Number
210956
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER, PEREZ AND HAMILTON
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to property registration.
Sections
200-51.5-3.5 cr
200-51.5-d cr
200-51.5-5.5 cr
304-49-9-f cr
Analysis
This ordinance requires that a property registration form includes the name, address and phone number of:
• The controlling person and principal beneficiary if the owner is a trust, a life-estateholder, a remainderman, a condominium association, a land contract grantee (buyer), a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company or a cooperative.
• The owner’s registered agent.
The ordinance also:
• Requires a property owner’s registered agent be a resident of city of Milwaukee or Milwaukee county, or operate an office within the city or county.
• Requires that the department of neighborhood services maintain the information collected from property registration in a searchable database.
• Prohibits non-city residents from purchasing city-owned properties, unless buyers agree to reside in the purchased property for 8 years.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 200-51.5-3.5 of the code is created to read:
200-51.5. Property Registration.
3.5. REGISTERED AGENT. An owner’s registered agent shall be a resident of city of Milwaukee or Milwaukee county, or operate an office within the city or county.
Part 2. Section 200-51.5-5-d of the code is created to read:
5. REGISTRATION FORM.
d. The name, address and phone number of the controlling person and principal beneficiary if the owner is a trust, a life-estateholder, a remainderman, a condominium association, a land contract grantee (buyer), a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company or a cooperative.
e. The name, address and phone number of the owner’s registered agent, if any.
Part 3. Section 200-51.5-5.5 of the code is created to read:
5.5. SEARCHABLE DATABASE. The department shall maintain a database of information from registration forms which is searchable and can be sorted by property registration.
Part 3. Section 304-49-9-f of the code is created to read:
304-49. Disposal of City Real Estate.
9. GENERAL BUYER POLICIES.
f. A party whose primary residence is not within the city, unless the party enters into an agreement, as specified by the department of city development, to make the property purchased the party’s primary residence for not fewer than 8 years. Primary residence shall mean the party’s true, fixed and permanent home to which, whenever absent, the party intends to return, and residence that determines the party's legal rights and privileges such as voting rights, vehicle registration and driver licensure.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
____________________________
Legislative Reference Bureau
Date: ______________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
____________________________
Office of the City Attorney
Date: ______________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB 176980 - 2
Aaron Cadle
October 21, 2021