City of Milwaukee - File #: 111321

• File #: 111321
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 1/18/2012
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 2/28/2012
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to holiday parking.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. KOVAC
• Indexes: PARKING REGULATIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/28/2012	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
2/16/2012	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE; Minutes note: Individuals present: Ald. Bauman -Sponsor Shirley Krug - DPW Administration	Pass	5:0
1/26/2012	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Appearing Ald. Bauman Ald. Dudzik Shirley Krug - DPW Administration Aaron Cadle - Legislative Reference Bureau Ald. Kovac Ald. Puente moved to hold this item to the call of the chair.	Pass	4:1
1/25/2012	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/25/2012	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/25/2012	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/18/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
111321

Version
Substitute 1

Reference

Sponsor
Ald. Bauman, KOVAC

Title
A substitute ordinance relating to holiday parking.

Sections
101-28-2 rc

Analysis
Current code suspends parking time limits - allowing free street parking - for the following 7 calendar days:

New Year's Day - January 1st
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 3rd Monday in January
Memorial Day - last Monday in May
Independence Day - July 4th
Labor Day - first Monday in September
Thanksgiving Day - 4th Thursday in November
Christmas Day - December 25th

This ordinance expands this list to include any day designated as a paid holiday day-off for city employees.

This ordinance effectively adds a minimum of 4 days to the list of days exempt from parking time limits - Good Friday, the day following Thanksgiving, the last weekday before Christmas and the last weekday before New Year’s Day. In addition, the suspension of parking time limits will be extended to additional days whenever New Year’s Day, Independence Day or Christmas Day fall on a weekend.

The city will save parking enforcement costs, but forego any potential parking meter or parking citation revenues for the 4 days this ordinance adds to the list of parking time limit exemptions and whenever New Year’s Day, Independence Day or Christmas Day fall on a weekend.

Body
Whereas, The City wishes to engender goodwill among the public, and to promote city living as a reasonable, pleasant and attractive lifestyle; and

Whereas, Issuing parking citations to residents on days widely perceived by the general public as holidays exempt from normal parking regulations, especially on days known to be holidays for city employees and for services, can seem unreasonable, mean-spirited and engender ill-will among residents; and

Whereas, Amending the City’s Code of Ordinances to exempt parking time limits on days widely perceived by the public as holidays will promote city living as a reasonable, pleasant and attract...