[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of South
Milwaukee 11-22-2022 by Ord. No. 2232.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance amended in its entirety Ch. 8, Health, as amended 5-17-1983 by Ord. No. 1239; 10-6-1987 by Ord. No. 1379; 9-20-1994 by Ord. No. 1578; 10-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1623; 4-20-1999 by Ord. No. 1735; 4-5-2000 by Ord. No. 1764; 1-7-2003 by Ord. No. 1834; 6-7-2005 by Ord. No. 1884; 9-18-2007 by Ord. No. 1947; 5-6-2008 by Ord. No. 1969; 1-18-2011 by Ord. No. 2015; 6-2-2015 by Ord. No. 2105; 4-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2142; 4-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2143; 4-18-2017 by Ord. No. 2144; and 2-5-2019 by Ord. No. 2187.
A.Â
There is hereby created and established in and for the Cities of
South Milwaukee and Saint Francis a Board of Health to consist of
six citizen members, with at least one citizen member being a resident
of the City of Saint Francis, appointed by the Mayor and Common Council
of South Milwaukee, the Public Health Administrator, the Medical Advisor,
and an aldermanic representative from each city appointed by the Common
Council President of the respective cities. The six citizen members
of the Board of Health shall be appointed by the Mayor for terms of
three years, subject to the approval of the Common Council. The Board
of Health shall annually elect a Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary
for the ensuring year. The Public Health Administrator and Medical
Advisor shall be members of the Board of Health during their appointment
by the Common Council.
B.Â
The Board of Health shall keep minutes of all meetings and public
hearings held by such board. The minutes shall record all information
relative to its decisions and activities as may reasonably be necessary
to provide a basis for such decisions.
The Board shall have the power and authority authorized in § 251.04,
Wis. Stats., to enact such regulations and issue such orders, not
contrary to state law, as it may deem necessary to the maintenance
of the health and safety of the people of the City of South Milwaukee.
A.Â
There is hereby created the position of Public Health Administrator
whose duties shall include Health Officer for the Control of Communicable
Diseases pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 252.03, Administrator
of Public Health Programs and Supervisor of the Health Department
Staff. Any individual appointed to this position must meet the qualifications
contained in Wis. Stats. § 251.06. The Public Health Administrator
shall be appointed by the City Administrator for an indefinite term.
The Public Health Administrator is authorized to issue citations for
violations of all ordinances related to health whether a part of this
chapter or of any other chapter of the Municipal Code of Ordinances.
The Public Health Administrator shall also undertake such other duties
as are required by statutes and administrative code regulation and
such duties as are designated by the Common Council from time to time,
including the following:
(1)Â
Make an annual sanitary survey and maintain continuous sanitary supervision
over the City.
(2)Â
Enforce the health laws and rules of the Wisconsin Department of
Health and the City of South Milwaukee.
(3)Â
Keep a record of all official acts.
(4)Â
Report to the Wisconsin Department of Health as required.
(5)Â
The Public Health Administrator or his/her designee is authorized
to enforce and/or perform the duties described in the following: § 252.05(11),
Wis. Stats., DHS-145.14, DHS-145.15, DHS-145.17.
B.Â
Medical Advisor. The Medical Advisor shall be appointed by the Mayor
with the approval of the Common Council for such period of time as
the Common Council shall deem appropriate. Compensation of the Medical
Advisor shall be as established by the Common Council. The Medical
Advisor shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as are
imposed upon and vested in him by law, by order of the State Department
of Health (and Social) Services and the ordinance of the City of South
Milwaukee on such additional duties and powers as the Board of Health
may from time to time lawfully prescribe. The duties of the Medical
Advisor shall include the following:
(1)Â
Provide confident medical advice and consultation to the Public Health.
(2)Â
Provide medical advice on public health matters to the Board of Health,
Safety Committee of the Common Council and such other boards as may
be directed by the Common Council and shall act as the Administrator
of such immunization programs as may be appropriate.
No person shall violate, neglect or refuse to obey any order
or regulation made by the Board of Health, after notice of any such
order or regulation, or after the publication thereof in the manner
provided for the publication of ordinances of the official newspaper
of the City of South Milwaukee. Nor shall any person hinder, delay
or obstruct the Public Health Administrator, or any of his assistants,
or the Public Health Administrator or designee, in the performance
of their duties.
The Board of Health or the Public Health Administrator or his
designee may command the assistance of the Chief of Police, or of
any police officer of said City, and it shall be the duty of said
Chief of Police or police officer to obey the directions of said Board
of Health or Public Health Administrator.
A.Â
State regulations.
(1)Â
Adopted. The provisions of §§ 252.01 to 252.25, Wis.
Stats., and DHS Ch. 145, Wis. Adm. Code, as they may be from time
to time amended are adopted by reference and incorporated into this
section as if fully set forth herein.
B.Â
General.
(1)Â
The Health Officer or designee may order the isolation or quarantine
of individuals as a protective action to limit the spread of infectious
agent or contaminants to others. When possible, the Health Officer
will seek the cooperation and voluntary compliance of infected or
exposed individuals in abiding by isolation or quarantine instructions.
(2)Â
Under specific circumstances, the Health Officer may, with support
from local law enforcement, immediately detain infected or exposed
individuals and place them in isolation or quarantine.
(3)Â
In all cases where isolation or quarantine is considered, the Health
Officer will address the basic needs of individuals placed in isolation
or quarantine including but not limited to food, clothing, shelter,
medical care, and communication with family members, legal counsel
and others, if needed.
C.Â
Reporting of communicable diseases.
(1)Â
Any person licensed under Ch. 441 or 448, Wis. Stats., who knows
or has reason to know, or has a reasonable suspicion that a person
treated or visited by the licensee has a reportable communicable disease,
or having had such disease, has died, shall report the same to the
Health Officer.
(2)Â
Any person, other than those licensed under Ch. 441 or 448, Wis.
Stats., having knowledge or reason to believe or suspect that anyone
has a reportable communicable disease shall report such belief to
the Health Officer.
(3)Â
Each laboratory shall report to the Health Officer those specimen
results the Health Officer designated to aid in the surveillance,
diagnosis, control and prevention of communicable diseases, including
cases of suspected food poisonings and outbreaks of disease occurring
in the City of South Milwaukee.
(4)Â
Unless otherwise specified, all reports required by this section
shall be made within 24 hours either by electronic reporting, telephone,
fax, mail, or deposit at the Health Department in a form prescribed
by the Health Officer.
D.Â
Communicable diseases; general. The Health Officer shall perform
all duties prescribed to him/her by the State of Wisconsin and the
State Department of Health Services (DHS) regarding communicable diseases,
particularly, but not limited to, Ch. 252, Wis. Stats., and DHS Ch.
145, Wis. Adm. Code, and "local health officer" as used within the
Wisconsin Statutes and Wisconsin Administrative Code shall mean the
Health Officer, and as such constituting local direction and authority
for the Health Officer, Health Department, and Board of Health.
(1)Â
Voluntary confinement. Prior to instituting mandatory isolation or
quarantine pursuant to this rule, the Health Officer may request that
an individual or group of individuals voluntarily confine themselves
to a private home or other facility.
(2)Â
Control, isolation and quarantine measures for communicable diseases
other than tuberculosis. The Health Officer shall undertake such measures
for the control of communicable diseases, other than tuberculosis,
but also including those diseases as are specifically set forth in
DHS Ch. 145, Appendix A, Wis. Adm. Code, as set forth under § 252.06,
Wis. Stats., and DHS Ch. 145.06, Wis. Adm. Code, specifically, but
not limited to, measures to direct a person known to have or suspected
of having a contagious disease to participate in such programs, tests,
evaluations, conduct cessation, isolated or segregated residence,
placement and the like as set forth under DHS Ch. 145.06(4), Wis.
Adm. Code, and in the absence of compliance with such directive, to
petition a court of record to order compliance with such directive
as set forth under DHS Ch. 145.06(5), Wis. Adm. Code.
