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In December of 2006, four Administrative citations were issued for violations of the city ordinances. On January 8, 2007, a letterwas mailed to Ronald Peterson confirming an agreementthat he would bring all nuisance code violations into compliance by the 21st of January 2007. On January 22, 2007, City staff observed that the items listed on the citations were resolved but multiple other violations still remained. On May 8, 2009, a notice of violation was issued for having a vehicle off an improved surface, having a junk, unsafe or abandoned vehicle on the property and for having an outside accumulation of junk and debris. On March 20, 2012, a verbal warning was given in regards to a large pile of wood and a dual axle trailer parked off an improved surface in the back yard. On August 28, 2013, Staff observed a large quantity of junk and debris, a commercial vehicle, and a large pile of wood on the property. Staff attempted to knock on the door and make contact with home owner to no avail. Staff placed notice of violation on the side door for the corrective actions to be completed by September 9, 2013. On September 9, 2013, Staff conducted a follow up to the Notice that was written and observed that no corrections had been made. Staff attempted to make contact again by knocking on the door to no avail. Staff wrote second notice of violation and placed on the side door which requested corrective actions to be completed by September 30, 2013. On September 30, 2013, Staff conducted a follow up inspection and observed that no corrections had been made. Staff again attempted to knock on the side door and make contact with no avail. Staff inspected the property and observed junk, debris, rusting metal, parts, bricks, a boat with expired registration, cube van, a large pile of cut wood; located around the garage and behind the home. On October 1, 2013, Staff mailed a formal letter to the property owner including an Abatement order citing Section 607.03 Subd.3c of the City Code. This letter stated that the exterior should be cleaned up and the items properly disposed of by October 30, 2013. On October 30, 2013, Staff inspected the property and observed that there had been no improvement to the conditions listed in the Abatement order. Discussion: A review of city records indicates that the property has had consistent, recurring violations of city ordinances dating from 1995. In the prior cases, substantial compliance was achieved, meaning that the minimum requirements had been made, or the property owner was written a citation for the violations. Most recently, the property was issued a notice of violation in August 2013 regarding an accumulation of junk outside, a commercial vehicle, and large pile of wood not stacked and placed according to the city code. A second notice of violation was issued in September 2013 as no corrections had been made to bring the property into compliance. Furthermore, staff conducted a follow up visit observing not only that the items listed were not corrected, but that new violations had appeared. In October 2013, staff then mailed the abatement