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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-170 CCR1 1 1 Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 94 -170 RESOLUTION ORDERING THE ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES, SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS AND BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THAT REAL ESTATE LOCATED AT 4746 LAKEVIEW AVENUE NORTH, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS THE WEST 15 FEET OF THE EAST 1/2 OF LOTS 7 AND 8; WEST 1/2 OF LOTS 7 AND 8, BLOCK 2 "LAKEBREEZE ADDITION" IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER, HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinance Chapter 19 defines certain conditions which constitute public nuisances and public safety and health hazards; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinances §19 -1303, §19 -1304, §19 -103, subds. 3 and 4 and §19 -103, subd. 11 specifically define as nuisances and prohibit the same the storage and keeping of automobile parts and related accessories, unlicensed and junk vehicles, garbage and refuse not properly stored and the accumulation of junk, disused furniture, appliances, machinery and /or parts thereof; and WHEREAS, the prohibition of public nuisances under Chapter 19 is necessary to protect the comfort, repose, health, safety and welfare of the public by eliminating a harborage for vermin, rats and other animals who may pose a danger to the public safety and to provide for the proper disposal of refuse and garbage 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 WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinance Chapter 12 defines the minimum standards for maintenance of all buildings and properties within the City to correct and prevent conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare and health of the citizens of Brooklyn Center; and WHEREAS, Theresa Lee Hasbrouck and LeRoy A. Hasbrouck, Jr. are the fee owners and Leonard Martin is an owner and occupant of that real property located at 4746 Lakeview Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429, the legal description of which appears, supra; and WHEREAS, City inspectors inspected said premises on 20 September 1993 following complaints made by neighbors and found numerous violations of the City's Building Maintenance and Occupancy Ordinance specifically including the storage in the 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 94 170 yard of auto parts, oil pans and soil contaminated by oil, bags of garbage, wood piles, brush, appliances, tires and other debris and further found that there were holes in the yard and parts of the yard not covered by grass or ground cover; and WHEREAS, Building Maintenance Compliance Orders were served upon Leonard Martin identifying each violation and requiring satisfactory remedial abatement on or before 5 October 1993; and WHEREAS, subsequent inspection has shown that the violations previously identified had not been corrected or abated; and WHEREAS, Building Maintenance Compliance Orders have subsequently been issued to and served upon Leonard Martin on 6 October 1993 and again on 9 March 1994 requiring abatement of the above described nuisances and violations of the Building Maintenance and Occupancy Code requiring complete abatement of all violations not later than 17 April 1994; and WHEREAS, subsequent inspection of the property has revealed that no compliance has taken place; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Center City Ordinance S12 -1206 provides that upon the failure to comply with the Compliance Order and from which no appeal has been taken by the owner or occupant of real property, the City Council by resolution, may cause the deficiencies to be remedied as described in the Compliance Order and further provides that the costs of such remedy shall be a lien against the real property and may be levied and collected as a special assessment in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 429 but said assessment shall be payable in a single installment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER THAT: 1. The City Council finds that the presence and /or storage of automobile parts, appliances, tires, brush, debris, wood piles, bags of garbage, junk motor vehicles and refuse at the premises at 4746 Lakeview Avenue North, is a public nuisance and public health and safety hazard and a violation of the Building Maintenance and Occupancy Code in violation of Chapter 19 and 12 of the Ordinances of the City of Brooklyn Center. 2. The abatement of all of the nuisances and public safety and health hazards and violations of Chapters 19 and 12, more particularly described in the Building Maintenance Compliance Orders attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby ordered by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center as follows: 1 RESOLUTION NO. 94 -170 ATTEST: a) Removal of all auto parts and accessories presently in the yard; b) Removal of all garbage, wood piles, brush, appliances, tires and other debris and refuse; c) Removal of all junk and /or disabled motor vehicles; d) Filling in all holes in the yard with dirt and seed or sod as needed. 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, attorneys' fees, costs and disbursements and to send a statement of such costs to the land owners and occupant who are directed herewith to pay the same. August 8, 1994 Date (4 t<qlatent Deputy Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Kristen Mann and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Todd Paulson, Celia Scott, and Kristen Mann; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Todd Paulson, Mayor