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Department of Neighborhood Services
Quick Reference Guide--10/06/15 version
This is intended for information purposes only. It is not intended to substitute for the City or State codes
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS INSPECTION--286-3874 property maintenance and fire safety relating to commercial buildings
CONDEMNATION 286-2557 handles severely fire damaged and dilapidated buildings
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 286-3280 asbestos, commercial garbage & litter (excluding food establishments) exterior sanitation, public & private swimming pools, filling stations, massage establishments, self-service laundromats, dry cleaners, tire generators & waste tires, noise and light nuisances.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS INSPECTION and NUISANCE CONTROL--286-2268 property maintenance, fire safety relating to 1 & 2 family residences and apartment buildings; graffiti, and animals dog, cats, bees, chickens, Vacant Residential Buildings, Residential Rental Inspections, and Certificate of Code Compliance Programs, garbage nuisances, animal problems, & nuisance vehicles.
ELECTRICAL Section (Trades) 286-2532
ELEVATORS Sections (Trades) 286-2532
PLUMBING & Cross-Connections (Trades) 286-3361
SPRINKLERS Section (Trades) 286-3361
CONSTRUCTION Inspections (Trades) 286-2513) Alterations, new construction and complaints with improper installations or major system problems in their specialty areas
Restaurants, taverns, or food stores
CONSUMER PROTECTION SECTION Health Department 286-3674
Indoor Air quality, Outdoor odors, Beach water quality & fish advisories, drinking water quality
Snow Shoveling/plowing on private property or in the public way
Tall Grass and weeds (more than 7")
Special Pick-ups
Dead Animals
Signs and Street lights
CITY-OWNED VACANT LOTS (286-5763) clean-ups, mowing, and snow shoveling of sidewalks on City-owned lots.
Yards Litter Nuisance Control, Residential, Commercial, Vacant Lots They must be clean and free from mud, dust and erosion. Garbage problems on residential property- Vector Garbage problems on commercial properties or private vacant or dumping or improper storage of oil or other automotive fluids EH. Mud, dust and erosions-- CE Res or Comm. All problems on City-owned lots --Vacant Lots. Food store, taverns & restaurants go to Health-Consumer Protection
Vehicles--Nuisance Control
Nuisance vehicles on private property are handled by Residential 286-2268. Vehicles in the public way (streets & alleys) are handled by the Police Department.
Exterior Building Maintenance--Residential or Commercial Buildings depending on building use.
The exterior of the building must be maintained in a good state of repair. Vacant buildings are not illegal but they must be secure, yard maintained (Snow and Grass removal) and registered.
Interior Building Maintenance--Residential or Commercial Buildings
The interior must be in a good state of repair. The heating, plumbing, and electrical systems should work properly.
Responsibility for utility payments may rest with the tenants.
BIRD FEEDING-Nuisance Control as a part of DNS Residential Section
Feeding birds on the ground is illegal. No more than 4 feeders may be located on any premises.
Any person wishing to make a complaint about someone feeding birds on the ground should call 286-2268. (Birds can
only be fed in a covered hopper, gravity type feeder on top of a rodent-proof pole which is at least 3.5 feet about ground
and 6 feet from nearest climbable object or in a feeder suspended from a tree which is protected by rodent guards. No
more than 4 feeders may be located on any premises.
BITES--Nuisance Control (excluding birds, reptiles, or small rodents) (s. 78-27) Any time an animal, residing in the City of Milwaukee, bites or scratches a human being resulting in the skin being broken, the bite/scratch should be reported to the Residential Section at 286-2268. The person reporting the bite/scratch should have the following information available: Address of animal Type of Animal Date of Bite Name and phone number of animal owner (if known) Name of victim Address, age and phone number of victim Location of wound (i.e. hand, leg, face, etc.) Circumstances surrounding the bite/scratch How Bite Occurred Where Bite Occurred Description of Animal
Once the inspector receives the bite report, a visit will be made to both the animal's and victim's homes. The animal will be quarantined in the home for 10-14 days starting the date of the bite. After this period of time, the inspector will release the animal from quarantine by making another visit to the animal's home. At each visit, the animal must be observed by the inspector. During a quarantine period, no animal shall be taken for walks, left unattended outdoors, or be allowed to leave its premises for any reason. All animals are quarantined in their home unless the owner requests that the animal be taken to the Humane Society for quarantine, the animal was loose at the time of bite and apprehended by either the Police, Humane Officers or Health Officers, or the animal's owner does not obey quarantine restrictions and this is brought to the Vector & Environmental Health Section's attention.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (starting in 1999) (s. 78-3 1)
A Nuisance Control Inspector will investigate. If the complaint is verified, a citation will be issued. Cruelty to animals
is classified not only as visible physical abuse but also leaving an animal outside for any extended period of time without
shelter or water.
DANGEROUS ANIMALS & PROHIBITED ANIMALS-Nuisance Control (ss. 78-23, 78-25)
An animal may be declared dangerous if it:
1. 'when unprovoked, bites or hurts a person, domestic pet or animal on public or private property
2. chases or approaches a person in a menacing fashion
3. has a known tendency or disposition to threaten the safety of humans or other domestic pets or animals
(An animal is not be deemed dangerous if it bites defending its owner, protecting its young or another animal, defends itself against any person or animal which has tormented, assaulted or abused it, or is defending it's owner or caretaker's property against trespassers.)
When an animal has been declared dangerous a Dangerous Animal Order will be issued to the animal owner or caretaker. Within 7 days, the owner has two options: 1) to comply with Sections 78-23-1 through 7 and 10 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, or 2) have the animal destroyed by the Wisconsin Humane Society or a licensed veterinarian as pursuant to Section 78-23-11 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances.
Sections 78-23-1 through 7 and 10 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances are as follows:
Whenever an owner or caretaker wishes to contest an order, he or she shall, within 72 hours after receipt of the order, deliver to the Nuisance & Environmental Health Section a written objection to the order. The Section Supervisor then convenes the dangerous animal hearing panel.
Prohibited Dangerous Animal
An animal that is determined to be a prohibited dangerous animal under s. 78-25 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances
is an animal that:
1. kills a domestic pet or animal without provocation while off the owner's property or
2. inflicts substantial bodily harm on a person without provocation on public or private property.
3. has been declared dangerous or ordered destroyed in another Wisconsin community
4. is owned or kept for the purpose of dog fighting.
When an animal has been declared a prohibited dangerous animal, a Prohibited Dangerous Animal Order will be issued on the animal owner. The animal must either be removed from the City of Milwaukee within 7 days of receipt of order or destroyed. The order may be appealed in writing within 72 hours of receipt of order to the Section.
DOGS, BARKING-Nuisance Control DISTURBING THE PEACE (barking, howling, crying, etc.) (s. 78-29) Occasional barking is not illegal. Complaints must be made in writing stating the animal's address, the complainant's name, address and phone number and a general description of the problem should be sent to Department of Neighborhood Services, Nuisance Control, 4001 S. 6th St. Milwaukee, WI 53221-1704.
All animal noise complaints must be made to the Nuisance & Environmental Health Section in writing. A letter stating the animal's address, the complainant's name, address and phone number and a general description of the problem should be sent to DNS Animal Control, 841 N. Broadway, Room 1001, Milwaukee, WI 53202. After the Section verifies both addresses, a warning letter will be typed. The inspector will attempt to personally serve the letter on the animal owner along with literature and a copy of the applicable ordinance. If the inspector cannot make contact after a few tries, the letter will be mailed to the animal owner's home. The complainant will then be sent a follow-up letter informing he/she of what was sent to the animal owner along with a petition for commencement of prosecution. If the noise problem continues after the complainant receives the petition, the complainant must document dates and times that it is occurring and return it to the Section. He/she should also try to get at least one person from another household, who is bothered by the noise, to sign the petition. Once the Section receives the petition, the complainant will be notified and if they are willing to appear in Municipal court to face the animal owner, a citation will be issued. A CITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNLESS THE COMPLAINANT IS WILLING TO APPEAR IN MUNICIPAL COURT.
DOG & CAT AT LARGE & LITTERING- Nuisance Control (ss. 78-19, 78-21) It is illegal for dogs and cats to run at large and litter. If an animal is running loose right now, an animal control officer can be dispatched if available. If not available, the call will be referred to another inspector or the Wisconsin Humane Society. All complaints regarding dogs and cats running at large and littering should be phoned in to 286-2268. The exact address of the violating animal and the complainant's name, address and phone number will be needed. After the addresses have been verified by the clerk, a warning letter is typed and given to the inspector for personal service. If the inspector cannot personally serve the letter after several tries, the letter is mailed to the animal owner's home. The complainant will then be mailed a follow-up letter and a petition for commencement of prosecution. If the problem persists after the complainant has received the petition, he/she must document on the petition the times and dates that the problem is occurring and try to get at least one other household bothered by the problem to sign the petition. The petition then gets sent back to the Section. If the complainant is willing to appear in the City Attorney's Office with the dog owner, a citation will be issued. A CITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED UNLESS THE COMPLAINANT IS WILLING TO APPEAR IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
DOG & CAT LICENSES-MADACC & City Clerk License Division (Applications are obtained by calling City Clerk at 286-2256 or visiting any library or police station). All dogs and cats over the age of 5 months, residing in the City of Milwaukee, must be licensed annually. Lack of a dog/cat license for your pet could result in you receiving a citation for each unlicensed pet. Anyone interested in obtaining a dog/cat license should call the Milwaukee Treasurer's Office at 286-2256.
