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Item No: 7D Meeting Date: September 9, 2013 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: City of Mounds View Staff Report Ak5- To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Thomas Stepaniak, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8149 Authorizing Abatement of Nuisance Code Violations at 5200 Jeffery Drive Introduction: The property located at 5200 Jeffery Drive is in violation of the City's Nuisance Codes and there is a history of such violations at this property. The property owner has been notified of the violations and provided ample time and extensions to achieve compliance. Multiple inspections and reinspections have shown little to no progress thus warranting a request for abatement via City Council action. The property owner has been provided the required notice for this meeting. Background: Code Review. Chapter 607 of the City Code defines and regulates nuisances. Section 607.02 defines nuisances in their most general form as any act, substance, matter, emission or thing which "creates a dangerous or unhealthy condition orwhich threatens the public peace, health, safety or sanitary condition of the City or which is offensive or has a blighting influence on the community." Section 607.03 Subdivision 3c prohibits the outside piling, storing or keeping of old machinery, junk, furniture, household furnishings or appliances or component parts thereof, rusting metal inoperable/unusable equipment, or other debris visible on private or public property. Section 607.09 Subdivision 5 provides the opportunity to reach compliance by abating items in violation of the requirements contained within Chapter 607. In cases where no immediate threat to the public health and safety exists, the City Code allows for the abatement of the property upon ten day notification to the responsible party or property owner. Previous Enforcement Activity. A review of City records indicates that the property at 5200 Jeffery Drive was issued a notice of violation on May 23, 2011, regarding an accumulation of junk outside and a vehicle parked off an improved driveway. A second notice of violation was issued on August 12, 2011, regarding unsanitary living conditions and accumulations of junk and debris inside. Each of these notices cited violations of the Chapter 607 of the City Code regarding exterior storage and Chapter 1005 of the International Property Maintenance Code for unsanitary living conditions. In each of these cases the enforcement action was closed when substantial compliance was obtained, meaning that minimum requirements had been satisfied. There are additional violations at this property previous to 2011 which are not noted herein.