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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-077 CCRMember Kay Lasman introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 99-77 RESOLUTION ORDERING THE CORRECTION OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AND FURTHER FOR THE ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES, SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS AND OTHER ORDINANCE AND STATUTORY VIOLATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 6301 BROOKLYN BOULEVARD, BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA, 55429 LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 5 EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF WHICH LIES SOUTHWESTERLY OF TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 152 AS NOW LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED AND SOUTHEASTERLY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LINE: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID TRUNK HIGHWAY NO. 152 DISTANT 25 FEET NORTHWESTERLY OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF 63" AVENUE NORTH; THENCE RUN SOUTHWESTERLY TO A POINT ON SAID NORTHERLY BOUNDARY DISTANT 25 FEET WESTERLY OF SAID INTERSECTION, BLOCK 2, FAIR MEADOWS, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA. WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute §463.15 et seq. define a hazardous building or hazardous property as any building or property which because of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, physical damage, unsanitary condition or abandonment constitutes a fire hazard or hazard to the public safety or health; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinances Chapter 19-103 specifically defines as nuisances and prohibits the same, the presence on any real property of any accumulation of junk, disused furniture, appliances, equipment, junk motor vehicles, building materials, scrap lumber and construction debris and the like; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinances Chapters 7 and 19 specifically defines as nuisances and prohibits the same, the presence on any real property of garbage not stored in rodent free and fly tight containers or garbage stored so as to emit foul and disagreeable odors or garbage stored so as to constitute a hazard to public health; and WHEREAS, the correction of hazardous conditions and the abatement of public nuisances is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public by the elimination of dangerous conditions, attractive nuisances and for the elimination of harborage for vermin, rats and other animals who may pose a danger to the public safety and health and to provide for the proper storage of refuse and garbage, debris and junk thereby providing for more sanitary and safe conditions and to further protect the integrity and desirability of neighborhoods by prohibiting the storage of junk and other refuse in residential areas; and Resolution No. 99-77 WHEREAS, City Inspectors have inspected the above-described premises in April of 1999 and found numerous statutory and ordinance violations including the presence of twelve (12) to fifteen (15) unlicensed and/or inoperable vehicles parked bumper to bumper in the backyard of the residence, some with hoods up and flat tires, a massive brush pile, a dilapidated fence, a growing pile of garbage and miscellaneous debris scattered about the property; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopts the findings of the Housing Inspectors as to the hazardous conditions on said property and the dilapidation of the single family home thereon; and WHEREAS, the owner of record of said property is Melvin Donald Blom; and WHEREAS, said property is encumbered by a mortgage dated August 10, 1977 in favor of Twin City Federal Savings and Loan, a mortgage dated June 29, 1979 in favor of First State Bank of Spring Lake Park and a mortgage dated November 16, 1987 in favor of E.G. Huber, Inc.; and WHEREAS, Melvin Donald Blom was previously served with Compliance Orders from the City of Brooklyn Center requiring abatement of all the nuisances and hazardous conditions recited herein; and WHEREAS, Melvin Donald Blom has refused to comply with said Compliance Orders. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER THAT: 1. The City Council finds that the single-family dwelling located at 6301 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429 is a hazardous building because of inadequate storage of garbage, inadequate garbage service, inadequate maintenance, dilapidation and the like. 2. The City Council finds that the condition of the premises at 6301 Brooklyn Boulevard, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429 constitutes a hazardous property and a public nuisance within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 463 and Brooklyn Center Ordinances Chapters 12 and 19 due to the storage of 12 to 15 unlicensed and/or inoperable vehicles parked bumper to bumper in the backyard of the residence, some with hoods up and flat tires, a massive brush pile, a growing pile of garbage, a maroon metallic fence which appeared to be in a dilapidated state and miscellaneous debris scattered about the property. Resolution No. 99-77 3. The abatement of nuisances of said single family dwelling and the repair of said dwelling is hereby ordered by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center as follows: a. The removal of all plastic bags of garbage, lumber scraps and boards, tires, on the property and any garbage, refuse, debris, unlicensed and/or inoperable vehicles and like as recited herein. b. The removal and/or repair of the backyard fence in a good and workmanlike manner such that the fence complies with the provisions of Chapter 12 of the City Ordinances and lawfully screens all legally-defined as collector vehicles. The City Manager is hereby authorized to cause and carry out the abatement described herein and to perform all other tasks and functions reasonably incident thereto and to keep an accurate record of the cost of all actions and proceedings herein, including administrative time, attorney's fees and costs and disbursements and to send a statement of such costs to the landowners and occupants who are directed herewith to pay the same. Mav 10. 1999 YA-0 Date Mayoe ATTEST: WWy_, i City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Ed Nelson and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Myrna Kragness, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Tasman, Ed Nelson, and Rob ter 9?; and the following voted against the same: none said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.