City of Milwaukee - File #: 181155

• File #: 181155
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/5/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/16/2019
• Effective date: 5/3/2019
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the penalties for loitering-soliciting prostitutes.
• Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER, ALD. COGGS, ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: SEX CRIMES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/2/2019	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
4/29/2019	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/16/2019	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: Ald. Lewis and Rainey be added.	Pass	14:0
4/5/2019	1	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Stamper II Heather Hough - ACA Nick DeSiato - Chief of Staff MPD	Pass	5:0
4/5/2019	2	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
1/14/2019	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
11/5/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
181155
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER, COGGS, DONOVAN, PEREZ AND BORKOWSKI
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the penalties for loitering-soliciting prostitutes.
Sections
106-35 rc
Analysis
This ordinance increases the penalty range for loitering-soliciting prostitutes from $500-$5,000 to $2,500-$5,000.
Body
Whereas, According to scholarly publications, one potentially successful response to eradicating street prostitution is to target clients of prostitutes, thereby reducing the demand for street prostitution; and

Whereas, With this understanding, the Common Council desires to enhance fines for solicitation, particularly for loitering-soliciting prostitutes, to the maximum supported by State statutes; now, therefore

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

Part 1. Section 106-35 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

106-35. Loitering-Soliciting Prostitutes. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this section:

a. “Known area of prostitution” means a public place where within 5 years previous to the date of arrest for violation of this section, and within the knowledge of the arresting officer, a person had been arrested for a violation which led to a conviction in Milwaukee municipal court or Milwaukee County circuit court of an offense involving prostitution.

b. “Known prostitute” means a person who, within 5 years previous to the date of arrest for violation of this section, had within the knowledge of the arresting officer been convicted in Milwaukee municipal court or Milwaukee County circuit court of an offense involving prostitution.

c. “Public place” means an area generally visible to public view and includes, but is not limited to, streets, sidewalks, bridges, alleys, plazas, parks, driveways, parking lots and buildings open to the general public including those which serve food or drink or provide entertainment, and the doorways and entrances to buildings or dwellings a...