(3)Â
Control, isolation and quarantine measures for tuberculosis. The
Health Officer shall undertake such measures for the control of tuberculosis,
as set forth under § 252.07, Wis. Stats., and DHS Ch. 145.10,
Wis. Adm. Code, specifically, but not limited to, measures to order
the confinement to a facility of an individual having or suspected
of having tuberculosis, upon those conditions set forth under § 252.07(8)(a),
Wis. Stats., and DHS Ch. 145.10(6)(d-f), Wis. Adm. Code, and to petition
the court for an extension of such confinement as necessary and pursuant
to those conditions set forth under § 252.07(9)(a), Wis.
Stats., and DHS Ch. 145.10(7), Wis. Adm. Code.
(4)Â
Isolation, quarantine, and placarding orders. When it is necessary
to protect the public's health against communicable disease or
conditions hazardous to the public health, the Health Officer may
placard or post notices or warnings on buildings, conveyances, property,
or other appropriate places to inform or educate, or to carry out
isolation and quarantine or to restrict entrance or occupancy. Such
placards, notices or warnings shall remain upon such building, conveyance,
property, or other appropriate places as long as determined necessary
by the Health Officer and shall not be defaced or made illegible.
(5)Â
Public gatherings. The Health Officer may close schools and forbid
public gatherings in schools, churches, and other places to control
outbreaks and prevent the spread of communicable disease.
E.Â
Quarantine guards and officers. The Health Officer shall employ as
many persons as are necessary to execute quarantine orders. Persons
shall be sworn as quarantine guards, shall have police powers, and
may use all necessary means to enforce Ch. 252, Wis. Stats.
OATH OF HONOR FOR QUARANTINE GUARD
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On my honor
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I will never betray my duty,
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My integrity, my character,
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or the public trust.
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I will always have the courage
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to hold myself and others
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accountable for our actions.
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I will always uphold the laws,
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The community,
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And the agency I serve,
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so help me God.
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F.Â
Communicable disease information to the public and to schools.
(1)Â
The Health Officer may advise the public and any individual persons
of the provisions of this section and the Wisconsin Statutes and the
Wisconsin Administrative Code provisions referenced and incorporated
herein in order to assist the Health Officer in the performance of
duties pertaining to the protection against contagious diseases, including,
but not limited to, the provisions of § 252.19, Wis. Stats.,
providing that no person who is knowingly infected with a communicable
disease may willfully violate the recommendations of the Health Officer
or subject others to danger of contracting the disease, and that no
person may knowingly and willfully take, aid in taking, advise or
cause to be taken a person who is infected or is suspected of being
infected with a communicable disease into any public place or conveyance
where the infected person would expose any other person to danger
of contracting the disease.
(2)Â
The Health Officer may further specifically advise schools, teachers, school nurses and principals of the provisions of § 252.21, Wis. Stats., providing in part at Subsection (1), that a local health officer should be notified of the existence or suspicion of the existence of the presence of a communicable disease in a school, and the provisions of Subsection (6) thereof, providing in part that any teacher, school nurse or principal may send home pupils who are suspected of having a communicable disease or any other disease the Wisconsin Department of Health Services specifies by rule.
G.Â
Due process.
(1)Â
Rights of individuals and groups of individuals subject to isolation
or quarantine. Any individual or group of individuals subject to isolation
or quarantine shall have the following rights:
(a)Â
The right to be represented by legal counsel.
(b)Â
The right to be provided with prior notice of the date, time,
and location of any hearing.
(c)Â
The right to participate in any hearing. The hearing may be
held by telephonic or other electronic means if necessary to prevent
additional exposure to the communicable or possibly communicable disease.
(d)Â
The right to respond and present evidence and argument on the
individual's own behalf in any hearing.
(e)Â
The right to cross-examine witnesses who testify against the
individual.
(f)Â
The right to view and copy all records in the possession of
the Board of Health which relate to the subject of the written order.
H.Â
Confined or hospitalized person.
(1)Â
When a person confined in a jail, prison, mental health institute,
hospital or other public place of detention has a disease which the
Health Officer deems dangerous to the health of other residents or
the public, the Health Officer shall in writing order the removal
or isolation of the person to a hospital or place of safety to be
provided for and safely kept.
(2)Â
Upon recovery, the person shall be returned; and if the person was
committed by a court or under process, the removal order or a copy
shall be returned by the Health Officer to the committing court officer.
I.Â
Discharge. The Health Officer shall authorize the release of contacts
or a person from isolation or quarantine when the Health Officer or
designee is satisfied that the communicable period, if known, has
lapsed or the risk of contamination has subsided and, if necessary,
the contacts or person will pursue a prescribed course of medical
treatment or therapy to ensure recovery from the disease prior to
discharge.
J.Â
Property seizure. The Health Officer may take possession of property
for investigation and if necessary may destroy or dispose of property
if it is infected by a communicable disease. Such orders will be in
writing and served upon person or place by the Health Officer or his/her
designee or by certified mail.
K.Â
Violations. Any person who willfully violates or obstructs the execution
of any term or provision of this section and any state statute, code
or rule, county, City ordinance or departmental order under this section,
Ch. 252, Wis. Stats., and/or DHS Ch. 145, Wis. Adm. Code, relating
to the public health, for which no other penalty prescribed shall,
in addition to being subject to all other legal and equitable actions
and relief available to the City of South Milwaukee, be subject to
a forfeiture of not more than $10,000 violation. Each day an order
is not complied with constitutes a separate offense. When a violation
occurs or when the intent to violate the provisions of this section
is manifested, the Health Officer or his or her designee may take
whatever steps necessary to ensure enforcement of departmental rules
and local and state laws for the prevention and control of communicable
diseases.
L.Â
Liability for costs and expenses. Expenses for diagnostic and necessary
medical care, the expense of conducting examinations and investigative
measures and tests for disease carriers made under the direction or
approval of the Health Officer, food and other articles needed for
the care of the infected person or contact shall be charged against
the infected person or contact or whoever is liable for the person's
support as a special assessment. The infected person or contact shall
be liable for the costs and expenses of maintaining quarantine and
enforcing isolation of the quarantined area except in the case of
tuberculosis in which case the City will bear the costs. Expenses
for diagnostic and investigative measures performed in the course
of an epidemiological investigation shall be charged against the business,
establishment, entity or owner where the disease commenced or continued
or was suspected to have commenced or continued.
M.Â
Veterinarian to report animals and birds with diseases of zoonotic
importance. Any person licensed as a veterinarian under Ch. 443, Wis.
Stats., having knowledge or reason to believe or suspect that an animal
or bird has a disease of zoonotic importance of having such a disease
has died shall report same to the Health Officer. Such report shall
be made to the Health Officer within 24 hours either by telephone
or by deposit at the Health Department in a form required by the Health
Officer. The report shall include the disease and the place where
the animal or bird is kept or located, and the name, address and telephone
number of the owner or keeper, and other information as required.
N.Â
Employment of persons who handle food products.
(1)Â
No person in charge of any public eating place, or other establishment
where food products to be consumed by others are handled, may knowingly
employ any person to handle food products who has a disease in a form
that is communicable by food handling.
(2)Â
No person knowingly infected or who is reasonably suspected of being
infected with a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling
may be employed or work as a food handler in a public eating place
or other establishment where food products to be consumed by others
are handled or produced.
(3)Â
If required by the Health Officer for the purposes of an investigation,
any person who is employed in the handling of foods who is suspected
of having a disease in a form that is communicable by food handling
shall submit to an examination ordered by the Health Officer and may
not work in such capacity until proved not to have such disease. The
expense of the examination shall be paid by the person examined.
O.Â
Employment of persons in hospitals, nursing homes, day-care centers,
and health care facilities.
(1)Â
No person who is in charge of a hospital, nursing home, day-care
center or other facility requiring close personal contact may knowingly
employ volunteers or employees with gastrointestinal or other communicable
diseases in the infectious state as specified by the Health Officer
in occupations requiring close personal contact with others.
(2)Â
No person in a facility mentioned in Subsection O(1) who has or is reasonably suspected of having a gastrointestinal or other communicable disease in the communicable form as specified by the Health Officer may be employed in a paid or volunteer basis in occupations requiring close personal contact until ascertained noncommunicable by appropriate laboratory tests as specified by the Health Officer.
