5.8. SR 07-15-1996ITEM 5.8.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Mayor and City Council
Kendra Lindahl, Zoning Assistan
July 15, 1996
SUBJECT: Code Administration Update
This is just an update on the various code complaints city staff has received.
Attached is a copy of the complaint case spreadsheet. The shaded cases have
either been resolved or were not in violation of any ordinance.
The City has 7 unresolved cases from 1995, and we have received 36 new
complaint cases in 1996.
1995 Complaint Cases
Of the 7 remaining cases from 1995, only three of them are expected to be
resolved in the near future:
1. Case #95-17 may be resolved due to the fact that the former occupant has
moved.
2. Case #95-59 will be resolved when the second phase of Mississippi Oaks is
completed.
3. Case #95-67 should be in compliance by the end of the month when the
required trees are expected to be planted.
Case 95-31
The other four cases are unlikely to be resolved in the near future. One case
that causes staff particular concern is Case #95-31. This is an issue where a
site plan for outdoor storage was approved in July 1995. However, the
applicant never complied with the approved site plan and has essentially
been operating a junk yard on this site. Staff has been in regular contact
with the property owner. Staff has been working with property owner to
achieve compliance with the ordinance regulating outdoor storage.
The property owner has done a tremendous amount of grading on the site
without a permit. This has caused run-off problems for the adjoining
property owner and the wetland on this site. There are a number of other
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environmental concerns associated with this operation because of the
materials being stored on this site.
The property owner recently submitted an incomplete application for a
conditional use permit to operate a junkyard in an I-1 district. If the City
Council approves the ordinance amendments proposed for this district
tonight (OA 96-04), junkyards will no longer be a conditional use in this
district. The applicant would not be able to have a junkyard in this zoning
district and would need to comply with the current ordinance. In staffs
opinion, ordinance compliance is crucial in this case because of all of the
environmental problems associated with this site.
Staff will keep the Mayor and Council updated on this case.
1996 Complaint Cases
Of the 36 new complaint cases:
6 were not in violation
18 have been resolved
· 12 are on-going
The majority of the 1996 cases that are still open should be resolved within
the month. Staff is working with these property owners to get them into
compliance with the current ordinance. These complaint cases were all
reported by residents. In no case did staff seek out these code violations.
The majority of the complaints received by staff involve vehicles parked on
the lawn, junk vehicles, commercial vehicles in a residential zone or
miscellaneous debris. In the summer months, one of the complaints staff
receives has to do with unmowed lawns, weeds, or lack of an established
lawn. In each case, staff attempts to work with the individual property
owners in an effort to establish a reasonable compliance schedule.
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