City of Milwaukee - File #: 101307

• File #: 101307
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/8/2011
• In control: ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/12/2011
• Effective date: 4/29/2011
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to owner-occupancy requirements for city sales of habitable neighborhood property.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. WADE
• Indexes: CITY PROPERTY, PROPERTY SALES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/28/2011	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
4/21/2011	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/12/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	13:0
4/6/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman and Ald. Wade added as sponsors.
4/6/2011	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Clifton Crump, Department of City Development Greg Hagopian, City Attorney's Office Ald. Bauman and Ald. Wade request being added as co-sponsors.	Pass	5:0
4/5/2011	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/4/2011	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/4/2011	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT

Number
101307
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
090162
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, ALD. BAUMAN AND ALD. WADE
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to owner-occupancy requirements for city sales of habitable neighborhood property.
Sections
304-49-2-b-1 am
304-49-3 am
304-49-4-b am
Analysis
Current code provisions require that the sale of habitable neighborhood property by the city be restricted to private purchasers for owner-occupancy. This ordinance removes this restriction for specific properties by the direction of the common council member in whose district the property is located.
...Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 304-49-2-b-1 of the code is amended to read:
304-49. Disposal of City Real Estate.
2. NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTY.
b-1. Habitable Property. This property is habitable in its current condition or can be rendered habitable with reasonable effort and funds proportionate to the assessed value of the property. The property shall be marketed to private purchasers for owner-occupancy >>unless otherwise directed by the common council member in whose district the property is located <<. If rehabilitation or restoration is required, the property shall not be sold until the commissioner of neighborhood services has approved a rehabilitation or restoration plan for the property and the commissioner of city development has determined that the prospective purchaser has the skills and financial resources to successfully carry out the plan.

Part 2. Section 304-49-3 of the code is amended to read:
3. COMMON COUNCIL DIRECTION AFTER REPORTS. Any member of the common council may, within 15 calendar days after receipt of a report, direct the commissioner to withhold from disposition any parcel listed on the report that is located in his or her aldermanic district. >>The council member may also direct the commissioner to remove the restriction to market the property only to private purchas...