(3)Â
If required by the Health Officer for the purposes of an investigation,
any person who is employed in an occupation requiring close personal
contact with others who is suspected of having a disease in a form
that is communicable by close personal contact shall submit to an
examination ordered by the Health Officer and may not work in such
capacity until proved not to have such disease. The expense of the
examination shall be paid by the person examined.
P.Â
Contagious diseases - burial of infected deceased persons. No one
having charge or control of any schoolhouse or church, or of any room
or building used for school or church purposes, or for any public
assembly in this City, shall permit the body of any person dead from
smallpox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, Asiatic cholera, or other dangerous
contagious diseases to be taken into such building or room for the
purpose of holding funeral services over such body; and no sexton,
undertaker or other person having charge or direction of the burial
of any body dead from any of these diseases herein mentioned shall
permit the casket or coffin containing such body to be opened in the
presence of any child; neither shall any child be permitted to act
as pall bearer or carrier at any such funeral; and the Health Officer
shall have power to prevent the attendance at the funeral or burial
of any person dead from dangerous contagious diseases of all persons
other than those necessary for the interment of such body; and any
person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be
subject to the general penalty provisions of the code.
Q.Â
Communication and education. The local public health department will:
(1)Â
Assess the information needs of health care providers.
(2)Â
Assess the information needs of the public.
(3)Â
Identify any logistical constraints to effective communications,
such as communications staffing and equipment needs, and public information
call center staffing and capacity.
(4)Â
Intensify public education efforts about the hazard, and steps that
can be taken to reduce exposure to infection. Information may be disseminated
via website postings, newspaper editorials, flyers and billboards,
television and radio broadcasts.
(5)Â
Coordinate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
the State Department of Health Services, and health departments in
adjacent jurisdictions to develop common health messages and education
materials.
A.Â
CITY
COMPOSTING
GROUNDWATER
HEALTH OFFICER
HUMAN HEALTH HAZARD
IMMEDIATE HEALTH HAZARD
PERSON
POLLUTION
PUBLIC NUISANCE
SOLID WASTE
STATE
STRUCTURE
TOXIC AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The process of decaying organic matter, such as leaves, garden
debris and grass clippings, in a confined area out of the public view,
in a manner specified by the Health Officer or designee.
All water found beneath the surface of the City of South
Milwaukee located in sand, gravel, lime rock or sandstone geological
formations or any combinations of these formations.
Public health professional responsible for environmental
sanitation.
A human health hazard means a substance, activity or condition
that is known to have potential to cause acute or chronic illness
or death if exposure to the substance, activity or condition is not
abated.
A condition which exists or has the potential to exist which
should, in the opinion of the Health Officer or designee, be abated
or corrected immediately, or at least with a twenty-four-hour period,
to prevent possible severe damage to human health and/or the environment.
An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group
acting as a unit.
The contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the air,
land or waters of the City, or making the same injurious to public
health, harmful for commercial or recreational use or deleterious
to fish, bird, animal or plant life.
A thing, act, occupation, condition or use of property which
shall continue for such length of time as to substantially injure
or endanger the comfort, health, repose or safety of the public or
in any way render the public insecure in life or in the use of property.
Has the meaning specified in § 144.01(15), Wis.
Stats.[1]
State of Wisconsin.
A building or structure as defined in Chapter 15 of the South Milwaukee Ordinances.
Any chemical and/or biological material that has the potential
to create a public health hazard.
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Editor's Note: Section 144.01, Wis. Stats, was repealed
by 1995 Act 227, § 369, effective 1-1-1997.
B.Â
General provisions.
(1)Â
Title. This ordinance shall be referred to as the "City of South
Milwaukee Human Health Hazard Ordinance."
(2)Â
Administration. This ordinance shall be administered by the Health
Officer or designee. The Health Officer or designee shall have the
power to insure compliance with the intent and purpose of this ordinance
by any means possible under the law.
(3)Â
Interpretation. The provisions of this ordinance shall be interpreted
to be minimum requirement and shall be liberally construed in favor
of the City of South Milwaukee and shall not be deemed a limitation
or repeal of any power granted by the Wisconsin Statutes.
C.Â
Authority. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authority granted
by §§ 251 and 254, Wis. Stats.
D.Â
Purpose and intent.
(1)Â
General provisions. The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to
protect the public health, safety and general welfare and to maintain
and protect the environment for the people of the City of South Milwaukee
and to:
(a)Â
Prevent communicable diseases.
(b)Â
Prevent the continuance of human health hazards.
(c)Â
Prevent the continuance of public nuisances.
(d)Â
Assure that the City and state air quality standards are complied
with.
(e)Â
Assure the insects and rodents do not create a human health
hazard and/or health hazard.
(f)Â
Assure that surface and groundwater meet City and state standards
and regulations.
(g)Â
Assure that solid waste is handled, stored and disposed of according
to City and state standards and regulations.
(h)Â
Assure that citizens are protected from hazards, unhealthy or
unsafe substances.
(i)Â
Provide for the administration and enforcement of this ordinance
and to provide penalties for its violations.
E.Â
Jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of this ordinance shall include all
air, land and water (both surface and ground) within the City of South
Milwaukee.
F.Â
Compliance.
(1)Â
Written orders. Compliance with this ordinance shall include compliance
to written orders issued under this ordinance or state health laws
by the City of South Milwaukee Health Officer or designee to abate
and/or correct a human health hazard/public nuisance or bring any
other situation or condition in noncompliance with ordinance in compliance.
G.Â
Severability and repeal.
(1)Â
Severability. Each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word and
provision of this ordinance is severable, and if any provisions shall
be held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decisions
shall not affect the remainder of the ordinance nor any part thereof
other than that affected by such decision.
(2)Â
Repeal. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of
South Milwaukee inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance to
the extent of the inconsistency only are hereby repealed.
H.Â
Administration.
(1)Â
General provisions. The Human Health Hazard Ordinance shall be interpreted,
administered, and enforced by the City of South Milwaukee Health Officer
or designee.
(2)Â
Powers. The Health Officer or designee shall have all the powers
necessary to enforce the provisions of this code without limitation
by reasoning of enumeration including the following:
(a)Â
To enter any structure or premises at a reasonable time for
the purpose of performing duties under this ordinance and to secure
a court order to accomplish this purpose if necessary.
(b)Â
To order abatement and/or corrections of any human health hazard/public
nuisance in compliance with this ordinance or state statutes.
(c)Â
To delegate the responsibilities of administration and enforcement
of this ordinance to a registered environmental health sanitarian
or another person qualified in the field of public health.
(d)Â
To initiate any other action authorized under the law or this
ordinance to insure compliance with the purpose and intent of this
ordinance and requirements of this ordinance.
I.Â
Human health hazard/public nuisance.
(1)Â
Human health hazard/public nuisances prohibited. No person shall erect, construct, cause, continue, maintain, or permit any human health hazard/public nuisance within the City. Any person who shall in any way aid or contribute to the causing, creating or maintenance thereof shall be guilty of a violation of this section, and shall be liable for all costs and expenses attendant upon the removal and correction of such human hazard/public nuisance and to the penalty provided in Subsection K of this section.
(2)Â
Responsibility of property owner. It shall be the responsibility
of the property owner to maintain such owner's property in a
hazard-free manner and also to be responsible for the abatement and/or
correction of any human health hazard/public nuisance that has been
determined to exist on their property.
(3)Â
Human health hazard enumerated. Specifically, but not limited by
enumeration, the following are human health hazards if determined
to meet the "human health hazard" definition.
(a)Â
Disposition of carcass. The Health Officer or designee shall
order such disposition made of any animal that may have died in the
City of South Milwaukee as he shall deem expedient for the general
welfare and preservation of the health of the citizens. She/he may
provide that the same shall be removed or disposed of the owner or
person having such animal in charge or under control or otherwise
as he may deem proper to bring about the results contemplated by this
chapter.
(b)Â
Air pollution. The presence in the atmosphere of one or more
air contaminants in such quantities and of such duration as is or
tends to be injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or
recreational use or deleterious to fish, bird, animal or plant life.
(c)Â
Noxious odors. Any negligent use of property, substances, or
things within the City emitting or causing any foul, offensive, noisome
or disagreeable odors, or stenches extremely repulsive to the physical
senses or ordinary persons or as a whole.
