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City of Ashland online ordinances are updated quarterly. A printed version of all ordinances is available for public review at the City Clerk’s office at City Hall. Individuals may also request a digital version or purchase their own paper versions of the ordinances by contacting the City Clerk at 715-682-7071.
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- Section XX
Officials & Boards
- Chapter 25. Ordinance for Salaries of the Mayor and the Common Council (PDF)
- Chapter 26. Ordinance for Mayoral Terms (Charter Ordinance) (PDF)
- Chapter 27. Ordinance for Board of Review (PDF)
- Chapter 28. Ordinance for Duties and Responsibilities of City Administrator (PDF)
- Chapter 29. Ordinance for Aldermanic Terms (Charter Ordinance) (PDF)
- Chapter 30. Ordinance for Code of Ethics (PDF)
- Chapter 31. Ordinance for Establishment of City Treasurer Comptroller (PDF)
- Chapter 33. Ordinance for Unexcused Absences from Committees, Commissions, and Boards (PDF)
- Chapter 35. Ordinance for Economic Development - Revolving Loan Fund Advisory Board (PDF)
- Chapter 38. Ordinance for City Plan Commission (PDF)
- Chapter 39. Ordinance to Approve City Performance of Certain Public Construction Without Submitting the Same for Bids (PDF)
- Chapter 45. Joint Ordinance to Reorganize the Airport Commission (PDF)
- Chapter 46. Ordinance for Public Works Committee (PDF)
- Chapter 47. Ordinance for Parks and Recreation Committee (PDF)
- Chapter 48. Ordinance for Organization of the Public Works, Park and Leisure Services Departments. (PDF)
- Chapter 49. Ordinance to Establish a Sustainability Committee (PDF)
City Employees
- Chapter 78. Ordinance for Compensation Schedule and Salary Allocations of the Non-Union, Non-Elected Officers and Employees (PDF)
- Chapter 80. Ordinance for City Employees Soliciting or Receiving Gifts (PDF)
- Chapter 85. Ordinance for Employee Education Assistance Policy (PDF)
- Chapter 116. Ordinance for Regulation of the Number of Employees of the Street Department. (PDF)
Policies & Procedures
- Chapter 123. Ordinance for Prohibiting Interference with the Street Commissioner and with Persons Executing Contracts with the City (PDF)
- Chapter 131. Ordinance for Ordinance for City Work for Private Individuals (PDF)
- Chapter 133. Ordinance for Maintenance and Destruction of City Records (PDF)
- Chapter 134. Ordinance for Code of Ordinances (PDF)
- Chapter 135. Ordinance for Public Funds Used by Outside Organizations (PDF)
Finances
- Chapter 153. Ordinance for Water Utility Payments to General Fund (PDF)
- Chapter 154. Ordinance for Accommodations Tax (PDF)
- Chapter 165. Ordinance for Comprehensive Fee Schedule (PDF)
- Chapter 182. Ordinance for Eliminating the Requirement of the Treasurer Providing a Bond to the County Treasurer (PDF)
- Chapter 183. Ordinance for Alternative System of Approving Financial Claims (PDF)
- Chapter 194. Ordinance for Procurement of Goods and Services and Approval of Change Orders for Public Construction Projects (PDF)
- Chapter 195. Ordinance for Voluntary Special Assessments for Sewer Improvements for the Correction of Inflow and Infiltration Problems (PDF)
Protection
- Chapter 201. Ordinance for General Conduct Ordinance (PDF)
- Chapter 202. Ordinance for Noise Pollution Prevention (PDF)
- Chapter 203. Ordinance for Loitering (PDF)
- Chapter 205. Ordinance for Parental Responsibility (PDF)
- Chapter 206. Ordinance for False Fire Alarms and Interference with Fire Suppression (PDF)
- Chapter 207. Ordinance for a Joint Action Emergency Government Ordinance to Cope with Emergencies (PDF)
- Chapter 208. Ordinance for Shooting Arrows Within City Limits (PDF)
- Chapter 209. Ordinance for Watercraft Regulations (PDF)
- Chapter 210. Ordinance for Unlawful Sheltering of Minors (PDF)
- Chapter 211. Ordinance for Charging Excessive False Alarms (PDF)
- Chapter 213. Ordinance for Appointment of School Crossing Guards (PDF)
Public Lands & Natural Resources
- Chapter 453. Ordinance for Regulating the Height of Structures and Trees and Use of Property in Vicinity of Airport (PDF)
- Chapter 454. Ordinance for Planting, Maintaining, and Removing Trees and Shrubs (PDF)
- Chapter 463. Ordinance for Policies and Procedures for Parks, Facilities, and Recreation Areas (PDF)
- Chapter 464. Ordinance for the Rules and Regulations for Public Use of the Ashland Marina (PDF)
- Chapter 465. Ordinance for Mooring or Docking on Waterfront Property Prohibited (PDF)
- Chapter 467. Ordinance for Safety Zone in a Portion of Chequamegon Bay in the City of Ashland (PDF)
- Chapter 469. Ordinance for Restrictive Covenants Governing Parcels Located Within the Ashland Industrial Park (PDF)
- Chapter 475. Ordinance for Ordinance to Annex Land (Town of Gingles) (PDF)
- Chapter 476. Ordinance for Ordinance to Annex Land (Town of Eileen) (PDF)
- Chapter 477. Ordinance for Ordinance to Annex Land Adjacent to Airport (PDF)
- Chapter 478. Ordinance for Land Acquisitions and Dispositions (PDF)
Railroads & Airports
Highways & Public Right-of-Ways
- Chapter 501. Ordinance for Public Right-of-Way Regulation (PDF)
- Chapter 502. Ordinance for Use of the City Streets and Sidewalks (PDF)
- Chapter 503. Ordinance for City Heavy Traffic Routes (PDF)
- Chapter 504. Ordinance for Vehicular Traffic Regulation (PDF)
- Chapter 505. Ordinance for Snowmobiles, and Snowmobile Routes and Trails (PDF)
- Chapter 506. Ordinance for School Bus Warning Lights (PDF)
- Chapter 507. Ordinance for the Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles and Utility-Terrain Vehicles (PDF)
- Chapter 530 Sidewalk Construction, Maintenance, and Use
- Chapter 534. Ordinance for Placing Snow from Private Property Onto City Streets or near Intersections (PDF)
- Chapter 536. Ordinance for Salt Use on Streets (PDF)
- Chapter 542. Ordinance for Emergency Routes (PDF)
- Chapter 544. Ordinance for Vehicular Stopping and Parking (PDF)
- Chapter 601. Ordinance for Municipal Parking Lots (PDF)
- Chapter 602. Ordinance for Regulations for Parking Lot F (Marina Storage) (PDF)
- Chapter 603. Ordinance for Regulations for Vehicular Parking Lot G (John F. Kennedy Memorial Airport) (PDF)
- Chapter 611. Ordinance for Permits for Placing or Altering Driveways for Movement of Traffic (PDF)
- Chapter 612. Ordinance for Street and Utility Construction Standards and Special Assessment Policies (PDF)
- Chapter 612A. Ordinance for Special Assessment for the Prentice Heights Development Project (PDF)
- Chapter 612B. Ordinance for Special Assessment for the Superior View Subdivision Development Project (PDF)
- Chapter 612C. Ordinance for Special Assessment for Designated Properties Located North of City Heights Road (PDF)
- Chapter 613. Ordinance for Underground Utility Standards (PDF)
- Chapter 614. Ordinance for Abandoned Vehicles in the City of Ashland, Wisconsin (PDF)
- Chapter 615. Ordinance for Unattended Vehicles When Wheels Are off the Ground (PDF)
- Chapter 616. Ordinance for Sixth Avenue West Pedestrian Mall (PDF)
