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<br /> <br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION/ACTION <br /> <br />DATE: 07/21/03 <br />ITEM NO: VIII. C. <br /> <br />Department Approval: <br />DPW/RT <br /> <br />City Manager Approval <br /> <br />Agenda Section: <br />REPORTS <br /> <br />Item Description: <br /> <br />Report on Nuisance Code Violations at 1992 Cleveland Ave. <br /> <br />1.0 REQUESTED ACTION: <br /> <br />Council action is necessary to resolve numerous public nuisance violations and other city <br />code violations at 1992 Cleveland Ave. The property is owned by Mr. Seth Eggessa. <br />The staff has been working on tillS case for over two years. The owner has been notified <br />of this agenda item and Council meeting. <br /> <br />2.0 Project History <br /> <br />2.1 The home at 1992 Cleveland Ave. is occupied by Mr. Eggessa. <br /> <br />2.2 <br />1. <br /> <br />Code compliance items at the property include: <br />The recent construction ofa deck onto the front of the home which was completed <br />after the city sent notice (June 23, 2003) to Mr.Eggessa that a permit is required <br />for decks and construction should stop (City Code Section 901.01 and Section <br />104.2.4 of the 1997 U.B.C.). <br />2. The recent construction of a new, enlarged, driveway with a gravel surface. Mr. <br />Eggessa was notified (May 20, 2003) that permits are required for driveway <br />construction and that approved surfaces are asphalt, concrete or pavers. Work <br />continued and as of this date a permit has not been applied for (City Code <br />Sections 703.02 and 703.04.B.7). <br />3. Building materials such as plywood, corrugated metal, wood truss-joists and <br />plastic buckets are stored on both the east and west sides of the garage (City Code <br />Sections 407.02 D, 407.02 M and 407.03 H). <br />4. Several piles of cut logs and accumulated brush are located throughout the <br />property including on the west, south and east sides of the garage and along the <br />easterly property line (City Code Sections 407.02 D and 407.03 G). <br />5. A drainage swale, required as a condition when an addition was added to the <br />home in 1999, remains incomplete and it encroaches upon the adjoining property <br />to the north (City Code Section 901.01 and U.B.C. Section 108.4). <br />6. Vegetation in excess of 8" (City Code Section 407.02 C). <br /> <br />3.0 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS: <br /> <br />3.1 Community Development Staff offers three alternative actions. Staff recommends <br />that the Council approve the issuance of a Ramsey County Court Citation for <br /> <br />RCA - 1992 Cleveland Ave. <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />