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1=c'le REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION/DIRECTION DATE: 10/15/01 ITEM NO: Agenda Section: REPORTS UPDATE: Report on Property Abatement for 1661 StanbridgeAvenue (PF3200) Manager Approved: 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Periodically the Community Development staff reviews Code violations relating to property maintenance to determine whether there are properties in disrepair for more than 1 year. The staff spends time attempting to gain compliance during the year on these properties. Generally they have not met the Code because the owner has been unable (physically or financially) or unwilling to comply with the Code. Property abatement is one remedy. It allows the City to order corrections and assess the property for the work. This process has been used in previous years to secure buildings from vandals and weather, clean up buildings, paint andlor restore siding, plug rodent holes, repair windows, and fix failing garage roofs and doors. 1.2 The staff attempts to work with property owners to bring the structure into compliance (and continues to encourage property owners to repair properties up to the time of a Council hearing). The hearing is an opportunity for the property owners to address the property repair issues, estimated costs of repair, and suggest alternatives to the abatement process. The process is attached. 2.0 POLICY IMPLICATIONS The City goals within the comprehensive plan are to protect and improve property values (Goals 3,4, and 5; page 6 and 7, Section 3) and to adhere to performance standards which protect the integrity of the housing units and the neighborhood (Policy 6, page 8, Section 3). 3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS 3.1 The home is occupied. 3.2 Code compliance items on the house include: ./ Entire roof is failing; ./ Rotted soffits, fascia, window and door trim; ./ Chipped, peeling paint over entire structure; ./ ~roken porch door; ./ Broken windows and tom screens.