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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date : 12 -10 -12 Item No.: Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Community Development Department Request to Perform an Abatement for Unresolved Vi olations of City Code at 1432 Eldridge Avenue Page 1 of 2 B ACKGROUND 1 • The subject prop erty is a n owner -occupied single -family detached home . 2 • The current owner is Rich Jewett who reside s in the home. 3 • Current violation includ e s : 4 - A utility trailer stored permanently in a front yard driveway (violation of City Code 5 Section 407.0 3.Q ). 6 • Mr. Jewett wishes to appea l the decision of staff to Council due to the hardship of site 7 constraints of his property. 8 • A status update, including pictures, will be provided at the public hearing. 9 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 10 11 Property maintenance t hrough City abatement activities is a key tool to preserving high -quality 12 residential neighborhoods. Both Imagine Roseville 2025 and the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan 13 support property maintenance as a means by which to achieve neighborhood stability. The Housing 14 section of Imagine Roseville suggests that the City “implement programs to ensure safe and well -15 maintained properties.” In addition, the Land Use chapter (Chapter 3) and the Housing and 16 Neighborhoods chapter (Chapter 6) of the Comprehensive Plan su pport the City’s efforts to maintain 17 livability of the City’s residential neighborhoods with specific policies related to property maintenance 18 and code compliance. Policy 6.1 of Chapter 3 states that the City should promote maintenance and 19 reinvestment in housing and Policy 2.6 of Chapter 6 guides the City to use code -compliance activities as 20 one method to prevent neighborhood decline. 21 F INANCIAL I MPACTS 22 City Abatement: 23 The abatement would take the form of a vehicle impound : 24 • Impound utility trailer (no cos t to City): $ 0.00 25 Total: $ 0.00 26