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CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY BOARD
DECEMBER 1, 2005
MINUTES
II Attendance
Present: Richard Kuether, Ruby Lawrence, Rita Webster, Robert Taylor, and
John Fowler
Present from staff: Iris Browder, Donna Bateman, Beverly Sligar, David Dodd
Council Liaison: None
Absent: Chris Italia
Agenda Item II
Consider minutes from the October 27,2005 meeting.
Meeting was called to order by John Fowler. The minutes from the October 27,
2005 meeting were were discussed. One error was found in Agenda Item V
concerning a date. It was changed from January 2005 to read January 2006.
Motion to to accept corrected minutes was made by Rita Webster and a second
was made by Richard Kuether.
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Receive citizen input
No citizens were present.
Agenda Item IV
Discuss the Obstruction of Right of Way ordinance.
Iris Browder gave a brief overview of the obstruction of right of way ordinance.
The Attorney, David Dodd explained what would be considered exempt by law
and discussed the meaning of certain words and phrases in the ordinance. John
Fowler stated that the ordinance is unfair because basketball goals are not
allowed but newspaper stands are. Iris was asked how many basketball goals
were written up this year and she stated there were 71. John Fowler wanted to
approach council about changing this ordinance by allowing an exclusion for
basketball goals on residential streets. Donna Bateman and David Dodd
explained that state law prohibits people from being in the street for other than
getting in and out of their vehicle and to allow this exclusion would be in direct
conflict with state law. The board took an informal vote to see if they needed to
pursue this issue with council and it was determined not to go any further with
this. Council has already voted on it and it should stand as it.
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Agenda Item V
Receive a report from staff showing property owner compliance in 2004 and
2005.
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Iris reported how many people complied willingly versus those that were sent to
the City contractor for abatement. She announced that 2005 was better than
2004. No further discussion on this issue.
Agenda Item VI
Discuss the Junked Vehicle ordinance
David Dodd discussed the ordinance and explained the terminology and
conditions of the ordinance. A member asked why it only included cars and not
boats and trailers. Donna Bateman explained how our ordinance mirrors the
state law. There were questions and answers clarifying the ordinance. The
discussion ended with everyone being satisfied with the way the ordinance read.
Agenda Item VII
Discuss the Parking on Unimproved Surfaces ordinance.
Iris Browder explained the work the previous committee had done on this
ordinance. She also explained that it was never presented to council. The
current ordinance only prohibits people from parking in the designated front yard
only. The proposed ordinance would keep people from parking on any
unimproved surface. Donna Bateman asked the committee if this was an issue
they wanted to pursue. After some discussion the committee moved on to the
next item on the agenda.
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Agenda Item VIII
Discuss and consider approval of a resolution regarding city owned property.
Resolution regarding the maintenance of city owned property was discussed. A
motion to approve this resolution was made by Richard Kuether and 2nd by Rita
Webster.
Agenda Item IX
Discuss and consider changing the CEAB meeting time from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Rita brought to the attention of the board that having the meeting at 6:00 pm
might be a hardship for any citizens that might want to attend the meeting. There
was some discussion and a motion to change the time to 6:30 pm was made by
Rita Webster and 2nd by Robert Taylor.
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~ Adjourn
John Fowler declared the meeting was adjourned and thanked everyone for
being there. It was determined that the next meeting would be the last Thursday
in January at 6:30 pm.
**Minutes were not signed by the Chairman, but they were
approved at the February 23, 2006 Code Enforcement Advisory
Board meeting.
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