Number
080034
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference
060325
Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, DONOVAN, WADE, HINES, HAMILTON, KOVAC, WITKOWIAK, BOHL, DAVIS, PUENTE, and COGGS
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the adjustment of recovery ratios for certain assessable improvements and the establishment of a municipal motor vehicle registration fee.
Sections
115-43-2-b-1 am
115-43-2-b-3 rp
115-43-2 -b-4 ra
304-25 cr
Analysis
This ordinance imposes a $20 annual municipal motor vehicle registration fee (“MVR fee”) on every motor vehicle registered in Wisconsin and customarily kept in Milwaukee. The MVR fee applies to automobiles, station wagons and trucks whose gross weight is not more than 8,000 pounds. The local MVR fee is in addition to state registration fees. Vehicles which are exempt from state registration fees or which pay a special state fee of $5 are exempt from the MVR fee. Also, no local MVR fee shall be imposed on a vehicle which replaces a vehicle for which a current Milwaukee MVR fee has been paid. The ordinance provides that MVR fee revenues shall be deposited in the transportation vehicle fee fund. Revenues in the fund shall be used only to defray city costs for transportation related purposes including, but not limited to costs related to the design, construction, operation and maintenance of streets, alleys, bridges, public way lighting, traffic signs and signals, traffic calming installations, and which may also include special assessments imposed upon property owners under the Milwaukee code. At least 10 percent of the annual revenues deposited in the transportation vehicle fund shall be allocated to street maintenance activities. The city clerk is directed to notify the state department of transportation that the city of Milwaukee has enacted a municipal vehicle registration fee.
This ordinance also adjusts the recovery ratios for certain assessable reconstruction improvements by eliminating the recovery ratio of 60% for paving improvements, ...
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