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86-945 WMITE - C�TV CIERK PINK - FINANCE G I TY OF SA I NT PA U L Council ///� CANARV - DEPARTMENT File NO. ('� �� BLUE - MAVOR � � Cou 'l l�esolution ��Presented By L Referred To Committee: Date Out of Commit e y Date BE I R SOLVED, That the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby certifies an approves the action of the City of Saint Paul Board of Appeals a d eview pertaining to the following listed property and as shown by he Excerpted Minutes of said Board of Appeals and Review, dated Jun 1 , 1986 and marked EXHIBIT A, and attached hereto and made a pa t ereof by reference: DATE OF B AR MINUTE CASE NO. PROPERTY APPELLANT 6/10/86 22-86-H 245 Grand Ave. Gale Smack BOARD ACT ON Granted a one year extension to install the additional outlets a o dered in a letter of April 15, 1986 from Department of Fire and af ty. PROPERTY ES RIPTION: Dayton and Irvine ' s addition to St. Paul Subject to Hwy. Lot 22 Blk. 68 ---- ' -- -------------------------------------------------- 6/10/86 14-86-H 946 E. Minnehaha Ave. Phylis Griebling BOARD ACT ON Grant an extension of time on item #6 pertaining to fire alar s stem until October 8, 1986 in compliance with a letter dated Apr 1 l, 1986 . PROPERTY ES RIPTION: Schiffmann' s Subdivision of Blocks 109 & 110, Lyman Dayton' s Addition W 1/2 of Lot 13 and all of Lot 14 Blk 110 ---- -- ------------------------------------------------ COUNCILMEN Requested by Department oE: Yeas pfeW Na Nicosia ln Favor Rettman Scheibel Sonnen __ Ag81[lst BY Tedesco Wilson Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: D te Certified Passed by Cou .il , cretary BY Bp Approved by Mavor: D e _ Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By _ _ — By WMITE - CI7V CLERK PINK - FINANCE GITY OF SAINT PAUL Council �//']/� CANARV - DEPARTMENT File NO. u - �� BLUE - MAVOR � � - Co il Resolution Presented By - o----.—. Re o Committee: Date Out of Commit ee Y Date 6/10/86 23-86-H 1737 Colvin Ave. Howard G, Kilby BOARD ACT ON Appellant be allowed to leave the wood as is until all wood s sed. Any more wood that is cut must be stacked according , to code. PROPERTY D ION: Section 16 Town 28 Range 23 Subject to Colvin Ave. The E 55 ft of SW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Sec 16 TN 28 RN 23 ---- -- ------------------------------------------------- 6/10/86 26-86-H 1489-91 Sherburne Jeff Boston (Boston Health Care System Inc. ) BOARD ACTI N Granted an extension of 6 - months on Item #3, per taining t ' b throom to bring to code requirements. PROPERTY DE I ION: Lyman D. Bairds Addition Lot 11 Blk 1 ---- - ------------------------------------------------ 6/10/86 24-86-H 938-940 DeSoto W. Wayne Wakefield BOARD ACTI N: Vacant Building fees to be waived on 938 DeSoto pro- vided that' a ermit be taken out for renovation of this property within 30 ay (by July 10, 1986) . PROPERTY D SC IPTION: Edmund Rice' s First Addition to St. Paul Lot 17 Blk 9 2 . COUNC[LMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas DfeW Nays I � N"°S'e In Favor Rettman Scheibel I C� Sonnen __ Agaltlst BY �a�ae� Wilson �� Form Ap oved y City At or y Adopted by Council: II Dat � Certified P•s ou . e et BY BS� Approve Ylavor. Date' L Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By _ _ By �ISHED J U L 1 919e6 . . , d�-� - ��. . :- ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW 705A City Hall St. Paul , Minnesota 55102 Minutes, Meeting of June 10, 1986 MEMBERS IRE ENT: Ron Glassman, Chairman Rosie Bostrom Glenn Gausmann William Hite Harold Knutson ' Rudolph Sawyer ABSENT W RE William Tilton OTHERS P 5 NT: Pat Fish, St. Paul Fire Dept. Steve Roy, Building Inspection and Design Division Don Miller, St. Paul Heaith Dept. Dick Lippert, St. Paul Health Dept. Suzanne Anderson Jim Krautbauer Bobbie Smack Gale Smack W. W. Wakefield Pat Mitchell Howard Kilby Tom Griebling Charles Clanton STAFF : Josephine P. Palermo The meel'in of the Board of Appeals was called to order at 1 :30 p.m. Jun � 1 , 1986. Minutes lilf he May 13, 1986 meeting were approved as submitted in writing. ii Chairmanlj 1 