City of Saint Paul - File #: RLH RR 17-12

• File #: RLH RR 17-12
• Version: 2
• Type: Resolution LH Substantial Abatement Order
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 6/28/2017
• Title: Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 544 MINNEHAHA AVENUE WEST within one hundred eighty (180) days after the June 21, 2017, City Council Public Hearing. (Public hearing held June 21)
• Sponsors: Dai Thao
• Ward: Substantial Abatement Orders, Ward - 1
• Related files: RLH RR 18-49, RLH RR 17-48

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/29/2017	2	Mayor's Office	Signed
6/28/2017	2	City Council	Adopted As Amended	Pass
6/21/2017	2	City Council	Laid Over	Pass
6/13/2017	1	Legislative Hearings	Referred
5/23/2017	1	Legislative Hearings	Laid Over

Title
Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 544 MINNEHAHA AVENUE WEST within one hundred eighty (180) days after the June 21, 2017, City Council Public Hearing. (Public hearing held June 21)

Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 544 MINNEHAHA AVENUE 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: Smiths Sub Of Stinsns Div B3 Lot 49 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 April 21, 2017: Community Enhancement Group LLC, 774 University Ave W, St Paul MN 55104; and Frogtown Neighborhood Association; and

WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated March 6, 2017 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 5, 2017; 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 5, 2017; and

WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City’s order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on March 7, 2017 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and

WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by April 5, 2017, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled before the City Council on June 21, 2017 and the owner...