City of Milwaukee - File #: 081584

• File #: 081584
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/25/2009
• In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/14/2009
• Effective date: 5/1/2009
• Title: An ordinance relating to statements required of individuals seeking to be considered disabled persons when applying for loading zone permits.
• Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
• Indexes: PERMITS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/30/2009	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
4/23/2009	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/14/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: The question was put: Have the members of the Common Council read the report and recommendations of the Licenses Committee in these matters? All members present indicated they had done so.	Pass	14:0
3/31/2009	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: The ordinance change is at the request of the City Attorney's office. The ordinance eliminates the requirement of applicants to disclose the specific medical condition that makes the disabled loading zone necessary. This is due to concerns about privacy and open records laws.	Pass	3:0
3/25/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

081584

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. BOHL

Title

An ordinance relating to statements required of individuals seeking to be considered disabled persons when applying for loading zone permits.

Sections

101-23.7-1-b am

Analysis

Current code requires an individual applying for a loading zone permit as a disabled person to submit a statement certifying limited or impaired ability to walk, blindness, visual impairment expected to lead to blindness or vision loss, handicapping employment or other major life activity or disability such as Alzheimer’s disease, or brain injury, which compromises problem-solving or reasoning skills. This ordinance amends the statement submission requirement to omit details of the exact nature of the physical or mental ailment which qualifies the applicant as disabled.

Body

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 101-23.7-1-b of the code is amended to read:

101-23.7. Loading and Unloading Zone Permits

1.  DEFINITIONS.  In this section:

b.  “Disabled person” means an individual who submits, at the time an original or renewal loading zone permit is applied for, a statement from a physician or chiropractor licensed to practice in any state or a Christian Science practitioner residing in the state of Wisconsin certifying >>the individual meets <<any of the following>>, though specifically omitting any descriptions, list of symptoms, diagnosis or any other details of the exact nature of the individual’s physical or mental aliment<<:

LRB

APPROVED AS TO FORM

____________________________

Legislative Reference Bureau

Date:  ______________________

Attorney

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE

IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE

____________________________

Office of the City Attorney

Date:  ______________________

Requestor

License Division

Drafter

LRB 09078-1

ANC:

03/11/09