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Accomplishments: • Staff continue s to improve procedures each year through reassignment of staff duties and streamlining staff procedures . • To date have closed 9 7 % of the 487 cases opene d in 20 1 2 : o Cooperation from the public on correcting public nuisances is typically very positive. o 90 % have complied with simple letter requests for compliance. • Include in initial notices a n informational brochure to educate residents about common public n uisance violations in an effort to minimize violations through education and cooperation . • When a violation is a building maintenance issue staff i nclud es additional HRA Program information as well as HRC Program information. Observations : • Still observing where one public nuisance tend s to promote more of the same - a clustering effect . • Still observing more violations in neighborhoods of older homes ; this is to be expected due to typically smaller lots, smaller garages and older construction . • Some p ropert y m aintenance cases remain difficult to resolve due to financial /physical hardship by the property owner. M any of the unresolved ‘pending’ cases are of this type . 20 12 Code Enforcement Report Land Use Cases Ending December 31, 20 12 Case Counts by Mon th Type Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec TOTAL Business 4 1 3 6 2 1 2 3 3 4 0 14 43 Cars 5 0 7 5 6 3 4 4 0 5 4 4 47 Debris 2 8 4 3 1 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Residential 14 15 1 6 35 32 22 22 29 19 19 26 1 5 2 64 Weeds 1 0 0 3 34 21 1 9 18 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 TOTAL 26 24 30 52 75 52 53 54 28 29 30 34 487 Cases Opened/Closed by Month Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec TOTAL Opened 26 24 30 52 75 52 53 54 28 29 30 34 487 Closed 34 26 28 48 64 46 53 55 26 27 20 25 452 Problem Cases in 20 1 2 - Year to Date Administrative Tickets 0 Accelerated Abatements ( Grass /Snow/Graffiti ) 24 Council Approved Abatements 8 Council Approved Citations 0 TOTAL 3 2