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Item No. 10 7: /5 Pm Staff Report No. q7-low-1 Meeting Date: April 14, 1997 Type of Business: PH WK:Work Session;PH:Public Hearing; • CA:Consent Agenda;CB:Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mayor and City Council From: Jim Ericson,Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Opportunity for Hearing and Consideration of Resolution No. 5106, a Resolution Authorizing Abatement of Nuisances at 2349 Laport Drive. Date of Report: April 11, 1997 Background: The property located at 2349 Laport Drive, owned by Leona Lodmill, is in violation of the Mounds View Municipal Code pertaining to nuisances and requires immediate attention. In the front, sides and rear yard there accumulations of debris and junk, car parts, brush piles and other assorted stockpiles, as well as an abandoned orange pick-up truck in the front yard. In its efforts to have the property cleared of these nuisances, Staff has tried repeatedly to work with the Lodmills. In July of 1995, the City issued a Court citation to Mrs. Lodmill regarding the nuisances. There has been no evidence of any clean-up having been done at the property since present-staff have been involved. Our efforts to get results date back to September 30, 1996. Photo documentation will be presented for the Council's reference. Discussion: On April 9, 1997, Staff performed a site inspection of the property with the assistance of a uniformed officer. Contact was made with the son of the property owners, who was outside at the time. He agreed that the property needed to be cleaned, but he could only do so much by himself. The inspection revealed the following: • stacks of automobile tires(1) • discarded automobile batteries (2) • large brush pile(3) • snowmobiles without a trailer(1) • Winnebago in backyard(4) • accumulation of aluminum cans(3) • assorted junk piles( ) covered plastic barrels(3) (5)(6) • Pile of scrap metal( ) abandoned pick-up w/expired plates • inoperable vehicle(5) • debris under tarps(1) (1) Section 607.03, Subd. 3c: "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." • (2) Section 607.03, Subd. 3n: "All explosives, inflammable liquids and other dangerous substances or materials stored or accumulated in any manner or in any amount other than provided by law or ordinance."