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k" REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 02-14-11 Item No.: lo b Department Approval City Manager Approval PT/DM 0 Item Description: Receive Annual Reports for Community Development's Land Use Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Enhancement Program Activities in 2010 11 BACKGROUND 2 The Community Development Department is responsible for enforcement of the public nuisance 3 provisions of the City Code. It accomplishes this through two separate programs: Land Use 4, Code Enforcement and the Neighborhood Enhancement Program. 5 Land Use Enforcement primarily addresses City Code public nuisance violations reported to 6 staff by the public, such as: junk/debris, outside storage, long grass, junk vehicles, building "7 maintenance, illegal signs, noise, etc: o This program was funded from Community Development Department revenue. 9 Beginning in 2011 this program will be funded from the General Fund. 110 o Land Use Enforcement's 2010 Year End Report is attached. 11 The Neighborhood Enhancement Program is a more proactive type program that initiates 12 neighborhood inspections (from the street) for similar public nuisance type violations in an 13 attempt to identify and resolve public nuisances before they become large enough to negatively 14, impact neighborhoods and property values: 15 o This program is funded by Roseville's Housing Redevelopment Authority. 116 o The Neighborhood Enhancement Program's 2010 Year End report is attached. 1 ��7 Council has requested a specific report on the status of Abatement and Court Citation cases 11 111",,'11 initiated in 2 0 10: 119 o The 20 10 Abatement and Court Citation Cases Status Report is attached. 20 POLICY OBJECTIVE 21 Property maintenance through City abatement activities is a key tool to preserving high-quality 22 residential neighborhoods. Both Imagine Roseville 2025 and the City's 2030 Comprehensive 23 Plan support property maintenance as a means by which to achieve neighborhood stability. The 24, Housing section of Imagine Roseville suggests that the City "implement programs to ensure 25 safe and well-maintained properties." In addition, the Land Use chapter (Chapter 3) and the 26 Housing and Neighborhoods chapter (Chapter 6) of the Comprehensive Plan support the City's 27 efforts to maintain livability of the City's residential neighborhoods with specific policies 28 related to property maintenance and code compliance. Policy 6.1 of Chapter 3 states that the 29 City should promote maintenance and reinvestment in housing and Policy 2.6 of Chapter 6 30 guides the City to use code-compliance activities as one method to prevent neighborhood 31 decline. 32 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION 33 9 � CEIVE THE REPoRTs