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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 1673 COTTAGE AVENUE EAST within one hundred eighty (180) days after the January 2, 2013 City Council Public Hearing.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 1673 COTTAGE AVENUE EAST 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: Ames Acre Lots Subj to Alley and Ex N 15 Ft the S 1/2 of W 1/2 of Lot 7 Blk 2; 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 November 9, 2012: Federal National Mortgage Assn International Plaza II, 14221 Dallas Parkway Ste 1000, Dallas TX 75254-2916; Terry Daniels, Axis Realty, 121 McKnight Road N #A, St Paul MN 55119; and District 2 Community Council; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated March 2, 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 April 2, 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 April 2, 2012; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City's order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on March 3, 2012 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by April 2, 20...
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