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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE CONSTRUCTION AND PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 4:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, Delaware AGENDA THIS AGENDA HAS BEEN REVISED TO REMOVE THE APPEAL RELATED TO 44 ACACIA PLACE (GREG COURY) VIRTUAL MEETING NOTICE This meeting will be held electronically. Public participation information is as follows: Dial: 1-650-479-3208 Link: https://rb.gy/lvfnho Event number: 2535 137 6656 Event password: DOVER (if needed) If you are new to WebEx, get the app now at https://www.webex.com/ to be ready when the meeting starts. CALL TO ORDER ADOPTION OF AGENDA 1. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE CITATION: 2009 International Property Maintenance Code - (Chapter 3 - General Requirements, Section 304.3 - Premises Identification and Dover Code of Ordinances - Chapter 98 - Streets, Sidewalks, Storm Sewers, and Other Public Places, Section 98-344 - Posting Numbers. - Appeal of Citation - 220 Pine Valley Road (Alexander Cisar) ADJOURNMENT THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. PURSUANT TO 29 DEL. C. §10004(e)(2), THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS, WHICH ARISE AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING 1

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Item 1. ([itp of mober September 07, 2022 Alexander Cisar 220 Pine Valley Road Dover, DE 19904 Re: Appeal of Case #22-00002975 - Display of Address Numbers - 220 Pine Valley Road Mr. Cisar: I have received your request to appeal the citation and fines related to the Failure to Display Address Numbers of220 Pine Valley Road in accordance with the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code - Chapter 3 - General Requirements, Section 304.3 - Premises Identification and Dover Code of Ordinances - Chapter 98 - Streets, Sidewalks, Storm Sewers, and Other Public Places, Section 98-344 - Posting Numbers. A meeting of the Construction and Property Maintenance Code Board of Appeals has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 14,2022, at 4:00 p.m. to hear your appeal. This meeting will be held in the City Hall Conference Room, 15 Loockerman Plaza, Dover, DE 19901 with electronic access via WebEx, which may be accessed through a computer, smartphone, or a telephone call. Below I have listed the information needed to access the meeting electronically. If you have any additional documentation that you would like the Board to review when considering your appeal, please provide this information to the City Clerk's Office prior to the appeal hearing. Please feel free to contact me by email atcityclerk@dover.de.us or by phone at (302) 736-7008 if you have any questions or concerns. Dial: 1-650-446-3208 Link: https://rb.gy/lvfnho Event Number/Access Code: 2535 1376656 Event Password: DOVER Andria L. Bennett City Clerk cc: Nicholas Rodriguez, City Solicitor Gary Junge, Deputy City Solicitor Mary Ellen Gray, Director of Planning and Community Development Eddie Kopp, Chief Code Enforcement Officer John England, Code Enforcement Officer P.O. Box 475 .:. Dover, Delaware ·:-19903 4 Q[ommunitp <lExcellencemlJrougb ~ualitp ~erbice

Item 1. From: Alex Cisar To: Pillsbury, Julia M.; City Clerks Office; Christiansen, Robin; Kopp, Eddie L Subject: EXTERNAL: : Official Citation complaint Date: Monday, August 29, 2022 1:56:33 PM Attachments: IMG_20220818_0001.pdf WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dr Pillsbury, entire city council I spoke with Mr. Knopp and he advised that he only enforces the codes and City Council creates them. If you review the series of emails below you will see that I was cited for a code violation that does not make total sense in my opinion. First of all, Pine Valley Rd and adjacent cul-de-sacs were targeted for some reason - why not all of Dover? Second, the code does not make sense in many cases as mentioned in my prior emails. Houses that are set way back from the road are barely visible so numbers on the house itself are useless, however, still required. Would it not make more sense to have the numbers on the mail box? Since this appears to be a fire department issue, they would see the numbers sooner while approaching the residence. I suggest that council address this issue and amend the code to allow numbers either on the house or mailbox and suspend sending out citations until this situation is thoroughly thought out.. Respectfully Alexander M. Cisar -----Original Message----- From: Alex Cisar <alexcisar@aol.com> To: ekopp@dover.de.us <ekopp@dover.de.us> Sent: Mon, Aug 29, 2022 10:31 am Subject: Fwd: EXTERNAL: Official Citation complaint Mr. Kopp, My email to Mr. Christiansen and yourself was an appeal to my official citation. Mr. Christiansen advised he would look in to the matter but as of yet, I have not heard back from him. Respectfully, Alexander M Cisar -----Original Message----- From: Christiansen, Robin <rchristiansen@dover.de.us> To: Alex Cisar <alexcisar@aol.com> Sent: Thu, Aug 18, 2022 1:14 pm Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Official Citation complaint Mr Cisar I will look into this matter. As a firefighter I know it is important to have these numbers clearly visible for fast response of emergency services. Best regards Robin Robin R. Christiansen Mayor City of Dover On Aug 18, 2022, at 12:18 PM, Alex Cisar <alexcisar@aol.com> wrote: 5

Item 1. WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Mr. Mayor, I received the attached citation for not displaying my house number on the house itself. I have been living here for 35 years with my house number clearly mounted on my mailbox post which has never been a problem before. At least half the homes on Pine Valley Road have numbers on the mailbox and not the house itself. Also, the homes located on cul-de- sacs (Augusta Ct) are so far in the woods that there is no way anyone would see the number on the house, so it makes sense to put it on the mail box. My home, not on a cul- de-sac, also has many trees that obstruct the majority of the front of the house, especially by the front door where one would expect the number to be located. Could you please look into this and have the City apply common sense to this requirement. Thank you for your service to the City, Respectfully. Alexander M Cisar 302 736 0436 H 302 465 7453 C 6

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