Title
An Ordinance to Amend Subsection 10.18(4) and to Repeal and Recreate Subsection 10.18(5) of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Cruising.
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Subsection 10.18(4) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
10.18 Cruising.
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(4) Exclusions. This section shall not apply to:
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(d) Any vehicle owned by a school or school district while such vehicle is being used for the official purposes of said school or school district.
PART II. Subsection 10.18(5) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby repealed and recreated to read:
10.18 Cruising.
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(5) Penalties. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall forfeit the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) upon the first conviction under this section within a one-year period. For a second conviction under this section within a one-year period, the person shall forfeit the sum of three hundred dollars ($300). For a third or subsequent conviction under this section within a one-year period, the person shall forfeit the sum of six hundred dollars ($600). For all violations, the person shall be required to pay the costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the person shall be imprisoned in the Milwaukee County House of Correction until such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not more than the number of days set forth in Section 800.095(1)(b)1 of the Wisconsin Statutes, or by suspension of the person's operating privilege, pursuant to Section 800.095(1)(a) of the Wisconsin Statutes. For purposes of counting the one-year period, the date of violation shall be used.
PART III. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby amended.
PART IV. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publ...
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