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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/09/04 CEAC CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE DECEMBER 9, 2004 6:00 PM COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL MINUTES Agenda Item II. Citizen Input: Agenda Item III. Acceptance or Correction of Minutes from October 28th meeting 1. John Fowler made motion to approve minutes; Cheryl Mohrbacher seconds motion. Agenda Item IV. New Business (John Fowler requests that items 3 & 4 be addressed first and item 1 addressed after them. Bill Longo approves this.). 1. Court Procedures for Code Enforcement Citations: Iris Browder presents procedures for officers in court with regards to citations. Explains that this is for informational purposes only, requested by Bill Longo. John Fowler asks if they are being given ample time with regards to getting to court, Iris explains yes they are given the proper amount of time. The only problems are with the owners that do not live here. Iris also explains that it is sometimes necessary to issue a citation because the violation would be too costly for the City to correct and it is sometimes unlikely that The City will get the money back from the owners. The lien process and new collections process is discussed and a quarterly report reflecting the collections progress is requested for the next meeting. Tom Handley makes a motion to accept the report for court procedures and Eugene Brown seconds. 2. Update on Junked Vehicles Enforcement- Iris Browder: Iris explains that the existing junk vehicle ordinance was amended to reflect that car covers and tarps are no longer allowed. We waited 2 months before enforcement was started. November 1, 2004 uncovered junked vehicles are being written up. We have been advised by the attorney that if we want to investigate a vehicle that is covered we must receive an administrative warrant to go onto the property to investigate. John Fowler asks how many vehicles were written up for car covers were being restored. Iris explains that out of the 149 vehicles written up from 11/01/04-12/01/04 10 were restorations. Todd Routhier makes motion to accept update; John Fowler seconds. 3. Parking on unimproved surfaces-Iris Browder presented a draft ordinance amending parking on unimproved surfaces. Iris presents a survey taken by the officers- the survey is a map showing how many vehicles are parked on unimproved surfaces currently. Harry Persaud review the numbers presented in the survey and reiterates the problem area which in Eastvale. Bill Longo reminds committee that most people that live in Eastvale are older and have owned the land for many, many years. John Fowler comments that most people in Eastvale do not have driveways. Todd Routhier comments that it is going to be a harsh move to tell people that currently do not have driveways that they will need to install one. Todd suggests exemption for people that do not have any concrete currently. Tom Handley suggests that we give residents in East vale 1 year to get in compliance. Bill Longo explains that it was discussed a few meetings ago to give ample time for solution. Harry Persaud suggests that the committee review and decide on enforcement very cautiously because Mesquite tried to pass the same ordinance but the City Council backed out at the last minute. Tom Handley agrees that we need to start somewhere but it does need to be reviewed carefully. John Fowler disagrees and feels that the whole idea is not a good idea. John Fowler wants to know how many complaints we have received in regards to parking on unimproved surfaces. Iris will have the information to him as soon as it can be gathered. Verbal exchange between Cheryl Mohrbacher and John Fowler in regards to the importance of this amendment for beautification purposes. Verbal exchange between Bill Longo and John Fowler with regards to staying open minded and exploring all options of draft ordinances. Harry Persaud suggests that we check with Mesquite and other cities to see how they handled this problem. Cheryl suggests we check into zoning issues with regards to parking as well. Eugene Brown makes motion to proceed with research of draft ordinance; Rita Webster seconds. All agree; John Fowler opposes. Bill Longo makes motion to proceed to next item; Cheryl Mohrbacher seconds. 4. Review and discuss amendment to Health & Sanitation Code to prohibit the collection of water that can breed mosquitoes-Iris Browder. Iris presents ordinance to committee. Todd Routhier asks ifthe ordinance includes water in the alley; Iris responds that Public Works will need to contacted for that. Cheryl Mohrbacher makes motion to accept; Eugene Brown seconds. 5. Discuss any unfinished business- Bill Longo reminds committee that we can only discuss items listed on the agenda. Bill also reminds committee members that January 27,2005 is the next meeting and that is when the election of the Committee Chairperson and Vice Chair will be done. An inquiry is made into the CRMs submitted by Linda Adams. Iris responds out of 69 CRMs, 15 were violations, 12 were junked vehicles (not enforcing at that time), 18 already written up and 28 not code violations. 6. Motion to adjoum- Tom Handley; Eugene Brown seconds.