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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION <br /> DATE: 02/14/00 <br /> ITEM NO: F-3 <br /> artment Approval: Manager Approved: Agenda Section: <br /> REPORTS <br /> Iteh Description: Establish Hearing Date for Property Abatement <br /> 1.0 BACKGROUND <br /> 1 1 Periodically the Community Development staff reviews Code violations relating to <br /> property maintenance to determine whether there are properties in disrepair for more than <br /> 1 year. The staff spends time attempting to gain compliance during the year on these <br /> properties. Generally they have not met the Code because the owner has been unable <br /> (physically or financially) or unwilling to comply with the Code. Property abatement is <br /> one remedy. It allows the City to order corrections and assess the property for the work. <br /> This process has been used in previous years to secure buildings from vandals and <br /> weather, clean up buildings, paint and/or restore siding, plug rodent holes, repair <br /> windows, and fix failing garage roofs and doors. <br /> 1.2 The staff attempts to work with property owners to bring the structure into compliance <br /> (and continues to encourage property owners to repair properties up to the time of a <br /> Council hearing). The hearing is an opportunity for the property owners to address the <br /> property repair issues, estimated costs of repair, and suggest alternatives to the abatement <br /> process. The process is attached for each property. <br /> 1 3 The City goals within the comprehensive plan are protect and improve property values <br /> (Goals 3, 4, and 5; page 6 and 7, Section 3) and to adhere to performance standards which <br /> protect the integrity of the housing units and the neighborhood (Policy 6, page 8, Section <br /> 3). <br /> 1.4 If a hearing date is approved, two properties (one is vacant) would be scheduled for an <br /> abatement hearing on March 27, 2000. The property owners have been notified. Each of <br /> the properties has been reviewed and an exterior inspection completed. An estimate of the <br /> cost of corrective actions has been prepared. <br /> 2.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br /> 2.1 Staff recommends establishing a property abatement hearing for Monday, March 27, 2000. <br /> 3.0 SUGGESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br /> By resolution, establish March 27, 2000, as the hearing date for property abatement cases. <br /> \\Victoria\CommDev\Genera1 Correspondence\DonMIRCA_Abatement Res_021440.doc <br /> 1 <br />