City of Milwaukee - File #: 020955

• File #: 020955
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/15/2002
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/6/2002
• Effective date: 11/23/2002
• Title: An ordinance relating to on-street parking of vehicles without visible vehicle identification numbers.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. BREIER, ALD. PAWLINSKI, ALD. BOHL, ALD. NARDELLI, ALD. HERRON, ALD. SANCHEZ, ALD. RICHARDS
• Indexes: MOTOR VEHICLES, PARKING, PARKING REGULATIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/22/2002	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
11/15/2002	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/6/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: Add Ald. Sanchez and Ald. Richards as sponsors.	Pass	14:0
10/21/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Add Ald. Bohl, Nardelli and Herron as sponsors.	Pass	4:0
10/17/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/17/2002	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/17/2002	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Breier and Ald. Pawlinski
10/15/2002	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
020955
Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN, BREIER AND PAWLINSKI

Title
An ordinance relating to on-street parking of vehicles without visible vehicle identification numbers.

Sections
105-65.7 cr

Analysis
This ordinance prohibits any person from leaving any vehicle parked on city rights-of-way on which the vehicle identification number has been removed, altered, obliterated or otherwise made impossible to read, including instances in which the number is not readily visible from outside the vehicle. If the chief of police or commissioner of public works finds, on any alley, street, highway or public place within the city, any vehicle on which the identification number is not readily visible or on which the identification number has been removed, altered, obliterated or made impossible to read, the chief or the commissioner may order the vehicle to be ticketed and towed. The penalty for a violation of this ordinance is a forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, plus prosecution costs, or in default of payment thereof, imprisonment for a period not to exceed 40 days.

Body
Whereas, Section 342.30(1g) and (2), Wis. Stats., prohibit any person from removing, altering or obliterating a vehicle identification number or otherwise intentionally making such number impossible to read, including preventing the number from being readily visible from outside the vehicle; and

Whereas, Section 342.30(2m)(a), Wis. Stats., states that a traffic officer or person authorized to enforce non-moving traffic violations may use reasonable means to gain access to a vehicle if that vehicle's identification number cannot be read as required by s. 340.30(2), Wis. Stats.; and

Whereas, Section 342.30(4)(a), Wis. Stats., states that if a law enforcement agency finds a vehicle on which the vehicle identification number has been removed, altered or obliterated or made impossible to read, the law enforcement agency may se...