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270191 WHITE - CITV CLERK COUflCll PINK - FINANCE GITY OF SAINT PAITL �����,� CANARV - DEPARTMENT . �1 BLV.E�. - MAYOR File NO. � �` l Resolution . Presented By � Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date BE IT RESOLVED, That the Council of the City of Saint Paul here- by ratifies and approves the action of the City of Saint Paul Board of Appeals and Review pertaining to the following listed property and as shown by the Excerpted Minutes of said Board of Appeals and Review, dated November 8, 1977, and marked Exhibit A, and attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference: DATE OF BOARD MINUTES CASE NO. PROPERTY APPELLANT 11/8/77 32-76-H 189� E. Eighth Street Belle M. Miller and (23 units) Solomon W. Miller, co-owners BOARD ACTION: . Granted waiver of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 54.11, pertaining to private bathroom facilities with- in dwelling unit, so as to allow kitchen facilities in unit occupied by caretaker, Paul Spreeman, so long as he resides there and is so employed, and provided that all remaining items listed in the 8/30/76 letter from the Division of Public Health regarding deficiencies of the building are brought into compliance. Property Description: V. D. Walsh' s Arrangement, Ex SWly Part Measuring 107-21/100 ft. on SEly L and 104-08/100 ft. on NWly L, Lot 8. --------------- COU[VCILMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays Butler ' Hozza In Favor Hunt Levine __ Against BY Roedler S ylvester Tedesco Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY B;� Approved by Mayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council gy By _ � � ����..�� 2. DATE OF BOARD MINUTES CASE NO. PROPERTY . APPELLANT 11/8/77 12-75-B 539/541 E. Minnehaha � Mrs. Rose Sanford (six units) BOARD ACTION: Granted variance of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 54. 11, so as to allow shared bathroom facil- ity in two apartment units, providing all remaining items listed in appellant' s letter of 11/4/77, are completed; said variance to remain in effect for the period of appellant' s lifetime or until such time as property is sold or any other• right, title or inter- est is transferred, at which time said variance shall be nullified. Property Description: S. 4 ft. of W. 43 ft. of E. 82 ft. of Lot 25; and W. 43 ft. of E. 82 ft. of Lots 28 and 29, Block 15, Stinson Addition. -------------- 11/8/77 49-77-H 354 Fuller Joseph F. Stevens (nine units) BOARD ACTION: Granted variance of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Sect�on 54. 11, pertaining to handsink requirement in bathroom, so as to permit occupancy of four apartment units lacking this facility. Property Description: Elfelt Bernheimer and Arnold' s Addition, Ex. E. 4 ft. of S. 34 ft. , Lot 5, Block 7. WHITE - CITV CLERK � � � PINK - FINANCE TT COUI�CIl CANARV - DEPARTMENT G I TY OF SA I NT PA �1 L � ��� BLUE - MAVOR File NO• ��� _°�'.�ii - � � Council Resolution Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date 3. � and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this resolution for recording to the Ramsey County Office of the Register of Deeds. �� t 1 a COUNCIL;I�EN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Butler Hozza [n Favor Hunt Levine D __ Against BY Roedler Sylvester TedesCO� O�C � '3 �9� Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted hy''Council: Date Cerfified Pa-s } Co ncil ecretacy BY � � � � `--B� Approved by ; Date "�-� _�_�'6 19 �Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council BY By � x � JSIT A �'89� E. 8th St. -2- 11/8/77 - Afeeting No. 135 � CASE N0. PROPERTY APPELLANT ����.�_� 32-76-H 189� E. 8th St. Belle M. Miller (23 units) Rabbi Solomon W. biiller SUBJECT: Request waiver of code provision which restricts use of kitchen acilities in sleeping rooms , so as to allow use of such facilities in unit occupied by caretaker only. (Original appeal had •been for waiver on use of kitchen facilities in individual sleeping rooms , sa as to obtain rooming house license, because of financial hardship of tenants .) In addition, the Fire Prevention Bureau, in a letter dated Aug. 10 , I977, ordered the installation of a fire detection alarm system, and had requested that the subject be discussed at the October ll meeting. Prior Hearin 10/11/77: Case continued 30 days to allow time for appellant to o tain estimate on cost of fire alarm system and to contact St. Paul Health Dept . to learn if communal kitchen was permissible for tenants' use in place of electric hot plates . If building sold prior to November meet- int, case would be closed and appellant need not appear. Prior Hearing 7/12/77: Case continued to October 11 meeting. Prior Hearing 4/12/77: Case continued to July meeting, at which time report on progress toward sale of property was to be given. Prior Hearin Z/8/77: Case