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Amending and repealing various sections of the Madison General Ordinances to correct inconsistencies and improper references in the Madison General Ordinances, constituting the 2010 City Attorney Reviser's Ordinance.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This is the annual City Attorney's Reviser's ordinance, correcting certain parts of the Madison General Ordinances (MGO), the City's code of ordinances. The proposed changes are as follows:
1. Sec. 8.24(1)(a), MGO, is amended to add “except” which was inadvertently struck in a prior revision.
2. Sec. 10.10(5), MGO, is amended to correct a typographical error.
3. Sec. 15.02(1), MGO, is amended to correct the Ward 1 legal description.
4. Sec. 15.06, MGO, consists of outdated ward descriptions and is repealed.
5. Sec. 25.025(5)(k), MGO, is repealed to update obscure and outdated language.
6. Sec. 32.04(4)(f)1.b., MGO, is repealed to eliminate obsolete language.
7. Sec. 38.06(11)(e), MGO, is amended to correct an outdated reference to the MGO’s.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (a) of Subsection (1) entitled “Prohibition” of Section. 8.24 entitled “Alcohol Beverage Control and Container Control on Certain Public Property” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(a) Penn Park, except between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. in duly designated and cordoned off areas specifically set aside for the consumption of alcohol beverages;”
2. Subsection (5) of Section 10.10 entitled “Installation of Street Trees” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(5) A notice shall be published in the official newspaper stating that the City Forester proposes to plant and assess street trees to each of the benefited properties and that the Special Assessment Review Committee Street Tree Review Committee will hold publ...
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