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City Council Study Session - 07/18/05 Minutes - Page 7 printing company in the 1430 building and concern by residents for exposure to harmful chemicals; outside storage at the 1450 building of irrigation equipment; fence disrepair; dead vegetation; and other concerns. Staff provided results of their extensive research for each specific property; noting that since all Conditional Use Permits (CUP) and variance approvals were unique to the properties, the code enforcement needed to be addressed for each individual property, not as a whole. Staff was seeking solutions and Council support of their proposed actions in finding those solutions with property owners to alleviate concerns and complaints from neighboring residential property. Further discussion included the odor issues and what could be done related to the CUP for future similar business. City Attorney Anderson noted that odors may not violate any state standards; and in terms of use, if the CUP allowed printing businesses, as long as that CUP was in place and not abandoned or discontinued, they were allowed to continue doing so - that business or another. Further discussion ensued related to potential zoning changes for lighter zoning next to a residential area, but City Attorney Anderson pointed out that abandonment required specific intent under the law. Staff recommended doing one property at a time; noting that it would be a time-consuming process. Staff proposed written and verbal communication with owners AND tenants to seek voluntary compliance by each owner. City Attorney Anderson concurred, upon review of staff memos, that each property be considered individually, due to special or CUP's and whether they were in compliance with the original intent or not. City Attorney Anderson noted that the City could revoke, or threaten to revoke the CUP, for significant violations, with the support of the