(d)Â
Solid waste. Any solid waste, which is stored or disposed of
in a manner, which may pose a human health hazard.
(e)Â
Food or breeding places for vermin, insect, etc. Accumulations
of decayed animal or vegetable matter, trash, rubbish, garbage, rotting
lumber, bedding, packing material, scrap metal, animal and human fecal
matter, or any substance in which flies, mosquitoes, disease-carrying
insects, rats or other vermin can breed, live, nest or seek shelter.
(f)Â
Toxic and hazardous material. Any chemical and/or biological
material that is stored, used or disposed of in such quantity or manner
that it is, or has, the potential to create a public health hazard.
(g)Â
Wastewater. The presence of wastewater or sewage effluent from
buildings on the ground surface, backing up into the building and/or
running into a surface water body caused by a damaged, malfunctioning,
improperly constructed, or inadequately maintained private sewage
system or private sewage lateral. Also, any wastewater or sewage effluent
that is not handled and disposed of in compliance with all applicable
City and state codes.
(h)Â
Surface water pollution. The pollution of any stream, lake or
other body of surface water within the City that creates noncompliance
with Chs. NR 102 and NR 103 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
(i)Â
Groundwater pollution. Addition of any chemical and/or biological
substance that would cause groundwater to be unpalatable or unfit
for human consumption. These substances include but are not limited
to the chemical and/or biological substances listed in Ch. NR 140
of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
(j)Â
Holes or openings. Any hole or opening caused by an improperly
abandoned cistern, septic tank, dug well or any other improperly abandoned,
barricaded or covered up excavation.
(k)Â
Nonfunctional public building fixtures. Nonfunctioning water
supply systems, toilets, urinals, lavatories or other fixtures considered
necessary to insure a sanitary condition in a public building.
(l)Â
Unhealthy or unsanitary condition. Any condition or situation
which renders a structure or any part thereof unsanitary, unhealthy
and unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use, or renders any property
unsanitary or unhealthy.
(m)Â
Other. Any other situation determined to meet the definition
of a "human health hazard."
(4)Â
Public health nuisances enumerated. The following acts, omissions, places, conditions and things are hereby specifically declared to be health nuisances, but such enumerations shall not be construed to exclude other nuisances coming within the definition of Subsection A:
(a)Â
Composting, except when complying with the following:
[1]Â
Maintenance.
[a]Â
Only one compost area shall be permitted per lot and shall be
located in the rear or side yard and may not be nearer than 25 feet
to any dwelling unit, nor nearer than three feet to any property line.
[b]Â
Such compost areas may not exceed four feet in height and 25
square feet.
[c]Â
No waste generated outside the property shall be permitted to
be composted in any residential district.
[d]Â
Such shall be aerated and done in a manner that is accepted
to create compost that is non-odorous to a reasonable person.
[e]Â
Such shall be so maintained as to prevent the attraction or
harborage of rodents and pests.
(b)Â
Privy vaults. No privy vaults or cesspools shall be constructed
or maintained with the fire limits of the City of South Milwaukee
where sewers have been constructed.
(c)Â
Bird feeding. Feed for birds shall be placed in a covered hopper,
gravity type feeder. The platform of the feeders shall be of reasonable
size and surrounded by a ledge to deter food from blowing off. The
feeder shall be placed on top of a rodentproof pole which extends
at least 3.5 feet above the ground and shall be placed at least six
feet from the nearest climbable object, or the feeder may be suspended
from a tree if protected by rodent guards. Feed for birds shall not
be placed on the ground where it is accessible to rodents. No more
than four bird feeders shall be located on any premises.
(d)Â
Animal waste. It shall be the duty of every owner of any animal
to dispose of such animal's fecal matter and other waste in a
sanitary manner as often as may be necessary to prevent any unwholesome
accumulation of such matter and/or waste. It shall be unlawful for
any person accompanying a dog to permit the dog to defecate upon any
private or public place without the consent of the owner thereof unless
the person accompanying the dog immediately cleaned up and removed
the defecation onto the owner's property.
(e)Â
Exposure of unwholesome substances. No person shall put, place
or leave exposed in any part of the City any carcass, carrion, vegetable
or putrescent and unwholesome substance, any owner or occupant of
any lot or tenement in the City shall not permit any such substance
to be on or remain upon said lot, or in and abut the tenement or between
the same and center of the street adjoining.
(f)Â
Stagnant water. All stagnant water in which mosquitoes, flies
or other insects can multiply.
(g)Â
Miscellaneous. Failure to comply with any law or rule regarding
sanitation and health, including, but not limited to:
(5)Â
Investigation of possible human health hazard/public nuisance. The
Health Officer or designee shall investigate all potential human health
hazards/public nuisances and shall determine whether or not a human
health hazard/public nuisance exists.
J.Â
Designation of housing as human health hazard.
(1)Â
The Health Officer or designee may declare any dwelling or dwelling
unit found to have any of the following defects a human health hazard.
It shall be condemned as unfit for human habitation and shall be placarded
by the Health Officer or designee.
(a)Â
A dwelling, which is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary,
and unsafe or vermin infested that it creates a serious hazard to
the health or safety of the occupants or of the public.
(b)Â
A dwelling which lacks a potable water supply, a properly functioning
public or private sanitary sewer system, or a functioning heating
system adequate to protect the health or safety of the occupant or
to the public.
(c)Â
A dwelling, because of its general condition or location, is
unsanitary or otherwise dangerous to the health or safety of the occupants
or of the public.
(d)Â
A dwelling, because of its condition, has been implicated as
the source of a confirmed case of lead poisoning or asbestos is, or
is subject to an order issued pursuant to §§ 254.166(2m)
and Ch. DHS 163, Wis. Adm. Code.
(2)Â
No person shall continue to occupy, rent or lease quarters for human
habitation, which are declared unfit for human habitation by the Health
Officer or designee.
(3)Â
Any dwelling or dwelling unit condemned as unfit for human habitation
and so designated and placarded by the Health Officer or designee
shall be vacated within a reasonable time, as specified by the Health
Officer or designee.
(4)Â
No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded
as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation
until written approval is secured from, and such placard is removed
by, the Health Officer or designee, the Health Officer or his/her
designee shall remove such placard whenever the defect or defects
upon which the condemnation and placarding were based have eliminated.
(5)Â
No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling or
dwelling unit, which has been condemned as unfit for human habitation.
(6)Â
No person affected by any notice or order relating to the condemning
or placarding of a dwelling or dwelling unit for human habitation
may request and shall be granted a hearing in the matter before the
designated municipal body.
(7)Â
Whenever the Health Officer or designee determines that a violation
exists or has reasonable grounds to believe that there has been a
violation of any provision of this section, or any rule or regulation
adopted pursuant thereto, he/she shall give or cause to be given,
notices shall be in writing including a description of the real estate
involved, a statement of violations and corrective actions required,
and allowing a reasonable time for the performance of any act required.
Such notice shall be served upon the owner, operator or occupant as
the case may require, and may be served by certified mail or in the
manner provided by Ch. 801, Wis. Stats., for service of summons.
K.Â
Enforcement.
(1)Â
Written order. When a violation of this ordinance is encountered,
the Health Officer or designee shall issue the violator a written
order, served personally or by first class mail. This order shall
specify the following:
(2)Â
Exception to written order. In cases where a violation poses an immediate
health hazard to the public as determined by the Health Officer or
designee, or in the case of repeating occurrences of the same violation
by the same person, the Health Officer or designee can take all reasonable
steps to abate the hazard without a written order. The cost of the
abatement will be assessed to the property owner.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the owner, operator or agents thereof of any establishments not exempted under Chapter 97, Wis. Stats., or ATCP 75 that do not require a food license as required by Chapter 31 of the Municipal Code.
A.Â
Inspection required.
(1)Â
No establishment under this section shall operate without passing
a sanitary inspection.
(2)Â
Sanitary inspections shall be conducted by the Health Officer or
designee.
(3)Â
No establishment shall be deemed have passed the sanitary inspection
until all application and inspection fees have been paid.
B.Â
Application for sanitary inspection. The owner shall file an application
for sanitary inspection in the office of the Health Officer on application
forms prepared by such office.