The City no Longer performs animal capture services. All requests for capture of nuisance animals such as skunks, raccoons, stray dogs or cats, etc. should be referred to an animal control service or pest control service. Stray dogs or cats, etc. should be referred to the new Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission MADACC. It can be reached at 414-649-8640.
The owner of a building is responsible for extermination prior to renting.
The owner of a building with 2 or more units is responsible for extermination when the infestation exists in parts of
the building controlled by more than one occupant or when the infestation is in shared or public areas. Whenever
infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a structure in a reasonably rodent-proof or reasonably
insect-proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.
The occupant of a single family property is responsible for extermination on that property. When there is more than
one unit, the occupant is responsible for extermination in their unit if the infestation is limited to their unit only.
Owners must keep all buildings and yards free from rodents or vermin. If the owner fails to comply with an order
to do so, the Department can correct the condition and put the charges on the tax roll.
COMMERCIAL PESTICIDE APPLICATOR REGISTRATION: Any person who applies pesticides within the City of Milwaukee for profit must be registered with the Nuisance Control & Environmental Health Division. There is an annual registration of $30 plus a $15 late fee per person, if applicable. For more information or for a pre-application call 286-2268. Anyone caught applying pesticides in the City of Milwaukee without the City of Milwaukee's Commercial Pesticide Applicator Registration Certificate will be issued a municipal citation.
FARM/EXOTIC/ WILD ANIMALS IN THE CITY (includes special events like petting zoos, festivals, etc.) (s. 78-5)
The following animals are prohibited within the city either temporarily or permanently: live bees, fowl, cows, cattle, horses, sheep, swine, goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese or any other domesticated livestock. Exceptions are places approved by the commissioner of health for slaughtering, educational purposes, research purposes and for circuses or similar recreational events.
Any person wanting to bring a horse, cow, wild cat, etc. into the city for a private party, special event, petting zoo, festival, etc. shall submit in writing to the Nuisance & Environmental Health Section a letter providing the following information:
How will the animal(s) be brought into the City and who will bring them in?
Where is the animal(s) usually kept?
How long will the animal(s) be here?
How will the animal(s) be held?
How will they take the animal(s) back?
They must guarantee us that the animal(s) will have food, water and shelter.
Animal(s) must be kept 100 feet from a food service area or where food is being prepared.
Feces must be picked up routinely, kept in covered containers and disposed of properly
If the animal bites, the bite must be reported to the Nuisance & Environmental Health Section and also to the
jurisdiction of where the animal resides.
For more information call the DNS Residential Section at 286-2268.
INSECT CONTROL-Exterior
Migrating roaches are roaches visibly seen moving from one home to another. An exact address must be given to the
receptionist at the time of the complaint. The inspector will investigate and if confirmed, a pesticide will be applied to
the exterior of the property. (s. 80-31 regarding compost piles) Migrating roach complaints should be directed to the
DNS Residential Section 286-2268.
INSECT CONTROL-Interior
The owner of a building with 2 or more units is responsible when the infestation exists in parts of the building controlled
by more than one occupant or when the infestation is in shared or public areas. The occupant of a single family property
is responsible for extermination on that property. When there is more than one unit, the occupant is responsible for
extermination in their unit if the infestation is limited to their unit only.
Any City of Milwaukee resident that has an insect or bug, they believe to be of public health significance, ran have it
identified. They must bring the specimen into the Nuisance & Environmental Health office at 4001 S. 6th St., Milwaukee, WI 53221 Street in a
sealed container. The container should also have the name, address and phone number of the person interested in the
identification on it. The specimen will be given to an inspector who will contact the individual with the results and
possible ways of eliminating it.
Nests on private property are the responsibility of the property owner. Nests in City owned trees and rights of way can be reported to the Forestry Section at 414-286-CITY (2489).
ODOR NUISANCE-(caused by animals)
Any odor caused by excess animal litter outside in a yard should be referred to DNS Residential at 286-2268. An order will be issued to
clean the premises and the animal owner will be advised to pick up litter on a daily basis.
No more than 3 adult dogs and/or cats are allowed in any one dwelling unit. In single and 2-family dwelling units, a fourth or fifth dog and/or cat can reside if the owner/tenant has an animal fancier permit obtained through our office.
FANCIER PERMIT (allowing an individual a 4th or 5th adult dog and/or cat) (s. 78-7-2)
Any complaints regarding the number of animal residing in a dwelling unit can be sent to the DNS Residential Section at 286-2268. No more than 3 adult dogs and/or cats are allowed in any one dwelling unit. In single and 2-family dwelling units, a fourth or fifth dog and/or cat can reside if the owner/tenant has an animal fancier permit obtained through our office. The cost of the permit is $26.00 per year and is subject to an annual inspection of the dwelling unit. More frequent inspections must be allowed on a complaint basis. Animal fancier permits are not allowed in multiple dwelling units. Anyone violating this will be subject to prosecution.
PET SHOPS, KENNELS, GROOMING ESTABLISHMENTS, STABLES (ss. 78-7, 78-9, 78-11, 78-13, 78-15)
Any complaints regarding the above should be directed to the DNS Residential Section at 286-2268. The above establishments are subject to yearly inspections, or more frequent inspections on a complaint basis. The cost of each of these permits is $40.00 per year.
PIGEONS-Nuisance Control
We provide an instructional pamphlet on how to prevent pigeons from roosting on a property. We investigate and issue orders but does not abate pigeons on private property. For complaints of 25 + pigeons roosting under bridge overpasses, railroad trestles, bill boards, etc., the city will investigate and obtain permission from the DNR before placing bait. All pigeon complaints should be referred to the Nuisance & Environmental Health Section at 286-2268. For information on how to prevent pigeons from roosting on your own property, an informational pamphlet is available for City of Milwaukee residents. For neighboring problems with roosting pigeons, an exact address is needed before the inspector can investigate and if necessary issue orders to pigeon proof the home. The Department does not abate pigeons on private property. For complaints of 25+ pigeons roosting under bridge overpasses, railroad trestles, bill boards, etc., the city will investigate and obtain permission from the DNR before placing bait.
Injured Animals LIVE ANIMALS ONLY (MADACC), Dead Animals (DPW Sanitation)
MADACC (414) 646-8640 will attempt to dispatch an animal control officer to pick up unwanted or stray animals. Or the caller should be advised to call the Wisconsin Humane Society. Dead animals including road kill are picked up by Sanitation either at the curb, in street or wrapped in plastic and placed in cart) (s. 78-21)
Any person who has an unwanted or stray animal in their possession that needs to be picked up should call MADACC (414) 646-8640. An office assistant will attempt to dispatch to an animal control officer. If an animal control officer will not be available, the caller should be advised to call the Wisconsin Humane Society (414) 264-6257.
If an animal is running loose right now, call MADACC (414) 646-8640 and an animal control officer will be dispatched to patrol the area for the animal.
RABBITS, GUINEA PIGS, FERRETS, ETC.-Residential Section
Rabbits or guinea pigs may not be kept in apartment buildings. Any ferret that is involved in a bite must be surrendered
to the Department and then sacrificed for rabies testing. (This does not include ferrets that have been inoculated against
No rabbits or guinea pigs may be kept within multiple dwelling units. Any ferret that is involved in a bite must be
surrendered to the Department and then sacrificed for rabies testing. (This does not include ferrets that have been
inoculated against rabies.)
TOO MANY ANIMALS-Residential Section
Any person having more than 3 adult (5 months of age or older) dogs and/or cats and less than 6 in a dwelling unit must obtain an animal fancier permit. No person may have more than 5 adult dogs and/or cats in a dwelling unit. No fancier permits will be issued on multiple dwelling units (i.e. 3 or more dwelling unit) buildings. Any violations should be reported to 286-5771.
MICE NOTE: Mice are not baby rats! (Pamphlets are available upon request)
RATS-Residential Section
An inspector will look for active rat infestations at that location and issue an order on the property owner if an infestation is found. (s. 80-48-4). An inspector will look for active rat infestations at that location and issue an order on the property owner if an infestation is found. The order instructs the property owner to either abate the nuisance themselves or hire an exterminator. When the inspector reinspects 7 days later, if no abatement has been started, he/she will place bait. The inspector will continue to place bait until there is no longer any acceptance. The cost of the abatement will then be placed on the property owner's tax bill at the end of the year. The person owning or in control of the premises must remove the material causing the harborage. Lumber, boxes and similar materials must be neatly piled at least one foot above the ground. If the owner does not comply with an order to remove a harborage, the Department can do so and put the cost on the tax bill.
WILDLIFE (skunks & raccoons) Wild animals are under the jurisdiction of the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (888-936-7463) or www.dnr.wi.gov. Wild animals entering into a home require specially licensed DNR registered animal handlers. DNS does not pick up or remove any animals. It is the responsibility of the property owner to hire a professional exterminator licensed to remove wildlife.
