Number
060301
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, PUENTE, DONOVAN, BAUMAN, HAMILTON AND MCGEE
Title
An ordinance relating to unsafe or vacant noncompliant buildings.
Sections
218-9-1-a-2 am
Analysis
Currently, the commissioner of neighborhood services may declare a building a nuisance and order the building’s owner to make the building safe or code compliant, or have it razed and removed whenever certain conditions exists.
This ordinance adds one other condition - that the building has been unoccupied and has been secured by the boarding of windows or door openings in whole or part for at least 6 months.
Body
Whereas, Boarded vacant buildings are a blight on the community and harm the image and reputation of a neighborhood, decreasing the economic value of the surrounding property; now, therefore,
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 218-9-1-a-2 of the code is amended to read:
218-9. Unsafe or Vacant Noncompliant Buildings.
1. NUISANCE DECLARATION
a. Requirements For Declaration.
a-2. The building is unsafe and has been ordered closed, pursuant to s. 200-11, or the building is vacant and has been ordered secured pursuant to s. 275-32-7 or s. 218-4 >> , or the building has been secured by the boarding of one or more window or door openings in whole or in part for at least 6 months and is unoccupied.<<.
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
Department of Neighborhood Services
Drafter
LRB06249-1
AW
06/20/06