Number
110976
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. KOVAC AND BAUMAN
Title
An ordinance relating to the building code definition of "family".
Sections
200-08-33 am
Analysis
This ordinance amends the building code definition of "family' to include a domestic partnership.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 200-08-33 of the code is amended to read:
200-08. Definitions.
33. FAMILY means, unless otherwise specified, a person occupying a dwelling unit, or dwelling unit with one or more persons who are legally related to such occupant by virtue of being husband [[and]] >>or<< wife, son or daughter, mother or father, sister or brother, uncle or aunt, grandparent, grandchild, niece or nephew, first-cousin, mother-in-law or father-in-law, all of whom comprise no more than one nuclear family unit per household. Included in the term family are 4 or fewer legally assigned foster children, except that more than 4 may be legally assigned if all are related to one another as brothers or sisters. >>Family also means a domestic partnership of 2 individuals who meet all conditions of s. 350-245-3-a to e and at least 3 of the conditions of s. 350-245-5.<<
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:______________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:______________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB134790-1
Jeff Osterman
11/10/2011