continued to April 12 meeting. Owners had ma e ecis�on to sell property. Prior Hearin 11/9/76 : Case continued to later Board meeting to allow time or appellants to investigate feasibility of alternative uses for property. APPEARANCE: Belle M. Miller PROCEEDINGS: Chairman Wozniak noted that the City Health Department had written t e Board to confirm their approval of the following: (1) Communal kitchen facilities for cooking and dishwashing on Floors #2 and #3, and � (2) Roomers may keep refrigerators in their individual rooms . In regard to the separate cooking facilities requested by the Millers for Caretaker Paul Spreeman in his unit, Chairman Wozniak explained that the applicable waiver should be on the code section pertaining to the requirement of a bathroom within a unit where cooking facilities were used. ' Mrs . Miller informed the Board that the communal kitchens were near com- pletion, after which the electric hot plates would be removed from each of the sleeping rooms . She rec{uested that an exception be made for the caretaker' s unit, so as to allow continued use of a hot plate . She said he was a very responsible and careful person, and to make for further safety in such use, additional electric outlets would be installed and extension cords eliminated. James Tucker, of the Fire Prevention Bureau, assured the Board that the , building now conformed with the Bureau's recommendations on fire s.afety � • measures and they wauld approve the renewal of the rooming house license. Mr. Tieso related that he had met the caretaker on a visit to the building and had gained the impression that he was a reliable man doing a good job . He advised that the present situation regarding cooking facilities in the caretaker' s unit be allowed to continue . ��9� E. 8th St. -3- 11/8/77 - Meeting No. I35 .�r' BOARD ACT I ON: ���� �� � Mr. Glassman moved to grant a waiver of St. Paul Legislative Code, Sectian 54.11, pertaining to bathroom facilities within a unit whexe cooking facilities are provided, so as to allow such cooking accommodations in the unit occupied by the caretaker, Paul Spreeman, so long as he resides there and is so employed, and provided that all remaining items in the letter of August 30, 1976, from the Division of Public Health are taken care of in a manner apnroved by that agency. Air. Tieso seconded. MOTION CARRIED AND SO ORDERED. THE VOTE : Ayes - 4 Nayes - 0 Abstentions - 0 (Mr. Heider was not present for the vote, but arrived at this point in the meeting. ) The secretary was asked to advise Joseph Carchedi, License Inspector, of the resolution of this case , so as to facilitate the renewal of the rooming house license for this building. 11/8/77 - M�etirig No. 235 , MINUTES OF THE MEETI�G ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW Tuesday, November 8, 1977 City Council Committee Room 707 City Hall and Court House 1: 30 p .m. MEMBERS PRESENT: D. D. Wozniak, Chairnan Arthur Tieso Estyr Bradley Peake David Heider Ronald Glassman MEMBERS ABSENT: LeRoy Coleman James Voigt AGENCIES PRESENT: _De_�ar_tment of Commun, ity Services - Division of �ousing and Buil�c ing Code 'n orcement: Alice Bijjani Steve Roy Doug Schwab Fire Prevention Bureau: James Tucker OTHERS PRESENT: James Davis Belle Miller Tom Reiter Barb Applebaum Joseph F. Stevens Tom Fischer Ed Walfoort STAFF PRESENTe Patricia Moxness, Appeals Board Secretary The meeting was called to order at 1: 45 p .m. The minutes of the meeting of October 11, 1977, were approved as mailed out to the members. , -6- 11/8/77 - Meeting No. 135 . ' ���� �y� . ; � CASE N0. PROPERTY APPELLANT 12- 75-B 539/541 E. Minnehaha Rose K. Sanford SUBJECT: At request of St. Paul Code Enforcement Division, case is re-opene3 because Survey Letter, as marked by mutual consent of appellant and city inspector, on which Board actions taken at 4/8/75 meeting w�re . based, contains apparent �erro,rs. City needed clarification as to . Board' s � intent.' � ��': • _ , � 539/541 E. Minnehaha -7- 11/8/77 - Meeting No. 135 APPEARANCE : None PROCEEDINGS: Chairman Wozniak called attention to a letter from Mrs. Sanford to the Board in which she listed the items she would complete and those which she had thought were waived in 1975 but were now being questioned by the Housing Code Enforcement Division. Mrs . Sanford had asked that her letter be considered in lieu of an appearance before the Board. Alice Bijjani explained that at the April, 1975 , hearing, Mrs. Sanford had been represented by an attorney. There had been a conference between the attorney, Mrs . Sanford, and a city building inspector,where each item on the Survey Letter had been gone over and marked to signify those on which Mrs . Sanford requested waivers . The marked items were agreed to by Board, although they were not considered one by one at that time. There h�ad been errors of omission and commission in marking the items , but