City of Milwaukee - File #: 160253

• File #: 160253
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/14/2016
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 7/26/2016
• Effective date: 8/12/2016
• Title: An ordinance authorizing the commissioner of public works to relocate an illegally parked vehicle to a location where parking is permitted and to assess a vehicle removal charge.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: PARKING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
8/11/2016	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
8/3/2016	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
7/26/2016	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
7/14/2016	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appearing: Thomas Woznick - DPW	Pass	4:0
7/14/2016	1	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
6/23/2016	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	5:0
6/16/2016	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/14/2016	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
160253
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance authorizing the commissioner of public works to relocate an illegally parked vehicle to a location where parking is permitted and to assess a vehicle removal charge.
Sections
101-25-1 rc
101-25-2 am
101-25-3 am
Analysis
This ordinance amends regulations relating to towing of illegally parked vehicles so that vehicles may be towed to locations other than a secure impound lot. A vehicle removed under this ordinance may be retrieved at any time by accessing it with keys. A vehicle removal charge may be placed on the citation authorizing the removal or may be separately charged.
Body
Whereas, Special event, construction, emergency and other activities sometimes require the Commissioner of Public Works to temporarily prohibit parking in a location where parking is customarily permitted, often with short notice; and

Whereas, For safety, access and other considerations, it is frequently necessary to remove a vehicle from a location where parking has been temporarily prohibited rather than merely to issue a citation while leaving the vehicle in place; and

Whereas, The Code of Ordinances permits removal of towed vehicles only to a secure impound lot; and

Whereas, Retrieving a towed vehicle from a secure impound lot places a significant burden on the owner of the vehicle in terms of arranging transportation to the impound lot, driving distance to the lot, ability to access the lot during operating hours, providing sufficient documentation of vehicle ownership, and payment of vehicle reclamation charges and other fees prior to reclaiming the vehicle; and

Whereas, The Commissioner of Public Works desires the ability to remove a vehicle from a place where parking is prohibited and to relocate the vehicle to a place where parking is permitted, other than to a secure impound lot, so that the vehicle may be retrieved at any time merely by accessing it with the keys; now, ther...