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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES July 14 , 1981 The meeting was called to order by .Mayor. Haik at .7 :30 P.M. Present for roll call : Letourneau, Ranallo, Haik and Sundland. . Absent: Marks. Also present:. Larry . Hamer, Acting City Manager; Ron Berg.; Administra- tive Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, - Clerk/Treasurer. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded. by Councilman Letourneau to approve. as submitted the minutes to ,the Council meeting held June 23 , 1981. Motion carried unanimously. The minutes of the June 25th meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Health Board were accepted as informational and the ordinance they had developed to establish a housing -maintenance code for multiple dwellings was considered. Mr. Soth reported that, although he had, at Mr. Fornell' s request, researched several legal questions which might arise in relation to the development of such an ordinance, and had recommended Brooklyn Park' s ordinance as a. model for the City, he had not yet specifically reviewed the ordinance which. the Com- mittee had developed in the context of .the City's needs . He would therefore prefer redrafting the ordinance before the first reading is approved. by the Council, incorporating any suggestions they might wish to make. The City Attorney . indicated .he did not believe the ordinance could be used to shut down a non-conforming facility but rather saw the value of the ordinance as a mechanism of enforcement for the City where landlords fail to meet the maintenance: standards set in the ordinance. Mr. Soth agreed with Mayor Haik that the ordinance might also provide the tenants with grounds to file against such landlords . The Mayor then suggested the development of the ordinance should be publicized in the City Newsletter so tenants may effectively utilize the new regulations. -The .Council .agreed .Ordinance 1981-00.9. should be rewir.tten with stand- ards for..duplexes or double ,bungalows .eliminated because of legal difficulties with enforcement forsuchdwellings. . They also requested Mr. Soth to check if the definition of "family" in the proposed ordin- ance had not been sufficiently .addressed elsewhere in the City ordinances and favored an ordinance requirement for replacement of .vegetation which dies or has been destroyed, if such vegetation is deemed necessary to the health, safety or . welfare of the dwelling residents. ORDINANCE 1981-009 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO MULTIPLE DWELLINGS , LICENSES AND REGULATIONS, AMENDING SECTION 310 :00 BY ADDING A SECTION 310 :10 OF THE 1973 CODE OF ORDINANCES No action was taken.