Generally, owners must keep the building in good repair. This includes the interior and exterior of the building as well as any equipment which is part of the building. It also includes the yard. For simplicity, the term 'Owner' also includes operators, persons firms or corporations in charge of or in control of any building or structure.
FENCES- must be maintained or removed.
GARAGE DOORS--Garages must have operative doors on all openings
PUBLIC AREA--Service walks, steps, driveways, parking spaces, etc. must be kept in a proper state of repair.
ADDRESS NUMBERS- buildings must have legible address numbers at least 3 inches high on the front of the building, and at the rear or side of properties that abut an alley
Litter complaints related to most properties are handled by DNS 286-2268.
Litter and garbage complaints that are related to food establishments or taverns are handled by the Health Department 286-3674.
GARBAGE/LITTER (Chapter 79-12, 79-1-7)
Complaints regarding garbage lying on the ground at residential properties should be called in to the Department's Nuisance & Environmental Health Section at 286-2268. Once verified an order will be issued on the property owner to abate the problem. A reinspection will be made 7 days after the order is mailed. If the garbage has been cleaned up the order will be OK'd. If the garbage problem still exists, the inspector will take pictures of the problem and send them along with an inspectional copy of the order to the downtown office for placing on a bid list. Private contractors will bid on the problem properties. Once the properties are abated by the winning contractor, the cost of the abatement by the contractor along with Department administrative fees will be placed on the property owner's tax bill at the end of the year. Any complaints regarding piles of grass, leaves, brush, dirt, manure, etc. will be treated the same as garbage/rubbish/litter. (NOTE: Leaves and grass are only actionable by the Department when they have been raked into a pile. If they are left where they fall or were cut (grass) it is not actionable by the Department.
Occupant must dispose of rubbish in a clean and sanitary manner by placing it in proper containers.
The City provides residential property garbage carts based on the size and number of units. Large commercial properties many require private collection services which will provide their private containers.
Properties must be graded and drained so that no stagnant water accumulates and no soil spills onto the sidewalk, street or adjoining property as a result of soil erosion. Premises must be covered with grass, ground cover or paving material. If an owner doesn't comply with an order to landscape, the department can correct the condition and put the charges on
the taxroll
VEHICLES-ILLEGALLY PARKED ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY (unlicensed, on unpaved surface, too many) (ss.
295-75, 252-74) DNS Residential Section (286-2268)
1. The parking of any vehicle on an unapproved surface on a residential property is illegal. Vehicles are not allowed to be parked on grass or dirt.
2. Vehicles can only be parked on cement, asphalt, or macadam surfaces; or on a gravel driveway which has existed since before 1976.
3. Not more than 4 vehicles may be parked on a residential single family or duplex property at any one time. Not more than I commercial vehicle may be parked on a lot in a single, 2-family or multi-family district. Such vehicle may not exceed 18 feet in length nor have more than 4 wheels.
4. Not more than 1 recreational vehicle, other than motorcycles and snowmobiles, may be parked on a lot in a single, 2-family or multi-family district. Such vehicle may not exceed 18 feet in length nor have more than 4 wheels.
5. The parking of any vehicle on residential property outside of an enclosed garage or shed is prohibited if the vehicle is not currently licensed.
Violators will be issued an order to correct the condition. At time of reinspection, if condition has not changed a municipal citation will be issued. (Any unlicensed vehicles parked in the street or alley should be referred to the district Police station.)
VEHICLES-NUISANCE VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY-DNS Residental Section (broken windows, flat tires, dismantled) (s. 80-49)
Nuisance vehicles are classified as vehicles that are damaged, unsecured, partially dismantled, favorable to the harborage or rodents and insects, etc. The address of any nuisance vehicles on private property is needed. (Any nuisance vehicles located on city streets or in city alleys should be referred to your district Police station.) When the inspector verifies that the vehicle is a nuisance, he/she will fill out a Report of Nuisance Vehicle, and forward it to the central office for processing. A Nuisance Vehicle Order will be sent to the property owner and a Nuisance Vehicle Notice will be sent to the vehicle owner, if known. A copy of the order will also be posted on the door of the property and a copy of the notice and a condemnation sticker will be placed on the vehicle. When the inspector reinspects within 14 days, if the vehicle condition remains unchanged, he/she will reapply a condemned sticker to the vehicle (if sticker has been removed) and take pictures of the vehicle. The paperwork will then be forwarded to the downtown office for referral to the Department of Public Works for towing. The cost of this plus Department costs will be placed on the property owner's tax bill at the end of the year.
The owner of the property has the option of having the vehicle removed free of charge, which is explained in the order they receive. The vehicle owner has the option of sending the Department a $10 check or money order and the title of the vehicle, which is explained in the notice they receive, and the vehicle will then be removed with no further costs incurred.
the exterior of a building must be kept in a good state of repair and maintained by the owner or operator.
CHIMNEYS-- must be adequately supported, reasonably clean, and in a reasonably good state of repair
DECORATIVE FEATURES-- must be maintained in good repair.
DOORS--SEE ALSO SECURITY-doors, hinges, latches & locks must be maintained in good condition.
FOUNDATIONS-- must be weatherproof and pest-proof and in a reasonably good state of repair.
MASONRY-- Previously painted masonry surfaces must be maintained painted or have the paint removed
METAL (Iron or Steel) must be properly surface-coated to prevent deterioration.
PORCHES-- must be reasonably safe to use, able to support normal use, and in a reasonably good state of repair. GUARDRAILS are generally required on porches. The specific requirements may vary and the code should be checked. Generally, guardrails in one and 2-family dwellings must be not less than 36 inches in height. Guardrails in other occupancies must be not less than 42 inches in height.
ROOFS-- must be weatherproof and pest-proof and in a reasonably good state of repair.
Water must drain so it doesn't damage the interior or exterior of the building; and it should be directed so it
doesn't damage the adjoining premises.
Except for private detached accessory buildings smaller than 1,000 square feet in area, all roofs must have
approved gutters and downspouts which are properly installed and in a good repair.
Rolled roofing material cannot be installed over any existing roofing material except existing rolled roofing.
SIGNS, AWNINGS, STAIRWAYS, STANDPIPES, EXHAUST DUCTS, ETC. must be in good repair, and protected from the elements by a weather-coating material such as paint.
STAIRWAYS-- must be reasonably safe to use, able to support normal use, and in a reasonably good state of repair. HANDRAILS are usually required if there are more than 3 risers (The distance from tread surface to tread surface) must have at least one handrail. The specific requirement vary depending on the situation and it is normally necessary to consult the code.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS-- must be structurally sound and able to bear the loads imposed upon them.
WALLS--must be weatherproof and pest-proof and in a reasonably good state of repair.
WINDOWS-- see also security-- Must be reasonably weather-tight, rodent-proof, & in good working condition, and in a reasonably good state repair. Except for fixed windows, windows must be capable of being easily opened and must be held in position by window hardware.
WOOD SURFACES-- must be reasonably protected from the elements by paint or other approved coating
-- must be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
CEILING-- must be kept in a reasonably good state of repair and able be kept clean and sanitary.
Occupant's Responsibility.
Occupants must keep the part of the building they occupy in a clean and sanitary condition.
Owner's Responsibility.
Owners of a building with 2 or more units must keep the public areas in a clean and sanitary condition. Owners
must keep vacant land in a clean and sanitary condition.
DAMPNESS-- Basements and crawl spaces must be reasonably free from dampness
DOORS AND HARDWARE must be in a good state of repair.
If you have 2 or more exits from the dwelling you cannot reduce the number to less than 2. Second floor airing
porches may be counted as one of the exits from second floor units if a second exit was not provided. Doors that
serve more than one unit must be locked when the building is occupied. Locking devices which require the use of a
key to exit (double key deadbolts) are not allowed. A permit is required to close off any door or window.
FLOORS- must be kept in a reasonably good state of repair and able be kept clean and sanitary. Bathroom and kitchen floor surface must be substantially impervious to water.
STAIRWAYS-- must be safe to use and able to support the anticipated loads. Stairways with more than 3 risers must have at least one handrail mounted on the left, as one mounts the stairs. If open on both sides they must have a handrail on each open side. Handrails must be between 30 and 34 inches high. New handrails must rails or an ornamental pattern which will prevent the passage of an object with a diameter larger than 6 inches (roughly the size of a child's head) Handrails in industrial occupancies must provide an intermediate rail at mid-height.
WALLS-- must be kept in a reasonably good state of repair and able be kept clean and sanitary.
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS must be structurally sound and able to carrying the imposed loads.
Occupants of a dwelling must have unrestricted access to a kitchen sink, toilet, bath and lavatory basin. The
requirements are substantially different if the property is a licensed rooming house.
Every toilet and bath must be in a room or separate rooms which afford privacy to a person within the rooms. They
cannot be used as a passageway and must be accessible from any sleeping room without passing through another
sleeping room.
fixtures and pipes must be in a safe and useable condition and made of approved material.
