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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 317 BAKER STREET WEST within fifteen (15) days after the May 2, 2012, City Council Public Hearing.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 317 BAKER STREET WEST 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: Dawsons Addition Lot 14 Blk 13; 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 March 9, 2012: Anne Haney, 1512 125th Avenue NE #117, Blaine, MN 55449-4749; and West Side Citizens Organization at elena@wsco.org; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated January 26, 2012 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 February 26, 2012; 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 February 26, 2012; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City's order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on January 27, 2012 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by February 26, 2012, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled before the City Council on May 2, 2012 and the owner or his duly authorized representative and an...
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