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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 719 PAYNE AVENUE within fifteen (15) days after the November 4, 2015, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to remove the structure within five (5) days)
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AMENDED 1/20/16 and 4/6/16
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 719 PAYNE AVENUE is a nuisance building pursuant to Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.02 as 1) it is a vacant building as defined in §43.02; and 2) it has multiple housing code or building code violations or it has conditions constituting material endangerment as defined in §34.23, or it has a documented and confirmed history as a blighting influence in the community; and
WHEREAS, this property is legally described as follows, to wit: Irvines 2nd Addition Subj To Ave The Fol Lots 1 2 And Lot 3 Blk 3; and
WHEREAS, based upon the records in the Ramsey County Recorder's Office and information on file or obtained by the Department of Safety and Inspections, the following are the owners, interested or responsible parties for the subject property as of September 11, 2015: Alka Inc, 729 Edgerton Street, Saint Paul, MN 55130; and Payne Phalen District 5 Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated August 4, 2015 advising them of the basis for the determination that the subject property was a nuisance, and that the nuisance building was to be repaired or razed and removed by September 3, 2015; and
WHEREAS, this order informed the interested or responsible parties that they must repair or raze and remove the structures(s) located on the Subject Property by September 3, 2015; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City’s order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on August 5, 2015 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by September 3, 2015, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled be...
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