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City Council Study Session liVlonday, August 20, 2007 Page 19 Councilmember Kough expressed concern that single-family homes used for student housing based on economics be addressed immedi- ately, citing parking and refuse problems and neighborhood concerns. Councilmember Pust noted that the recently-endorsed Uniform Build- ing Code was passed after presentation of the citizen advisory group report, and needed to be reflected in any proposed ordinance. ulic C® ent can asc ka,96 illvv®® Avenue, an a er Mr. Maschka opined that, given his personal experience in his neighborhood with an influx of rental properties, problems could be addressed by ensuring that 1) number of unrelated individuals living in a home; and 2) registration of rental units; and 3) provision of hard surface, off-street parking, was addressed. Mr. Maschka opined that those were the three major problem areas; and further opined that renting in asingle-family neighborhood was a privilege and indicated certain requirements related to that privilege. ie ®uc133 ®seavvn Avenue Mr. Houck noted that line 55, item 5 in the staff report addressing in- spection of interiors of rental properties... bothered him. Mr. Houck advised that he was against the whole thing, even though there maybe some good points included; and opined that he didn't want the City in his rental unit as it was the private home of his renters. Mr. Munson provided a brief background on land use code enforce- ment; current procedures; and the lengthy process required for a mi- nority of non-compliant and problematic properties, and provided a flow chart for the majority of city code violation enforcement cases. Staff reviewed annual neighborhood enhancement programs; 90-95% compliance of code enforcement areas through staff mediation and