City of Milwaukee - File #: 130940

• File #: 130940
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/5/2013
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 2/11/2014
• Title: Substitute resolution creating a pilot Compliance Loan Program to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Services.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. WADE
• Indexes: BUILDING-REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/12/2014	3	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/11/2014	2	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman moved to amend the file by adding the following sentence at the end of item 3 in the 4th “Further Resolved” clause: “This criteria may be waived by the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee upon request of DNS or a Common Council member.” and by substituting the following sentence for the 7th “Further Resolved” clause: “Further Resolved, That payments the City receives from owners under loans in the program shall be deposited into a revenue account to be created by the Comptroller and shall be used by DNS for further use in the program; and, be it”. One objection to amendments by Ald. Witkowski. Ald. Wade added as a co-sponsor.	Pass	12:1
2/11/2014	3	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	11:2
2/4/2014	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Aaron Szopinski, Mayor's Office - Housing Policy Director Art Dahlberg, Department of Neighborhood Services Commissioner Tom Mishefske, Department of Neighborhood Services Ald. Wade joined the committee at 9:20 a.m. Ald. Murphy moved substitution of the file with Proposed Substitute B. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
2/4/2014	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Murphy moved to amend Proposed Substitute B by changing the language to reflect that the program is a compliance loan pilot program subject to review by the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee after 6 months regarding the program's progress. (Prevailed 5-0)	Pass	5:0
2/4/2014	2	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Ald. Bauman moved to further amend Proposed Substitute B by deleting the third criteria listed under the fourth "Further Resolved" clause. Motion was withdraw by Ald. Bauman. Ald. Bauman moved to hold the file to the call of the chair. Motion withdrawn by Ald. Bauman.	Pass	5:0
1/30/2014	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/30/2014	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/10/2013	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Thomas Mishefske, Department of Neighborhood Services Mark Nicolini, Budget Office Art Dahlberg, Department of Neighborhood Services Ald. Wade joined the committee at 9:27 a.m.	Pass	4:1
12/6/2013	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
12/6/2013	1	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/5/2013	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/5/2013	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/14/2013	0	ZONING, NEIGHBORHOODS & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
11/5/2013	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
130940
Version
SUBSTITUTE 3
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN, MURPHY AND WADE

Title
Substitute resolution creating a pilot Compliance Loan Program to be administered by the Department of Neighborhood Services.
Analysis
This resolution creates a pilot Compliance Loan Program for residential property owners meeting certain economic criteria to correct code violation orders issued against their properties by the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS). The pilot program consists of a no-interest loan payable upon transfer or conveyance of a property. DNS shall administer the program.
Body
Whereas, Section 200-01-2 of the Code provides the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) the authority and duty to protect the health, safety, and welfare of persons through the enforcement of the building code, inspection of buildings and the issuance of orders to correct building code violations; and

Whereas, There are many instances where owners of residential properties fail to maintain or repair their properties as required by the Code and receive DNS-issued orders to correct code violations; and

Whereas, In these instances, the owners may be financially unable to correct the violations and as a result they experience a series of re-inspections, mounting fees and repeating orders; and

Whereas, Residential properties with uncorrected code violations are often prone to further waste, neglect and deterioration, and if left in such a declining state, may become a threat to public health, safety and welfare; and

Whereas, Residential properties with uncorrected code violations may become destabilizing and blighting influences on neighborhoods and may become abandoned, unoccupied, or tax-delinquent; and

Whereas, To promote public health, safety and welfare an affordable loan program for financially-challenged property owners with code violations may proactively mitigate the problems associated with these types of non-code compliant residential propert...