Every sink, bathtub, toilet or other fixture must be properly connected to an approved water system. All sinks,
lavatories, bathtubs and showers must have hot and cold running water. There must be enough volume and pressure
so the fixtures can work properly. Water heaters must be properly connected to the water system, and must be able
to providing an adequate amount of hot water at a temperature of not less than 110ºF.
Every fixture must be properly connected to either a public sewer system or to an approved private sewage disposal
system and must function properly.
Every dwelling unit must be supplied with a heating facility unless the heat is provided by a central heating facility. The
facilities must be in reasonably good working condition, and be capable of adequately heating all habitable rooms,
bathrooms and toilet rooms to a temperature of at least 67 degrees Fahrenheit. at a distance 3 feet above floor level when the outdoor
temperature is at or above 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Every owner who rents, 'with heat' must maintain a minimum
temperature of 67 degrees Fahrenheit continuously. It must be in reasonably good operating condition and must provide an adequate
amount of heat. The seals between the sections of a hot air furnace must be tight so noxious gases will not escape into
heat ducts.
All cooking and heating equipment must be maintained free from leaks and kept functioning properly so as to be free
from fire, health and accident hazards. Portable cooking equipment employing flame is prohibited, except for
approved residential type equipment which is heated by a candle or alcohol lamp.
Fireplaces and other devices intended for use similar to a fireplace must be stable and structurally safe and connected
to approved chimneys.
They must be maintained in reasonably good working condition. Except for electric heaters, portable heaters are not
allowed. If they burn solid, liquid or gas fuels, they must be vented to a chimney or duct leading outdoors. Coal-
burning space heater must have a fire-resistant panel beneath it. Generally, a space heater located within 2 feet of a
wall must be insulated to prevent the overheating of the wall. The smoke pipe must be constructed of nonflammable
material where it goes through a wall or ceiling.
All occupied buildings must have electricity from WEPCO. Generally, habitable rooms must have one ceiling or
wall light fixture and one outlet. In lieu of a ceiling-type or wall-type electric light fixture, a bedroom and a dining
room may each contain at least 2 separate electric outlets. Every outlet and fixture must be properly installed and
maintained. All electrical equipment must be properly installed and maintained.
FUSES & CIRCUIT BREAKERS-ACCESS Occupants must have access to fuses/circuit breakers for the circuits supplying their unit. In a multiple-occupancy building where electric service and maintenance are provided by the building management and where these are under continuous building management supervision, the fuses/breakers must be accessible to authorized personnel only.
Fire inspections are conducted at least once a year on all commercial buildings and all residential buildings of 3 units or more. There is an annual fee for periodic fire inspections.
No person may obstruct any exit, stairway, fire escape, or hall if it blocks fire access or safe in case of a fire or other
Must be tested once a week and a written record kept.
Must be serviced once a year by a qualified person and tagged. Residential properties of more than 4 units must have
fire extinguisher.
A smoke detector must be installed in the basement and each floor level except in an unfinished attic or storage area. Detector must be installed within 6 ft. of each sleeping areas. In addition, apartment buildings (3 or more units), detectors must be installed every 25ft in corridors, at the door leading to enclosed stairways at each floor level and at the head of every open stairs.
State law that required carbon monoxide detectors in multifamily and any public building used for sleeping purposes hase now been extended to 1 and two family homes that feature fuel burning equipment and NOT utilizing a sealed combustion chamber. Newly constructed homes will require detectors that are directly wired to the home's electrical service; owners of existing homes may use battery-powered, stand-alone detectors. One is required in the basement if the fuel burning appliance is located there. One is required within 15 ft. of every sleeping area and in each room not a sleeping room that has a fuel buring appliance (fire place). If a multi-unit residential not more than one per unit is required. If a hallway connects the sleeping area to the room with a fuel buring appliance, one must be with 75 ft. on the hall or the neared electrical outlet. One is required on every floor excluding the garage and attic or storage area. Freezing can damage carbon monoxide detectors.
The owner must furnish, install and maintain smoke detectors in dwelling units and common areas.
The occupant of a dwelling unit must maintain any smoke detector in that unit, except in a case where the occupant is not the owner gives written notice to the owner that the detector is not functional. The owner must repair or replace the detector to make it functional.
No person may tamper with a smoke detector to: render it inoperative, remove it from its installed location, remove batteries except to immediately replace them
It's illegal to store any combustible or noncombustible materials in bulk or in containers in any building or structure
except in grain elevators or in compliance required clearances.
You can't have gasoline or white gas, or propane containers larger than 2.5 lbs. within a dwelling, including
basements and attics.
No stairway may be used for storage of any material or equipment. No gas or electric meters, and no gas or
refrigeration piping maybe installed within any stair enclosures.
OTHER-- Graffiti, Property Registration, Security, and Zoning
Owners may not allow graffiti to remain on their buildings. The Department attempts to correct conditions through
advisory notices, abatement by neighborhood or other groups. The Department may order an owner to remove graffiti.
If the owner does not comply with the order, the Department may remove the graffiti and charge the owner.
Applies to all residential building classifications, apartment buildings, one and two family dwellings.
Buildings built after June 24,1989.
There are specific construction requirements dealing with hinges, locks, frames, windows, & doors. Specific
questions should be directed to the Construction Section X 2513 an inspector or supervisory
This section applies to all residential classification buildings, apartment buildings and one or two family buildings constructed before June 24th, 1989. Exceptions include owner occupied units or a building with an operating security alarm system in all units. Generally the code requires that:
OUTSIDE DOORS have a latching device and a deadbolt type or tamperproof lock with a 1/2" minimum bolt. Locks must be openable from the exterior with a key.
UNIT DOORS leading to the exterior or exterior access doors must have a deadbolt type lock openable from the exterior with a key.
SLIDING DOORS-within 10' of grade leading to the exterior, must be constructed to prevent the removal of the panels from the exterior, and equipped with a locking device
WINDOWS-Wooden double hung windows within 10' of grade must have a lock or latch which will prevent the opening of the window from the outside and must have a device which will allow the window to be fixed in an open position of not less than 4" and not more than 6" and will prevent it to be opened further from the outside. Bars or security screens removable from the inside may be used instead of locks or pins. Latches on storm windows do not satisfy this requirement.
Property Registration
Owners of buildings must record their property with the Dept. Exceptions are owner occupied I or 2 family dwellings, owner occupied condominiums, licensed facilities jails, convents, monasteries, parish rectories, hospitals and government
owned buildings.
ZONING & Zoning Section
The Zoning Code regulates what types of activities can take place in what zoning districts. The most common zoning complaints and violations are:
Removal of asbestos-containing materials must be performed by trained, State of Wisconsin certified individuals. In
many instances, depending on the amount of material being removed, a permit is required. If you see anyone who is
removing or disposing of materials that you may believe to be asbestos (such as pipe insulation and certain types of
siding) or need a permit to remove it, you should call 286-3280.
Citizens may call in to complain about bright lights that may be causing them discomfort or are bothering them in some
way. In order to correct this situation, the citizen must submit a written petition/letter to the Environmental and
Nuisance Control Section. Calls can be forwarded to 286-3280 for clarification or if further information is required. A written petition/letter must be submitted and contain the following information in order to be processed: the complainant's name and address, the address of the property where the alleged nuisance light is installed, a brief description of the light source, and the complainant's signature.
NOISE NUISANCE (Chapter 80-60 thru 80-74)
Citizens may call in and complain about loud noise coming from a mechanical part of a building. Types of noises may include, air conditioners, any type
of mechanical noise, factory noises, etc. Noise complaints only handled by the Police Department (414) 333-4444 include vehicular
noises (while on a public right-of-way) and disturbing of the peace issues (boisterous individuals, fighting etc.). Certain
noises are exempt from the regulations, such as air traffic and railroads. A temporary noise variance can be obtained for
construction projects or festivals or other similar events which may have a tendency to exceed the noise limits. If
someone would like to make a complaint or apply for a variance, they should call 286-33280 for information. To file a complaint submit the name, address and phone number of the complainant, description of the noise, where it is coming from, the times of occurrence and any other pertinent information.
Here is the link to the information for a Noise Variance Request. http://www.city.milwaukee.gov/NoiseVariances or call (414) 286-3280.
TIRES-WASTE (Chapter 84-48)
It is illegal to dispose of waste tires in the City of Milwaukee by placing them in the green garbage carts , using trash dumpsters or throwing them on vacant lots. Citizens are allowed to take up to 5 at a time to any of the City's Self-Help Stations at no cost. Service requests or inquiries about licenses should be directed to 286-3280. To make a complaint we need the name, address and phone number of the complainant as well as the location and approximate number of waste tires dumped. Ask if they noticed what time the dumping may have occurred or provide a description of the vehicle or persons that were involved with this activity.
WASTE TIRE HAULER PERMIT LICENSE INFO--Name, address and phone number of the applicant as well as the mailing address and call (414)286-3280.
