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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 750 AURORA AVENUE within one-hundred eighty (180) days after the April 6, 2016, City Council Public Hearing.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 750 AURORA 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: Butterfield Syndicate add No 1 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 February 5, 2016: Plaza I Inc., 9617 Oak Ridge Trail, Minnetonka MN 55305; and Summit-University Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated December 22, 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 January 21, 2016; 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 January 21, 2016; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City’s order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on December 23, 2015 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by January 21, 2016, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled before the City Council on April 6, 2016 and the owner or his duly authorized representativ...
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