C.Â
Inspection. The Health Officer or designee shall, whenever an application
is made for a sanitary inspection, inspect the premises within 30
days of such filing. The Health Officer or designee shall issue a
written report on the inspection.
(1)Â
One copy of the inspection report shall be provided to the owner
or agent of the inspected premises.
(2)Â
All establishments under this section shall consent to an annual
inspection and reinspection.
(3)Â
If, upon reinspection, the order or directive is found not to have
been complied with and additional reinspections are required, a fee
shall be assessed to the responsible party for each additional reinspection
to compensate for the costs of such reinspections. Payment is due
upon written demand from the Department.
D.Â
Sanitation requirements. All facilities under this section must adhere
to and follow the minimum sanitary requirements of Chapter 125, Wis.
Stats., and ATCP 75 (appendix).
A.Â
State regulations.
(1)Â
Adopted. The provisions of §§ 463.10(4), 463.12(4)
and 463.16(9), Wis. Stats., and § SPS 221, Wis. Adm. Code,
as they may be from time to time amended, are adopted by reference
and incorporated into this section as if fully set forth herein.
B.Â
Agent for the state. Pursuant to § 463.16, Wis. Stats.,
the Environmental Health Consortium represented by the cities of Cudahy,
St. Francis and South Milwaukee is authorized to enter into a written
agreement with the Department of Safety and Professional Services
(DSPS) to be the Department's agent for the licensing, investigating,
and inspecting of tattooists and tattoo establishments and body piercers
and body piercing establishments.
C.Â
License.
(1)Â
No tattoo establishment or body piercing establishment shall be operated
or maintained in the City of South Milwaukee without first obtaining
a license.
(2)Â
A license may be issued for only one tattoo establishment or body
piercing establishment at a fixed and certain place. Any operator
desiring to operate more than one tattoo or body piercing establishment
must have a license for each, except that a combination tattoo/body
piercing establishment license may be issued for one location.
(3)Â
No license or interest in a license may be transferred to any person,
partnership, or corporation.
(4)Â
It shall be unlawful for any tattooist, body piercer or operator
to knowingly perform any service directly related to the operation
of a tattoo or body piercing license pursuant to this section.
D.Â
Application for license.
(1)Â
Any person, partnership, or corporation desiring to secure a tattoo
establishment, body piercing establishment, or combination tattoo/body
piercing establishment license shall make application to the Health
Department.
(2)Â
The application shall be on a form provided by the Health Department
and shall provide the following information:
(a)Â
The name(s) (including aliases), addresses and dates of birth
of the applicant, any partner or limited partner in a partnership
application, any shareholder holding more than 10% of the stock of
a corporate applicant, and each corporate officer and director.
(b)Â
Written proof that each person required to be identified in Subsection D(2)(a) is at least 18 years of age.
(c)Â
The address of the establishment to be licensed.
(d)Â
Whether the applicant or any person required to be identified in Subsection D(2)(a) is currently operating or has previously operated, in this or any other municipality or state, under a tattoo or body piercing establishment license, whether the applicant or person required to be named in Subsection D(2)(a) has ever had such a license or permit suspended or revoked, the reason therefor, and the business entity or trade name under which the applicant operated that was subject to the suspension or revocation.
(e)Â
If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation,
the date and state of incorporation, and the name and address of the
registered agent.
(f)Â
Proof of ownership, lease, or other legally enforceable right
to possess, use, and control any premises where the licensed establishment
is to be located.
(3)Â
Failure or refusal of the applicant to completely and truthfully
provide responses to the application questions, to give any information
relevant to the investigation of the application, or refusal to appear
at any reasonable time and place for examination regarding said application
shall constitute an admission by the applicant that the applicant
is ineligible for such license and shall be grounds for denial thereof.
E.Â
(Reserved)
F.Â
(Reserved)
G.Â
Fee:
(1)Â
A nonrefundable license fee in an amount established by resolution
of the Common Council shall be submitted with the application for
a tattoo license.
(2)Â
A one-time pre-inspection fee in an amount established by resolution
of the Common Council for each original tattoo, body piercing, and
combination tattoo and body piercing establishment license.
(3)Â
A fee for reinspections in the amount established by resolution of
the Common Council shall be issued if needed to address violations
that have not been corrected.
(4)Â
A plan review fee in the amount established by resolution of the
Common Council may be issued when an establishment is newly constructed
or extensively remodeled.
(5)Â
A fee for a duplicate license in the amount established by resolution
of the Common Council shall be issued if needed for reissuance of
a lost or misplaced license.
(6)Â
A late fee in the amount established by resolution of the Common
Council shall be issued when the application is not renewed before
the expiration date, unless waived by the Health Department.
H.Â
Approval of sterilization procedures.
(1)Â
Prior to issuance of a tattoo or body piercing establishment license,
each operator shall submit written procedures to the Health Department
setting forth each step to be taken by a tattooist, body piercer,
or other employee in sterilizing equipment that is not single use.
(2)Â
Prior to issuance of a tattoo or body piercing establishment license,
each operator shall submit written procedures to the Health Department
setting forth each step to be taken by a tattooist or body piercer
in cleaning, preparing, and applying antiseptic to the skin of the
patron.
(4)Â
Prior to issuance of a tattoo or body piercing establishment license, the operator shall demonstrate the sterilization of equipment following the approved sterilization procedure set forth in Subsection H(1). A spore test shall be conducted at the applicant's expense and by approved laboratory. The license shall only be issued upon a negative spore result.
I.Â
Care instructions. The written care instructions required to be provided
to each patron after completion of the tattoo or body piercing procedure
shall be submitted to the Health Department for approval prior to
issuance of the tattoo or body piercing establishment license.
J.Â
Insurance.
(1)Â
All tattoo and body piercing establishment license holders shall
submit to the South Milwaukee Health Department proof of comprehensive
general liability insurance in a minimum amount of $500,000 per occurrence/$1,000,000
aggregate covering all personal injury to patrons and all operations
and procedures conducted on the licensed premises, including but not
limited to the tattooing and piercing of a person's skin and
complications therefrom.
(2)Â
Such insurance shall contain a provision from the insurance company
to the City pledging to notify the City within 10 days of any change
or cancellation of the policy.
(3)Â
Such insurance shall be maintained at all times the tattoo or body
piercing establishment is open for business. Failure to maintain such
insurance shall constitute grounds for immediate suspension at the
order of the Health Officer or his designee.
K.Â
Display of license. The tattoo, body piercing, or combination license
shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the establishment, so that
it may be read by the patrons thereof.
L.Â
License year. The license year shall begin on July 1 in each year
and terminate on June 30 in the next year. There shall be no proration
of license fees.
M.Â
Hours of operation. No tattoo or body piercing establishment shall
be open between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., Monday through
Saturday or between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Sunday.
O.Â
Sharps and infectious waste disposal. Prior to issuance of a license
to a tattoo or body piercing establishment, the license applicant
shall submit written proof of the establishment's ability to
properly dispose of sharps and infectious waste as provided in § NR
526, Wis. Adm. Code.
P.Â
Single-use needles for tattooing. Tattoo needles shall be disposable,
sterile, and for single patron use only.
Q.Â
Piercing gun use. No body piercer may use a piercing gun or similar
device for body piercing a patron unless such piercing gun is disposable,
sterile, and for single patron use only or is sterilized between each
use as set forth in § SPS 221.14, Wis. Adm. Code.
R.Â
Tattooist and body piercer licenses to be posted or kept on person.
No tattooist or body piercer may perform tattooing or body piercing
procedures unless the current and valid license issued by the Department
of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) pursuant to § SPS
221.04(1)(b), Wis. Adm. Code, is posted in the establishment in a
public and conspicuous place or is in their possession. Such license
shall be displayed to any member of the South Milwaukee Health Department,
South Milwaukee Police Department, or DSPS employee upon request.
S.Â
Lead in solder prohibited. No tattooist shall use and no tattoo establishment
shall suffer or permit the use of solder which contains lead to be
used to fasten needles.
T.Â
Aprons. All tattooist and body piercers shall wear single-use aprons
which shall be disposed of after completing the procedure on a patron.
