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File #: 141880    Version: 0
Type: Ordinance Status: Placed On File
File created: 3/31/2015 In control: PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action: 6/11/2024
Effective date:    
Title: An ordinance prohibiting panhandling in street medians.
Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN
Indexes: SAFETY MEASURES, STREETS
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List, 2. Mary Watking
Number
141880
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
 
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
An ordinance prohibiting panhandling in street medians.
Sections
106-1.1-2-a-6 cr
Analysis
Current code provisions prohibit any person from engaging in the act of panhandling when either the panhandler or the person being solicited is located at specific locations. This ordinance adds street medians to the list of locations where panhandling is prohibited.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
 
Part 1. Section 106-1.1-2-a-6 of the code is created to read:
 
106-1.1. Aggressive Panhandling.
 
2. PROHIBITED.
a-6. In a street median.
 
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:  ______________________
 
Requestor
 
Drafter
LRB157594-1
La-Wanda G. Fletcher
03/24/2015