City of Milwaukee - File #: 001273

• File #: 001273
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/15/2000
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
• Final action: 1/16/2001
• Effective date: 2/2/2001
• Title: An ordinance prescribing a penalty for the repeated occurrence nuisance activities at certain premises.
• Sponsors: ALD. PRATT, ALD. HENNINGSEN, ALD. BREIER, ALD. CAMERON, Fredrick Gordon, ALD. MURPHY, ALD. D'AMATO, ALD. RICHARDS, ALD. DONOVAN, ALD. BOHL, ALD. HERRON, ALD. HINES JR., ALD. PAWLINSKI, ALD. NARDELLI, ALD. SANCHEZ, ALD. JOHNSON-ODOM, ALD. SCHERBERT
• Indexes: FINES AND PENALTIES, NUISANCES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/1/2001	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
1/23/2001	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/16/2001	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	17:0
1/4/2001	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	5:0
12/20/2000	0	PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/15/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
001273
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. PRATT, HENNINGSEN, BREIER, GORDON, MURPHY, D'AMATO, RICHARDS, DONOVAN, BOHL, HERRON, CAMERON-ROLLINS, HINES, PAWLINSKI, NARDELLI, SANCHEZ, JOHNSON-ODOM AND SCHERBERT.
Title
An ordinance prescribing a penalty for the repeated occurrence nuisance activities at certain premises.
Sections
80-2 rc
80-10 cr

Analysis
The ordinance defines several illegal activities as nuisances and states that the owners of premises at which 3 or more nuisance activities exist or have occurred during any 30-day period or at which there has been a pattern of repeated nuisances related to controlled substances, prostitution or gambling, may be assessed the cost of enforcement against all subsequent nuisance activities. The chief of police is first directed to notify owners that they risk having such costs assessed and is also directed to offer owners an opportunity to abate the nuisances without further city action.

Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 80-2 of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

80-2. Authority to Abate Nuisances.

1. COMMISSIONER AUTHORIZED TO ABATE. The commissioner shall have the authority to cause the summary abatement of any nuisance found on any premises in accordance with the procedure prescribed in s. 80-8.

2. ENFORCEMENT BY INJUNCTION. The regulations of this chapter may be enforced by means of injunction.

Part 2. Section 80-10 of the code is created to read:

80-10. Chronic Nuisance Premises.

1. FINDINGS. The common council finds that any premises that has generated 3 or more calls for police service for nuisance activities has received more than the level of general and adequate police service and has placed an undue and inappropriate burden on the taxpayers of the city. The common council therefore directs the chief of police and the commissioner of neighborhood services, ...