CHAPTER 21

HOUSING

21.01 CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE

(1) TITLE/PURPOSE. This ordinance is entitled the "City of Cornell Housing Development Ordinance". The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for housing authorities and to regulate housing practices in the City. The Common Council of the City of Cornell recognizes its responsibilities under Section 106.04, Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, and endorses the concepts of fair and open housing for all persons and prohibition of discrimination therein.

(2) AUTHORITY. The City has the specific statutory authority, powers, and duties, pursuant to Sections 66.23, 66.30, 66.395, 66.40, 66.425, 66.432, 66.433 and 106.04 (1995-1996) Wisconsin Statutes, to establish and enforce a "Fair Housing Ordinance" for the City of Cornell to cooperate with the county, cities, villages and towns in housing development and to establish a City of Cornell Housing Authority.

(3) The Common Council of the City of Cornell hereby adopts Section 106.04, Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, (1995-1996) and all subsequent amendments thereto.

(4) The officials and employees of the City of Cornell shall assist in the orderly prevention and removal of all discrimination in housing within the City of Cornell by implementing the authority and enforcement procedures set forth in Section 106.04, Wisconsin Statutes as amended.

(5) The City Administrator shall maintain forms for complaints to be filed under Section 106.04, Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, and shall assist any person alleging a violation thereof in the City of Cornell to file a complaint thereunder with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division, for enforcement of Section 106.04, Wisconsin Statutes as amended.