The town clerk shall properly post or publish this ordinance as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats. Adopted this ________ day of ________ 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
66.0608 (3m) (b) Limitations, requirements. An ordinance enacted under par. (a) may include any of the following limitations or requirements:
1. A limit on the type and amount of funds that may be deposited into the account described under par. (a) 1.
2. A limit on the amount of withdrawals from the account described under par. (a) 1. that may be made, and a limit on the purposes for which such withdrawals may be made.
3. Reporting and audit requirements that relate to the account described under par. (a) 1.
The following statutes affect this form: s. 66.0615, Wis. stats. Below are websites containing actual room tax ordinances adopted by various municipalities throughout the state. Except where otherwise specified, each municipality’s website has a link to the municipality’s ordinances. The listing below indicates where in the municipality’s ordinances the room tax provisions are located at the time of this publication’s printing. The links to these ordinances are provided as samples only and their inclusion does not serve as a certification by the State of Wisconsin, the Legislative Reference Bureau, or the Wisconsin Towns Association of the legal validity, availability for use or reproduction, or copyright status of the listed ordinances.
Town of Buffalo, Marquette County
Town of Bayfield, Bayfield County
Located on the page titled “Forms & Permits”
City of Wisconsin Dells
Chapter 4—Finance & Public Records, section 4.10 Town of Monroe, Adams County
Unnumbered item entitled “Room Tax Ordinance”
Village of Egg Harbor
City of Lake Geneva
Chapter 70—Taxation, under Article III The following statutes affect this form: s. 66.0627, Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders as follows:
A special charge to ________ ________, a landowner in the Town of ________, for the following services is made under s. 66.0627, Wis. stats.: [list special services]. Charges and costs incurred by the Town of ________ for the above-described special services shall be fully reimbursed and paid by the landowner to the Town of ________ by ________ ___, 20__. These special services were provided by the Town of ________ or its agents on the following described real property in the Town of ________: [legal description].
If the full amount of the special charge is not timely paid by ________ ___, 20__, the unpaid special charge shall be considered delinquent and shall become a lien on the above-noted real property as of the date of delinquency and shall be included in the current or next tax roll for collection and settlement by the Town of ________ under ch. 74, Wis. stats. [Choose one of the following alternatives. See s. 66.0627 (3) (b), Wis. stats., for hearing requirements.] (Alternative 1) No public hearing and notice of public hearing was required regarding this special charge.
(Alternative 2) A public hearing, on proper notice under s. 66.0627 (3) (b), Wis. stats., regarding the special charge was held on ________ ___, 20__. The town clerk shall serve this resolution upon the landowner by regular first class mail, as the town’s notice to the landowner under s. 66.0627 (3) (a), Wis. stats. The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats. Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
The following statutes affect this form: ss. 66.0627 and 66.0707, Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders as follows:
A special charge to ________ ________, an owner of real property in the [City or Village or Town] of ________, an adjacent municipality that is served by current services rendered by the Town of ________, is made under s. 66.0627, Wis. stats., if the [City or Village or Town] of ________, the municipality in which the property is located, approves by resolution the imposition of the special charge. The owner of the property is entitled to the use and enjoyment of the following services for which the special charge is imposed on the same conditions as owners of property within the Town of ________: [list special services]. Charges and costs incurred by the Town of ________ for the above-described special services shall be fully reimbursed and paid by the landowner to the Town of ________ by ________ ___, 20__. These special services were provided by the Town of ________ or its agents on the following described real property in the Town of ________: [insert legal description].
If the full amount of the special charge is not timely paid by ________ ___, 20__, the unpaid special charge shall be considered delinquent and shall become a lien on the above-noted real property as of the date of delinquency and shall be included in the current or next tax roll for collection and settlement by the [City or Village or Town] of ________ under ch. 74, Wis. stats., in the same manner as the taxes of that municipality and paid over by the treasurer to the treasurer of the Town of ________. [Choose one of the following alternatives. See s. 66.0627 (3) (b), Wis. stats., for hearing requirements.] (Alternative 1) No public hearing and notice of public hearing was required regarding this special charge.