- Chapter 617. Ordinance for Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (Nev) (PDF)
- Chapter 618. Ordinance for Process for Discontinuing City Rights-of-Way (PDF)
Utilities
- Chapter 702. Ordinance for Introduction of Fluorine into the Citys Water System (PDF)
- Chapter 703. Ordinance for Back Flow and Cross Connection Prevention and Remediation (PDF)
- Chapter 705. Ordinance for Water Utility Rules, Rates, and Regulations (PDF)
- Chapter 711. Ordinance for a Potw and Collection System (PDF)
- Chapter 712. Ordinance for Sanitary Sewer Rules, Rates, and Regulations (PDF)
- Chapter 714. An Ordinance to Provide Sewer Services to Specified Property Outside the Corporate Limits of the City of Ashland (PDF)
- Chapter 721. Ordinance for Septic and Holding Tank Pump out (PDF)
- Chapter 730. Ordinance for Granting Franchise to Lake Superior District Power Company to Construct and Maintain Facilities (PDF)
Building & Electrical Inspectors & Codes
- Chapter 746. Ordinance for Prevention of Clear Water Inflow to the Sanitary Sewer (PDF)
- Chapter 748. Ordinance for Building Inspector and Building, Housing, Electrical and Plumbing Codes (PDF)
- Chapter 750. Ordinance for Property Maintenance (PDF)
- Chapter 751. Ordinance for Roof Drains Connections to Sanitary Sewers (PDF)
Zoning
- Full Unified Development Ordinance (U.D.O.) and Zoning District Map (PDF)
- Chapter 781. Ordinance to Allow City of Ashland Unified Development Ordinance (U.D.O.) Be Provided in Pamphlet Form (PDF)
- Chapter 782A. Ordinance for Change the Classification of Certain Properties from Two Family Residence District to Industrial District (PDF)
- Chapter 782G. Ordinance for Construction of a 3 by 7 Directional Sign (PDF)
- Chapter 787E. Ordinance for a Variance to Allow Construction of a Commercial Garage in a Two-Family Residential District (PDF)
- Chapter 787F. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance for a Parking Lot at 1322 Front Street East (PDF)
- Chapter 787G. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance to Allow Construction of an Addition Onto a Residence (PDF)
- Chapter 787H. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance to Allow Reconstruction of a Residence (PDF)
- Chapter 787K. Ordinance to Amend the City Zoning Ordinance No. 679 (PDF)
- Chapter 787R. Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Variance to Allow Construction of a Pole Building for Equipment Storage Purposes (PDF)
- Chapter 787S. Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance to Allow a Commercial Print Shop in a Central Business District (PDF)
- Chapter 787T. Ordinance for Zoning Use Variance to Allow Relocation of Certain Advertising Panels (PDF)
- Chapter 787V. Ordinance for Amendment to Official Zoning Map of the City of Ashland in Order to Plat a Street in Ellis Division (PDF)
- Chapter 787W. Ordinance for Official Zoning Map of Ashland Shall Be Amended to Plat and Open a Street Located in Blocks 120 and 121 (PDF)
- Chapter 787X. Ordinance to Amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Ashland to Plat and Open Connecting Road (PDF)
- Chapter 788T. Ordinance to Conditionally Rezone to C-2 Neighborhood Commercial the Following Property 623 2nd Avenue East (PDF)
- Chapter 794E. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Variance to Allow Relocation of Advertising Panels on the South Side of Front Street (PDF)
- Chapter 796C. An Ordinance Authorizing Certain Uses and Operations in an Agricultural District Classification (PDF)
