Number
041644
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. D'AMATO
Title
An ordinance establishing temporary safeguards for nuisance buildings, structures, and properties.
Sections
200-11-5-b am
200-11-5-e cr
275-32-3-h-3-a am
275-32-3-i-1-a am
Analysis
This ordinance establishes temporary safeguards for nuisance buildings, structures, and properties. It provides the commissioner of neighborhood services authority to order the owner of property, which in the commissioner's judgment is a nuisance, to install temporary and other safeguards to protect the public health and safety.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows
Part 1. Section 200-11-5-b of the code is amended to read:
200-11. Enforcement.
5. BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, DWELLING UNITS, EQUIPMENT WHICH ARE UNSAFE OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION.
b. Order to Discontinue Occupancy or Use. The commissioner may issue an order to the owner of any building, structure, dwelling unit or equipment thereon, or on the person occupying or using any such building, structure, dwelling unit or equipment, to discontinue such occupancy or use if the building, structure, dwelling unit or equipment is, in the judgment of the commission, in an unsafe condition or unfit for human habitation. An order to discontinue occupancy or use shall identify the code violation that causes the building, structure, dwelling unit or equipment to be unsafe or unfit for human habitation. [[Whenever the commissioner determines it necessary, the commissioner may also order the installation of temporary safeguards, as provided for in s. 218-5, and upon installation of such safeguards, may permit the occupancy or use to continue or resume on a limited basis until the building, structure, equipment or part thereof is made safe. If the building can be made safe or fit for human habitation by repairs the order shall specify a time to make repairs.]]
Part 2. Section 200-11...
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