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Ordering the rehabilitation or razing and removal of the structures at 871 JESSAMINE AVENUE EAST within one-hundred and eighty (180) days after the July 17, 2019 City Council public hearing.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections has determined that 871 JESSAMINE 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: EASTVILLE HEIGHTS EX E 2O FT LOT 29 AND ALL OF LOT 28 BLK 9; 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 23, 2019: Henry Le, 10104 Welcome Ave N, Brooklyn Park MN 55443-2079; Payne Phalen District 5 Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, each of these parties was served a written order dated April 23, 2019 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 May 23, 2019; 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 May 23, 2019; and
WHEREAS, a placard indicating the City’s order that this nuisance building be abated was posted on the building on April 24, 2019 in accordance with Saint Paul Legislative Code §45.11(2)c; and
WHEREAS, the nuisance condition was not corrected by May 23, 2019, and therefore an abatement hearing was scheduled before the City Council on July 17, 2019 and the owner or his duly author...
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