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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Cathy Bennett <br /> <br />~~~"~~'~--'''-''--~-""-''=~-~~-~'''''''''~'~""~~~-~-'''-'~""~-~--""~.~~~_..~_._,-"._~~,--=._....,..,-_._=-"~~---"....,=---~~--~-.-."",--",~-~,_-'-'-=-,--_.''''''~_'_'''''- <br /> <br />From: jrgray J _,_ <br />Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:34 PM <br />To: Cathy Bennett <br />Cc: Darroll Skilling <br />Subject: Rental Housing <br /> <br />Dear Cathy Bennett <br />Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />651-792-7015 <br />cath)'. bennett@ci.roseville.mn.us <br /> <br />Suburban Blight Is Creeping Into Roseville <br /> <br />How do you recognize it? It is a single family dwelling in a residential neighborhood surrounded by parked automobiles. The <br />cars are on the driveway, in the street and often on the lawn. Garages are not used for cars, because it is too much trouble to <br />move cars in the driveway that block cars in the garage. Four to seven cars are parked there day and night all year round. They <br />interfere with snow plows, street sweepers, mail trucks, garbage trucks, etc. <br /> <br />What is the root cause of the problem? Single family homes were not designed for rental property use. They do not have <br />adequate provisions for multiple automobiles. They do not meet the requirements of the State of Minnesota Uniform Fire Code. <br />Sleeping rooms do not have the means for rapid egress in case of fire, especially when bedrooms are on the second floor or in <br />the basement. <br /> <br />Noise is sometimes a problem, depending on the renters involved. All in all, these rental single family homes are an eyesore <br />that reduce the property values of the surrounding homes. <br /> <br />Recommendations: <br /> <br />1) Write city codes which prohibit the parked-car eyesores described above. Apply the Uniform Fire Code rigorously to rental <br />single family dwellings. <br /> <br />2) Define a new zoning ordinance R-!-HO, for Residential Single Family Dwellings, Homestead Only that would prohibit <br />rentals entirely. The R-1-HO Zoning would be invoked if say 80% of the residents in a neighborhood request it. <br /> <br />Sincerely yours, <br /> <br />James R Gray <br />rr . <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br /> <br />11/28/2005 <br />