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File #: 251340    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 12/16/2025 In control: FINANCE & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE
On agenda: Final action:
Effective date:    
Title: A substitute ordinance relating to fees charged for services provided by the assessor’s office.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Attachments: 1. Hearing Notice List
Number
251340
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to fees charged for services provided by the assessor’s office.
Section
81-6-1-b am
81-6-1-c cr
81-6-2-b am
81-6-2-c cr
81-124 am
307-2-2 rc
Analysis
This ordinance makes revisions to fees charged for various services provided by the assessor’s office, including:

1. Charges for appraisal and inspection for new construction of, or alterations or additions to, commercial, industrial, institutional or public buildings

2. Charges for appraisal and inspection of new or resurfaced surface parking lots.

3. The fee for filing a tax-exempt property report.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-6-1-b of the code is amended to read:

81-6. Service Charges for Appraisal and Inspection.

1. NEW CONSTRUCTION.

b. Commercial, industrial, institutional or public: $0.45 per square foot, with a minimum of [[$1,000]] >>$450<< and a maximum of $25,000.

Part 2. Section 81-6-1-c of the code is created to read:

c. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the charge for a surface parking lot shall be $0.45 per square foot, with no minimum and a maximum of $500.

Part 3. Section 81-6-2-b of the code is amended to read:

2. ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.

b. Commercial, industrial, institutional or public: $0.25 per square foot, with a minimum of [[$1,000]] >>$250<< and a maximum of $25,000.

Part 4. Section 81-6-2-c of the code is created to read:

c. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the charge for resurfacing or restriping of a surface parking lot shall be $0.25 per square foot, with no minimum and a maximum of $500.

Part 5. Section 81-124 of the code is amended to read:

81-124. Tax-Exempt Property Report Fee. The fee for filing a tax-exempt property report form shall be $50 [[for a single parcel, plus $15 for each additional]] >>per<< parcel.
(See s. 307-2.)

Part 6. Section 307-2-2 of the code is...

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