Watertown, WI — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through 2025-12-16. Official source: https://ecode360.com/WA3515

Every town writes its own rules, and Watertown's live in its municipal code — 65 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Watertown code

• Ch 1 — General Provisions (§ 1-1 – § 1-20)
• Ch 7 — Administrative Organization (§ 7-1 – § 7-2)
• Ch 10 — Administrative Review (§ 10-1 – § 10-13)
• Ch 24 — Boards, Commissions and Committees (§ 24-1 – § 24-27)
• Ch 33 — Citations (§ 33-1 – § 33-8)
• Ch 38 — Court, Municipal (§ 38-1 – § 38-5)
• Ch 52 — Elections (§ 52-1 – § 52-10)
• Ch 56 — Emergency Government (§ 56-1 – § 56-10)
• Ch 60 — Public Works Department (§ 60-1 – § 60-2)
• Ch 65 — Ethics (§ 65-1 – § 65-9)
• Ch 76 — Finance and Taxation (§ 76-1 – § 76-31)
• Ch 80 — Fire Department (§ 80-1 – § 80-7)
• Ch 114 — Mayor and Council (§ 114-1 – § 114-7)
• Ch 125 — Notices (§ 125-1)
• Ch 136 — Officers and Employees (§ 136-1 – § 136-14)
• Ch 147 — Police Department (§ 147-1 – § 147-12)
• Ch 152 — Public Health Department (§ 152-1 – § 152-4)
• Ch 160 — Records (§ 160-1 – § 160-10)
• Ch 205 — Adult Entertainment Establishments (§ 205-1 – § 205-15)
• Ch 211 — Airport (§ 211-1 – § 211-13)
• Ch 216 — Alarm Systems (§ 216-1 – § 216-6)
• Ch 220 — Alcohol Beverages and Other Beverages (§ 220-1 – § 220-13)
• Ch 224 — Amusements (§ 224-1 – § 224-7)
• Ch 228 — Animals (§ 228-1 – § 228-13)
• Ch 240 — Bicycles (§ 240-1 – § 240-11)
• Ch 247 — Boating (§ 247-1 – § 247-7)
• Ch 253 — Building Construction (§ 253-1 – § 253-59)
• Ch 266 — Cigarettes and Tobacco Products (§ 266-1 – § 266-2)
• Ch 282 — Electrical Standards (§ 282-1 – § 282-10)
• Ch 288 — Erosion and Sediment Control (§ 288-1 – § 288-26)
• Ch 295 — Fair Housing (§ 295-1)
• Ch 303 — Fires and Fire Prevention (§ 303-1 – § 303-29)
• Ch 319 — Health and Sanitation (§ 319-1 – § 319-40)
• Ch 325 — Historic Preservation (§ 325-1 – § 325-11)
• Ch 332 — Housing Standards (§ 332-1 – § 332-6)
• Ch 356 — Landscaping (§ 356-1 – § 356-7)
• Ch 362 — Littering (§ 362-1)
• Ch 377 — Mining, Nonmetallic (§ 377-1 – § 377-31)
• Ch 390 — Nuisances (§ 390-1 – § 390-22)
• Ch 398 — Parks and Recreation (§ 398-1 – § 398-21)
• Ch 403 — Pawnbrokers and Secondhand Dealers (§ 403-1 – § 403-12)
• Ch 410 — Peace and Good Order (§ 410-1 – § 410-56)
• Ch 419 — Plumbing (§ 419-1 – § 419-12)
• Ch 424 — Property Maintenance, Commercial (§ 424-1 – § 424-45)
• Ch 428 — Public Events (§ 428-1 – § 428-19)
• Ch 442 — Snowmobiles (§ 442-1 – § 442-2)
• Ch 446 — Solid Waste (§ 446-1 – § 446-29)
• Ch 453 — Stormwater Management (§ 453-1 – § 453-43)
• Ch 457 — Streets and Sidewalks (§ 457-1 – § 457-52)
• Ch 468 — Taxicabs (§ 468-1 – § 468-9)
• Ch 476 — Towing (§ 476-1 – § 476-6)
• Ch 480 — Transient Merchants (§ 480-1 – § 480-10)
• Ch 482 — Transportation Utility (§ 482-1 – § 482-11)
• Ch 484 — Trees (§ 484-1 – § 484-9)
• Ch 497 — Vehicles, Abandoned and Junked (§ 497-1 – § 497-9)
• Ch 500 — Vehicles and Traffic (§ 500-1 – § 500-16)
• Ch 508 — Wastewater Facilities (§ 508-1 – § 508-28)
• Ch 512 — Water and Sewers (§ 512-1 – § 512-98)
• Ch 525 — Comprehensive Plan (§ 525-1 – § 525-5)
• Ch 532 — Floodplain and Shoreland-Wetland Overlay Zoning (§ 532-1 – § 532-50)
• Ch 545 — Subdivision of Land (§ 545-1 – § 545-50)
• Ch 550 — Zoning (§ 550-1 – § 550-158)
• Ch A600 — Charter Ordinances
• Ch DT — Derivation Table (§ DT-1)
• Ch DL — Disposition List (§ DL-1)