City of Milwaukee - File #: 090103

• File #: 090103
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/27/2009
• In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/16/2009
• Effective date: 7/3/2009
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the circumstances in which warning letters are issued for alcohol beverage licenses.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: ALCOHOL - REGULATION AND LICENSING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
7/2/2009	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
6/25/2009	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
6/16/2009	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	12:0
6/3/2009	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Richard Pfaff, Assistant Manager of the License Division, at the table filling in for Ms. Grill. Mr. Pfaff explains the purpose of the ordinance. Motion for passage by Ald. Kovac. Prevailed 5-0.	Pass	5:0
5/28/2009	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
5/27/2009	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
090103
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the circumstances in which warning letters are issued for alcohol beverage licenses.
Sections
90-5-8-a-3-0 am
90-5-8-a-4 rn
90-5-8-a-4 cr
90-5-8-a-5 rn
90-5-8-a-6 rn
90-5-8-a-7 rn
90-5-8-a-8 rn
90-5-8-a-9 rn
90-11-1-c-1-0 am
90-11-1-c-2 rn
90-11-1-c-2 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes that if the chief of police files a written report summarizing the arrest and convictions of an applicant for a new or renewal Class “D” operator’s license, alcohol beverage wholesale establishment license or Class “B” manager’s license which could form a basis for denial or nonrenewal of the application, the city clerk shall, in lieu of forwarding the application to the licensing committee for a hearing, refer the application to the common council for approval without the issuance of a warning letter, if an applicant eligible to be issued a warning letter has not within 10 years of the date of application been convicted of any misdemeanor or felony offense or municipal code violation.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 90-5-8-a-3-0 of the code is amended to read:

90-5. Licensing.

8. COMMITTEE ACTION.

a. Notice.

a-3. If the chief of police files a written report summarizing the arrest and convictions of an applicant for a new operator’s license, alcohol beverage wholesale establishment license or manager’s license which could form the basis for denial of the application, the city clerk shall, in lieu of forwarding the application to the licensing committee for a hearing under subds. 1 and 2, refer the application to the common council for approval and>>, except as provided in subd. 4, <
Part 2. Section 90-5-8-a-4 to 9 of the code is renumbered 90-5-8-a-5 to 10.

Part 3. Section 90-5-8-a-4 of the code is created to ...