U.Â
Loitering prohibited. No operator or employee of a tattoo or body
piercing establishment shall allow, suffer, or permit loitering on
the business premises. For purposes of this section, "business premises"
shall include the licensed premises, property owned or leased by the
tattoo or body piercing establishment, and parking lots, alleys, and
sidewalks contiguous with the licensed premises.
V.Â
Implanting, branding, and scarification prohibited.
(1)Â
BRANDING
IMPLANTATION
SCARIFICATION
Definitions. As used in this section:
The burning of skin with a hot tool, cauterizing laser, or
dry ice so that a mark is imbedded in the deep tissue.
The insertion of an object under the skin, so that it remains
under the skin, in whole or in part, after the procedure. This definition
shall not apply to the post used in body piercing to keep the perforation
from closing.
The cutting of the skin so that when it heals, scar tissue
remains.
(2)Â
Prohibition. No person shall intentionally engage in the practice
of implanting, branding, or scarification in the City of South Milwaukee,
except as set forth herein.
W.Â
Responsibility of the operator.
(1)Â
Every act or omission by an employee constituting a violation of
the provisions of this section shall be deemed the act or omission
of the operator if such act or omission occurs either with the authorization,
knowledge or approval of the operator, or as a result of the operator's
negligent failure to supervise the employee's conduct, and the
operator shall be liable for such act or omission in the same manner
as if the operator committed the act or caused the omission.
(2)Â
Any act or omission of any employee constituting a violation of the
provisions of this section shall be deemed an act or omission of the
operator for purposes of determining whether the license shall be
suspended, revoked, or not renewed.
X.Â
Enforcement and inspection. The South Milwaukee Police Department
and South Milwaukee Health Department shall have the authority to
enter any tattoo or body piercing establishment at all reasonable
times to inspect the premises and enforce this section. The Health
Department shall inspect each tattoo and body piercing establishment
at least once per year to ensure compliance with the provisions of
this section.
Y.Â
Suspension, revocation and nonrenewal.
(1)Â
A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this section is subject
to suspension, revocation or nonrenewal by the Common Council. Unless
the public health and safety required an immediate suspension, no
license shall be suspended, revoked, or nonrenewed without first providing
the operator with due notice and hearing before the Legislation and
Permits Committee of the South Milwaukee Common Council for the purpose
of determining whether grounds for such suspension, revocation or
nonrenewal exist. The Legislation and permits Committee shall make
findings and recommendations to the South Milwaukee Common Council,
and a copy shall be mailed to the operator. The operator shall have
10 days from the date of the findings and recommendations were mailed
to make written objections to the findings and recommendations of
the Legislation and Permits Committee. The Common Council shall then
determine whether sufficient grounds exist and whether the license
should be suspended, revoked or nonrenewed. The City Clerk shall notify
the operator, in writing, of the decision of the Common Council. Notice
shall be served by first class mail.
(2)Â
The Common Council may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a tattoo
or body piercing license for the following reasons:
(a)Â
Violation of this section or any other ordinance, administrative
rule, or statute related to the practice of tattooing or body piercing.
(b)Â
Knowingly misrepresenting, misstating or failing to disclose
information requested on the application form(s) or requested by the
Legislation and Permits Committee.
(c)Â
Using, causing, or promoting the use of false, misleading, or
deceptive advertising, promotional literature, warranty, label, or
insignia.
(d)Â
Knowingly deceiving a patron or the public by acting in a manner
as to mislead the patron or the public as to the person's professional
or license status.
(e)Â
Knowingly employing, directly or indirectly, a suspended, revoked,
or unlicensed person to perform tattooing or body piercing.
(f)Â
Knowingly permitting another person to use the license issued
under this section.
(g)Â
Practicing tattooing or body piercing under a false, misleading,
or deceptive name.
(h)Â
"Sexual harassment," as that term is defined in § 111.32(13),
Wis. Stats., of a patron.
(i)Â
The operation of the tattoo or body piercing establishment constitutes
a nuisance. As used herein, "nuisance" means any unreasonable activity
or use of the licensed premises that interferes substantially with
the comfortable enjoyment of life, health, or safety of another or
others.
(3)Â
An operator whose license has been revoked or not renewed shall not
be eligible for licensure under this section for a period of one year
from the date the revocation or nonrenewal takes effect.
(4)Â
Except for emergency suspensions for the public health and safety,
a suspension shall be for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days.
(5)Â
Any aggrieved person may appeal the decision of the Common Council
to the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County within 30 days from the date
of service of the decision upon the operator.
Z.Â
Summary suspension.
(1)Â
The provisions of § 8.09 notwithstanding, whenever the Health Officer or his designee has reasonable cause to believe that the sanitary condition, operation, method of operation of the premises, or equipment used on the premises creates an immediate danger to health or safety or whenever the Health Officer or his designee has reasonable cause to believe that the insurance required in Subsection J has been changed or cancelled so as not to provide the required insurance, the Health Officer or his designee may issue a temporary order suspending the operation of a tattoo or body piercing establishment.
(2)Â
The order may be made orally but must be followed within 24 hours
by a written order personally delivered to the licensed establishment.
(3)Â
The order may require cessation of all operations authorized by the
license or prohibit a particular operation or condition which creates
the immediate danger.
(4)Â
The order shall be effective for up to 14 days unless sooner rescinded,
but may be extended for one additional fourteen-day period if the
condition still exists or to complete analysis of samples or specimens.
(5)Â
No person may operate a tattoo or body piercing establishment or
operate as a tattooist or body piercer at an establishment that has
been suspended pursuant to this subsection.
AA.Â
Penalties and prosecution.
(1)Â
Any person, partnership, or corporation who is found to have
violated any provision of this section shall forfeit the sum of not
less than $50, nor more than $500, together with the costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, by imprisonment
in the Milwaukee County House of Correction until the forfeiture and
costs are paid, but not in excess of the number of days set forth
in § 800.095(4), Wis. Stats. In addition to the monetary
penalty imposed, violation of this section may further result in the
suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of any license issued under
this section and legal action for injunction or other relief.
(2)Â
Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate
offense, and each and every day an offense continues shall be considered
a separate offense.
No person shall operate a rooming house or occupy or let to
another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house, except
in compliance with the following requirements:
A.Â
Applicability. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the
owner, operator or agents thereof of any rooming house in the City
of South Milwaukee.
B.Â
Regulations, definitions, rules and laws adopted by reference. The applicable laws, rules, definitions and regulations as set forth in City ordinance Chapter 21 are hereby adopted by reference and a copy shall be on file and open to public inspection in the offices of the Department of the City Clerk.
C.Â
APPROVED
BEDROOM
COMMUNAL
DEPARTMENT
DINING ROOM
DUPLICATE PERMIT FEE
DWELLING
DWELLING UNIT
HABITABLE ROOM
KITCHEN
LIVING ROOM
MEANING OF CERTAIN WORDS
OPERATOR
PERMIT/LICENSE
PREINSPECTION FEE
REINSPECTION FEE
ROOMER
ROOMING HOUSE
(1)Â
(2)Â
ROOMING UNIT
SUPPLIED
Definitions.
Approved by or in accordance with regulations established
by the Health Officer or designee.
Any room or space used or intended to be used for sleeping
purposes.
Used or shared by or intended to be used or shared by the
occupants of two or more rooming units or two or more dwelling units.
The South Milwaukee Health Department.
A habitable room used or intended to be used for the purpose
of eating but not for cooking or the preparation of meals.
A fee for the replacement of the original permit.
Any building or structure, except temporary housing, which
is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping
by any human occupants and includes any appurtenances attached thereto.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used
for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms,
toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors,
closets, storage spaces and stairways.
A habitable room used or intended to be used for cooking
or the preparation of meals.
A habitable room within a dwelling unit, which is used or
intended to be used primarily for general living purposes.
Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "rooming
house," "rooming unit," or "premises" are used in this section, they
shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any
part thereof."
Any person who rents to another or others or who has charge,
care or control of a building or part thereof in which rooming units
are let.
The document issued by the Health Officer or designee that
authorizes a person to operate a rooming house. The words "permit"
and "license" as used throughout this section shall be interchangeable.
A fee for consultative services offered to a person intending
to operate a new rooming house or to a person intending to be the
new operator of an existing rooming house.
A fee for the second and subsequent inspections needed to
address compliance issues with the statutes and administrative codes.
