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o Neighbars have been complaining of 8-14 cars continuously parking at this property and in the street. They are very irate. Group Homes usually do not ^ have this many cars, which the neighbors find very upsetting. o It is staff's conclusion, from conversations with the home operators, that they are not only providing direct health care to the four patients, but also operating a business office from this property (the reason for so many cars). This is not an allowed use in a residential zone. o Staff has no authority/ability to enter the (rental) property to verify its assumptions, order corrections and relieve the neighborhood of this public nuisance. Nevertheless, staff is currently attempting to address and resolve this issue in other ways. However, these otller methods are much more time- consuming and a resolution will take much longer. o Despite staff's efforts to keep neighbors informed, they continue to call and can't understand why it is taking so long. They feel the City is not doing anything to help them. If rental properties know in advance that the City has the authority and ability to address violations of these and other types, violations that endanger renters and upset neighboring property owners will be less likely to occur to begin with, thereby; reducing the numbers of these violations, reducing staff time inefficiently chasing these issues, and allowing staff to serve residents more efficiently and effectively. Furthermore, in contacting neighboring cities about this Group Home operator, it was learned ^ that in one city a Group Home operator has purchased four properties on one residential block. This is a very high concentration and staff recoinmends the City look into proposing legislation that would limit concentrations of business properties such as this. (,�,�o �3 � P� -2 �..�, UVictoiia\CommDev�Pcrn�its\ComplaintsUvlemo_RentalLic01262006doc � Page 2