- Chapter 800A. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Variance to Allow Construction of a Commercial Storage Garage (PDF)
- Chapter 801B. An Ordinance to Amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Ashland in Order to Plat an Alley (PDF)
- Chapter 806A. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance for Warehousing of Carpeting (PDF)
- Chapter 806G. An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Use Variance to Allow the Construction of Three Eight-Plex Multi-Family Dwelling Units (PDF)
- Chapter 806N. An Ordinance to Approve a Pud-Gdp (Planned Unit Development - General Development Plan) (PDF)
- Chapter 807B. An Ordinance to Approve a Pud-Gdp (Planned Unit Development - General Development Plan) (PDF)
- Chapter 808. Ordinance to Approve a Planned Unit Development-General Development Plan (Pud-Gdp) (PDF)
- Chapter 809. Ordinance to Approve a Planned Unit Development-Specific Implementation Plan (Pud-Sip) (PDF)
- Chapter 826. Ordinance for Historic Preservation (PDF)
- Chapter 830. Ordinance for Authentic Ashland 2035 (Comprehensive Plan) (PDF)
Licensing & Regulation
- Chapter 857. Ordinance for Fireworks (PDF)
- Chapter 862. Ordinance for Unauthorized Connections or Modifications to the Community Cable T.V. System (PDF)
- Chapter 863. Ordinance for Cable Television Regulatory and Franchising Ordinance of 1995 (PDF)
- Chapter 864. Ordinance for Pawnbrokers (PDF)
- Chapter 865. Ordinance for Weights and Measures (PDF)
- Chapter 871. Ordinance for Mobile Homes, Manufactured Home Communities (Mobile Home Parks), and Campgrounds (PDF)
- Chapter 882. Ordinance for Arcades (PDF)
- Chapter 889. Ordinance for Transient Merchants, Solicitation in Residential Neighborhoods, and Mobile Concession Street Vendors (PDF)
- Chapter 900. Ordinance for Recycling (PDF)
- Chapter 905. Ordinance for Solid Waste Disposal (PDF)
- Chapter 911. Ordinance for Taxicabs (PDF)
- Chapter 912. Ordinance for Ambulances (PDF)
- Chapter 921. Ordinance for Consumption of Alcohol at the Band Shell (PDF)
- Chapter 922. Ordinance for Alcoholic Beverages Regulation (PDF)
- Chapter 923. Ordinance for All Taxes, Assessments, Utility Charges, Indebtedness, Forfeitures Paid Before License, Contract Granted (PDF)
- Chapter 925. Ordinance for Cigarettes and Tobacco Products (PDF)
- Chapter 926. Ordinance for Implementation of Wisconsins Smoke-Free (PDF)
- Chapter 931. Ordinance for Bicycles (PDF)
- Chapter 933. Ordinance for Bicycles, Skateboards, Roller Blades, and Roller Skates (PDF)
- Chapter 934. Ordinance for Newspaper Racks (PDF)
- Chapter 950. Ordinance for Synthetic Drug Establishments (PDF)
- Chapter 971. Ordinance for Juke Boxes, Pin Ball Machines, and Other Similar Musical Mechanisms and Mechanical Amusement Devices (PDF)
- Chapter 978. Ordinance for Burning of Grass, Leaves, and Garbage (PDF)
Miscellaneous
- Chapter 983. Ordinance for Changing the City Base or Plane of Reference for Elevations and Fixing Elevation of Bench Marks (PDF)
- Chapter 987. An Ordinance to Establish Bulkhead Line on Chequamegon Bay Between Tenth West and Eighteenth West (PDF)
- Chapter 990. An Ordinance to Establish Bulkhead Line on Chequamegon Bay Between 10th West and East of Macarthur (PDF)
- Chapter 991. Ordinance for Repeal Ordinance 538 Establishing and Governing the Equipment Agency (PDF)
- Chapter 992. An Ordinance to Establish Bulkhead Line Adjacent to the So-Called Commercial Dock in Chequamegon Bay (PDF)
- Chapter 993. Establishment of Bulkhead Line on the Chequamegon Bay Between North 6th West and So-Called City Dock (PDF)