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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date : 3 -11 -13 Item No.: Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Receive Annual Reports for Community Development’s Land Use Code Enforcement and Neighborhood Enhancement Progra m Activities in 2012 B ACKGROUND 1 The Community Development Department is responsible for enf orcement of the public nuisance provisions 2 of the City Code. It accomplishes this through two separate programs: Land Use Code Enforcement and the 3 Neig hborhood Enhancement Program. 4 5 Land Use Enforcement primarily addresses City Code public nuisance violations reported to staff by the 6 public, such as: junk/debris, outside storage, long grass, junk vehicles, building maintenance, noise, etc : 7 o Land Use Enforcement’s 20 1 2 Year End Report is att ached. 8 9 The Neighborhood Enhancement Program is a more proactive type program that initiates neighborhood 10 inspections (from the street) for similar public nuisance type violations in an attempt to identify and resolve 11 public nuisances b efore they become lar ge enough to negatively impact neighborhoods and property values : 12 o This program is funded by Roseville’s H ousing R edevelopment A uthority . 13 o The Neighborhood Enhancement Program’s 20 1 2 Year End report is attached. 14 15 The City Council has requested a specific report on th e status of Abatement and Court Citation cases 16 initiated. 17 o The 201 2 Abatement and Court Citation Case s Status Report is attached . 18 19 P OLICY O BJECTIVE 20 Property maintenance through City abatement activities is a key tool to preserving high -quality residential 21 n eighborhoods. Both Imagine Roseville 2025 and the City’s 2030 Comprehensive Plan support property 22 maintenance as a means by which to achieve neighborhood stability. The Housing section of Imagine 23 Roseville suggests that the City “implement programs to ensu re safe and well -maintained properties.” In 24 addition, the Land Use chapter (Chapter 3) and the Housing and Neighborhoods chapter (Chapter 6) of the 25 Comprehensive Plan support the City’s efforts to maintain livability of the City’s residential neighborhoods 26 with specific policies related to property maintenance and code compliance. Policy 6.1 of Chapter 3 states 27 that the City should promote maintenance and reinvestment in housing and Policy 2.6 of Chapter 6 guides 28 the City to use code -compliance activities a s one method to prevent neighborhood decline. 29 R EQUESTED C OUNCIL A CTION 30 Receive the Reports 31 P repared by: Don Munson, Codes Coordinator Attachments: A: Land Use Enforcement’s 20 1 2 Year End Report B: Neighborhood Enhancement Program’s 20 12 Year End Report C: 20 12 Abatement and Court Citation Cases Status Report D: Abatement Billing in 2012 E. PowerPoint Presentation