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Council extends one-year suspension of deconstruction ordinance amid debate over vendor capacity and RPP standards
Summary
Milwaukee’s Common Council voted to continue a one-year suspension of the deconstruction requirement, citing contractor availability, local hiring (RPP) standards and program viability as central issues in a long floor debate.
The Common Council voted to continue a one-year suspension (moratorium) of enforcement of the city deconstruction ordinance designed to require deconstruction (rather than mechanical demolition) for certain older residential properties.
Sponsor Alderman Bauman described the deconstruction ordinance as intended to capture environmental benefits and create local jobs through salvage and recycling of building…
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