An occupant of a rooming house who is not related by blood,
adoption or marriage to the owner of the rooming house.
A dwelling arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation where the units do not have individual kitchen
and bath facilities.
ROOMING HOUSE TYPE IA rooming house in which space is let to more than two but fewer than nine roomers.
ROOMING HOUSE TYPE IIA rooming house in which space is let to nine or more roomers.
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
in a rooming house, used or intended to be used for living and sleeping.
Paid for, furnished, provided by or under the control of
the owner or operator.
D.Â
Permit required.
(1)Â
No person shall operate a rooming house unless he holds a valid rooming
house permit issued by the Health Officer or designee in the name
of the operator and for the specific dwelling or dwelling unit within
which the rooming house is contained.
(2)Â
Rooming house licenses shall not be transferable from person to person
or from premises to premises.
(3)Â
No permits shall be granted to any person under this Ordinance without
a preinspection by the Health Officer or designee of the premises
for which the permit shall be granted.
(4)Â
No permit shall be issued until all application fees have been paid.
E.Â
Application for permit. The operator shall file, in duplicate, an
application for a rooming house permit in the office of the Health
Officer on application forms prepared by such office. The operator
shall file with the permit application an occupancy permit issued
by the Building Inspector for the operation of a rooming house in
the dwelling or dwelling unit designated in the rooming house permit
application.
F.Â
Appeal. Any person refused or denied a license may appeal the denial
through the appeal procedure provided in Chapter 68 of the Wisconsin
State Statutes.
G.Â
Inspection by Health Officer; referral or applications to and reports
by the Building Inspector. The Health Officer or designee shall, whenever
an application is made for a rooming house which does not have a valid
rooming house permit, inspect the rooming house within 30 days of
such filing. Within 72 hours after the operator files an application
for permit, the Health Officer shall transmit to the Building Inspector
a duplicate copy of the application. The Building Inspector shall,
within 30 days after the date on which such application was filed,
report in writing to the Health Officer or designee the maximum number
of persons which may occupy the rooming house in accordance with the
provisions of applicable zoning laws. No permit shall be issued to
any operator, which would authorize occupancy of the rooming house,
by a larger number of persons than is permitted under the provisions
of applicable zoning laws.
H.Â
Inspection and reinspection.
(1)Â
One copy of the inspection report shall be given to the owner, operator
or employee of the rooming house and another copy shall remain on
file at the Department.
(2)Â
As a condition of license renewal, all rooming houses licensed under
this section shall consent to an annual inspection and reinspection.
License renewal may be withheld pending inspection, reinspection and
compliance with the regulation.
(3)Â
Whenever an order or directive is issued on a health code violation,
which requires a reinspection to determine compliance, one reinspection
shall be made without charge and documented by the Department following
the time period given in the order or directive.
(4)Â
If, upon the first reinspection, the order or directive is found
not to have been complied with and additional reinspections are required,
a fee shall be assessed to the responsible party for each additional
reinspection to compensate for the costs of such reinspections. Payment
is due on written demand from the Department.
I.Â
Issuance of permit and fees. When all applicable provisions of this
chapter and of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto have
been complied with by the operator, the Health Officer or designee
shall issue a rooming house permit upon the payment of a fee in an
amount established by resolution of the Common Council. All rooming
house permits so issued shall expire on January 1 following the date
of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked as herein provided.
The permit shall list the maximum number of persons that may reside
in the total of all rooming units.
J.Â
Procedure for issuing new or renewal license. The Department or designee
shall issue a license to each applicant for a new or renewal license
that meets all the requirements of this section and has paid to the
City the fee required in the City Fee Schedule. A licensee must get
approval from the City Common Council if its license has been suspended
or revoked in the last three years.
K.Â
Insufficiency of fund, nonpayment of fees.
(1)Â
If funds are to be found insufficient, lack of payment or any other
reason the funds are not honored, the license will be null and void.
Upon notification, the permit must be submitted to the Department
for retainment until the time of reissuance. A license will not be
issued until all applicable fees, late fees and processing charges
are paid.
(2)Â
Any individual or corporation that owes the City for unpaid fines,
unpaid property taxes, late fees, or license fees relating to a current
or previous rooming houses shall pay all such outstanding fees before
a license is issued.
L.Â
Posting of permit and occupancy permit. The operator in a public
corridor shall conspicuously post every rooming house permit issued
by the Health Officer or hallway or other public portions of the rooming
house for which it is issued and shall remain so posted at all times.
M.Â
Operator to control occupancy. No operator shall at any time allow
a larger number of persons to occupy the total of all rooming units
located within a rooming house than the maximum number of persons
listed on the rooming house permit. No operator shall allow a larger
number of persons to occupy any individual rooming unit than the maximum
number of persons listed on the license.
N.Â
Nontransferability of permit. No rooming house permit issued under
the provisions of this chapter shall be transferable; and every operator
shall notify the Health Officer or designee in writing within 24 hours
after having relinquished proprietorship or having sold, transferred,
given away or otherwise disposed of such interest or control of any
rooming house and shall file in writing with the Health Officer or
designee the name and address of the operator to whom proprietorship
has been relinquished by sale, gift or other method of transferal
or disposition.
O.Â
Numbering of rooming units, and other dwelling units. Every rooming
unit, and every other dwelling unit in every rooming house shall be
numbered in a plain and conspicuous manner, the number to be placed
on the outside of the door to such rooming unit, or other dwelling
unit. No doors shall bear the same number. No dwelling unit shall
be changed to any other number without first securing the written
approval of the Health Officer or designee.
P.Â
Residence of children in rooming units prohibited. No child under
16 years of age shall live or sleep in a rooming house unless he resides
in a dwelling unit contained therein. No such child shall reside in
a rooming unit.
Q.Â
Preparation or eating of meals in rooming units prohibited. No operator
shall at any time allow an occupant of a rooming house to prepare
or eat meals in a rooming unit. The occupants may prepare and eat
meals in a communal kitchen and may eat meals in a communal dining
room. Exception: Where specifically approved in writing by the Health
Officer or designee.
R.Â
Kitchens. All kitchens shall comply with the following requirements.
(1)Â
All kitchens used for food preparation purposes shall contain suitable
space and equipment to store, prepare and serve foods in a sanitary
manner. There shall be adequate facilities and services for the sanitary
disposal of food wastes and refuse, including facilities for temporary
storage.
(2)Â
All kitchens in which occupants are permitted to eat meals shall be supplied with one dining chair and two lineal feet of dining table space, in addition to the required surface area for food preparation required under Subsection R(6) for each occupant of a rooming house who is permitted to eat in the kitchen at any particular time. The surface of each dining table shall be smooth, free of cracks and easily cleanable.
(3)Â
It shall contain at least one supplied kitchen sink of an approved
type.
(4)Â
It shall contain at least one supplied kitchen gas or electric stove.
Every such supplied stove shall have at least two top burners and
an oven.
(5)Â
It shall contain one supplied electric refrigerator with an adequate
food storage capacity.
(6)Â
It shall contain at least one supplied table or other facility having
a total surface area for food preparation of not less than six square
feet. The surface of each such table or other facility shall be suitable
for the preparation of food, smooth, free of cracks and easily cleanable.
(7)Â
It shall contain at least one supplied cabinet of adequate size for
the suitable storage of food and eating and cooking utensils.
(8)Â
Every kitchen sink shall be supplied with hot water at all times.
(9)Â
Every kitchen shall be located within a room accessible to the occupant
of each rooming unit who shares the use of such kitchen, without going
outside of the dwelling and without going through a dwelling unit
or rooming unit of another occupant.
S.Â
Dining rooms. If suitable space is not adequate for dining purposes
in the kitchen, a dining room is required with adequate space to serve
and eat food in a sanitary manner.
T.Â
Posting of "no cooking" signs. The operator shall post in every rooming
unit a sign on which shall be written or printed in letters not less
than 3/8 inch in height the following words: "No Cooking Permitted
in This Room," and such sign shall remain so posted at all times.
U.Â
Shades, drapes, etc. Every window or every room used for sleeping
shall be supplied with shades, draw drapes or other devices or materials
which, when properly used, will afford privacy to the occupant room.
