Number
260496
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. JACKSON
Title
An ordinance relating to penalties and liability for illegal dumping.
Section
79-15 am
80-44-4 cr
80-44-5 cr
80-44-6 cr
118-15-0 am
118-15-1 am
118-15-2 rc
118-15-3 cr
118-15-4 am
118-15-5 cr
118-15-6 cr
118-15-7 cr
118-15-8 cr
118-16-3 am
118-19-2 am
236-41-6 am
236-41-6.5 cr
236-41-8 cr
Analysis
This ordinance makes various changes to increase the penalties associated with illegal dumping on public and private property and in Milwaukee waterways and Lake Michigan. The ordinance allows city departments to recover the cost of responding to, abating, and environmental monitoring of illegal dump sites from convicted violators. Finally, the ordinance explicitly recognizes the liability of corporate officers who direct or allow illegal dumping by their employees or agents.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 79-15 of the code is amended to read:
79-15. Enforcement. The >>chief of << police [[department]], [[department]] >>commissioner<< of neighborhood services, [[department]] >>commissioner<< of health and the [[department]] >>commissioner<< of public works shall enforce this subchapter.
Part 2. Section 80-44-4 to 6 of the code is created to read:
80-44. Dumping.
4. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation under this section shall be subject to a Class N penalty under chapter 61. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day during which such violation shall continue.
5. COST RECOVERY. Any person, firm or corporation found to be in violation of this section shall be subject to additional special charges for costs incurred by the city for response, abatement, remediation, and soil quality testing conducted in connection with the violation.
6. RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICER LIABILITY. For the purposes of this section, the term “person” s...
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