ssman, referred to a copy of a letter from Councilp I s n Kiki Sonnen, (dated May 27, 1986, addressed to Ed Starr, �it Attorney) proposing some changes. Chairman Glassman, requeste t t the Board review the proposed arnendments: 1 . Notil� e f all Board of Appeals and Review hearings shall be sen ' t property owners within 100 ft. of the building under revil' w. This notice shall be sent 30 days prior to the publ!!ic hearing. Notice of the Board of Appeals and Review hea iin shall also be sent to the affected District Cou il (s) at least 30 days prior to the public hearing. Ron Glaslla asked for some input on this. Steve Roy, from the BuildingllI pection and Design Division stated that this would create ai h e ring circus, not to mention the additional cost to the city.ii resently, the Board notifies the neighbors on either side and c ss the street, and directly behind the property. Harold � u on made a motion that the Board of Appeals defeat this ame � m t Seconded by Rosie Bostrom. . MOTION C RI D UNANIMOUSLY. 1 � -��,5` . , — �o . � 2. Thll mount of the filing fee shall be established by a es lution of the City Council . Glenn GI' us ann stated this was discussed at the April 8th, 1986 meeting 'I o the Board of Appeals. At that time, the Board recommelde that maybe a fee for owner occupied and one for owner non-occ pi d be set. The Board concurs with this proposed amendme . . Glenn u mann moved approval of this amendment. Harold Knutson seconde t e motion. 3 . Th equirement that a written staff report be included on alj� i ems at least seven days before the appropriate meeting of �l t e Board of Appeals and Review. Staff reports should in llu e information on the hearing's purpose; the parcel sij nd location in question; surrounding land use; ho li , building, fire code affected by the building under co � i ration; findings of fact; and the staff re m ndation. Steve � y, from the Building Inspection and Design Division stated hi requirement was irrelevent and time-consuming. Ron Glassma � s ted the reports that are sent from the inspectors are suffici t; which are mailed out to the Board Members before the meeting.l lenn Gausman rnade the motion to reject the proposal ( item #31 . Seconded by Harold Knutson. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 4. Stalfi g for the Board of Appeals and Review shall be pro id d through the Saint Paul Community Services Dep rt ent and/or the Fire Department, depending on which sec io of the Legislative Code is being appealed. The Boarl w s unclear on this proposal . Steve Roy, from the Building Inspecti n nd Design Division, assumed that if we were to notify all per on within 100 feet, the department involved would provide he staff for this. Motion was made by Harold Knutson to reject te No.4. Seconded by Rosie Bostrom. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOU LY 5. Req ir that a city attorney be present for all Board of App al and Review hearings. No discllss on on this proposal . Motion was made by Glenn Gausmannljto approve item #5. Seconded by Harold Knutson. MOTION CARRIED NA IMOUSLY. Ron Gla �lsm n requested that a letter be sent to Councilperson Kiki Son en along with all person carboned in letter dated May 27, 1986I� . . 2 . - . �--� y�� . Steve RI from the Buildin Ins Y, g pection and Design Div� s�on, stated t at the ordinance requires that you have 30 days in which to appe 1 . If changes are made the time frame is extended to 60 days is be ore notices are sent out, resulting in delaying the process• I Chairman Gl ssman, proceeded with the meeting. He welcomed the appellan s and explained the procedures and goais of the board, stating th t the board is here to do wnatever they can to help the appe la ts solve their code problems. • ------------------------------------- CASE NO. I�I PROPERTY APPEALED APPELLANT 24-86-H II 938-940 Desoto St. W. Wayne Wakefield SUBJECTA pe lant requesting a waiver of the Vacant Building and delinque t fees. This building had been sold and the previous owners t ie to rehab the building, the cost was enormous so that the Appe ' la t relcaimed the property. At present