BACKYARD POOLS x-3538-EH Chapter 75-20)
A construction permit is required for a swimming pool equal to or greater than 15 ft. x 4ft. in size. An application with a sketch along with a fee, plus a penalty fee if constructed without the permit, is submitted for review. An inspection of the area where the pool is to be placed is conducted prior to construction. Along with requirements of placement near lot lines and climbable structures, there are electrical, plumbing, and fencing permit issues that may need to be looked at by other sections. Any nuisances such as draining pools onto neighboring properties or dirty, stagnant water and requests for pool construction permit applications should be directed to 286-3280. To make a complaint, please provide the name, address and phone number of the complainant, address where the nuisance is occurring as well as description of the nuisance. PERMIT INFORMATION is available at the Development Center, 809 N. Broadway first floor, Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 286-8210.
LITTER (Chapter 79)
All service requests related to litter on commercial properties or vacant lots as well as those related to the dumping or improper storage of oil or other automotive fluids should be sent to 286-2268. To make a SERVICE REQUEST please provide the Name, address and phone number of the complainant as well as a description of the nuisance and address where the nuisance is present. For requests related to oil spillage or dumping, get a description of the vehicle (make, model and license plate) and a location of where the vehicle is usually parked.
CAMPGROUNDS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS (Chapter 64)
Licenses are issued to one campground (State Fair Park) annually and 5 mobile home parks biannually during even years by the Environmental and Nuisance Control Division. Service requests or license information requests should be directed to 286-3280. To make a LICENSE OR SERVICE REQUEST please provide the Name, address and phone number of the person requesting the information
Buyers of 1 & 2 family dwellings within designated target areas are required to obtain a Certificate of Code Compliance
before occupying the dwelling. A more detailed brochure is available. Here the link to the Code Compliance Program. Their phone number is (414) 286-3838.
DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS (Chapter 76-20)
All Dry-cleaning establishments (facilities where dry-cleaning is done on site) are required to obtain annual operating permits. The permit period is February I thru January 31 and the fee is $106. Citizens may call to complain about solvent odors generated from these facilities. Questions related to these facilities should be directed to 286-3538. SERVICE REQUEST- Name, address and phone number of the complainant, nature of the complaint as well as the business name and address. PERMIT INFO--Name, address and phone number of the applicant as well as the mailing address.
FILLING STATIONS(Chapter 8445)
The Department issues annual licenses to all public filling stations. Inspections are conducted in conjunction with the issuance of the license ($50) . The license period is February I through January 30. Licenses are not transferable to new owners. The inspection encompasses fire safety, sanitation and the storage, handling and use of hazardous chemicals. Additionally, inspections are made relative to complaints about the above items. Any questions relative to licensing or any service requests should be directed to 286-3538. LICENSE INFO--Name, mailing address and phone number of the applicant along with business name and address. SERVICE REQUEST--Name, address and phone number of the complainant along with a description of the violation and address of where the violation is occurring.
HOTELS & MOTELS-Commercial CE
DNS licenses these properties annually. The license period is one year. The renewal period is staggered throughout the
year. The license fee is $200 per year.
LANDLORD TRAINING and DNS OUTREACH PROGRAM
DNS operates a landlord training and tenant training program to educate landlords about illegal behavior in property and tenants about illegal rental practices. DNS OUT REACH also serves the community attending housing seminars, community fairs and public events featuring social services. See the LANDLORD TRAINING and OUTREACH program web page for full details and a calendar of events. Their phone number is (414)286-2954.
Self-service Laundromats are inspected annually and upon complaints to DNS Environmental Health. An annual registration is required and there is a license fee. The registration period is February 1 through January 31. Calls should be directed to 286-3280.
MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS (Chapter 75-21)
All massage establishments are licensed and inspected annually for code compliance. There is a license and the license period is March 1 through February 28. All complaints and requests for license information should be directed to (414) 286-3280.
DNS COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT licenses these properties annually. The license period is one year. There is license fee for a Type 1, 8 occupants or less, and for a type 2, 9 occupants or more. For details or complaints about rooming houses, contact DNS Commercial Enforcement at (414) 286-3874.
SWIMMING PLACES-PUBLIC (Chapter 75-20)
All public swimming places are inspected and licensed annually . Periodic inspections are made throughout the year to check items such as pool chemistry levels, safety concerns, sanitation of the facility, record keeping, etc. All new construction of pools and temporary pools or water attractions, require a plan review and construction permit with fee. Full details are available at the Environmental Health Section (414) 286-3280.
Businesses that generate more than 25 or transport more than 5 (at a time) waste tires in the City are required to have annual licenses to operate. The license period is April 1st through March 31st. License fees are $125 for Generators, $100 for Transporters plus $25 for each additional vehicle.
Required by State law, these are done by Residential & Commercial Code Enforcement on apartment and commercial buildings. They are done at least once per year. The inspection usually includes the exterior of the building and the common areas. The major emphasis is on fire safety issues but may include other life safety and maintenance items.
When staff is available, we survey targeted geographic areas to identify exterior code violations. When properties in need of repair and are a blighting influence, orders are written to correct the conditions. By targeting its efforts, we can have a greater positive impact on the condition and value of properties in the neighborhoods.
NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESS, AND LANDLORD GROUPS INSPECTIONS We provide support for community-based organizations, business redevelopment groups and land lord compacts. The theory behind this support is that many property maintenance problems can be resolved by the groups without the need for our formal intervention, and that where our intervention is needed the groups can help target it to where it is needed the most.
LICENSE INSPECTIONS We perform inspections prior to issuing a variety of licenses.
We perform a variety of permit inspections relating to the construction and alterations of buildings and related equipment. We also perform permit inspections relating to asbestos removal.
In addition to the periodic fire and licensing inspections we also perform periodic safety inspections including, signs,
billboards, sprinkler, elevators, boilers, and covered openings.
We try to resolve as many complaints as possible by phone. We attempt to contact the owner by phone and attempt to work out an acceptable timetable to correct the problem. We then inform the complainant of the timetable and ask that the complainant call back if the problem is not resolved. In some cases we'll spot check what happened even if we don't receive a call back. If the matter is taken care of, the case is closed. If an owner will not agree to resolve the problem, or if the owner reneges on a commitment we follow through with an inspection and orders. Some complaints, especially those involving extensive repairs are better handled with written orders. In those cases, we will make an inspection and issue orders. Individuals who file complaints must provide the address of the property in question and must be willing to provide their name. Anonymous complaints are not taken. The names of complainants are not Public information and are not to be released
Courtesy Inspections
A new DNS program to help review complicated or "What if" occupancies is called Courtesy Inspections. For a modest fee, prospective buyers can get a preliminary overview of the technical issues and potential hurdles of a suggested occupancy for a building and know going in to plan what is going to be required and the proper code path that will be used. A review by all DNS trades inspectors is included. This saves time and effort and gets all parties talking along the same lines to avoid any "surprises". It is highly recommended for speculative work or those not in the developer/builder environs. Here is the link to the Courtesy Inspections Program. While not a replacement for an architectural submittal, it will help in getting the "hot" issues identified early on.
In some cases the Department may choose to notify the owner by sending an advisory notice. These notices alert the owner that a possible code violation exists and should be corrected. They are not legally enforceable orders.
An order is a legal notice that the department has determined that there are code violations on your property that must be corrected in a specified time. The order describes the conditions, sets the time frame for compliance, and advises the owner of their appeal rights and the consequences of noncompliance. In most cases, failure to correct the condition will result in a Municipal fine. In some cases the Department can actually take corrective action. The cases include garbage nuisances, nuisance vehicles, board-ups, emergency repairs, and demolitions.
When an order is issued it has a stated compliance time. This time can be extended by an inspector or supervisor for good cause which typically is the owner's demonstrated progress to complete the work. If there is no compliance, the owner may be invited to participate in a Precourt Conference. The conference is held with a hearing officer from the Department and the owner is asked to agree to a compliance plan. If the owner doesn't appear at the hearing, fails to agree to a plan, or fails to comply with a plan, the owner is referred for prosecution in Municipal Court.
In some cases an owner who fails to correct a code violation may be issued a citation (a ticket). Typically citations are used in Vector, Environmental Health, or Zoning issues.
In a nuisance action, the City asks that a property be declared a public nuisance and that a receiver be appointed by the court to correct the conditions and manage the property. These actions are taken in Circuit court. Typically they involve properties where there has been a history of non-compliance and/or a history of criminal or disruptive behavior.
State law permits the City to order an owner to raze their building if the cost of repair exceeds 50% of the value of the property. If the owner fads to do so, the City can raze the property and the owner becomes liable for the charges.
The City's rent withholding ordinance allows tenants to deposit their rent into an escrow account if an owner fails to comply with an order when it comes due. The owner is notified that the rent is being paid to us. The rent is held until the work is complete. An owner can withdraw funds from the account to pay for documented repairs.
The City can make emergency repairs to a property if the owner fails to do so. The costs of these repairs, along with a service fee, become a tax lien. Typically these relate to plumbing, heating, and electrical problems.
Some owners do everything in their power to avoid compliance. Consequently they become more expensive enforcement concerns. To offset the higher costs we can charge a reinspection fee for every reinspection except the one where there is compliance. The fees become a tax lien.
State law allows tenants to abate a portion of their rent if conditions are such that a portion of their unit is unusable.
Rent abatement is an individual action by the tenant and is not administered by Neighborhood Services.
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I have a new hive like that. They were fine when i picked them up, but getting hotter, always get a face full when i open it. But most awesome brood pattern and drawing so much comb, loads of larvae, but not much stores. Hope they calm down as spring builds up?
