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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 667 OHIO STREET within fifteen (15) days after the January 2, 2019, City Council Public Hearing. (Amend to grant 180 days)
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AMENDED 1/23/2019
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 667 OHIO STREET 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: DAWSON'S ADDITION LOT 2 BLK 16; 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 August 28, 2018: Neal B. Christopherson, 5657 Otter View Trail, White Bear Town MN 55110-2274; and West Side Community Organization; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated August 28, 2018 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 27, 2018; 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 27, 2018; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City’s order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on August 29, 2018 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by September 27, 2018, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled before the City Council on January 2, 2019 and the owner...
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