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File #: 941470    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Placed On File
File created: 12/20/1994 In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 6/25/2002
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the licensing of temporary help services.
Sponsors: James N. Witkowiak, ALD. FRANK, ALD. SCHERBERT
Indexes: EMPLOYMENT, LICENSES
NUMB:
941470
VERS:
SUBSTITUTE 3
REF:

XXBY:
ALD. SCHERBERT, FRANK AND WITKOWIAK
TITL:
A substitute ordinance relating to the licensing of temporary help services.
SECS:
81-126.5 cr
91 cr
ANLS:
- Analysis -

This ordinance requires any person who wishes to operate a temporary help service to obtain a license from the city. License applications are to be submitted to the city clerk, who forwards copies to the chief of police, the commissioner of building inspection, the commissioner of health and the local common council member. The ordinance provides for temporary help service licenses to be issued by the city clerk. A fee of $100 shall be paid at the time of application. Licenses are valid for 2 years and expire on March 31 in odd-numbered years.

If a written objection to a new or renewal temporary help service license is filed with the city clerk, the proper licensing committee of the common council shall hold a public hearing on the license application. The ordinance specifies the grounds for denial or nonrenewal of a license by the common council, which include inappropriateness of a proposed or existing location, evidence that a temporary help service at the proposed location would threaten the health, safety and welfare of the surrounding neighborhood, and a history of criminal acts committed by employes of the business or persons seeking employment at the business.

The ordinance also provides that the common council may suspend or revoke a temporary help service license. Suspension or revocation proceedings may be initiated by the proper licensing committee of the common council or by the filing of a sworn, written complaint with the city clerk by any city resident. The ordinance also specifies the causes for suspension or revocation, which are similar to the causes for denial or nonrenewal.

When denial, nonrenewal or revocation of a license occurs, no temporary help service license may be granted to the applicant during ...

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