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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2019 Page 10 Mayor Roe thought that after four days are measured, as four days gets defined, then the enforcement process is initiated and gives people a timeframe before any- thing starts. Councilmember Etten thought a notice of violation is not something that will count against a resident or organization. In general, the city does not want people to store things in the middle of their front yard. He would not be in favor of add- ing back in that language because he thought the process is in place to protect people doing good and legitimate things and makes sure it is easier for code en- forcement to take action. Councilmember Laliberte liked the idea of giving someone four days to rectify the problem and take care of it, which she thought the four days allows for. She did not think people set out intentionally to break city ordinances and sometimes the resident does not know. Mayor Roe noted in the enforcement, the resident will still get more than four days once notified. The question is when it becomes a nuisance. Councilmember Etten agreed with that and explained this does not take away people time, it just means that someone from Community Development has to go to the property four days in a row to show the nuisance has been on the property for four days before notice of violation. Councilmember Laliberte asked if Councilmember Etten was okay with leaving it in the other situation the city has put it in previously. Councilmember Etten agreed and saw that as a different need. Mayor Roe thought he could go either way on the four days and what it really comes down to is if it is going to require staff to make four different visits to the site to confirm that it is there for four days. He thought it was simpler from an en- forcement point of view to say it is a nuisance when it exists, not when it is there for four days. Councilmember Willmus indicated he was still in favor of the actual enforcement action beginning on day five versus day one. Etten moved, Laliberte seconded, accepting the changes to code language in Chapter 407 adding in language from the Council packet, page seven, lines 303- 304, dealing with 407.06, which adds language to that section and in accordance with Community Development Department Enforcement Policy. Council Discussion