licensed, registered to the property, can't be missing any vital parts, or have flat tires.
They have to be parked within 4 feet or more than four feet from the property line and
on an approved surface, so that was the problem. The inspector documented the
vehicles here. We have flat tires. We have plates not being present, expired plates on
another. This one you can see has got flat tires and also an open hood. There we've
got a light. You know they're doing the fixing on the vehicle there on site, and that's not
compliant. Here we have a trailer. It's not a legal trailer license, parked too close to the
property line, and the boat isn't properly licensed. When there was a reinspection on
those September 7th orders on September 22nd, which was one week after the
deadline to have the work done, the inspector documented that the work was not
complete and took photos. Those were attached to your record and excessive
consumption was issued. Each of these excessive consumption bills are for covering
the cost of the inspector going out and the work not being done. It's a charge for the
inspectors' time to go out to the property and again, you can see the hood is up and
the tires are flat the same as it was with the original order. So then on October 6th
there is another bill, work still not done. The photos will show you, identically really,
what was there previously. Still no license. Still the hood being open, the car being
worked on. The boat's still not being moved. Still, we have the license problems and
then again. The following week, no change and the photos document that. Car still up
on blocks, still hood open. Plates, the boat, all of it. I'm recommending approval of
these assessments. Where I'm coming from with this, and I know that this is kind of
hard hitting in terms of the rapidity, is that there have been orders on this property for
vehicles and a multitude of different vehicles since 2017. There have been associated
orders with junk auto parts, fridges, freezers, things that one would associate with
scrap metal. That is kind of the nature of what's going on with this. In the Legislative
Hearing process, the son had appealed on behalf of his parents. I understand he's
been working with the Department of Safety and Inspections and providing some
interpreting services for his parents. Also, there was some follow up from the
Department of Safety and Inspections more recently to make sure that everything that
they had provided was adequately translated. The inspectors have been out extensively
talking with the family, trying to explain, over the past 5-6 years, what isn't acceptable.
All these again are charges. They together come in just north of $1000 for all of these
inspections. With respect to the cleanup of the property, I would note for the Council
that the Department of Safety and Inspections finally did issue an order to proceed with
cleanup, as in they sent an order to proceed to Kamish Excavating, so they went to an
outside contractor. That order was issued on June 1st. So, that part of it has been
addressed and my understanding from looking at the current record is there is an
existing vehicle abatement order, that there was one in April with I think 6 vehicles on
it. Those vehicles are gone and now we have a different vehicle that is still not in
compliance and so this definitely fits the pattern of what's been seen. Those things
aren't in front of you. That's just an update on what exists now. If the Council were to
use this assessment to encourage compliance, that would involve a percentage
decrease possibly, if there's no violations over a period of months that you would look
at. That's quite a long report. That's three assessments, but quite a few bills
embedded in all of those different assessments.
Brendmoen: I appreciate the need for the lengthy report. These types of properties are
very challenging when it comes to enforcement. I've also have several similar
properties in the area that I represent. It is very difficult to incentivize that compliance
and to create an environment that's conducive to urban neighborhood living when
there's scrap, auto repair, or stacks of items that are building up in the yard next to
you. It's different than when it's just on a picture, and these are very difficult. I
appreciate the longer report which helps me understand the many layers of trying to
move forward with the enforcement.
Councilmember Noecker: At what point do we start charging for excessive
consumption of inspection services? After how many visits? What qualifies as