the Appellant is in th p ocess of selling the property to Croix Properties and they wil r hab the buitding. APPEARAN E . Wayne Wakefietd PROCEEDI GS Appellant purchased this property ten years ago, the property a condemned, appellant fixed up the property to nearly completi n. Two years ago Appellant soid the property to two young f ll ws who vacated the building and started renovation of the buil in and then the new owners ran out of finances and the new owne s ust walked away from the property. The city, unknown to Mr. W ke ield boarded up the buildings This property reverted back to r. Wakefield the end of January, 1986. Mr. Wakefield thought e had this property sold, but that transaction fell through. l resently, Mr. Wakefield has sold the property (940 Desoto) o Croix Properties. The new owners have paid the delinque fees and have taken out a permit. New owners are presentl r modeling the building. Steve Ro ,, from the Building and Inspection Division stated the fees onll 4 DeSoto have been paid. On 938 DeSoto the fees have not been a�d and no attempt has been made to take out a permit. The amo t of the fees on 938 DeSoto are in the amount of $230. 00. t is will cover till July lst, 1986. July lst the fee will be o her $50. 00. BOARD A I N Motion made and seconded for denial of Vacant Building F s, as the fees have been paid and a permit has been taken ou a renovation has began. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3 � . � �- �(�- �i�S� . FURTHER IIAC ION Motion made b Harol t n y d Knu so made a motion to waive t, e Vacant Building fees on 938 DeSoto provided that a permit i t ken out for the renovation of this property within 30 days (Ju y 0, 1986) . Seconded by Rudolph Sawyer. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOU LY New owner is to be notified. ---------------------------------------- . 23-86-H II 1737 Colvin Ave Howard G. Kiiby SUBJECT I! A pellant is requesting a variance on stored firewood. He feelsllth t the wood is stored properly in his yard area. PROCEEDIIGS Mr. Kilby received a letter from the Health Departrne t on April 7, 1986 stating the wood pile in the back yard wa ot stacked properly. On April 15 or 16 the animal shelter am out because, they were informed there was a racoon in the w od pile. Someone from the animal shelter came out to set a trap, ft r a discussion with Mrs. Kilby, who suggested no trap be left. l N trap was set. On May 5th, the appellant received a letter f om the Health Department to find out what has been done. Dick Li pe t, from the Health Department stated that the complain r ferred to rodents in the wood pile. Mr. Lippert sees no probl m ith the wood pile as far as rodents are concerned. BOARD A TI N Glen Gausman made a motion that the appellant be allowed o eave the wood as is. Any more wood that is to be cut has to b s acked according to code. Seconded by Rudolph w er. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ------------------------------- 28-86-H jl 391 Bidwell Ave Suzanne Anderson SUBJECT II p ellant is requesting a variance from legislative code pe a� ning to fence. This fence was installed with the approvall r the city upon taking out the permit. PROCEEDIII S Ms. Anderson, stated she went to the city to get a permit a equirements regarding putting up the fence. The city followed wi h final inspection, the inspector maintains the fence is not i la ordance with the code. There wa III n appearance from the c i ty staff. BOARD AC IIO Harold Knutson made a motion to grant a variance. and revoke I e rder pertaining to fence height Seconded by Rosie Bostrom. i'� M ION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. -------------------------------------- . . 