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City of Mounds View Staff Report Item No: 08A Meeting Date: Nov 12, 2019 Type of Business: Council Business City Administrator Review: To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jon Sevald, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Resolution 9187, Conduct a Hearing Denying a Rental Dwelling License, and Authorizing an Order to Vacate the Premises of 5067 Irondale Road due to Violation of Mounds View City Code Chapter 1012 (Rental Dwelling License) Introduction: The City has had numerous police calls to an unlicensed rental property located at 5067 Irondale Road. The property owner has failed to license the rental property, thus, Staff is requesting authority from the City Council to order the property to be vacated within 60 -days of notice. Discussion: 5067 Irondale Road is a Single -Family Home, owned by Sean Haller (Shoreview resident) since July 2017. The property is occupied by two tenants (first floor unit, and basement unit). All rental dwellings must be licensed.' Staff mailed a notice to the owner on October 2, 2019, requiring a rental license application to be submitted by October 31St. No response was received. Since 2017, the Police have responded to 32 calls of service at this property, including drug and violent activities. Criminal activities have created a nuisance onto the neighborhood, which is within the Walking [attendance] Area of Edgewood and Irondale schools, and one block outside of the Sunnyside Elementary walking area. If the property were a licensed rental property, it would be in violation of City Code, Section 10 12.05, Subd 1: "Conduct on Licensed Premises: It shall be the responsibility of the licensee to see that persons occupying the licensed premises conduct themselves in such a manner as not to cause the premises to be disorderly." If the property were a licensed rental property, and the City determined that it was used in a "disorderly manner", the City would notice the owner. Upon a second event within three months of the first notice, a second notice would be provided requiring a written action plan to be submitted by the owner. If a third event occurred within three months of the previous, then the Council may deny, revoke, suspend, or not renew the license. City Code, Section 10 12.03, Subd 1; License Required: No person shall allow to be occupied or let to another for occupancy any rental dwelling unit unless the owner has first obtained a rental dwelling license. (a) Applicability: The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all multiple dwellings, rental dwellings, rental dwelling units, including rented single-family dwellings, rented condominiums, rented townhouses and rented leasehold cooperative dwelling units. One (1) license shall be issued for each building with rental dwelling units and shall be deemed to cover only such dwelling units under single ownership. (b) Exceptions: A rental dwelling license is not required for residences occupied by the owner where no more than two (2) sleeping rooms are rented and the renters have access to the entire residence, or for residences occupied only by the owner's children or parents.