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File #: 121531    Version: 0
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/27/2013 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 3/21/2013
Effective date: 4/10/2013    
Title: An ordinance relating to penalties for failure to return recycling carts to their proper storage locations.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: RECYCLING
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List, 2. Notice Published on 4-9-13
Number
121531
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
 
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance relating to penalties for failure to return recycling carts to their proper storage locations.
Sections
79-47-1-e am
Analysis
Currently, owners and tenants of properties serviced by the city's recycling system who do not return their recycling carts to their proper storage location are subject to a special charge of $25.This ordinance increases the penalty for failing to return recycling carts to their proper storage locations from $25 to $30. This ordinance also makes the penalty for not returning recycling carts to their proper location consistent with the penalty for not returning garbage carts to their proper storage locations.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
 
Part 1. Section 79-47-1-e of the code is amended to read:
79-47. Penalties, Liens and Citations.
1. PENALTIES. e. Any person who fails to comply with s.79-32 shall be subject to a special charge of [$25] >>$30<< and shall receive a written notice with respect to the alleged violation of s. 79-32. Failure to comply following such notification shall result in a special charge of [$35] >>$40<<, and each subsequent failure to comply within a calendar year shall result in a special charge of [$60]>>$70<<.
 
 
LRB:
APPROVED AS TO FORM
 
______________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: ___________________
ATTORNEY
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
 
 
_____________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: _________________________
 
Requester
DPW-Operations Division
Drafter
LRB145397-1
Jim Carroll
2/18/13