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File #: 151458    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/19/2016 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/9/2016
Effective date: 2/26/2016    
Title: A substitute ordinance revising various recycling, salvaging or towing license regulations.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: LICENSES
Attachments: 1. Notice Published 2-25-16
Number
151458
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
131798, 140642, 141893
Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY
Title
A substitute ordinance revising various recycling, salvaging or towing license regulations.
Sections
81-102.8-3 ra
81-102.8-3 cr
93-5-2-a rc
93-5-4-f cr
93-43-9-b am
93-45-1-b am
93-47-3-b am
93-47-3-c am
93-47-4-d am
Analysis
The Common Council passed an ordinance relating to the licensing and regulation of recycling, salvaging and towing businesses and activities on September 22, 2015. The ordinance consolidated various license types by establishing a single “recycling, salvaging or towing” license and established a licensing requirement for non-consensual towing businesses.

This ordinance amends various code provisions relating to recycling, salvaging and towing to clarify the legislative intent of, and the procedures for, the city’s recycling, salvaging and towing license, including the following:

1. Changing the recycling, salvaging or towing vehicle change fee from $25 to $10 for a business with more than one vehicle.
2. Creating a separate recycling, salvaging or towing vehicle license fee for a business with more than one vehicle.
3. Removing redundant recordkeeping requirements for salvage vehicles.
4. Revising the wording used on identifying signs required for recycling, salvaging or towing vehicles.
5. Clarifying the threshold for towing drop fees.
6. Clarifying the licensing exemptions for licensed secondhand motor vehicle dealers.

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

Part 1. Section 81-102.8-3 is renumbered 81-102.8-4 and amended to read:

81-102.8. Recycling, Salvaging or Towing Vehicle License.

4. The fee to change the motor vehicle used in the conduct of a recycling, salvaging or towing business shall be [[$25]] >>$10<<.

Part 2. Section 81-102.8-3 is created to read:

3. For a business with 2 or more vehicles, as provided in s. 93-5-2-a-2, the fee shall be $275.

Part 3. Se...

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