I didn't know you have Africanized bees in OZ... ;)
What was the weather like at the time?
It was quite a nice day yesterday-I went there tonight and yesterdays hot hive is peaceful and today 'doc' was a little warm...oh Phil, I put those frames in for you-they're looking good although the one with the strap had a bit of a roar about it and was a bit hot once the lid was off
I thought you got paid double for collecting "Africanized" bee swarms. :-D
Thanks for the advice. I was thinking a frame of brood if the queen dosn't get here before the weekend to settle them down in the short term. I'll probably do that now anyway.
I've got plenty of frames of brood I'm happy to transfer in
Quote from: OzBuzz on October 11, 2010, 08:56:51 AMI've got plenty of frames of brood I'm happy to transfer inIf you're going there in the next couple of days, could you please? I'll return the favour next time, thanks OzBuzz.:)

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Do to weather conditions and safety concerns the Pine Bluff Altheimer Blues Fest is postponed to June 29th. All tickets will be honored on that date. Sir Charles and Denise LaSalle are still the headliners for the show. More severe weather is expected for this Saturday. To ensure everyones safety, the show has moved to Saturday, June 29th.
if you were on the party bus, it will run on the 29th and tickets will still be honored on the 29th. for more information on booths or tickets, call 501-413-7683.
The June 29th Pine Bluff-Altheimer Blues Fest promises to be even more dynamic than the original date. if you havent gotten your tickets, be sure to go to
Ugly Mikes and Uncle Ts in Little Rock.
Butler Furniture Depot locations in Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Conway
Kibbs Bar-B-Q in Stuttgart
and the Record Rack in Pine Bluff.
For further information, call 501-413-7683.
Well see you June 29th for the rescheduled Pine Bluff-Altheimer Blues Fest!!
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Ryo Miyaichi at Arsenal - Picture special
Ryo Miyaichi is back with Arsenal for pre-season.
The Japanese forward signed a long-term contract with the Club in January and immediately joined Dutch giants Feyenoord on loan. Ryo was an instant hit in the Eredivisie and Arsene Wenger confirmed towards the end of last season that he plans to assess the talented youngster this summer.
"I have only [heard] positive reports about him," said Wenger in May. "He will be with us in pre-season.
"What I like about Ryo is that he has good timing with his runs and understands when to go and where to go. That is something very important. He knows how to use his pace and he is an intelligent player.
"He is a boy who went straight from school football to professional football and straight away was the best player in Feyenoord."
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text: When I bought my first SIG fourteen months ago, the SIG dealer told me to use Militec-1. I'm now up to nine SIGs, and I still use Militec-1 on all of them. Most of my new SIGs even came with a small bottle of Militec-1 in the box from the factory. The stuff doesn't evaporate like many lubes, and multiple applications gradually form a slick layer something like Teflon. I've read on other forums that our guys in the sandbox are asking family and friends to send them Militec-1 because it's far superior to the issued CLP in that environment.


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How do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed solutions to high-profile projects. You will be able to look over the shoulder of major coding and design experts to see problems through their eyes.
This is not simply another design patterns book, or another software engineering treatise on the right and wrong way to do things. The authors think aloud as they work through their project's architecture, the tradeoffs made in its construction, and when it was important to break rules.This book contains 33 chapters contributed by Brian Kernighan, KarlFogel, Jon Bentley, Tim Bray, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Michael Feathers,Alberto Savoia, Charles Petzold, Douglas Crockford, Henry S. Warren,Jr., Ashish Gulhati, Lincoln Stein, Jim Kent, Jack Dongarra and PiotrLuszczek, Adam Kolawa, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Diomidis Spinellis, AndrewKuchling, Travis E. Oliphant, Ronald Mak, Rogerio Atem de Carvalho andRafael Monnerat, Bryan Cantrill, Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, SimonPeyton Jones, Kent Dybvig, William Otte and Douglas C. Schmidt, AndrewPatzer, Andreas Zeller, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Arun Mehta, TV Raman,Laura Wingerd and Christopher Seiwald, and Brian Hayes.
Beautiful Code is an opportunity for master coders to tell their story. All author royalties will be donated to Amnesty International.
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do you like bare bones of coding-go, go
By Michal Owsiak
from Poland
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Comments about oreilly Beautiful Code:
Andy and Greg collected quite impressive set of IT related essays and enclosed them within Beautiful Code. These are the texts that refer to various topics and treat them in a hard, engineering way. There is no place for humanity science like stuff. There is quite a loot of examples getting to bare bones of the problems.During my studies I had to go through quite a some IT related books. I don't say I didn't liked them however, Beautiful Code reminds me all these books some way. Each problem described is somehow intriguing and innovative while at the same time you can say - hey, I have read that already somewhere. Don't let me be misunderstood, I value the book, but for me, now it's not the best pick. Hawking wrote once: "Somebody told me, that each equation put into my book will reduce the number of sold copies by two - thus I have put just one into it". Well, Beautiful Code has much, much more than one equation inside.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Excellent book for the practicing coder
By Another Working Programmer
from Chatham ON, Canada
About Me Designer, Developer
This isn't the book you get to go and figure out some new technology you want to integrate into your system. The great thing about this book is that it's the book version of the conversation you have with coders you may meet at conference where you trade good stories about challenges you had while in front of your code editor. It brings an element of storytelling to a subject that is usually all explanation and example. Its a breath of fresh air in the technical book genre.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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A beautiful addition to your bookshelf.
By William Deegan
from Undisclosed
Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They ThinkEdited by Andy Oram & Greg WilsonEver wonder how some of the most notable programmers think and approach programming problems?When was the last time you opened an analysis of algorithms book, or delved into the beauty of quicksort and recursive binary partitioning solutions?Not for the faint of heart, it will make your brain hurt, but in a good way. Does this sound like a commercial? Well, that's how good this book is.If you brave reading this book, you'll get to hear what notable programmers such as Brian Kernighan, Lincoln Stein, Charles Petzold (o.k. those are just the names I recognized before I started reading the book) consider "beautiful" code, and how they approach creating and/or analyzing it. Same goes for pieces of projects such as subversion, perforce, python, jUnit.Charles Petzold goes through an excruciating to read, but interesting, example of on the fly byte code generated for .NET. The net is a 4x speed up over plain code, though I would argue whether this qualifies for "Beautiful", maybe a neat "hack", but probably not Beautiful.Elliotte Rusty Harold goes through a description of how he contributed/created JDOM and later XOM, what he learned from the first effort, and how he optimized XOM to its current state, using analysis of the algorithms, clever programing, use of precalculated values, and some other good tricks to come up with a high speed validating XML parser.Want to understand the subversion delta editor? Read chapter two, again, not for the light read.So if you want to learn about your art, you know programming, brew yourself a fresh pot or two of coffee, sit down and read. This book is probably best read a chapter at a time to absorb the content. I know I had to reread some of the examples to get the little light bulb above my head to glow brightly, but I will say it's worth the effort.I can count on one hand the number of programming or programming related books I would recommend every programmer reads, this gets added to that short, and changing, list.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
By joshSVUG
I found the book's concept intriguing. The ability to learn from 33 highly respected members of the programming community is invaluable. I've enjoyed my daily dose of Beautify Code, but one thing caught me by surprise: Not all samples are beautiful, well in my eyes not all samples/chapters are beautiful.I'll skip listing the ones I found beautiful, interesting, insightful and educational because I'm sure you will find others that "do it" for you. All in all I think it's worth giving this book a shot.
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A Very Good Book
By Amar
 The editing of the book, and the selection of the authors, whose articles are published are good. The articles are extremely useful for design and coding. The vision of the book has achieved more than my expectations. The interface designing addressed in the Delta editor interface chapter is very useful for the people who want to understand the system first and then to start coding. For intermediate programmers, the book helps you to design a solution for a problem in an optimum way. The topics are more about designing than coding. But the Test driven Development and writing the beautiful tests explained by Alberto Savioa are very useful for the developers who are in Test Driven Development and for the developers who want improve writing tests and who want to start practicing writing tests extensively. Coding principles explained in Code in Motion chapter are very beautiful and the discussion about Code Comprehension is something to follow for better readability of the code. This book helps to design and code for the given task or in developing a framework or solving a problem. The book covers all the topics or components of a software system, which can be designed, coded, tested, and debugged beautifully. I hope that publishers take enough interest to publish some more of this kind.The endless journey of making software systems more elegant and robust with high performance continues.
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Excellent. Must read for software engineers.
By jdruin
This book is a great compilation of software design problems and solutions. Each chapter is an essay from one author which covers a particular problem in computer science and/or software engineering. The chapters are complete discussions within themselves and they offer different insights into how to solve problems. The solutions are geared to issues found in both the natural world and the business world. Of particular interest (for me) were the chapters on seraching and debugging. One aspect of the book that will be either a plus or a minus depending on the reader is that because each chapter is by a different author, there are many distinct writting styles used. Since I was looking towards the book to gain insight into how others solve these problems, I found this useful. Since some of the context of the thought process came through in the writting, it was more like talking to the authors rather than just reading a textbook.The chapter vary considerably in both topic and the thought process that went into the solution so inevitably there will be chapters that interest any programmer.The books chapters can be read in any order and the editor indexes the chapters well. Information is easy to find.Programming Pearls is of similar composition but with shorter chapters and explanations. This book goes a step further and is the next evolution of the computer science short-story tome.
