Ald. Coggs introduces file to help bolster building safety
Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs has introduced a resolution amending the City of Milwaukee’s Legislative Package to direct lobbying of the State of Wisconsin and the federal government to establish a program to subsidize owners of multi-family properties to retrofit fire suppression systems. This comes on the heels of multiple fires in which the properties did not have sprinkler systems. Sprinkler systems have been required in buildings taller than 60 feet since 1974, but older buildings were simply grandfathered in under the law.
It is estimated that nearly 70% of Milwaukee’s high-rise buildings were constructed before 1974, and as such may not have fire sprinkler systems.
The file (Council file #250278) will be heard at a future meeting of the Common Council’s Judiciary and Legislation Committee.
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