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Item No: 7B Meeting Date: 01-28-2007 Type of Business:CB Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jeremiah Anderson, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector Item Title/Subject: Abatement of Nuisance Code violations at 8217 Long Lake Rd Date of Report: January 24, 2008 Introduction: Section 607.09 Subdivision 5 of the City Code authorizes the abatement of Nuisance Code violations. Staff seeks approval of a resolution authorizing abatement to remedy Nuisance Code violations present at 8217 Long Lake Rd. Background: On November 14, 2008 staff responded to information regarding an auto repair business operated at a single family residence at 8217 Long Lake Rd. Staff made contact with the occupant, Tony Preciado, who explained that he closed his auto repair shop in Columbia Heights and had brought home vehicles that were at his shop that belonged to customers so they could be picked up. This order explained that the exterior accumulation of inoperable vehicles, and vehicles parked off an improved surface would need to be removed from the exterior of the premises or otherwise brought into compliance no later than November 21, 2008 to avoid further remedial actions. During the following weeks little progress was achieved. Follow up inspections on November 27, 2007 and December 4, 2007 revealed little to no progress. Ramsey County Court Citations were issued December 4, 2007 for violation of the following sections of City Code 1) Section 607.07 Subdivision. 2a (2-counts): Abandoned, junk, and unsafe vehicles; 2) Section 607.06 Subdivision, 2c (2) (4-counts): Vehicles parked or stored outdoors shall be registered to a legal resident of the property; 3) Section 607.03 Subdivision 3c: Outside accumulation of junk, rusting metal, inoperable equipment and household furnishings prohibited; 4) Section 607.06 Subdivision 2c (1) (4-counts): Vehicles parked or stored outdoors shall be on an improved surface of asphalt, concrete, brick, or gravel; and 1106.03 Subdivision 3f: 5) Section 1106.03 Subdivision 3f Home business occupation in a residential area shall not violate provisions of Chapter 607. Despite these efforts the property remains in violation to date and staff seeks approval of an abatement to bring the property into compliance.