these were not obvious until many months later when a city inspector went to the building to check on compliance and found the discrepancies. Ms. Bijjani said the main item on which Mrs . Sanford had originally appealed, asking a waiver to allow continued use of shared bathroom by Apts . �3 and #5, had not been crossed off in the letter prepared by the attorney. On the other hand, several maintenance items , which would not ordinari2y be waived by the Board, were crossed off the list. Ms. Bijjani asked for clarification. Chairman Wozniak suggested that in view of Mrs. Sanford' s age, and since none of the maintenance items were matters of life safety, the waivers which were technically granted in 1975 be allowed to stand for her life- time . � After a general discussio�. of the matter of the share d bathroom for Apts. #3 and #5 , Mr. Tieso remarked that Mrs . Sanford's original appeal had been on this particular item and she , as well as the Board, had thought they were granting a variance on the arrangement in April , 1975. BOARD ACTION: Mr. Tieso moved to grant a variance of St. Paul Legislative Code, Section 54. 11, pertaining to shared bathrooms , provided all remaining items , as designated in appellant's letter of 11/4/77, be comp leted; said variance to remain in effect for the period of her lifetime or until such time as property be sold or any other right , title or interest be tranferred, at which time said variance shall be nullified. Mrs . Peake seconded. MOTION CARRIED AND SO ORDERED. THE VOTE: Ayes - 5 Nayes - 0 Abstentions - 0 11/8/?7 - �4�eting No. 135 ' 1�tINUTES OF THE MEETING ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW Tuesday, November 8, 1977 City Council Committee Room 707 City Hall and Court House 1: 30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: D. D. Wozniak, Chairman Arthur Tieso Estyr Bradley Peake David Heider Ronald Glassman MEbiBERS ABSENTe LeRoy Coleman Janes Voigt AGENCIES PRESENT: �De��ar�tment of Community Services - Division of -�fousing an3—�uTilding Code En orcement: Alice Bijjani Steve Roy Doug Schwab � Fire Prevention Bureau: James Tucker OTHERS PRESENT: James Davis � Belle Miller Tom Reiter Barb Applebaum Joseph F. Stevens Tom Fischer Ed tir'alfoort STAFF PRESENT: Patricia Moxness, Appeals Board Secretary The meeting was called to order at 1 : 45 p.m. The minutes of the meeting of October 11, 1977, were approved as mailed out to the members. . _. _ __ ,`` _ _ . � � , ,� -7- 11/8/77 - Mee�ting No. 135 . , _. ������ F , � t . __�._.w_ _.�..,� .�.�......�..._. CASE N0. PROPERTY APPELLANT 49- 77-H 354 Fu11er Avenue �9- units) Joseph F. Stevens .. � , : SUBJECT• . _ - . Request waiver of St. Paul Legislative Code , Section 54. 11, pertaining to requirement of handsink in bathroom facility, so as to obtain Certi- " ficate of Occupancy for four apartments not presently so equipped, because of lack of space. - _ � � .��� - 354 Fuller � -8- 11/8/7? - Meeting No. I35 � APPEARAlVCE : Joseph F. Stevens PROCEEDINGS: Mr. Glassman told the Board that this property had been vacant for some time, and had been appealed by the previous owner who asked a waiver of the vacant building fee in the summer of 1977. He said Mr. Stevens had bought the property and was making rapid progress toward rehabilitation. Mr. Stevens said he was bringing the building up to code, but there were four bathrooms which lacked handsinks. The plumber had advised him that there �,ras too little space to install sinks . In each case, the kitchen sink i�as located just around the corner from the bathroom and could serve the same purpose as a handsink in the bathroom. He asked for a variance of code on this matter. BOt�RD ACT ION: Mrs . Peake moved to grant a variance of the St. Paul LegisZative Code, Section 54 . 11, pertaining to handsink facilities in a bathroom. Mr. Tieso seconded. MOTION CARRIED A'sD SO ORDERED. THE VOTE: Ayes - 5 Nayes - 0 Abstentions - 0 -- -- - -------- -- - ------- --- ----- --- - --- -- -------- -- ---- ------- ----- --- --- -- The meeting adjourned at 3: 35 p.m. 11/8/77 - Meeting No. 135 • MINUTES OF THE MEETING - ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND RE�'IEW Tuesday, November 8, 1977 City Council Committee Room 707 City Hall and Court House 1: 30 p.m. MEhiBERS PRESENT: D. D. Wozniak, Chairman Arthur Tieso Estyr Bradley Peake David Heider Ronald Glassman b�NiBERS ABSENT: LeRoy Coleman Ja�es Voigt AGENCIES PRESENT: De�artment of Communit Ser�-ices - Division of ousing an Buil ing Co e En orcemen t: Alice Bijjani Steve Roy Doug Schwab Fire Prevention Bureau: James Tucker OTHERS PRESENT: Janes Davis Belle Miller . Ton Reiter Barb App lebaum Joseph F. Stevens Tom Fischer Ed jr'alfoort STAFF PRESENT: Patricia Moxness, Appeals Board Secretary The meeting was called to order at 1: 45 p.m. • The minutes of the meeting of October 11, 1977, were approved as mailed out to the members.