City of Milwaukee - File #: 180224

• File #: 180224
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/8/2018
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/30/2018
• Effective date: 6/16/2018
• Title: An ordinance relating to spectators at illegal race contests or exhibitions of speed.
• Sponsors: ALD. LEWIS, ALD. PEREZ
• Indexes: CRIME AND CRIMINALS, STREETS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/15/2018	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
6/8/2018	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
5/30/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	14:0
5/17/2018	0	CITY CLERK	Sponsor added
5/17/2018	0	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Ald. Lewis - Sponsor Nick DeSiato - ACA Ald. Perez asked to be a co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	5:0
5/8/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
180224
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. LEWIS, PEREZ
Title
An ordinance relating to spectators at illegal race contests or exhibitions of speed.
Sections
101-20.7 cr
Analysis
This ordinance prohibits the presence of any spectator at an unauthorized motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed. No individual shall knowingly be present as a spectator at a racing event where preparations are being made for a racing event. Any person violating this prohibition shall be subject to a minimum penalty of $20 and a maximum penalty of $400.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1: Section 101-20.7 of the code is created to read:

101.20.7 Spectating at Illegal Race Contest or Exhibition of Speed.

1. INTENT. It is the intent of the common council in the interest of public safety
and welfare to prevent illegal street racing contests and spectating at those illegal events.
2. DEFINITIONS. In this section:
a. “Racing event” means any unauthorized motor vehicle speed contest or
exhibition of speed prohibited under s. 346.94 (2), Wis. Stats.
b. “Spectator” means any person who is present at a racing event for viewing,
observing, watching, or witnessing the event as it progresses. The term includes any person at the location of the event without regard to the means by which the person arrived.
c. “Preparations” means any of the following acts done for a racing event:
c-1. The arrival of a group of motor vehicles and persons at a predetermined location.
c-2. The presence of a group of individuals along one or both sides of a public highway.
c-3. The impeding of one or more person’s free use of a public highway by action, word, or physical barrier for conducting the racing event.
c-4. The presence of one or more motor vehicles with motors running for a racing event.
c-5. The revving-up of motor vehicle engines or spinning of motor vehicle tires by drivers on a public highway in preparation for a rac...