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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-04-16 CEAC MINUTES• -. • • CODE ENFORCEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 16, 2003 1. Call to Order. The regular meeting of the Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee was called to order at 6:37 p.m. by Chairperson Crowell in the City Council Conference Room. Roll Call. Present: Absent: Ex-Officio: Crowell, McCahill, Hoagland, Goodrich, Johnson, Bartnick Blair Sanchez, Collins, Flaherty, Brotzman, Yurchick, Grazulis A quorum was present. 2. Approval of Minutes. Member McCahill moved and Member Johnson seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of February 19, 2003. All were in favor. The motion carried. 3. Public Open Forum. None. 4. Old Business. a. CEAC By-Laws. Attorney Brotzman addressed questions that arose from Members Johnson and McCahill. Member Hoagland proposed changing the wording in Article III Section 2, Special Meeting, adding an amendment to the By-Laws, automatically providing a special meeting time be added. Discussion followed among members. Chairperson Crowell made a motion and Member Hoagland seconded it to approve the amendments to the By-Laws. b. Outdoor Storage. Attorney Brotzman presented the new proposal on outdoor storage . Members expressed their concerns that the ordinance is too vague, other suggestions were inclusions of enforcement on porches, and if so , how it would affect the workload of the Code Enforcement Officers . Attorney Brotzman offered to rewrite the proposal to address visibility from the street, including the front porches , blue tarps, and junk issues. Members also asked of Brotzman to include provisions to completely prohibit any objects that can collect water due to the West Nile Virus situation. Additional discussion followed regarding residential verses industrial zoning properties. Council Member Y urchick asked of Brotzman to insert in the ordinance, 15-7- PAGE 1 • ... • • 4-A-3C, adding the words , "except I1 and 12 '', leaving the word "commercial" reference still in it. a. Proposed Graffiti Ordinance. Reference City of Englewood Municipal Code 7-6F-11 on graffiti , Attorney Brotzman relayed to the committee that the word acid be added to the list , and the possession of graffiti materials by minors is prohibited. Member Goodrich made a motion and Member Bartnick seconded it to accept the newly proposed graffiti changes , forwarding it to Council. b. Inoperable Vehicles. Attorney Brotzman announced there will be an Inoperable Vehicle Public Hearing this coming Monday evening. 5. New business. a. West Nile Virus. Sergeant Jeff Sanchez explained to the committee that the Code Enforcement Officers are working on the West Nile Virus issues fairly aggressively. He went on to say that most of his people have been to several training seminars on the WNV. Member Hoagland approached the committee, asking that a special meeting take place next Wednesday , April 23 , 2003. It was suggested that Jim Ulrich be contacted to give the presentation. b. Pit Bull issue. Council Member Yurchick announced that City Council is requesting that the CEAC Committee look at the Pit Bull issue. Yurchick stated at the present time there is no law prohibiting Pit Bulls. This issue arose after a complaint was received by Code Enforcement. Additional discussion followed . The general consensus of all persons in attendance was to add vicious dog material to the ordinance , not singling out Pit Bulls in particular. This will be discussed at the next meeting under new business. Member Hoagland made a motion and Member Bartnick seconded it , to invite Code Enforcement Officer's and Attorney Dan Brotzman to the next Code Enforcement Advisory Committee Meeting to discuss the Pit Bull/vicious dog issues. All were in favor. The motion carried . c. February/March 2003 Code Enforcement Monthly Activity Reports. Sergeant Sanchez read the February 2003 Code Enforcement Monthly Report, with a total of 2423 issues for the month. March 2003 Code Enforcement Monthly Report reflects a total of 2395 issues, with Code Enforcement trying to be somewhat lenient on issuing snow notices after the aftermath of the blizzard of 2003 , due to the enormity of the storm. 6. Topics for April 16, 2003 meeting. a. Discussion of the new CEAC By-Laws b. Outdoor storage issues (new proposal) c. CEAC discussion of Pit Bull /vicious dogs d. West Nile Virus PAGE2 • 7. Adjournment . • • PAGE3 • • • CODE ENFORCEMENT MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT MARCH 2003 ANIMAL ISSUES DEAD ANIMALS TRANSPORTED ANIMALS EUTHANIZED CONSTANTLY BARKING DOGS ANIMALS AT LARGE D.OG BITES/ATTACKS CRUEL TY CONTACTS LEASH LAW VIOLATIONS POSITIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS ANIMALS TRANSPORTED TO CHS/OTHER TRAPS LOANED ANIMAL SUMMONSES ISSUED OTHER ANIMAL ISSUES VEHICLE ISSUES ABANDONED/DERELICT VEHICLES TAGGED ABANDONED/DERELICT VEHICLES TOWED PARKING TICKETS ISSUED VEHICLES RELEASED FROM IMPOUND VEHICLES SOLD AT AUCTION S .M.A.R.T. TRAILER PLACEMENTS CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES WEED NOTICES ISSUED TRASH AND LITTER NOTICES ISSUED TREE LETTERS ISSUED GRAFFITI NOTICES ISSUED SNOW NOTICES/TICKETS ISSUED OBSTRUCTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY NOTICES ISSUED ZONING NOTICES ISSUED DERELICT VEHICLE NOTICES ISSUED-PRIVATE PROPERTY OTHER CODE NOTICES ISSUED TOTAL CODE NOTICES ISSUED TO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES PROPERTIES POSTED WITH 30-DAY NOTICE PUBLIC RELATIONS CONTACTS (LESS ANIMAL) VIOLATIONS CORRECTED SUMMONSES ISSUED COURT APPEARANCES (NON-JURY/JURY) TOTAL ISSUES FOR MONTH 25 1 19 70 4 18 37 162 53 0 13 19 41 8 669 2 0 2 5 62 0 85 164 28 4 120 75 394 27 305 375 1 1 2395 Code Enforcement gave several "verbal" snow removal warnings in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 2003. Other "low key " enforcement and verbal warnings continue on tree branch/tree removal efforts . Two officers attended training, and one officer attended a West Nile Virus meeting. Numerous verbal and written parking contacts were made in lieu of citations or abandoned vehicle tags .