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� FLAHERTY � HOODP.A. MEMORANDUM To: Mayor Adams and members of the Pequot Lakes City Council From: Robert T. Scott and Christopher M.Hood, City Attorneys, City of Pequot Lakes VIA EMAIL Date: September 27,2017 Re: CITY COUNCIL HEARING TO CONSIDER ORDERING ABATEMENT of City Ordinance Violations at Crow Wing Countv Parcel I.D. No.: 2qo22�ao5SA0004 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The following memorandum briefly addresses the process we recommend the City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes (City) follow in considering whether to declare the conditions at the property owned by Carter D. McAninch on County Road 168 (Crow Wing County Parcel I.D. No.: 290223405BA0009)in the City(the"Properiy")to be a public nuisance and violations of City Ordinances at a special meeting to be held on October 3, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. Currently,junk,construction materials, furniture, abandoned vehicles, a recreational vehicle and other debris are present in plain sight on the Property, and despite repeated written notifications and requests to the property owner by City sta.ff, such items and debris have not been removed. The following background documents,which include quotations from the applicable city ordinances, are appended hereto for the City Council's reference and consideration in advance of the special meeting: • Appendix A: Zoning Specialist letter to Carter D. McAninch, dated May l, 2017; • Appendix B: Zoning Specialist letter to Carter D. McAninch,dated June 2, 2017; • Appendix C: Zoning Specialist letter to Carter D. McAninch, dated July 28,2017; and • Appendix D: Zoning Specialist letter to Carter D. McAninch, daxed September 15, 2017. Staff indicates that the property owner made some effort to remove the debris from the property following his receipt of the Zoning Specialist's May 1,20171etter,but thereafter made no additional efforts to bring the Property into compliance with the City Code. Specifically,the following corrective actions are necessary for the Property to come into compliance with the City Code: 1. Removal of the furniture,junk, construction materials, and other debris currently stored outside; 2. Removal of the structure that appeats to be falling down; and 3. Removal of the recreational vehicle and all other unregistered or inoperable vehicles.