Number
100398
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
An ordinance establishing a city locker room privacy policy.
Sections
105-139 cr
Analysis
This ordinance is created to comply with s. 175.22, Wis Stats., which stipulates that any entity, including municipalities, operating a locker room must adopt a written policy that:
1. Reflects the privacy interests of locker room users.
2. Specifies who may enter and remain in the locker room to interview or seek information from locker room users.
3. Specifies what, if any, image-recording devices may be used in the locker room.
4. Prohibits the use of a cell phone to capture, record or transfer a representation of a nude or partially nude person in the locker room.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 105-139 of the code is created to read:
105-139 Locker Rooms in City Buildings. 1. DEFINITIONS. a. “Image-recording device” means a camera, a video recorder, a cell phone or any other device that may be used to record or transfer images.
b. “Locker room” means any room, facility or area set aside or designated for use by city employes or other city-designated persons to shower, cleanup or change clothes.
2. LOCKER ROOM PRIVACY POLICY. Any city department or other city entity that operates or provides a locker room in a building or portion thereof owned or leased by the city shall develop and adopt a written policy to be posted in each locker room that does all of the following:
a. Reflects the privacy interests of individuals who use the locker room.
b. Prohibits interviewing or seeking information from individuals inside the locker room by any party and otherwise seeking information from locker room users.
c. Bans the use of image-recording devices inside locker rooms without express permission from the city.
d. Expressly prohibits any person from using an image-recording device to capture, record, or transfer a repr...
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