07-24-2002 Council Workshop Agenda

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ce i 99(e 7E4 CJanaa a MAYOR Michael I. Fahey COUNCIL Beverlv Sealze Jim LaVatle Matt Anderson Rick Montour 515 Little Canada Road, Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 ADMINISTRATOR (651) 766 -4029 / FAX: (651) 766 -4048 Joel R. Hanson wwv.ci.little- canada.n-m.us 2002 Action Plan Code Enforcement Report Enforcement Priorities: The City Administrator sets my priorities. I assume he has taken input from the city council and others. Within that framework I allocate my time resources, trying to effectively address the higher priority issues while still dealing with the day to day complaints. Sometimes the day to day complaints become immediate high priority; such as happened with the Rice Street area after the McDonald Battery fire and at 50 So. Owasso Blvd., Precision Tree, when they had a huge stack of tree limbs that I considered to be a great hazard to the welfare of local kids. Usually the day to day complaints are of long grass, trash, and what the neighbor did three years ago, that I didn't like, but didn't complain, but now that he's complained about me... Current Activities: Auto related business license renewals: We have 24 of these licenses currently active in the city. We are at the time of year when inspections for all of our automotive related business licenses are due. For the past month they have been my top priorities. I am seeing light at the end of a long tunnel. The license renewal inspection process takes time. It requires reviewing the file for each property; checking for zoning and conditional use permits; making note of the limitations set by those permits; walking through on an inspection of each property; advising the business and /or property owner of any shortcomings, both verbally and in a follow -up letter. Usually it will require at least one reinspection for compliance, sometimes several. Rice Street: Some time ago, after several warning letters and no positive response, I issued a citation to Mr. McDonald because he has refused to remove the more than twenty semi trailers he has stored on his 2948 Rice Street property. He stated that he felt he was being discriminated against, because there are many violations along Rice Street. I had to start somewhere; he had the fire; he was just the first. After I issued the citation to Mr. McDonald he finally provided me with a copy of the report from American Engineering Testing Inc., attesting to the structural integrity of the radio transmission tower that was heated in the fire. The tower is ok. I have also cited Mr. Roger Routh, and Mr. Henry Anderson for maintaining a public nuisance (numerous inoperable, unlicensed or junk cars) at 2968 Rice Street. I achieved great progress toward compliance with Tacheny's at 2990 Rice Street. I believe they have approached the city with a PUD plan for the site. Now I need to get them to fix their storage problem on So. Owasso...(that has been a lower priority.) 2