Roseville council authorizes property abatement, renews Motel 6 license with quarterly inspections and approves proclamations

The Roseville City Council on March 23 approved a package of routine and enforcement actions including an abatement authorization, a conditional hotel-license renewal and two proclamations.

Abatement authorization: David England, the city code official, told council the property at 2165 Victoria St. N. has been before the council previously for unlicensed and inoperable vehicles and recent on-site inspections showed progress but not full compliance. England said staff posted notices March 9 and issued administrative citations and repeat nuisance fines. Council authorized staff to abate remaining violations if they are not corrected by 9 a.m. Friday, March 27, and discussed options to recover staff time as a cost of abatement. The motion passed unanimously 4–0.

Motel 6 license renewal: City staff recommended renewing the hotel license for the Motel 6 at 2300 Cleveland Ave. but attaching a condition that city staff inspect the property every four months during the coming license year because inspections showed numerous violations and an increase in reactive police calls (224 this year vs. 193 last year). Nicole Therian, the Motel 6 general manager who said she recently returned to the property to improve operations, asked the council to allow inspections every six months instead. Council approved the license with the quarterly-inspection condition and removed a recital from the resolution because the manager appeared and was heard; the vote was unanimous.

Proclamations and consent items: Council adopted proclamations declaring April 2026 Volunteer Month and Fair Housing Month (the fair-housing recital referenced the federal fair housing law of 1968 and the city’s 2018 fair-housing policy) and approved the consent agenda including payments totaling $974,943.33 and several purchases for parks and public works. All consent and proclamation votes were unanimous.

Key figures and rules recorded in the discussion: staff said repeat nuisance fines can be $250 for subsequent calls and an administrative citation of $1,000 had been issued in this case; abatement assessments are certified annually to property taxes if not paid. Regarding motel calls, staff reported 224 reactive police calls this license cycle, up from 193 the previous year; staff did not provide a call-type breakdown during the meeting.

What’s next: staff will follow up on cost-recovery options for abatements and monitor motel compliance under the more-frequent inspection schedule.