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Learn How to Think
By Max Luebbe
A frequent topic of discussion among those in any technical field is for a short list of essential books that anyone worth their salt has read. With regards to software engineering, two classics quickly come to mind: Code Complete, and Design Patterns, as well as a recent publication joining the ranks of these epics, Beautiful Code by O'Reilly Press.What makes Beautiful Code stand apart from the rest, is that it's format is so unconventional when compared to most other programming texts. The book is comprised of 33 Chapters, each written by a different author about a particular bit of code they had written and thought to be particularly eloquent. The best way to explain why this book is so wonderful is to make an analogy about the differences between learning something via a lecture as opposed to a private lesson. Most instructional books will take the lecture approach, where the author shows you one correct way to solve a problem, or complete a certain task and the reader must then digest that as best as possible. Beautiful Code is more like a private lesson in which the author of each chapter is giving the reader personalized attention by explaining their thought processes, how they arrived at each step, and occasionally showing some dead ends that didn't work out. Now consider that these private lessons are being given by such legendary names as Brian Kernighan, Charles Petzold, and Yukihiro Matsumoto - and it becomes obvious why this is a must-have addition to any serious software engineer's bookshelf. Some particularly memorable sections include Karl Fogel's discussion on the origins and implementation of the Subversion Delta Editor and the look inside Google's MapReduce technology by Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat.As stated earlier, one of the best strengths of this book is that it is language neutral. In each chapter, as the author is speaking from experience on a particular project, rather than writing a chapter for a hypothetical "Better Programming in Language XYZ", you will see code snippets in C#, MSIL, Python, Ruby, and several other languages (There's even one chapter with Emacs Lisp!). This is important because the insight gained from this book will not be diluted from one language falling out of favor or into obsolescence, and allows for the possibility of this title being just as valuable ten years from now.Many books will teach you how to solve a problem, but rare are those to teach you how to think. Beautiful Code is one of those select few, and will keep you coming back from project to project to consult its veteran sages of computer science. A worthy edition to any serious programmer's library, and hopefully a second volume is not far off.
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A classic in the making?
By Mitch Wheat
Is this book a classic in the making? Probably!This book contains many diverse and wonderful chapters; the highlights for me personally were from Jon Bentley (the 'Programming Pearls' author) on "less is more", Simon Peyton Jones on Concurrency and although it was hard to pick a favourite, I think "Beautiful Debugging" from Andreas Zeller and "Distributed Programming with MapReduce" from Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat stand out.This is not an easy book, in the sense that it requires that you get into the right frame of mind to fully appreciate some of the subtleties. You might need to find a quiet corner and get into the zone whilst tackling one or two of the more difficult topics. You might even need to read the odd chapter twice before the 'Aha!' moment strikes, but it's certainly worth it. The time spent might well pay for itself several times over if it provides the insight required to solve a problem you encounter.I believe it is worth buying this book solely for the chapter titled "Distributed Programming with MapReduce" which lucidly describes how large-scale computations can be performed in parallel with the important MapReduce algorithm (which is what Google uses in many applications including google search, across approximately 500,000 machines!). I mentioned the original paper by Jeffrey Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat in a blog post here.It covers many fields all with the theme of 'Beautiful Code'. Jon Bentley (the author of Programming Pearls) talks about the 'most beautiful code he never wrote'! This chapter struck a chord because I often 'soapbox' that code should be short as possible but not obtuse. Let's face it, verbose code is just as hard to understand (if not worse) than terse code.If you are a programmer purely because it is the way you pay your bills, I don't think you will find much to help with your day-to-day routine in this book. On the other hand, if you are a programmer who likes to find out how things really work, and gain some insight into the minds of past master craftsman, then you should definitely buy this book.This book deserves a place on every serious programmers bookshelf since the lessons to be learned will not become obsolete as languages and technologies change. Highly recommended.There is a web site dedicated to the book here: http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/[ This review originally appeared on my blog: http://mitch-wheat.blogspot.com ]
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Beautiful Code
By Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan
The talent of the contributors is undeniable and the text reminds me of the Algorithms class I took in college. The book relates how various software design architects and experts attack and solve problems while maintaining the elegance of the implementation. The range of topics include Perl, Haskell, Python and Ruby. This should give the enthusiastic developer a fresh and broad perspective on software. I have to mention that the book is developer oriented, so expect a lot of code and text intertwined.
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By Anonymous
I am always looking to for new ways to look at programming problems. I love studying new programming languages in order to bend my mind in new, uncomfortable ways. Both of these are reasons I enjoyed Beautiful Code.Beautiful Code is a collection of essays from some well known software engineers. That said, I didn't immediately recognize many of their names (this is probably an indication of my lack of exposure in their fields of expertise). If you are like me, there is an alphabetical list of short biographical entries in the back of the book you can use to acquaint yourself with who wrote each chapter.There are chapters from people in the Perl, Python, Ruby, Google, Scheme, and Haskell communities (among others).I especially enjoyed reading about Google's MapReduce algorithm, Haskell's Software Transactional Memory, and Scheme's syntax-case macro system. These are subjects I have previously tried to tackle, but the explanations written in this book have helped me approach understanding far better than the academic papers on these subjects I have tried to read.You'll have to put forth effort to follow the explanations in the chapters as the authors walk you through how they tackle a given problem. This leads eventually to the solution, but may involve many twists and turns along the way. These twists and turns show how the authors think and grants us as the readers insight into how they approach the problems at hand. It's the journey to the desination that sometimes matters more than the destination.For example, I've long wondered abut the difference between hygenic and non-hygenic macros. Various descriptions on the web have given me some clue, but chapter 25 shows examples and explains the problem very clearly. It then goes about discussing various solutions that have been devised over the years before going into the details of the current solution that is in use today. I've seen the end result before, but knowing what motivated the solution gives me a much greater appreciation for and understanding of it.The effort required for some chapters may be over your head as they are for me, but those are the chapters where I find the rewards to be the greatest as they force me to look at things in new ways. Once I do achieve understanding I'm able to apply the new found ways of thinking about problems to the situations I face at work and elsewhere which has led to unique and compelling solutions that I would not have thought of before.I've long been on the search for beauty in the code I write. I have found that as I read and take the time to understand what others see as beautiful, even when I do not see beauty in it at first, I gain greater insights into my craft. I am glad that O'Reilly has taken the time to solicit responses from the authors in this book as it has given us a wealth of experience and expertise that we all can benefit from as we seek to gain greater insights into the various facets of beauty and elegance in code.
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Anyone who is reloading .380 for the p3at Please give me a good powder combination.
I'm picking one up today.
Thank you for that response. Yes I do reload. Yes I do have a manual. I was just wondering if someone had a great combination for the 380, so I could compare.
Wasn't trying to be a smart ass or anything. Just that I've seen some really REALLY unsafe load data get passed on via the interweb. I guess I coulda said nothing and just hoped you double check stuff, but being you have a post count of 2 (as of that last post) I thought I'd err on the side of caution.
I've had my P3AT for more than a year & put the initial 100 rounds thru it for break-in, did it in an hour. Had a sore hand for a week.
Now that it is broken-in, and quite reliable, I can't imagine shooting it enough to save anything by reloading. If I can get a good group of 3 rounds at the range every 2 months or so... I'm good. The P3AT is a real walloper.
However, at nearly a buck a round[+ shortages] for decent 380 acp ammo, reloading could prove profitable.
Huh? Why? I'm with Popeye it's not that much fun to shoot but it's a good personal defense weapon. I take mine out, a few times a year, and run a few mags through it to freshen the ammo and to make sure it still works. Sheesh.....even with a laser pointers it's still a close in gun.
I do reload for the 380. 231 is the powder I use with Berry Manufacturing 100 gr RNHB. Winchester recommends 2.9 to 3.1. I have found 3.0 works for the 4 different 380s we have. Be sure to work up your own load using safe practices. Through the years, I have found a mid range load works the best. Other manuals show different min and maximums but the 3gr is in the middle of most. I started with 2,5 and worked up from there. The OAL was .970. As with most small handgun rounds, a small change in OAL or powder weight, can have a HUGE change in pressure.
But maybe it's something other than the gun.
Could your technique be less than perfect? Maybe you're not gripping it tightly enough? Or it's pinching your finger(s)? (Ours pinches my trigger finger, if I use anything but its tip.)
Or, maybe you're gripping it so tightly that you get fatigued.
The reason I comment on this is because my wife, Jean, who is almost five feet tall, and who weighs 90 pounds fully dressed and sopping wet, has no "pain" trouble with our P3AT at all.
Of course, it's not a comfortable gun to shoot. But she can go through 20 rounds without a problem, before its twisty recoil gets to her. Then she says, "This pistol tires me out, so I'm going to stop."
Note that it's not pain, per se, but rather the fatigue of gripping it tightly and concentrating hard that stops her. She could go on, but chooses not to because shooting it makes her tired.