4 �� • � :: A//�-� �/� �� J ( A V� • v' 14-86-H I 946 E. Minnehaha Ave. Phylis Griebling SUBJECT � Ap ellant was asked to return to the May 13, 1986, meeting it pictures and measurements of the escape windows frorn the bed oo . Appellant rescheduled to be on the June lOth, 1986 meeting ge da. APPEARANIE om Greibling PROCEEDI GS Tom Griebling gave the measurments to be; two windows 17x65, nd a bay window 50x41 on the first floor. Second floor windows ea ure 17x61 ,two windows, and a bay window 49x38. Third floor w nd ws measure 28x54. The second exit from the third floor i a circular staircase that goes to the second floor and then out iI fr nt. Pat Fish f om the Fire Prevention Bureau suggested to the board to grantla ariance to allow the window to be broken if need be. BOARD A TI N Bill Hite made a motion to grant a variance and revoke t e rder pertaining to escape windows. Seconded by Glenn Gausmann MOTION CARRIED INANIMOUSLY. ----------------------------- 22-86-H � 245 Grand Ave. Gale Smack SUBJECT I;Ap ellant requesting a waiver of an order to "add addition l utlets as required by code" this would be a financial hardshipi A earan e ale Smack Proceedi s Gale Smack came to the meeting with different bids from Ete r cal Contractors. Mr. Smack has no more cash on hand to have hi work done. If he is to do this work he will have to raise th r nt for the tenants. Between 1980 and 1983 Appellant spent $8 00 00 to replace the eaves , exterior painting, storm windows, 'I s orm doors, also insulation, fencing and resurfacing the par in lot and driveway. If the appellant is to borrow the money h ill have to raise the rent to be able to make the payments enants cannot afford to have the rent raised. A Certif I a e of Occupancy was issued in 1974 and renewed twice and no m t on of need for extra repairs. Harold u son stated the requirement for electrical outlets is to have ' t ree in the kitchen, two must be accessible. Ron Glassmanl, s ated that no matter who does the work, it must done up to co . Pat Fishl r the Fire Prevention Bureau, states the Housing Code makes no 11 wance for room size only that it requires 3 outlets in alt ki c en. . 5 II . �. � ��5 - � . , BOARD A I I N Bill Hite made a motion to deny the variance and affirm e order pertaining to electrical wiring, but giving the appellan i extension of time to comply with code for one year ( 1 ) tillj u e, 1987. Seconded by Harold Knutson. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOU Y. --------------------------------------- . 27-86-H 1999 Z001 Marshatl Ave. Mary Jo Krautbauer SUBJECT I� p llant is requesting a variance for item # 2 , pertaini a handsink in the bathroom; also item #7 pertaining to a 2nd � xi from 3rd floor apartment. A earan �I im Krautbauer BOARD A I Bill Hite made the motion to have the appellant get some bi i nd meet with the city to comply with code and then retur�n i ' 3 days with some definite bids and pians. Seconded by Rosie Bos r . MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. --------------------------------------- 26-86-H 1 89-91 Sherburne Ave. Boston Health Care System, Inc. SUBJECT pp llant requesting a variance pertaining to item #3 , "Resi en 's having to pass through bedroom to use bedroom" ; also item'I #6 NE bedroom, less than 60 feet of floor space, must have 70 s f et. This dwelling is a Rule #36 treatment facility for ten a ul men. Patient in this room is chronically mentally ill . App ll nt needs time to renovate existing space to create another b dr om for this client. APPEARANC P t Mitchell PROCEEDINIIS Appellant requesting a variance item #3 pertaining to bathro m. The patients have to pass through a bedroom to use the bath. l! lso, item #6, pertaining to the square footage in a bedroom. �I _ Don Millell , from the St. Paul Health Department stated that code allows fo 5 tenants per bath. Mr. Boston was informed that one bedroom n he first floor cou�d not be used as a bedroom or in any way �jcl sed off so as to prevent second floor patients from using thellfi st floor restroom. . . . 6 �� ` y �.II II / �� . � �� . BOARD ACIIIO Motion made by Bill Hite to deny the variance and � affirm t e rder pertaining to item 3 pertaining to bathroom and grant a m nth extension. Seconded by Rosie Bostrom. MOTION CARRIED U AN MOUSLY. FURTHER CT ON Motion made by Bill Hite to grant a variance and revok t e order pertaining item #6 NE Bedroom room size. Seconded y arold Knutson. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. . The meeti g djourned at 3 :00 p.m. Ili . 7 ��