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Item No: 10c Meeting Date: January 22, 2001 Type of Business: PH WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor & City Council From: Jeremiah Anderson, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing, second reading and adoption of ordinance 674, an ordinance amending Chapter 1005, Housing, of the Mounds View Municipal Code. Date of Report: January 17, 2001 Background: At the January 8, 2001 City Council work session meeting, Council approved the first reading of proposed Ordinance 674. Proposed Ordinance 674 amends the existing Housing Code by accomplishing a two-step method: 1.) Ordinance 674 builds and strengthens the existing Housing code by providing language that is more specific and direct. 2.) Ordinance 674 clarifies the enforcement provisions of the Housing Code by establishing an Enforcement Officer. The public hearing for proposed Ordinance 674 has been scheduled for 7:10p.m on January 22, 2001. Discussion: The majority of proposed ordinance 674 addresses clarification items regarding the enforcement of the Housing Code. This is accomplished by establishing an Enforcement Officer, who is the primary party responsible for the enforcement of the Housing Code. Other proposed amendments to the Housing Code that are addressed by Ordinance 674 include language that is more specific and direct in nature, which would be accomplished by building and strengthening the current language in areas of the Housing Code that are vague and unclear. This in turn, would help eliminate potential “loop holes” and other “gray areas” in the Housing Code. Ordinance 674 does not add new material to the existing Housing Code; it amends the existing Housing Code to provide clarification on the enforcement of the Housing Code and clarifies areas of the Housing Code that are vague and unclear.