Wisconsin Statutes
Wis. Stat. § 62.18 (2026)
Sewers
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62.18(1)(1) Cities may construct. Cities shall have power to construct systems of sewerage, including a sewage disposal plant and all other appurtenances thereto, to make additions, alterations and repairs to such systems and plants, and when necessary abandon any existing system and build a new system, and to provide for the payment of the same by the city, by sewerage districts or by abutting property owners or by any combination of these methods. Whenever the council shall determine to lay sewers or provide sewerage in any portion of the city it shall so order by resolution which shall describe with reasonable particularity the district to be sewered. Whenever the territory of any city of this state shall be adjacent to or border on the territory of any other state, such city shall have power to build or construct a sewage disposal plant in such adjacent state, either alone for its sole use or jointly with some city or municipality in such adjacent state for their joint use on terms to be agreed upon by such municipalities. And if either city or municipality shall build or construct a sewage disposal plant, the city in this state may contract with the other city or municipality for its joint use on terms to be agreed upon.
62.18(13)(13) Sewers, where laid. Any contractor or other person acting under the direction of the board of public works may lay sewers in and through any alleys and streets, and through any breakwater into any lake and also in any highways of the county, whether within the limits of said city or not; such contractor shall repair such streets, alleys, breakwaters and highways and restore the same to their former condition upon the completion of such sewers.
62.18(16)(a)(a) Any city may levy a special tax for the extension or improvement of the sewer system of its sewer district.
62.18(16)(b)1.b.b. “Operating real property” does not include poles, towers, wires, equipment, mains, lines, tracks and other service structures located within the limits of public highways or constructed and maintained on private rights-of-way, and conduits, cables, devices, equipment and other facilities located upon or in the operating real property.
62.18(16)(b)2.2. The tax under par. (a) is declared to be a special tax for local improvement, as defined in s. 76.23. When any company owns operating real property within a sewer district described in par. (a), the assessor in the sewer district shall determine the value of the operating real property of all companies located within the district. The value of the operating real property shall be determined on the same basis as is the value of other real property subject to the special tax. The valuation of the operating real property shall be placed upon the tax roll for the purposes of the special tax only. The tax so assessed to the companies owning operating real property within the district shall be collected as other special sewer district taxes of the district are collected.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases, 1932–2013 · leading case: Bostco LLC v. Milwaukee Metro. Sewerage Dist., 2013 WI 78 (Wis. 2013).
Bostco LLC v. Milwaukee Metro. Sewerage Dist., 2013 WI 78 (Wis. 2013). “§ 62.18 . In accordance with its legislatively delegated powers, the District designed the Deep Tunnel to be built beneath the City of Milwaukee to collect and store excess sewage and storm water to prevent basement backups and sewer overflows.”
State Ex Rel. City of Manitowoc v. Police Pension Bd., 203 N.W.2d 74 (Wis. 1973). “Why should there be a difference for a city which has a population of ten thousand and one, and another city with a population of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.”
George Williams Coll. v. Vill. of Williams Bay, 7 N.W.2d 891 (Wis. 1943). “The trial court was of the opinion that the legislature by re-enacting sec. 61.45, Stats., in 1929 embodied sec.”
Williams v. City of Madison, 113 N.W.2d 395 (Wis. 1962). “Sec. 62.18, Stats., empowers cities to construct sewerage systems and to make “additions, alterations, and repairs” to the same and to provide for the payment thereof “by the city, by sewerage districts or by abutting property owners or by any combination of these methods.”
Fort Howard Paper Co. v. Fox River Heights Sanitary Dist., 26 N.W.2d 661 (Wis. 1947). “309, inclusive, of the statutes, may be levied by the commissioners in the manner provided by subsections (9) and (10) of section 62.18 of the statutes, together with all subsequent amendments thereto.”
Consol. Gas Co. of Florida, Inc. v. City Gas Co. of Florida, a Florida Corp., 912 F.2d 1262 (11th Cir. 1990). “at 1717 (quoting Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982)). The Court considered whether that statute satisfied the requirement of a clearly articulated state policy.”
Pine Ridge Recycling, Inc. v. Butts Cnty., Ga., 855 F. Supp. 1264 (M.D. Ga. 1994). “See Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982). From this delegation of power, the Court found that suppression of competition was a foreseeable result.”
Armory Realty Co. v. Olsen, 246 N.W. 513 (Wis. 1933). “As to the second controversy, which involves the certificates based upon improvements made by the village of Shore-wood, the facts are substantially as follows: Prior to October, 1927, the village had created a sewerage district pursuant to' the provisions of sec. 62.18, Stats.…”
Kaiser v. Bd. of Police & Fire Commissioners, 311 N.W.2d 646 (Wis. 1981). “Sec. 62.18(5), Stats., applies to disciplinary actions and convincingly reads: “DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST SUBORDINATES, (a) A subordinate may be suspended as hereinafter provided as a penalty.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Hosp. Bd. of Directors, 38 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 1994). “at 1717 (quoting Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982)). This statute was supplemented to provide that a city operating a public utility “may by ordinance fix the limits of such service in unincorporated areas.”
Boden v. Town of Lake, 12 N.W.2d 140 (Wis. 1943). “(9) of sec. 62.18, Stats., particularly covers the matter of special assessments.”
Marquette Homes, Inc. v. Town of Greenfield, 13 N.W.2d 61 (Wis. 1944). “The assessment was made under sec. 62.18, Stats., which, although a part of the city charter law, is made applicable to villages by sec.”
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Consol. Gas Co. of Florida, Inc. v. City Gas Co. of Florida, a Florida Corp., 912 F.2d 1262 (11th Cir. 1990). “at 1717 (quoting Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982)). The Court considered whether that statute satisfied the requirement of a clearly articulated state policy.”
Pine Ridge Recycling, Inc. v. Butts Cnty., Ga., 855 F. Supp. 1264 (M.D. Ga. 1994). “See Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982). From this delegation of power, the Court found that suppression of competition was a foreseeable result.”
Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Hosp. Bd. of Directors, 38 F.3d 1184 (11th Cir. 1994). “at 1717 (quoting Wis.Stat. § 62.18(1) (1981-1982)). This statute was supplemented to provide that a city operating a public utility “may by ordinance fix the limits of such service in unincorporated areas.”
— Wis. Stat. § 62.18(5) — 1 case
Kaiser v. Bd. of Police & Fire Commissioners, 311 N.W.2d 646 (Wis. 1981). “Sec. 62.18(5), Stats., applies to disciplinary actions and convincingly reads: “DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST SUBORDINATES, (a) A subordinate may be suspended as hereinafter provided as a penalty.”
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