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Council Minutes of 4/15/2008 on the property, which is recommended by the 2005 Master Plan. After the rezoning, Ordinance 2008-37 supplementally zones the property to the Wireless Telecommunications Overlay District. The Planning and Design Commission unanimously recommended approval of Ordinances 2008-36 and 2008-37 on February 27, 2008. The BZD Committee unanimously recommended approval to Council of Ordinances 2008-36 and 2008-37. • Ordinance 2008-44, an ordinance amending Sections 1351.99,1363.07, 1363.08, 1363.10 and 1363.99 of the Property Numbers and Real Property Maintenance Chapters in order to promote efficiency, clarify when search warrants aze required and increase the penalties for property maintenance violations; and declaring an emergency, as amended. This ordinance was held in committee since the meeting of March 11, 2008 in order to clean up some language and amended 1351.99 to provide for new ticketing procedure to apply only to violations of 1351.01. Other amendments discussed are to immediately issue tickets after a warning for some minor violations such as pazking on the grass, junk cars, high weeds, garbage cans and trash along with no address display on houses. A warning tag would be the first step and then a citation would be issued after 72 hours depending on weather conditions. The first fine will be $35, after 48 hours it will be $50, and possibly higher and a possible court appearance if not resolved. This also brings it in line with State law and removes an appeal process that is used very seldom. The offenses will be 4~' degree misdemeanors instead of minor misdemeanors. This only has to do with the eaderior property maintenance code for single family residences. As far as search warrants, these have to be obtained through the court system and aze for the ability to go into the back yards of homes with a major known violation. Presently inspectors are only allowed to inspect from the front of a house. To make those issues cleaz, a warning is given first before a ticket. A seazch warrant, which the city would go to court to obtain, is for back yazd inspection without resident permission with a known serious violation. After some discussion and thanks to work by Assistant Law Director Carole Heywazd, Safety Director Dr. Lisa Thomas, and Councilman Michael Gareau, the property maintenance code is even stronger in his opinion and hopefully the rest of Council that this is a good move for the betterment of our city. The committee unanimously recommended approval to Council of Ordinance 2008-44 as amended and recommended passage under suspension of the rule. (A list of people who attended the committee meeting is submitted to be attached to the written committee report.) Councilman Bazker made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-44 as reported above. Law Director Dubelko asked if the amendments included the changes to Chapter 1351 made by the Law Dept., and Councilman Bazker said yes Section 1351.99 provides for a new ticketing procedure to apply only to violations of Section 1351.01. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gazeau and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2008-44 amended. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Tuesday, April 8. Present were 7 ~~.,~..