoyment and use of the premises by others, after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident or occupant.
710.15(5m)(em)
(em) Violation of federal, state or local laws, rules or ordinances relating to mobile homes or manufactured homes after written notice to cease the violation has been delivered to the resident or occupant.
710.15(5m)(f)
(f) The community owner or operator seeks to retire the community permanently from the rental housing market.
710.15(5m)(g)
(g) The community owner or operator is required to discontinue use of the community for the purpose rented as a result of action taken against the community owner or operator by local or state building or health authorities and it is necessary for the premises to be vacated to satisfy the relief sought by the action.
710.15(5m)(h)
(h) The physical condition of the mobile home or manufactured home presents a threat to the health or safety of its occupants or others in the community or, by its physical appearance, disrupts the right to the enjoyment and use of the community by others.
710.15(5m)(j)
(j) Material misrepresentation in the application for tenancy.
710.15(5t)
(5t) Termination of tenancy for threat of serious harm. Notwithstanding sub.
(5m), nothing in this section prevents termination of a tenancy because of an imminent threat of serious physical harm, as provided in s.
704.16.
710.15 Annotation
Claims of improper termination of a mobile home tenancy are governed exclusively by sub. (5m). Where a government order requires a park owner to either abandon a failing septic system or replace it, the owner may elect to abandon the system and terminate the tenancy of the attached mobile home under sub. (5m) (g) or (k). Logterman v. Dawson,
190 Wis. 2d 90,
526 N.W.2d 768 (Ct. App. 1994).
710.17
710.17
Right to display the flag of the United States. 710.17(1)(a)
(a) “Housing cooperative” means a cooperative incorporated under ch.
185 or organized under ch.
193 that owns residential property that is used or intended to be used, in whole or in part, by the members of the housing cooperative as their homes or residences.
710.17(1)(b)
(b) “Member of a homeowners' association” means a person that owns residential property within a subdivision, development, or other similar area that is subject to any policy or restriction adopted by a homeowners' association.
710.17(1)(c)
(c) “Member of a housing cooperative” means a member, as defined in s.
185.01 (5) or
193.005 (15), of a housing cooperative if the member uses or intends to use part of the property of the housing cooperative as the member's home or residence.
710.17(2)
(2) Right to display the flag of the United States. 710.17(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in sub.
(3), a homeowners' association may not adopt or enforce a covenant, condition, or restriction, or enter into an agreement, that restricts or prevents a member of the homeowners' association from displaying the flag of the United States on property in which the member has an ownership interest and that is subject to any policy or restriction adopted by the homeowners' association.
710.17(2)(b)
(b) Except as provided in sub.
(3), a housing cooperative may not adopt or enforce a covenant, condition, or restriction, or enter into an agreement, that restricts or prevents a member of the housing cooperative from displaying the flag of the United States on property of the housing cooperative to which the member has a right to exclusive possession or use.
710.17(3)
(3) Exceptions. A homeowners' association or housing cooperative may adopt and enforce a covenant, condition, or restriction, or enter into an agreement, that does any of the following:
710.17(3)(a)
(a) Requires that any display of the flag of the United States must conform with a rule or custom for proper display and use of the flag set forth in
4 USC 5 to
10.
710.17(3)(b)
(b) Provides a reasonable restriction on the time, place, or manner of displaying the flag of the United States that is necessary to protect a substantial interest of the homeowners' association or housing cooperative.
710.17 History
History: 2017 a. 67.
