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 March 23, 2015 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 2. Roll Call John Pitrone - Chairman, Kenneth Cooper – Vice – Chairman, Joseph DiGaetano – Secretary, Robert Ervin, Kathryn Jiles, Denice Gerstenberg - City Development Manager, Paul Geiger - Code Enforcement Officer, Dana Vietto – Recording Secretary 3. 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 – G15-0021 & G15-0023 4. Removal of Consent Items to New Business a. Moved item 5 to New Business 9a. G15-0024 Nugget Plaza Corp. c/o Avedis Abrakian –4101 Seventeen Mile Rd 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 February 23, 2015, as presented. 2. G15-0022 Tuo Gip Properties – 33800 Van Dyke RESOLVED, to declare that a public nuisance exists on the property commonly known as 33800 Van Dyke 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. G15-0024 Nugget Plaza Corporation c/o Avedis Abrakian – 4101 Seventeen Mile Road Code Enforcement Officer, Paul Geiger, stated as of today there were some changes to the property. Pictures were shown at this time. Selpe Abrakian, daughter of owner, was present. The property sweeper was present. The property sweeper stated that the property is cleaned 100% now. The property is swept twice a week and the garbage company moves the dumpster once a week so they can clean the dumpster enclosure out. The property is constantly being cleaned up. The tenants are a major problem. Mr. Cooper stated that 99% to 100% is done. He asked them if they could have the property cleaned in two days. Ms. Abrakian stated, “Yes.” She said that they will talk to the tenants about cleaning their garbage up. Mr. Cooper stated that the problem tenants are their problem. Ms. Abrakian stated that the trees are not technically on their property, so do they still have to remove the bags on the tree. Mr. Geiger stated that the bag should be removed from the tree. The branches are hanging over their property and the bag probably blew from their property into the tree. These properties should be cleaned up every day. Moved by Cooper, supported by Ervin, RESOLVED, to declare that a public nuisance exists on the property commonly known as 4101 Seventeen Mile Road and to direct the Code Official to abate the violations identified in the attached staff reports which give rise to this finding after March 25, 2015. 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, Jiles, Pitrone No: None. Absent: None. Motion carried. Ordinance Board of Appeals March 23, 2015 Regular Meeting Page 2 10. Public Participation 11. Adjournment Motion by Cooper, supported by Ervin to adjourn the meeting. Yes: All. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:13 pm Respectfully submitted. John Pitrone Joseph DiGaetano John Pitrone, Chairman Joseph DiGaetano, Secretary Ordinance Board of Appeals Ordinance Board of Appeals