V.Â
Sanitary maintenance. The operator of every rooming house shall be
responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and
ceilings and for maintenance of a sanitary condition in every other
part of the rooming house; and he shall be further responsible for
the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises, where the entire
structure or building within which the rooming house is contained
is leased or occupied by the operator.
W.Â
Reporting of communicable disease by operator. The operator of a
rooming house shall report to the Health Officer or designee within
24 hours the name of any person living in the rooming house who is
suffering from any communicable disease, and such reports shall be
made whenever there is reason to believe or suspect that any persons
in such rooming house may be afflicted with any communicable disease.
X.Â
Keeping of register. Every person to whom a rooming house permit
has been issued shall at all times keep a standard hotel register
within the rooming house, in which shall be inscribed the names of
all occupants renting or occupying rooming units in such rooming house.
After the name or names of persons renting or occupying any rooming
unit, the operator, or his agent, shall write the number of the room
or rooms which each person is to occupy, together with the date and
hour when such room or rooms are rented, all of which shall be done
before such person is permitted to occupy such room or rooms. The
register shall at all times be open to inspection by the Health Officer
or designee.
Y.Â
Entry of true name in register. No person shall write or cause to
be written in any rooming house register any other or different name
than the true name of such person or the name by which such person
is generally known.
Z.Â
Assignment of rooms. No rooming house operator, or his agent, shall
assign any rooming unit to two persons of the opposite sex unless
such persons are husband and wife.
AA.Â
Suspension of permit. Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house
the Health Officer or designee finds that conditions or practices
exist which are in violation of any provisions of this section or
of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant hereto, the Health Officer
or designee shall give notice in writing to the operator of such rooming
house that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within
a reasonable period to be determined by the Health Officer or designee,
the operator's rooming house permit will be suspended. At the
end of such period, the Health Officer or designee shall reinspect
such rooming house; and if he finds that such conditions or practices
have not been corrected, he shall suspend the permit and give notice
in writing to the operator that the permit has been suspended. If
the operator has been convicted of leasing or letting any dwelling,
room or other premises for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness,
which dwelling, room or other premises is required to have a permit
under this section, the Chief of Police shall notify the Health Officer
or designee in writing of such conviction; and such officer shall
then suspend the permit and give notice in writing to the operator
that the permit has been suspended.
BB.Â
Hearing when rooming house permit is suspended; revocation of permit.
Any person whose license has been suspended or revoked may appeal
the denial through the appeal procedure provided under the provisions
of Chapter 68 of the Wisconsin State Statutes.
CC.Â
Violations. No person shall violate any provisions of this section.
(1)Â
Enforcement. The Health Officer or its designee shall enforce any
provision of this section.
(2)Â
Enforcement procedure.
(a)Â
Inspection. If, upon inspection, the Health Officer or designee
finds that any licensed or unlicensed place is conducted or managed
in violation of this ordinance or regulations of the City, laws of
the state or regulations of any agency of the state prescribing standards
of health or sanitation, the Department or designee shall serve a
written order upon the licensee, his agent or employee in charge of
the licensed premises or the person responsible for the violation,
notifying him of such violations.
(b)Â
Exceptions to written order. In extreme cases where a violation
poses an immediate health hazard as determined by the Department or
designee or, in the case of repeating occurrences of the same violation
by the same person, the actions specified in Subsection CC(3) can
be initiated immediately.
(c)Â
Noncompliance with order. If a person does not comply with a
written order from the Department or designee, the person may be subject
to one or more of the following actions, and/or penalties.
[1]Â
The issuance of a citation.
[2]Â
A reinspection fee.
[3]Â
Suspension of license.
[4]Â
Revocation of license.
[5]Â
Commencement of legal action against the person seeking a court
imposed forfeiture and/or imprisonment.
[6]Â
Commencement of legal action against the person seeking an injunction
to stop, abate the violation.
[7]Â
Any other action authorized by this section or by other applicable
laws as deemed necessary by the Department or designee.
[8]Â
The initiation of one action or penalty under this section does
not exempt the apparent violator from any additional actions and/or
penalties listed in this section.
DD.Â
Expiration date. The license shall expire at 12:00 midnight of the
last effective day of the license, unless otherwise provided by the
ordinance or state law.
EE.Â
Whenever conflicts between these rules and regulations and other
City ordinances or state and federal regulations occur, the most stringent
rule shall apply.
The Water Utility Commission is hereby authorized to commence
in fluoridation of the water supply of the City of South Milwaukee
as soon as it receives the consent and approval of the Department
of Natural Resources and until further direction of the Common Council.
A.Â
License. No person shall harbor or keep any live pigeons within the
City of South Milwaukee without first obtaining a license therefor
from the Health Officer or his designee. Licenses shall specify the
number of pigeons a person is able to keep but shall not exceed 12.
All licenses shall be subject to such orders as the Health Department
may determine to be necessary.
B.Â
Application. Each applicant shall submit a completed application
to the Health Officer with the following information: the name of
applicant, the name of the person or persons to be custodian of said
pigeons, the location and type of structure wherein said pigeons are
to be kept and any other pertinent information which may be necessary
for the enforcement of this section. After receipt of the application
and payment of all necessary fees, the Health Officer or designee
will complete an inspection of the property for compliance with this
section and issue the approved license.
C.Â
Period of license. The Health Officer or designee shall issue a license
for a period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31 and
upon payment of the necessary fee.
D.Â
License fees. The fee for the license herein shall be in an amount
established by resolution of the Common Council.
E.Â
Revocation. If any licensee or any of his agents or custodians of
his pigeons shall violate any of the provisions of this section, the
Health Officer or his designee may revoke said license in addition
to any fines and forfeitures that may be imposed by the court upon
such person for the violation of any provisions of this section. Said
revocation may be for any period less than the full one-year license
period as the Health Officer or designee, for the good of the City,
may decide; provided, however, that no such license shall be revoked
unless said licensee shall first have a hearing at which time any
complaint respecting the alleged violation shall be presented. The
licensee shall be given at least 10 days' notice, in writing,
of the time and place of such hearing.
F.Â
Appeal. Any person feeling aggrieved by any such order of the Health
Officer or designee may, within 20 days from the issuance of the order
of revocation, appeal to the Board of Health by serving a notice of
said appeal upon the Board of Health and the Health Officer or designee.
Such appeal may be heard at a time to be set by the Board of Health
not more than 30 nor less than five days after service of the notice
of appeal. All interested parties shall be notified of the time and
place of the hearing at least 48 hours before the time set therefor.
The Board of Health may affirm, alter, or set aside any portion of
the revocation order of the Health Officer or designee.
G.Â
Conditions for maintenance of pigeons. It shall be deemed a violation
of this section for any person to harbor or maintain pigeons upon
other than the following conditions:
(1)Â
No loft, coop, or other place for keeping or confining pigeons shall
be maintained or operated within a distance of 25 feet of any building
used as a residence, store, factory, or place of business except as
and when the Health Officer or his designee has determined that this
provision creates an unreasonable hardship for the applicant and that
granting a variance to this provision will not create a health hazard
for the applicant, the applicant's household or the residents
of the City in which case the Health Officer or his designee shall
determine the location of the coop which shall be noted on the permit.
(2)Â
All runways in which pigeons are kept and maintained shall at all
times be kept clean and free from filth, garbage or any substance
which can attract rats.
(3)Â
All pigeons shall be fed within the confines of the loft or coop and upon the floor and all unused food shall be collected promptly and disposed in a manner as required in Subsection G(4).
(4)Â
All grain and food stores for the use of such pigeons shall be kept
in rat-proof metal containers with tight covers.
(5)Â
Pigeons kept in pigeon lofts or coops shall not be permitted to fly
at large but may be released not to exceed one hour daily for exercise.
(6)Â
All runways and flight-ways shall be completely enclosed with chicken
wire, netting, or other equivalent material that will prevent pigeons
from escaping confines of the loft or coop.
A.Â
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of Chapter 8 of the South Milwaukee Code or fails to comply with an order issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $500 and the cost of prosecution for each offense including restitution for the cost of abating any nuisance or hazard.
B.Â
Every day on which a violation provision of this chapter or a failure
to comply with an order issued pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.