Fiscal Note
No significant fiscal impact is anticipated.
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Amending Sec. 27.09(5)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to allow for the assessment of a reinspection fee when compliance is not achieved, rather than after the first compliance inspection regardless of compliance status.
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DRAFTER’S ANALYSIS: This proposal changes the criteria for when a reinspection fee is assessed under ch. 27. By amending Sec. 27.09(5)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances to allow for the assessment of a reinspection fee when a compliance inspection does not result in compliance rather than only upon compliance inspections in excess of one, the person responsible for the property will only be assessed a reinspection fee if the property is not in compliance at the time of a compliance inspection. As it presently stands, even if it is found that the person responsible for the property corrects the violations on a second or subsequent reinspection, that person can be assessed a reinspection fee. In addition, if a person is not in compliance on the first reinspection, that person is not assessed a fee. By amending this section, it would make it clear that reinspection fees may only be assessed when the property is not found to be in compliance, regardless of the number of reinspections that have occurred.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (a) of Subsection (5) of Section 27.09 entitled "Administration and Enforcement" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"Any person who shall fail or neglect to comply with any lawful order of the Director of the Neighborhood Preservation and Inspection Division issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may be assessed fifty dollars ($50) per inspection for compliance inspections in excess of one per compliance inspection that does not result in compliance with the...
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