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Mr. Virgil Dahl May 20, 2016 Page 2 of 3 1. "All structures and appurtenances shall be constructed in accordance with the general standards of the building industry. The City does not examine plans nor assume liability for the structural stability or quality of any structures. 2. All dwelling units shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide and shall be placed on a foundation. 8. Plumbing and electrical facilities installed after the date of this ordinance in all structures shall conform to the State Plumbing Code and State Electrical Code." In addition, two storage units were moved onto the property without a Land Use Permit, as required by 17-11.8 ("(1)and use permits shall be issued for all new structures . . ."). It has come to our attention that you are living within these storage units. These storage units do not comply with the definition of a dwelling in City Code Section 17-10 (88), or the building standards in City Code Section 17-4.5• Further,the above-described conditions constitute a public nuisance under the following City Code Sections 7-2.1(1) (defining as a public nuisance any"condition which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public") and 7-2.2(5) (defining as a public nuisance any"(a)ccumulations of manure, refuse, or other debris."). The enclosed photographs of your property from taken during the City's visual inspection from the public right-of-way demonstrate that you are in violation of the above provisions of the City Code. Rather than immediately refer this situation to the City's legal counsel for additional legal action against you,the City's preference is to work cooperatively with you and provide you an opportunity correct the above-described code violations and nuisance conditions. We are requesting that you remove all of the refuse, debris, unauthorized structures and other materials stored outside by no later than the open of business on June 13, 2016. Failure to correct the above-noted code violations by May 31, 2016 will force the City refer this matter to its legal counsel to take all appropriate legal actions, including imposing administrative fines in the amount of$1oo.00 for each day the violations continue, seeking a court order to allow the City to abate the code violations and nuisance by entering your property and removing the nuisance conditions, assessing the costs of such abatement against your property, and up to and including, in the City Attorney's discretion, initiating criminal prosecution for each documented violation of the City Code described above. If the City is forced to take enforcement action against