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269755 WHITE - GTV CLERK ! � } I�r PC.°S:��ARV` DEPARTMENT . GITY OF SA�INT PALTL COUIICII •��� ` '�� BLUE - MAVOR � Flle NO. C ' esolution � 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 pertai.ning to the following listed property and as shown by the Excerpted Minutes of said Board of Appeals and Review, dated August 9, 1977, and marked Exhibit A, and attached hereto and made a part hereof by reference: DATE OF BOARD MINUTES CASE NO. PROPERTY APPELLANT .___-.___..., 8/9/77 38-77-H 885 Grand Avenue Shirley Flatau (five units) BOARD ACTION: Granted waiver of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 54.13, pertaining to light and ventilation in unit more than 50% below grade, provided window area be enlarged and approved type of replacement window be installed, and provided alI remaining items listed in. Survey Letter of 6/13/77 be completed. Property Description: Lot 23, Block 22, Summit Park Addition. � . COU[VCILMEN Requested by Departmenf of: Yeas Nays Butler � Hozza In Favor Hunt Levine __ Against BY Roedler Sylvester Tedesco Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date �'�'t./ Certified Passed by Council Secretary BY sy Approved by :Vlayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By BY WHITE - C�TV CLERK • � ^����� - PINK �FINANCE COUIICII % ���RV - DEPARTMEN7 GITY OF SAINT PALTL File NO. ,r � Bl - MAVOR � Council Resolution Presented By � Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date 2. DATE OF BOARD MINUTES CASE NO. PROPERTY APPELLANT 8/9/77 40-77-H 377 North Smith Dennis R. Sandell (four units) BOARD ACTION: Granted waiver of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Section 54.11, so as to permit shared bathroom facility by occupants of two apartments, provided that no more than � two persons occupy each unit, and provided that Item No. 8, as designated in 7/26/77 Survey Letter, be com- pleted by October 9, 1977, and remaining items by January 26, 1978. Property Description: Lot 1, Block 3, Samuel Leeches Addition; � 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. COUNC[LMEN Requested by Department of: Yeas Nays � . Butler �– [n Favor Hunt R'�""�r _�___ Against BY S ylvester Tedesco S�� S � ,�� Form Approved by City Attomey Adopted by Council: Date — Certified � -s C il c t BY- By, Approve by Mayor: Date SEP 1 5 1977 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By By Pu6�isNE� SEP 2 41977 � . . - 7- 8/9/77 - Meeting No. 132 � EX�fla1T f� S ��9'��� ' � CASE N0. PROPERTY APPELLANT 38- 77-H 885 Grand Avenue Gerald Sexton (five units) by Shirley Flatau (new owner as of August 1, 1977) SUBJECT: equest aiver of St. Paul Legislative Code , Section 54. I3, pertaining to. light and yentilation requirements in t�asement occupancy, so as to pbt:ai.n Certificate of Occupancy, because income from basement unit is needed. APPEARANCE: Shirley Flatau PROCEEDINGS : ` Ms. �latau explained that she was ner�r in the field of property owner- slii:p, but had been told before she bought the building tha� there were certain de�iciencies needing correction. Since the lighting and ventila- tion requirements were very nearly met in the basement unit, she aske d for a waiver on that item. Frank Staffenson stated that his department would ordinarily not oppose a waiver in this situation, but a second exit for use in an emergency � was needed. In order to provide one, a slightly larger window opening was: necessary. It r�ras his recommendation that the opening be widened b� xemoving one course of cement block and lengthened by removing one coux��e, and tFiat a steel plate be placed at the top of the opening and a ��r-ing-out. type of window installed. lvj$, Flatau asked if she might have automatic sprinklers installed over tIie heating plant as an alternative to a one-hour fire rated enclosure, and Mr. Staffenson replied that either method was acceptable . • Ms . Flatau noted that the inspector had cited "open bare wiring" in the Survey Letter, so she had asked an electrician to come out to look at � it. He determined that the wires were telephone wires , not electric - �,ri re s. BOARD ACTTON: . . Chairman Wozniak moved that a waiver of St. Paul Legislative Code require- ments pertaining to lighting and ventilation in basement occupancies be granted, provided the window area is enlarged and replacement window . . . . � 885 Grand Avenue - 8- 8/9/77 - Meeting No. 132 BOARD ACTION (continued) : � of an approved bype is installed and that all other items listed in the Survey Letter of 6/13/77 are completed. Mrs . Peake secanded. MOTTON CARRIED AND �0 ORDERED. THE VOTE: Ayes - 4 Nayes - 0 Abstentions - 0 � . • � �/9/77 - Meeting No. •132- . MINUTES OF THE MEETING ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW Tuesday, August 9 , I977 . City Council Committee Room 707 City Hall and Court House 1: 30 p.m. 1yEMBER� PRE�ENT: D. Donald Wozniak, Chairman Ronald Glassman LeRoy Coleman Estyr Bradley Peake ' 1GIEMBERS ABSENT: Arthur Tieso Dav i d Ke i.de r James Voigt AGENCIES PRESENT: Department qf Community Services - Division of Housing and Building Code Enforcement : Frank Staffenson Steven R. Roy City Attorney' s Office : Robert Straughn Fire Prevention Bureau: James Tucker OTHE RS PRESENT: Scott Tilsen Milton A. Evenson James Huffman Dennis R. Sandell Shirley Flatau Robert J. Foley Gerald L. Meyer STAFF PRESENT: Patricia Moxness , Appeals Board Secretary The meeting was called to order at 1: 45 p.m. The minutes of the meeting of .July 12 , 1977, were approved as mailed out - to the members . - � Mr. Glassman reported that the property appealed by rirs . May Goldberg at the July meeting had been sold. Mrs . Goldberg would therefore not need to appear before the Board in October, since sale of the property made further cansideration unnecessary. .. `r � � - 8- 8/9/77 - Meeting No. 132 ��9`��� CASE N0. � PR�PERTY APPELLANT 40-77-H 377 No. Smith Dennis R. Sandell (four units) SUBJECT: Request Waivers of St. Paul Legislative Code rec{uirements pertaining to shared bathrooms , because of lack of space , and upgraded electrical service , Items #56 and #70 , respectively, as designated in Survey Letter of 7/26/77, so as to obtain a Certificate of Occupancy, because of financial hardship to tenants if rents must be raised to cover costs . APPEARANCE: Dennis R. Sandell PROCEEDINGS : . Mr. Sandellrelated that there �rere two apartments on each of the two floors of his building, Tfi_e dowristairs units each had its o�n bathroom, but the two upstairs apartments sh.ared a bathsoom. An older couple had lived in one of the upstairs units for 35 years and t�i:ey sIiared a fiath t�rith a single girl �vho occupied the other apartment. He said there was no space for another bathroom on that floor. Chairman Wozniak asked Mr. Sandell what he proposed to do about the electrical work required. Mr. Sandell said he had held ug on it pending a decision by the Board on the shared bathroom, since he saw that as a large problem. If he had the wh.ole house rewired, he realized th.at most of the smaller electrical items on the list would be elimin ated, but the cost of rewiring and the possibility he might be required to install ano�her bathroom would be more than he could manage financially. He told the Board that he was not interested in making a fortune fram his rentals, that the older couple paid only $75 per month, but if h.e had to spend large amounts of money, it could mean a Iarge increase in rents he would have to charge. Mr. Glassman asked Mr. Sandell if he would be willing to do aIl the work required by the city if he were allowed to continue the shared bathroom arrangement . Mr. Sandell said he would first have to find out the cost and then see if he could get the financing. If he could not obtain a large enough loan, he would have to return to the Board to request an . . extension of time . . - = • Chairman Wozniak asked Mr. Staffenson if the number of convenience outlets could be waived if 200-amp service was installed to make sure there was no overfusing. 3.77 No. Smith • -9- 8/9� - Meetin g No. 132 PROCEEDINGS: (continued) Frank Staffenson replied that this would be reasonable in a one or two- family house, but in a multi-family building, there was no way to predict how much current would be drawn at a given time and there could easily be a problem with overloading. In this case, i�rith only _two convenience outlets in each apartment, no one knew how many extensions there we re an one outlet, �rhich made the situation even more dangerous . He felt that additional convenience outlets were necessary in this b uilding. Chairman Wozniak asked Mr. Sandell if he felt a restriction an the number of occup ants in the units w�re the bathroom was shared would make it more difficult to rent. Mr. Sandell answered that he did not believe it would. Mr. Staffenson said that if the Board allowed the shared h athroom, his department . would be agreeable if two conditions were met: (1) Upgrade the electrical service , and (2) Complete Item No. 8, both (a) and (b} . immediately. (a) was a requirement that the water heater be replac�d by a shorter one of the same or greater capacity, to permit proper flue installation to the chimney, and (b) referred to the furnace which needed a correction of backpitching of the flue pipe . The furnace should also �� separated from the other areas of the building by a one-hour fire rated enclosure or a sprinkler system installed, and tfiere were other speci- fications of a detailed nature that should be met to eliminate the danger of carbon monoxide spillage. Mr. Sandell asked whether the �raiver of the shared bathroom would be for the period of his ownership or for the life of the building. Chairman t'�ozniak said it was his personal feeling that the waiver should run with the building, provided Mr. Sandell put the building into good condition and the upstairs apartments were restricted to two persons in each. �80ARD ACT�ON: Mr. Glassman moved to grant a waiver of St. Paul Legislative Code requirementpertaining to shared bathrooms, said waiver to be effective for the life of the structure, provided that Item No. 8,� as designated in the Survey Letter of 7/26/77, be completed by October 9 , 1977, and the remainder of the Iisted deficiencies be corrected by January 26, 1978, as per schedule set up by the St. Paul Division of Code Enforce- ment . Mrs . Peake seconded. MOTION CARRIED AND S0 ORDERED. THE VOTE: Ayes - 4 Nayes - U Abstentions - 0 The meeting adjourned at 3: 4Q p.m. � � + •/9/77 - A4eeting No. i3c t� MINUTES OF THE MEETING : ST. PAUL BOARD OF APPEALS AND REVIEW Tuesday, August 9 , 1977 City Council Committee Room 707 City Hall and Court House 1: 30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: D. Donald Wozniak, Ch.airman Ronald Glassman LeRoy Coleman � Estyr Bradley Peake ' 1�IEMBERS ABSENT: Arthur Tieso David Heider James Voigt AGENCIES PRESENT: Department of Community Services - Division of Housing and Building Code Enforcement : Frank Staffenson Steven R. Roy � City Attorney' s Office: Robert Straughn Fire Prevention Bureau: James T'ucker OTHE RS PRESENT: Scott Tilsen Milton A. Evenson James Huffman � Dennis R. Sandell Shirley Flatau Robert J. Foley Gerald L. Meyer STAFF PRESENT: Patricia Moxness , Appeals Board Secretary The meeting was called to order at 1: 45 p.m. The minutes of the meeting of ,July 12 , 1977, were approved as mail,ed out - . to the members . . � Mr. Glassman reported that the property appealed by Mrs. May Goldberg at the July meeting had been sold. `Mrs . Goldberg wauld therefore not need to appear before the Board in October, since sale of the property made further consideration unnecessary.