City of Milwaukee - File #: 200748

• File #: 200748
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/22/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/13/2020
• Effective date: 10/31/2020
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to environmental assessments of real estate prior to city acquisition.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY
• Indexes: CITY PROPERTY, ENVIRONMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/30/2020	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
10/22/2020	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/13/2020	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
10/6/2020	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Matt Haessly, Dept. of City Development Ald. Michael Murphy, 10th Ald. Dist.	Pass	5:0
9/28/2020	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/22/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200748
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to environmental assessments of real estate prior to city acquisition.
Sections
308-22 rc
Analysis
This ordinance updates requirements and procedures for environmental assessments of real estate prior to city acquisition.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 308-22 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

308-22. Environmental Assessment Prior to City Acquisition of Real Property. 1. DEFINITIONS. In this section:

a. "Department" means the department of city development.

b. "Environmental assessment" means an assessment of a property that includes all of the following:

b-1. A background check of the property’s land use history by reviewing reasonably available public records in an attempt to determine the likelihood of whether the property may have been used for the handling, storage, generation, or disposal of hazardous materials or substances, including underground storage tanks, and whether there has been any reporting to, or enforcement or monitoring by, the Wisconsin department of natural resources or the U.S. environmental protection agency concerning the property.

b-2. A visual inspection of the property, to the extent possible without entering the property, for possible signs of hazardous materials or substances.

b-3. An inspection of the interior of each building on the property and an inspection of the land conducted from within the property, provided legal access is obtainable and the property’s land use history shows a use that would reasonably be associated with hazardous materials or substances. Such interior building inspection, and inspection of the land, may be performed, but shall not be required, if the property’s land use history does not show a use that would reasonably be associated with hazardous materials or substances.

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