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of Mounds View Staff Item No: Meeting Date: 12/09/2013 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Craig Swalchick Housing and Code Enforcement Inspector Item Title/Subject: Abatement of Exterior Nuisance Code Violations at 7895 Eastwood Rd. Introduction: The property located at 7895 Eastwood Rd. 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 re -inspections 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 or which 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 607.06 Subd.1 prohibits the "outside parking and storage on residentially zoned property of vehicles, materials or equipment not customarily used for residential purposes." Previous Enforcement Activity: A review of City records indicates that the property at 7895 Eastwood Rd. and the property owner Ron Peterson has been issued numerous Notices and Citations to correct similar code violations dating back to 1995. In 1995 and 1996, letters were mailed to Ronald and Mary Peterson in regards to "apparent municipal code violations" involving junk vehicles parked of an improved surface. In June 2006, a Notice of Violation was written for having a "junk" van parked on the lawn behind the garage. In November of 2006, a notice of violation was written for having "junk" vehicles and vehicles parked off an improved surface. —) C