(Alternative 2) A public hearing, on proper notice under s. 66.0627 (3) (b), Wis. stats., regarding the special charge was held on ________ ___, 20__. The town clerk shall serve this resolution upon the [City or Village or Town] of ________, the municipality in which the property is located, with a request for its approval of the special charge hereunder, and upon the landowner by regular first class mail, as the town’s notice to the landowner under s. 66.0627 (3) (a), Wis. stats. The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats. Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
The following statutes affect this form: ss. 66.0703 and 70.27, Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and declares as follows:
Whereas, the town board has municipal jurisdiction over the lands described as follows:
[insert legal description (italicize)]; and
Whereas, the town board finds and determines pursuant to s. 70.27, Wis. stats., that the above-described lands or lands and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land meet the criteria for the making of an assessor’s plat under s. 70.27, Wis. stats., in that the description of the different parcels within the above-described lands or lands and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land cannot be made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purposes of assessment, taxation, or tax title procedures without noting the correct metes and bounds of the same, or that gross errors exist in lot measurements or locations so that difficulty is encountered in locating new structures, public utilities, or streets; and Whereas, the town board determines that the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands or lands and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land will be a local improvement for which the town may charge to the titleholders of the parcels included within the above-described lands [add if applicable: (italicize preceding phrase) including ________ County, Wisconsin, pursuant to s. 66.0705, Wis. stats.,] the costs and expenses of the making of an assessment plat for the above-described lands or lands and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land; The town board resolves and orders as follows:
1. An assessor’s plat for the above-described lands or lands and the buildings, improvements, and fixtures on that land shall be made for the above-noted purposes pursuant to s. 70.27, Wis. stats. 2. Initially the costs and expenses for making of the assessor’s plat shall be paid by the town.
3. All of the above-described lands, whether now platted or unplatted parcels, without inclusion of improvements within the assessor’s plat, shall be charged with the costs and expense incurred by the town in the making of the assessor’s plat and the individual titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor’s plat shall be required to reimburse the town for their share of the actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in making the assessor’s plat that are not paid in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board.
4. The actual and necessary costs and expenses incurred by the town in the making of the assessor’s plat that are not timely paid by the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor’s plat or in whole or in part by other financial sources, as determined by the town board as provided in paragraph 3 above, shall be collected from the titleholders of the parcels contained within the assessor’s plat by the town board and charged, if necessary, as a special assessment against the parcels contained within the assessor’s plat as provided by s. 66.0703, Wis. stats., or any successor provision. 5. The town clerk shall notify by mailing, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, a copy of this resolution to all titleholders of record of any parcel, within the above-described lands, for which record title is held by the titleholders on the date of adoption of this resolution.
6. The town clerk shall, not later than 5 days after adoption of this resolution, file a lis pendens with the Register of Deeds for ________ County, Wisconsin, on the parcels within the above-described lands.
7. When completed, the assessor’s plat shall be filed with the town clerk. The sworn certificate of the surveyor who made the plat that meets the requirements of s. 70.27 (7), Wis. stats., shall be appended to the title page of the assessor’s plat. 8. Within 2 days after the assessor’s plat is filed with the town clerk, the town clerk shall transmit the assessor’s plat to the State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration.
The town clerk shall properly post or publish this resolution as required under s. 60.80, Wis. stats. Adopted this ______ day of ________, 20__.
[Signatures of town board]
Attest: [Signature of town clerk]
The following statutes affect this form: s. 66.0703 (2), Wis. stats. STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of ________
________ County
The Town Board of the Town of ________, ________ County, Wisconsin, by this resolution, adopted by a majority of the town board on a roll call vote with a quorum present and voting and proper notice having been given, resolves and orders as follows:
The town intends to engage in the following special improvements: [list specific improvements].
A special assessment district is to be created consisting of the following area: [specifically describe the area].
Special assessments of special benefits will be levied against property in the district. [Special assessments may be paid in ________ installments or Special assessments may be paid in installments, the number of installments to be determined on a later date after a public hearing].
________ ________ [designate a town officer or employee] shall make a report to the board as to the project and assessments containing all of the following:
