Board of Ordinance Appeals I

CITY OF STERLING HEIGHTS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ordinance Board of Appeals held a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on Monday February 24, 2014 at the Sterling Heights Municipal Center, 40555 Utica Road, Sterling Heights, MI in the Council Chambers, 586-446-2360. At this meeting the Board (1) considered variance requests of petitioners and (2) conducted hearings on abatement of nuisances relating to the property and property owners itemized on the following agenda. AGENDA 1. Chairman Pitrone called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm Roll Call John Pitrone - Chairman, Kenneth Cooper - Vice-Chairman, Joeseph DiGaetano - Secretary, Robert Ervin, Jennifer Hartson, Denice Gerstenberg - City Development Manager, Paul Geiger – Code Enforcement Officer, Dana Vietto - Recording Secretary 2. Report from City Liaison – Denice Gerstenberg a. All petitioners were notified by first class mail about tonight’s meeting. Remove the following items from the consent agenda as they have been cleaned up prior to the meeting – G14-0025 4. Removal of Consent Items to New Business a. Moved item 3 to New Business 9a. G14-0026 Plicheinski, Betty – 43035 Hyde Park Drive 5. Approval of Agenda Motion by Cooper, supported by Ervin, to approve agenda Yes: All. Motion carried. 6. Consent Agenda Moved by Cooper, supported by Ervin, RESOLVED, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended: 1. To approve the minutes of the regular meeting of January 27, 2014, as presented. 2. G14-0027 Federal National Mortgage Assoc. – 33202 Priehs Court RESOLVED, to declare that a public nuisance exists on the property commonly known as 33202 Priehs Court and to direct the Code Official to abate the violations identified in the attached staff reports which give rise to this finding immediately. The Board also authorizes and approves the imposition of a lien against the property, in the amount of the cost of abatement incurred by the City, as permitted by the applicable city ordinance. 7. Public Hearings 8. Old Business 9. New Business a. G14-0026 Plicheinski, Betty – 43035 Hyde Park Drive Code Enforcement Officer, Paul Geiger, stated as of today there were some changes to the property. Miscellaneous trash on the front porch was added to the agenda statement. Pictures were shown at this time. Betty Plicheinski, owner, was present. Ms. Plicheinski stated that she went to court on Friday to start the process to evict the tenant. She has a scheduled court date for March 11th and then the tenant should be evicted shortly after that. She needs a few weeks to clean up the property. Mr. Pitrone stated that if Ms. Plicheinski loses the case or the case gets postponed she is still responsible for the clean up on the property by the date the Board has chosen. Moved by Cooper, supported by Hartson, RESOLVED, to declare that a public nuisance exists on the property commonly known as 43035 Hyde Park Drive and to direct the Code Official to abate the violations identified in the attached staff reports, which give rise to this finding after April 1, 2014. The Board also authorizes and approves the imposition of a lien against the property, in the amount of the cost of abatement incurred by the City, as permitted by the applicable city ordinance. Yes: Cooper, DiGaetano, Ervin, Hartson, Pitrone No: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. 10. Public Participation - None 11. Adjournment Motion by Cooper, supported by Ervin to adjourn the meeting. Yes: All. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:14 pm Respectfully submitted. John Pitrone, Chairman Joseph DiGaetano, Secretary Ordinance Board of Appeals Ordinance Board of Appeals