City of Milwaukee - File #: 181630

• File #: 181630
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/5/2019
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/26/2019
• Effective date: 3/15/2019
• Title: An ordinance relating to payment of parking citations.
• Sponsors: ALD. JOHNSON, ALD. COGGS, ALD. DODD, ALD. PEREZ, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. RAINEY, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: FINES AND PENALTIES, PARKING, PARKING REGULATIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/14/2019	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
3/5/2019	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/26/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: The following were added as co-sponsors with no objections: Alds. Rainey, Hamilton, Stamper, Dodd, and Bauman.	Pass	14:0
2/14/2019	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Johnson - Lead Sponsor DPW Parking - Tom Woznick	Pass	4:0
2/5/2019	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
2/5/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
181630
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. JOHNSON, COGGS, DODD, PEREZ, LEWIS, RAINEY, HAMILTON, STAMPER, AND BAUMAN
Title
An ordinance relating to payment of parking citations.
Sections
101-34-3-0 am
101-34-3-a am
Analysis
This ordinance increases the time for paying parking citations without a penalty from 10 days to 14 days.

Body
Whereas, The poverty rate in Milwaukee is estimated at 27.4%; and

Whereas, Many Milwaukee residents live from paycheck to paycheck, making it difficult to pay an unexpected parking citation within 10 days of issuance; and

Whereas, Failure to pay a parking citation within 10 days results in a late-payment penalty which may increase the cost of the citation to the point a resident living from paycheck to paycheck is unable to pay the citation in full; and

Whereas, The inability of a resident living from paycheck to paycheck to pay a citation within 10 days may trigger a vicious cycle of missed payment deadlines and increasing late-payment penalties, causing the cost of the original citation to spiral beyond the resident’s ability to pay; and

Whereas, Extending the grace period for paying a parking citation from 10 to 14 days would allow a resident living from paycheck to paycheck to be paid before the parking citation is due, making it possible for the resident to pay the citation in a timely manner and to avoid the cycle of late-payment penalties which can push the cost of citation payment beyond the resident’s ability to pay; and

Whereas, Extending the grace period for parking citation payments from 10 to 14 days is not expected to have a material effect on parking citation collections, and may reduce the number of unpaid citations submitted for collection through legal channels; now, therefore

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

Part. 1: Section 101-34-3-0 and a of the code is amended to read:

101-34. Stipulation or Contestation Procedure; Nonmoving ...