City of Milwaukee - File #: 070072

• File #: 070072
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 4/17/2007
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 3/21/2013
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the licensing of certain types of retail establishments.
• Sponsors: ALD. BOHL
• Indexes: LICENSES, SALES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/21/2013	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	14:0
3/4/2013	1	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
2/28/2013	1	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/28/2013	1	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/10/2007	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
10/9/2007	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Proposed Sub. A accepted.	Pass	3:0
10/9/2007	1	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Held to allow the City Attorney's Office to review the text.	Pass	3:0
10/1/2007	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
9/26/2007	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/17/2007	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Make police report, neighbor complaints and the landlord's response part of the record, by Ald. Bohl. Prevailed. 4-0 (Exhibit 1)(Ald. Witkowski excused) Individual present: Carol Griffin - 80th and Burleigh (her mother lives adjacant to the Family Dollar Store at 7924 W. Burleigh St.) Held as the City Attorney's Office has some concerns with the legality of the ordinance.	Pass	5:0
7/10/2007	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/17/2007	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
070072
Version

SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BOHL
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the licensing of certain types of retail establishments.
Sections
81-58 cr
84-15 cr
Analysis
This ordinance creates a license requirement for any general retail establishment, as defined in the zoning code, where all of the following are true:

a. The gross floor area of the establishment exceeds 6,000 square feet.

b. The establishment has fewer off-street parking spaces available for public use than the number of spaces required by the zoning code for a general retail establishment of its size.

c. The establishment is located on a block on which at least 50% of the aggregate frontage of all blockfaces is zoned single-family residential or 2-family residential.

A general retail establishment license shall be issued for one year. The license fee shall be $200. Licenses shall be issued by the city clerk.

The chief of police, commissioner of health or commissioner of neighborhood services may object to the issuance of a new license or renewal of a license. Proceedings for suspension or revocation of a license already issued may be instituted by the licensing committee upon its own motion, or upon sworn written charges made and filed with the city clerk by any of these 3 officials or upon a sworn written complaint filed with the city clerk by any city resident. The city’s standard due-process hearing procedure shall be used by the common council when considering possible denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation of a license. Grounds for denial, nonrenewal, suspension or revocation of a license include:

1. Whether the applicant or licensee meets the requirements of the licensing ordinance.

2. Whether the applicant or licensee has been charged with or convicted of any felony, misdemeanor, municipal offense or other offense, the circumstances of which substantially relate to the licensed activity.

3. For a new license application, ...