Sponsor
Alderman Mozol
Title
Ordinance No. 19-08
To amend Sec. 66-1001, repeal and recreate Sec. 66-1002 and create Sec. 66-1004 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine, Wisconsin relating to Nuisance properties.
The Common Council of the City of Racine do ordain as follows:
Part 1:
Sec. 66-1001 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby amended by deleting the word “and” in the second line and inserting the word “or” in its place.
Part 2:
Sec. 66-1002 of the Municipal Code of the City of Racine is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows:
“Sec. 66-1002. Chronic Nuisance Premises.
(a) Purpose.
The Common Council finds that from time to time certain premises in the City of Racine require a disproportionate amount of Police Department resources to be devoted to addressing various problems and incidents that occur thereon. Often this disproportionate devotion of police resources is due to property owners’ own actions or the failure of property owners to accept and exercise sufficient responsibility for and over the actions of occupants, guests, agents or employees that reside upon or frequent the premises. Such premises, as further described in paragraph (b) below, are deemed chronic nuisance premises and are public nuisances. This section is enacted to encourage property owners to recognize their responsibility to ensure that activities occurring on their property conform to the law and do not unduly burden the City’s police resources and to provide a mechanism for the City to take action against property owners who fail to ensure premises they own do not require a disproportionate devotion of police resources and to recover the costs associated with the disproportionate devotion of police resources to such premises. This subsection is not intended to discourage crime victims or any person in legitimate need of police services from requesting them.
(b) Determination of Chronic Nuisance Premises.
1. Any premises to which the ...
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