City of Milwaukee - File #: 131641

• File #: 131641
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/4/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/13/2014
• Effective date: 5/31/2014
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to exceptions to secondhand dealer licensing and regulation requirements.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN
• Indexes: SECONDHAND DEALERS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/30/2014	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
5/22/2014	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/13/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
4/29/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Meeting convened at 8:39 AM Individuals appearing: Richard Withers - Legislative Reference Bureau Officer Jeff Thiele Captain Wagner Eight individuals were present in support.	Pass	4:0
4/29/2014	1	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE	Pass	4:0
4/25/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/25/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
4/4/2014	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
3/4/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
131641
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to exceptions to secondhand dealer licensing and regulation requirements.
Sections
92-2-1-b rn
92-2-1-b cr
92-2-1-c rn
92-2-1-d rn
92-2-1-e rn
92-2- 6-c rc
92-2-6-d am
92-2-6-e am
Analysis
This ordinance provides 2 exceptions to the holding, record-keeping and reporting requirements for licensed secondhand dealers. Currently, except for second hand clothing and clothing accessories, secondhand dealers are required to maintain records on items purchased, exchanged or consigned for sale, to report these items to the police department and to hold items for a minimum of 10 days. This ordinance provides additional exceptions to the record-keeping, reporting and holding requirements for video, cassettes, compact discs, vinyl records and for large appliances and furniture.

The ordinance defines “large appliances and furniture” to mean beds, tables, chairs, bureaus, dressers, desks, bookcases, refrigerators, freezers and all other household furnishings and appliances occupying a space greater than 8 cubic feet.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 92-2-1-b to e of the code is renumbered 92-2-1-c to f.

Part 2. Section 92-2-1-b of the code is created to read:

92-2. Secondhand Dealer’s License.

1. DEFINITIONS.

b. “Large appliances and furniture” means beds, tables, chairs, bureaus, dressers, desks, bookcases, refrigerators, freezers and all other household furnishings and appliances occupying a space greater than 8 cubic feet.

Part 3. Section 92-2-6-c of the code is repealed and recreated to read:

6. REGULATIONS.

c. Recordkeeping. For every item purchased or exchanged by a secondhand dealer on the dealer's premises, or in the city but off the dealer's premises, and for every item consigned to a secondhand dealer for sale on the dealer's premises, the secondhand dealer shall keep a ...