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1 Regular Council Meeting 2 July 28, 1992 3 Page 9 4 5 6 7 business out of a home. This made them think they had 8 valid reasons to contact the police and caused them to 9 question why no citations had been issued when the police 10 responded. She recalled that the City Manager had been 11 promised by both the renters and the landlord that all 12 equipment including tanks would be removed from the 13 property. This and the second promise to staff were not 14 kept and instead the renter began "abusing the neighbors, 15 most of whom are long time residents" . When the 16 Councilmember told the City Manager a similar problem 17 with renters who lived across from her had been solved 18 when the neighbors contacted City officials, Mr. Burt 19 reminded her that renters and homeowners have equal 20 rights when it comes to law enforcement. 2.1 22 When Councilmember Fleming reported a conversation with 23 one of the neighbors the previous evening who had told 24 her he was very concerned about pesticides being washed 25 down the alley, perceiving a danger to neighborhood 26 children, Mr. Burt told her that unfortunately he had 27 never seen the containers since every time he goes down 28 there the garage door is shut . 29 30 Mr. Hoban sent around pictures he had taken to 31 demonstrate the "30 foot trailer parked alongside the 32 garage; the trash the occupants of 2704 haul, and the 33 shredder they run in the morning. He said these 34 annoyances to the neighbors are increased by the people 35 who do the mowing who park their cars in the neighborhood 36 while they are working. 37 38 Mr. Burt reiterated that the City had nothing to go on 39 right now to prove home occupation at 2704 Pahl and said 40 the City Attorney had advised him that the zoning code 41 might be very difficult to enforce. He agreed that this 42 was a situation which needed to be remedied but said 43 there are many other locations in the City where home 44 occupations are carried out. One of these was a garage 45 door repair business where the only indication of the 46 resident' s occupation is a panel truck with "Northeast 47 Garage Door" on the side. Mr. Burt reported the City had 48 never had a complaint about this business or most of the 49 others listed in the Yellow Pages. He reiterated that he 50 didn' t think the City should look at a particular 51 instance and create an ordinance which would affect all 52 the others for which there are no problems.