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It's no longer just fun to stay at the YMCA.
With curriculum ranging from diet and healthy living to bullying and gang prevention, the YMCA of Northern Utah is working to ensure that the learning doesn't stop with the end of the school day.
For many Utah schoolchildren, whatever learning they get after the final bell, they must get on their own. According to the nonprofit public awareness advocacy group Afterschool Alliance, each day more than 140,000 Utah children are responsible for taking care of themselves when they leave school. Kristen Courtney, youth programs director for the YMCA of Northern Utah, said curbing the effects of idleness including gang activity is a huge part of their after-school program.
"The kids have all day, if they don't have somewhere safe to go, to just hang out and get involved in these things," she said. "There's so much opportunity there for education, and education doesn't end with the school day."
With a presence in 24 school communities across Salt Lake and Weber counties, students such as Nathalie Rossi a fourth-grader at John C. Fremont Elementary School in Taylorsville receive instruction revolving around the four core values of the YMCA: honesty, respect, caring and responsibility.
"Those [values] trickle down to the basic concepts that we teach the kids all the way up to the CEO of the company," Courtney said.
When needed, they also receive tailored instruction to help them work through issues they may be facing on their own. Rossi, who comes from a Spanish-speaking household and learned English while attending school, said she's been the target of bullying and that, with help from program staff, she's implemented strategies to deal with the mistreatment. She said the instruction she's had makes her more prepared to lend assistance to others in the same situation.
"Bullying is rude," she said. "Nobody wants to be bullied because all it does is hurt feelings."
The security of knowing that their kids are in a safe, controlled environment is what makes the program so appealing, said Brent Malili, whose daughter has been attending the after-school program for three years. Like many parents with children in the program, Malili said his family initially got involved because he and his wife were working long hours and needed a safe place for their kids.
"We both work, and it's hard to find someone you trust with your kids," he said. "We know the people there, and they've been good to them. There I know they're active and doing things."
Although the YMCA is a big, highly visible organization, Courtney said its identity as a community-based nonprofit positions it well to provide after-school education tailored to the most pressing needs of the areas it serves. Workers assist the elementary and secondary schools in each of the 24 areas to emphasize math and science for some and more language assistance and reading to others.
Courtney said this approach, and the role of the YMCA of Northern Utah in it, is an example of "ubuntu," an African worldview that it takes an entire community to raise a child. But such a belief only works, she said, if needs are first identified, and that's what they're in a position to do.
"I'm really proud of the YMCA for being able to assess the needs of the community and then working to try to fill those needs," Courtney said.
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YMCA after-school programs
Each day, more than 140,000 Utah schoolchildren are left responsible for taking care of themselves at the end of the school day.
The YMCA of Northern Utah runs after-school programs in 24 school communities across Weber and Salt Lake counties, implementing a diverse curriculum ranging from reading and homework assistance to gang and bullying prevention.
After-school program staff at each of the YMCA's locations works closely with area schools to tailor curriculum to the needs of their students.


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Hi everybody,
I submit a simple program I created. Using a wireless card in monitor mode, it will flood the air with beacons frames containings randomized channels, essids and encryption levels. The result is very visible if you use airodump or kismet with another computer near.
It can be a good stress test of the wireless networks manager. For instance the Gnome network manager is drove crazy.
There is not yet many option but it can be added to a future release.
Download & Pictures:
dev.gregwar.com/network/AirJam/ (DEAD, Use the RS Link bellow)
1) Extract the targz (tar zxvf airjam-0.15.tgz)
2) Go into the directory (cd airjam) and type "make" to compile
3) You can run airjam using: ./airjam -i interface. Interface must be a wireless one in monitor mode
4) If you want, type "make install" to put airjam in your binaries directory, so you will be able to type "airjam" anytime later
It's worked with BT4 when I tested.
I'm awaiting for your comments/ideas etc.


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Whole Grains are kind of a big deal. Everyone's talking about them. You should eat them, you should cook with them and you should get to know different kinds.
That's what they say, anyway. I don't like being told what to do, but as a girl who likes to mix it up (in the kitchen, folks!) I'm more than happy to try something new.
(Plus, they are probably reputable nutritionists, so I should probably listen to them.)
Wheat berries are the entire wheat kernel minus the hull. This is good. They're the real deal. They contain more good for you stuff because they haven't been tampered with as much as something like flour.
They take a little while to cook, but it's not any harder than cooking rice. Mine took about 45-50 minutes. They should be a little crunchy/chewy with a nutty and slightly sweet flavor.
What I like about these little guys is that they can hold their own in a dish and add a unique and satisfyingly chewy texture. In this salad they pull together chunky vegetables, a strong Dijon vinaigrette, and sweet grilled prawns without getting lost.
Provençal Wheat Berry Salad with Prawns and Dijon Shallot Vinaigrette
Closely adapted from Fine Cooking
Serves 2
– 1/2 cup dry wheat berries
– 1 cup green beans, trimmed
– 1/2 cup artichoke hearts, drained and thinly sliced
– 1/2 cup diced tomatoes
– 1/4 cup diced roasted red peppers
– 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
– 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
– 1/4 cup toasted walnuts
– Salt & Pepper to taste
– 12 prawns peeled and deveined
– 1 tablespoons olive oil
Dijon Shallot Vinaigrette
– 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
– 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
– 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
– 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
– 1/2 a medium shallot, finely diced
– 1 small clove garlic, finely chopped
– 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
– 1 teaspoon of water
– Dash Worcestershire sauce
– Salt & Pepper, to taste
To make vinaigrette: combine all ingredients in a jar, put the cap on and sh-sh-shake it.
In a medium saucepan, combine the wheat berries, a little salt, and enough water to cover by about 2 inches/5 cm. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat and cook at a simmer, partially covered, until the wheat berries are tender but chewy.
Begin checking after 45 minutes, though they may take up to 90 minutes. Drain the wheat well and spread on a baking sheet to cool.
Bring another medium saucepan of water to a boil over high heat. Add a sprinkle of salt and the green beans to the boiling water. Cook until just slightly tender, about 3-5 minutes. Drain and allow to cool. Cut into 1 inch/2.5 cm pieces.
In a large bowl, combine the wheat berries, green beans, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, roasted red peppers, walnuts, chopped herbs, several grinds of pepper, and 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette. Toss thoroughly. Season to taste with more salt, pepper, and vinaigrette.
Season the shrimp with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a medium-sized pan over high heat. Add the prawns in a single layer and cook for about 3 minutes on each side until lightly browned on the outside and opaque throughout.
Toss the prawns into the salad and serve.
If you cut the prawns lengthwise, they will go farther in the salad. I cut mine lengthwise after cooking, but you can do it before and they will cook even faster.


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Why bother trying to attribute extreme events?
Just based on these three points, the question of utility would therefore seem to be settled. If reliable attributions can be made, this will be of direct practical use for both mitigation strategies and adaptation, as well as providing answers to persistent questions from the public at large.
Thus the question of whether reliable attributions can be made is salient. All of the methodologies to do this rely on some kind of surrogate for the statistical sampling that one can't do in the real world for unique or infrequent events (or classes of events). The surrogate is often specific climate simulations for the event with and without some driver, or an extension of the sampling in time or space for similar events. Because of the rarity of the events, the statistical samples need to be large, which can be difficult to achieve.
For the largest-scale extremes, such as heat waves (or days above 90ºF etc), multiple methodologies – via observations, coupled simulations, targeted simulations – indicate that the odds of heat waves have shortened (and odds for cold snaps have decreased). In such cases, the attributions are increasingly reliable and robust. For extremes that lend themselves to good statistics – such as the increasing intensity of precipitation – there is also a good coherence between observations and models. So claims that there is some intrinsic reason why extremes cannot be reliably attributed doesn't hold water.
It is clearly the case that for some extremes – tornadoes or ice storms come to mind – the modelling has not progressed to the point where direct connections between the conditions that give rise to the events and climate change have been made (let alone the direct calculation of such statistics within models). But in-between these extreme extremes, there are plenty of interesting intermediate kinds of extremes (whose spatial and temporal scales are within the scope of current models) where it is simply the case that the work has not yet been done to evaluate whether models suggest a potential for change.
For instance, it is only this year that sufficient high frequency output has been generically archived for the main climate models to permit a multi-model ensemble of extreme events and their change in time – and with sufficient models and sufficient ensemble members, these statistics should be robust in many instances. As of now, this resource has barely been tapped and it is premature to declare that the mainstream models are not fit for this purpose until someone has actually looked.
Overall, I am surprised that neither Nature or (some?) attendees at the workshop could find good arguments supporting the utility of attribution of extremes – as this gets better these attributions will surely become part of the standard assessments of impacts to be avoided by mitigation, or moderated by adaptation. We certainly could be doing a better job in analysing the data we have already in hand to explore whether and to what extent models can be used for what kinds of extremes, but it is wrong to say that such attempts are per se 'unverifiable'. As to whether we are better off having started down this path, I think the answer is yes, but this is a nascent field and many different approaches and framings are still vying for attention. Whether this brings on any significant changes in policy remains to be seen, but the science itself is at an exciting point.
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