Number
061035
Version
Substitute 4
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI, BOHL, ZIELINSKI, DONOVAN AND BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to signage required for any vehicle that is used in activities subject to licensing as a junk collector or junk dealer.
Sections
92-3-8-h am
Analysis
This ordinance provides that a motor vehicle used for business purposes subject to licensing as a junk dealer or junk collector shall have identifying signs placed on both sides of the vehicle. Identifying signs must include the name of the business or person operating the vehicle, a valid phone number, and the city of Milwaukee junk license number. The lettering of identifying signs is required to be 3 inches high or more. Signs that satisfy state requirements for signage are deemed to satisfy these requirements.
The signage required by this ordinance is in addition to the license sticker that is issued by the city clerk to applicants when a junk collector or junk dealer license is granted. These license stickers are placed on the inside windshield of the vehicle and contain the 3 digit license number and the words “junk collector” or “junk dealer.” As of November 15, 2006, there were 46 junk collector vehicles licensed by the city.
The effective date of this ordinance is July 1, 2007.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 92-3-8-h of the code is amended to read:
92-3. Secondhand Dealers.
8. REGULATIONS.
h. License [[Plates]]>>Stickers and Signage. h-1<<. Each >>motor <<vehicle used by a junk collector or junk dealer for business purposes shall have affixed to it in a prominent place a sticker with the words “junk collector” or “junk dealer” stamped on it. The [[plates]]>>sticker<< shall be issued by the city clerk at the time the license is granted. The city clerk shall issue only stickers to those applicants granted junk collector or junk dealer’s licenses.
>>h-2. Each motor vehicle used for business purposes subject to licensing as a junk collector or junk dealer under this section shall have identifying signs printed or affixed to both sides of the vehicle. Identifying signs shall include the name of the business or person operating the vehicle, a valid phone number for the business or person operating the vehicle, and the phrase, “City of Milwaukee Junk License No.” together with the number of the license, all located in a prominent position in letters not less than 3 inches in height. Identifying signs that satisfy state statutory or regulatory requirements for signage shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this subparagraph.
Part 2. This ordinance takes effect on July 1, 2007.
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
LRB06507-5
RLW
4/18/2007