City of Milwaukee - File #: 151381

• File #: 151381
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/19/2016
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/9/2016
• Title: Resolution amending the 2015-2016 state legislative package relating to requiring community notification and the formation of community advisory committees for adult family homes.
• Sponsors: ALD. BOHL, ALD. WITKOWSKI, ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. DAVIS, ALD. STAMPER, ALD. MURPHY
• Indexes: INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, LICENSES, STATE LEGISLATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/18/2016	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/9/2016	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
2/9/2016	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Davis, Stamper, II, and Murphy added as cosponsors.	Pass	14:0
2/2/2016	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
2/1/2016	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Jim Bohl, Jr Sponsor Ald. Witkowski, Hamilton and Bauman would like to be added as co sponsor for this file; Ald. Bohl does not object	Pass	5:0
1/22/2016	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/19/2016	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
151381
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
141090
Sponsor
ALD. BOHL, WITKOWSKI, HAMILTON, BAUMAN, DAVIS, STAMPER, II AND MURPHY
Title
Resolution amending the 2015-2016 state legislative package relating to requiring community notification and the formation of community advisory committees for adult family homes.
Analysis
This resolution amends the “2015-2016 State Legislative Package Proposals” as attached to Common Council Resolution Number 141090 by adding an item seeking amendment of ch. 50, Wis. Stats., to require community notification and the formation of community advisory committee regulations for all adult family homes.
Body
Whereas, Adult family homes open and operate in residential neighborhoods throughout the city with little neighborhood notification or oversight; and

Whereas, Adult family homes cause multiple problems, which result in complaints to local elected officials and calls for City services; and

Whereas, These problems include noise and unruly behavior of facility residents, increased traffic, and excessive numbers of parked vehicles; and

Whereas, The problems of adult family homes create a deviation from the residential character of the surrounding properties and neighborhood in which they are located; and

Whereas, Under ch. 50, Wis. Stats., the State of Wisconsin currently provides community notification requirements and the formation of community advisory committee regulations for adult family homes with 5 or more beds; and

Whereas, Establishing a community notification and community advisory committee requirements for all adult family homes may help alleviate these problems by giving the City and surrounding property owners more information about the ownership and operation of these facilities; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Common Council urges the Wisconsin Legislature to enact legislation to require community notification and the formation of community advi...