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Item No: 08D <br /> MOUNDS VIEW Type <br /> Date: November 10, s <br /> of Business: Council Business <br /> City Administrator Review: <br /> City or Mounds View Staff Report <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Jeremiah Anderson, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector <br /> Item Title/Subject: Resolution 10165, Authorizing abatement of junk/hazards at <br /> 5090 Irondale Road <br /> Introduction: <br /> On April 19, 2025, staff received a complaint regarding excessive storage of junk, debris <br /> and numerous accumulations of artificial flowers and landscape items at 5090 Irondale <br /> Rd. City records document similar complaints received in 2019, 2021 and 2024. <br /> Code Official Jeremiah Anderson made personal contact with the property owner <br /> Gregory Gunn April 21, 2025, and explained the ongoing history of outside storage of <br /> this nature was in violation of the City Nuisance Ordinance. <br /> Although excessive accumulation of artificial flowers and landscaping decoration is not <br /> specifically prohibited by Ordinance, the City Nuisance Ordinance § 91 .002 (A) <br /> establishes the following Nuisance definition; "Any act, substance, matter, emission or <br /> thing which creates a dangerous or unhealthy condition or which threatens the public <br /> peace, health, safety or sanitary condition of the city or which is offensive or has a <br /> blighting influence on the community." <br /> Staff is bringing this item to the council for consideration of an abatement resolution to <br /> include the junk, debris, inoperable/unusable equipment outside 5090 Irondale Rd. Staff <br /> is also asking for clarification on the large accumulation of artificial flowers and unkempt <br /> landscape items in the yard meet the Nuisance definition in § 91.002 (A) and thus are <br /> subject to abatement action. <br /> Discussion: <br /> Code Official Jeremiah Anderson has had multiple conversations with property owner <br /> Greg Gunn in person, and via email regarding outside conditions at his home. These <br /> conversations have resulted in issuing a notice of violation requesting the exterior items <br /> are removed from the exterior by May 22, 2025, to avoid additional enforcement action. <br /> Mr. Gunn has completed some corrective actions and to date outside storage in violation <br /> of the City Nuisance Ordinance remains. Throughout these conversations Mr. Gunn has <br /> shared some personal and health struggles with Code Official Anderson that have <br /> prevented his completing necessary corrective actions. <br /> Mr. Gunn has shared that his position is the artificial flowers and landscape items serve <br /> as a decorative means to restrict access to his property, and they provide him a sense of <br /> security. Code Official Anderson has received multiple inquiries from residents of the <br /> surrounding area <br />