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File #: 250536    Version: 0
Type: Ordinance Status: In Council-Passage
File created: 7/15/2025 In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: An ordinance relating to the license period for nonconsensual towing businesses.
Sponsors: ALD. ZAMARRIPA, ALD. A. PRATT, ALD. CHAMBERS JR., ALD. BURGELIS, ALD. BROWER
Attachments: 1. Analysis of Objections, 2. Debtor Towing Companies Outstanding Receivables owed

Number

250536

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

 

Sponsor

ALD. ZAMARRIPA, PRATT, CHAMBERS, BURGELIS AND BROWER

Title

An ordinance relating to the license period for nonconsensual towing businesses.      

Section

81-102.6                                          rc

81-102.8                                          rc

Analysis

This amendment reduces the license period for nonconsensual towing businesses from 2 years to one year.

Body

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

 

Part 1. Section 81-102.6 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

81-102.6.                     Recycling, Salvaging or Towing Premises License.  1.  Each license shall be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance, except as provided in sub. 2.

 

2.  For a business engaged in activities defined in s. 93-3-14, the license shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.

 

The fee for each license shall be $344.

 

4.  The fee for each additional building or other fixed place for storage, as provided in s. 93-5-3, shall be $63.

 

Part 2. Section 81-102.8 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

 

81-102.8.                     Recycling, Salvaging or Towing Vehicle License.  1.  Each license shall be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance, except as provided in sub. 2.

 

2.  For a business engaged in activities defined in s. 93-3-14, the license shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance.

 

3.  The fee for each license shall be $188.

 

4.  For a business with 2 or more vehicles, as provided in s. 93-5-2-a-2, the fee shall be $344.

 

5.  The fee to change the motor vehicle used in the conduct of a recycling, salvaging or towing business shall be $15.

 

LRB

APPROVED AS TO FORM

K. Broadnax

____________________________

Legislative Reference Bureau

Date: July 9, 2025

  ______________________

Attorney

IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE

IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE

 

 

____________________________

Office of the City Attorney

Date:  ______________________

 

Requestor

License Division

Drafter

LRB180688-1

Max Drickey

7/9/2024