Number
130467
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the boarding of inhabited structures.
Sections
218-7 am
Analysis
This ordinance provides that the chief of police may request and direct the department of public works to board an abandoned or unsecured building, structure or part thereof.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 218-7 of the code is amended to read:
218-7. Abandoned >>or Unsecured<< Buildings. Whenever any building [[or]] >>,<<
structure >>or part thereof<< is abandoned >>or unsecured, with one or more<< [[in which the]] doors [[and]] >or<< windows [[of any part of them have been]] removed or opened, leaving the interior of such building [[or]] >>,<< structure >>or part thereof<< exposed to the elements [[and]] >>or<< accessible to trespassers, [[in which]] >>so that<< crime may be committed, the building [[or]] >>,<< structure >>or part thereof<< may be deemed to be dangerous, unsafe and a menace to public safety >>, susceptible to theft of its contents or likely to expose the city to general liability,<< and may be condemned by the commissioner in accordance with s. 66.0413, Wis. Stats >>, or boarded by the department of public works at the request and direction of the chief of police<< .
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
LRB148353-2
Jeff Osterman
08/07/2013