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Item# 6.4 ver MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Sheila Cartney, Senior Planner DATE: February 7, 2008 SUBJECT: Code Enforcement Update and Policy Questions This memo is to provide the Council an update on code enforcement, to provide a timeline of the code enforcement process and to seek direction and authorization on the following items: 1. Authorization to research and update ordinances as outlined in this memo. 2. Direction on policy/procedw-es relating to enforcement. 3. Define priority of ordinances to enfarce. Overview Staff is seeking authorization to research and update ordinances regarding: • Grass height 8 inches maximum -the International Property Maintenance Code (II'MC) requires the city to enter the length the city wants to enforce. • Administrative Citations -Staff has been discussing ways to achieve quicker compliance with the use of Administrative Citations, as other cities use this method. An Administrative Citation would serve as a fine to the violator and they would have so many days to pay that fine to the city, if they do not pay the fine then it will be assessed to their taxes. They still need to bring their property into compliance. If after the citation is issued and the property is still not in compliance, staff would go through the abatement process. Staff is seeking direction from the Council on researching more into this and drafting an ordinance; staff would also like to add an administrative fee to the abatements. • Dumpsters in Residential districts -Staff has received several complaints regarding a dumpster at a residential home that has been there for over a year. We currently do not have anything in our ordinance that regulates the time it can be on the property. Staff is seeking authorization to draft an ordinance that would put a time limit on dumpsters in residential districts (this is not new construction). Staff is seeking direction on the following policy/procedures relating to enforcement: