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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 2009 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 Sec. 1.08(3)(b), MGO is amended to correct outdated references to the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
2. Sec. 3.02(1), MGO, is amended to update obscure and outdated references to alders.
3. In accord with change 2, this directive provides the City Attorney authority to update throughout the MGO’s all references to alderman and aldermen.
4. Sec. 3.14(9)(b), MGO, is corrected to eliminate the reference to an obsolete commission.
5. Sec. 7.01(1)(a), MGO, is amended to clarify members’ terms of service on the Pest Management Advisory Committee.
6. Sec. 10.101, MGO is amended to correctly state the name of the Tree Subcommittee.
7. Sec. 11.08, MGO, is amended to correct outdated references to the Administrative Code.
8. Sec. 12.895, MGO, is amended to correct outdated references to Transit and Parking Commission.
9. Sec. 13.03(2), MGO, is amended to include the purchase of services as intended.
10. Sec. 16.23(5)(f)3., MGO, is amended to eliminate a reference to a non-existent commission.
11. Sec. 16.23(6), MGO, is amended to eliminate a reference to an obscure commission.
12. Sec. 23.05(7)(a), MGO, referenced exceptions to the Smoking Prohibited in Certain Areas. This ordinance eliminates those expired exceptions.
13. Sec. 25.02(5)(n), MGO, by its terms, was repealed in 1996 but still is in the MGO’s. It is now completely repealed.
14. Sec. 25.09(3)(b)2., MGO, is amended to correct an outdated reference to the MGO’s.
15. Sec. 25.09(10), MGO, is amended to uniformly revise “premise.”
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