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Ordinance to Create Section 18.12 of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Surveillance Systems Required on Nuisance Commercial Properties
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
Part I. Section 18.12 of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby created to read as follows:
18.12 Surveillance Systems Required on Nuisance Commercial Properties.
(1) Findings. In order to promote safe and orderly public places and commercial properties, the Common Council finds that any commercial property that has facilitated or been the location of three (3) or more nuisance activities in a one hundred eighty (180) day period, may be required to install a security camera system to help ensure the safety and welfare of the people of the City of West Allis.
(2) Definitions.
(a) "Commercial Property" means use of property that is not classified by the City Assessor as residential and includes classifications of mixed use, multifamily, commercial, manufacturing, industrial and institutional property classifications.
(b) "Incident" means separate acts of Nuisance Activity. A single incident that incorporates multiple nuisance activities at the same time will only be counted as one incident. Multiple separate incidents in one day will constitute separate incidents for counting purpose.
(c) "Occupant" means one who has possessory rights in, or control over, certain property or premises.
(d) "Owner" means each person or legal entity who jointly or severally is vested with all or part of legal title to (or beneficial ownership of) the premises, and who has the right to use and enjoyment of the premises. The term includes, but is not limited to, a mortgagee in possession, a trustee, a trust, a life estate holder, a condominium association, a land-contract buyer, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability company, a cooperative, and a corporation or other property ownership type.
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