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Item No: 3 <br />Meeting Date: 5/7/01 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor & City Council <br />From: Jeremiah Anderson, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector <br />Item Title/Subject: Presentation of Proposed Changes to Chapter 607, <br />Nuisances of the City Code <br />Date of Report: May 2, 2001 <br /> <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Chapter 604 of the Mounds View City Code, Nuisances, was completely repealed and <br />replaced with a new Chapter 607, Nuisances, on March 20, 1995 with the passage of <br />Ordinance 556. One of the biggest changes that came with Ordinance 556 was the <br />addition of City abatement procedures. Since that time, there have been only minor <br />changes to the existing Nuisance Code. <br /> <br />Almost six years have passed since the last major review of the Nuisance Code. <br />During that time, enforcement issues relating to junk, garbage, debris and <br />abandoned/junk vehicles have accounted for the majority of all violations. These <br />violations continue to be the most prevalent and are, the most time consuming <br />violations for staff to resolve due to their abundance and the social/economic <br />conditions that often accompany their presence. In addition to consuming staff <br />time, these types of violations contribute to urban blight, which has a direct impact <br />on the appearance of a community. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />After discussion at the City Council work session on March 5, 2001, Council directed <br />staff to conduct additional research regarding vehicles constituting a public nuisance <br />and draft an ordinance that strengthened the existing nuisance code provisions <br />regarding the abatement of vehicles constituting a public nuisance. Attached to this <br />report are the findings of this research and additional information relating to this <br />subject. <br /> <br />Staff has researched this matter and created a matrix of surrounding Cities with <br />nuisance codes and abatement procedures that you will find attached to this report. <br />As you can see from reading the matrix, all five of the surrounding Cities surveyed <br />had adopted some form of nuisance code. However, abatement procedures differ <br />from city to city. <br /> <br />Lastly, staff has obtained information from the League of Minnesota Cities and <br />Minnesota Statutes regarding abandoned and junk vehicle regulations and <br />ordinances. All of the proposed changes to the Mounds View Nuisance code were <br />made using all this information and have been forwarded to the City Attorney for