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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 11, 2019 Page 5 Mayor Roe reviewed the action the City Council is being asked to consider which includes the abatement of the vehicle issues. Councilmember Willmus stated he would be willing to extend this until the mid- dle of April which will give the resident nine weeks to clean up the property. Councilmember Laliberte did not disagree but thought with the weather being the way it has been, it has created a challenge. She thought as spring arrives there will be a wet, sloppy mess to deal with which will also be a challenge. She asked Councilmember Willmus if he would be amenable to May 1St Councilmember Willmus indicated he was fine with that date. Laliberte moved, Willmus seconded, abatement of the public nuisance violations at 2455 Dale Street by contracting with a towing company for the removal of the unlicensed, inoperable vehicles and with an additional contractor to remove the junk and debris stored outside the property, and to stay enforcement of approved abatement until May 1, 2019. Council Discussion Councilmember Laliberte asked staff to follow up with the resident to let him know if there is a process to apply for a variance because of the other issue with the existing pavement and property lines. Mayor Roe thought the variance would deal with vehicles parking close to the property line. He noted there is also a variance process that deals with land use and he would leave it to staff to handle that. Councilmember Willmus stated he understood the issues in dealing with the weather, but he also thought it was upon the City Council to uphold the standards that are in place and to make sure the standards are applied fairly across the boards. He would certainly not look at going beyond May 1 St Councilmember Groff supported the motion. Mayor Roe agreed and thought the property owner had a very nice yard. He stat- ed the purpose of these requirements in the Code is to make sure that residential properties in the community are not being used to store vehicles that are inopera- ble and may not be considered by everyone to be an eyesore but enough people in the community feel that way to have it put in the City Code. The City is trying to enforce the City Code evenly and fairly across the board to everyone and are not trying to harass anyone.