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02-846Council File # oa — `Cy1 Presented Refened To Committee Date $E IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby certifies and approves the September 10, 2002, decisions of the Legislative Hearing Of6cer on Property Code Enforcement Appeals for the following addresses: 4 Proopert�Appealed RESOLUTION Green Sheet # 113831 SA1NT PAUL, MINNESOTA �3 Anpellant 977 Fuller Avenue (Laid over from 8-27-02) Cherie Eula Johnson Decision: Laid over to the October 8, 2002, Properiy Code Enforcement meeting. 8 184 Baker Street East (Laid over from 8-27-02) Lori Hurley 9 Decision: Appeal denied on the July 17, 2002, Conecrion Notice 10 ll 873 Minnehaha Avenue West. Unit 106 Rochelle Moore 12 Decision: Appeal denied on the August 15, 2002, Deficiency List. 13 976 Bush Avenue Steven Howie 14 Decision: Vaziance granted on the nonconfornung doors on the following conditions: 1) If the nonconforming 15 doors ever need to be replaced, they will be replaced with confornung fire rated door assemblies; 2) The 16 building will otherwise be maintained in compliance with all applicable codes and ordinances. 17 975 Cromwell Avenue Ronald 7. Dufault 18 Decision: Compliance date extended to October 1, 2002, on the Correction Notice dated August 20, 2002. 19 124 Dale Street North Ann M. Webster 20 Decision: Laid over to the October 8, 2002, Properiy Code Enforcement meeting. Green Sheet I 13831 Yeas I3ays Absent Blakey �/ Coleman ,� Hazris ,/ Benanav ,/ Reiter ✓ Bostrom ✓ Lantry �s ro \ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Adopted by Council 11 Date: . �Y 2 0'� 12 Adopfio Certified by Council t3 By: � � "� _ �� � ��� Requested by Department of: I� Form Approved by City Attorney : Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council I: 4 Approved b ayor: Date `Z ` 5 By: �-��� City Council Offices � OATEINITIATFD 9-ii-ZOOa FOR TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAl3ES GREEN SHEET �.,�,�� oa -a�yb No 11383i ��. ❑ p1YAiTON1Ff ❑ CAYq.iqR ❑RWICULiFR1�ICFiGR ❑AI�qCILLiFRN�CCTC ❑wvumrtwcuraxn � (CLIP ALL LOCATIONS FOR SIGNATURE) Approving the September 10, 2002, decisions of the Legislative Hearing Officer on Progerty Code Enforcement Appeals for the following addresses: 977 Fuller Avenue, 184 Baker Street East, 873 Minnehaha Avenue West-Unit 106, 976 Bush Avenue, 975 Cromwell Avenue, and 124 Dale Street North. w PLANNING COMMISSION CIB COMMITTEE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION r+as mis aerso�m, eve. worked under a conaact ro.this aerenmenn YES NO Has in� Pe�so�rm ever heen a dry empbyceY YES NO Ooes Mis Pe�saK�n Wesess a th71 not namalHpossessed b1 �Y curtent cih7 emPbY�� YES NO Is Mie pe,soNBrm a ta�peted veridoY7 YES NO Couetci! Fie���h ���er SEP I � ?pd2 AMOUNTOF SOURCE � (CIRCLE ON� YES NO ACTNITY NUMBER (�aM C�2- g�� �� . NOTES OF TI� PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MEETING Tuesday, September 10, 2002 Room 330 Courthouse Gerry Strathman, Legislative Hearing Officer The meeting was called to order at 1:32 p.m. STAFF PRESENT: Michael Urmann, Fire Prevention; Joe Yanarelly, Code Enforcement 977 Fuller Avenue (Laid over from 8-27-02) Richard Hawke, attorney, appeazed and stated they aze still inclvng forward. He just got off the phone with Pattie Kelley (Plamiiiig and Economic Development). It now looks promising that Cherie Eula Johnson (owner) will get funding that way. Ms. Keiley is optimistic that she has everything now, and they will be abie to commit loans to Ms. Johnson. A backup source has been identified. Gerry Strathxnan laid over this matter to the October 8, 2002, Praperty Code Enfarcement meeting. He taiked to Ms. Kelley earlier today, and she is optimisric that they will be able to make a loan in this case. 184 Baker Street East (Laid over from 8-27-02) (No one appeazed to represent the properry.) Gerty Strathman denied the appeal on the July 17, 2002, Conection Notice 873 MinnehaLa Avenue West, Unit 106 (No one appeared to represent the properiy.) Mike Urmann reported the appeilant was appealing the order to reduce the nuxnber of occixpants to four ox less. He is not sure why they are appealing now because the original orders were f1pri1 10, 2002. Gerry Strathman denied the appeal on the August 15, 2002, Deficiency List. 976 Bush Avenue No one appeared to represent the properiy.) Michael Urmann reported that this should be the standard appeal. Gerry Strathman granted the variance on the nonconforming doors on the following conditions: 1) If the nonconfornung doors ever need to be replaced, they will be replaced with conforming 02 g4 t� PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTES OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 Page 2 fire rated door assemblies; 2) The building will otherwise be maintained in compliance with a11 applicable codes and ordinances. 975 Cromwell Avenue Ronald J. Dufault, owner, appeazed and stated he is looking for a delay in the order so he has sufficient time to clean up the property. There aze concrete sidewalk blocks and some wood that will be thrown away. Regarding the blocks, he put in about 10 feet on Saturday and has about 35 feet more to go, which will take approximately 32 hours. After that, he will get a dumpster to get rid of the other rubbish. Gerry Strathman asked can he get the dumpster sooner. Mr. Dufault responded it is hard to get one in the azea because of where the blocks aze located. It is a marginal area anyway to get a dumpster in because of power lines above the area. Mr. Strathman asked when will the sidewalk be finished so he can get the dumpster in. Mr. Dufault responded most will be done by the end of the weekend if there aren't any major rainstroms in the next couple of days. There will be another eight feet to complete after that. Joe Yanareliy reported he issued the orders on August b, 2002, and the notice was sent August 20. He told Mr. Dufault that it could not be extended anymore. Mr. Strathman asked is anything there hazardous. Mr. Dufault responded there is nothing hazardous. There are some aquariums. The complainant says it looks like a garden stare back there, and it basically does. There are hundreds of pots and walking stones. Mr. Strathman asked can it be cleaned up in a month. Mr. Dufault responded yes. Mr. Dufault stated there is a bathtub that is used as a water garden. He would like Uiat to remain. Mr. Strathman responded as long as it is a well kept yard fixture and is in working order, that is fine. If it is just being stored there, that will not be okay. Mr. Yanarelly responded as long as it is in the yard, that will be okay. Mr. Strathman extended the compliance date to October 1, 2002, on the Conection Notice dated August 20, 2002. If the yazd is not cleaned up by October 1, Code Enforcement will take action to clean it for hixn. It will be expensive for the owner if the City cleans it. Mr. Yanazelly added it will cost thousands of dollars if the City removes a11 of it. 124 Dale Street North Ann M. Webster, owner, appeared and stated she needs the gazage and deck torn down this yeaz. Half of the Second Floor and part of the Third Floor is the Third Fioor apartment, wluch needs $50,000 to $100,000 of work. It has been vacant for over a year. 5he has not been working this year, and does not have the funds to repair it. Mike Ricketson (Fire Prevention) suggested that she close off the Third Floor and turn the building into a duplex. The building was built as a C7� g�k(o PROPERTY CODE ENFORCEMENT NOTES OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2002 Page 3 duplex, and an efficiency apartment was added on each end. She could convert it back to a duplex, which is the way she has been renting it anyway. Ms. VJebster stated the Second Floor has been almost completely renovated. She rented it out to a tenant, and that aparhnent is approved. The exit door from the Second Floor is not being used anyway. She was told that if she took the door out, put a window in or something, that would be okay. The First Floor efficiency and the front apartment were opened up as one unit, stated Ms. Webster. The First Floor was like a tuck under gazage, but it was rotting. It was torn down. She ran out of funds to rebuild. She cleaned it up and put the railings back in. T`he neighbors were probably complaining. It is almost completely torn down. Mr. Strathman asked what she wanted to do. Ms. Webster responded she would like to convert the building back to dupiex status. In that way, it would be up to code. Mr. Stratlunan asked would she have to make any major repairs. Ms. Webster responded for a while. She wouid clean up the garage area, but she would sYill have the Third Floor to deal with. She had a teenager up there that wrecked it. Mike Urmann reported he spoke at length with Inspector Ricketson today. This has been a long term problem. The original orders came out November 5, 2001. The orders that exist today existed then. There have been no addirional orders. Around May 14, 2002, it became necessary to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy. The owner and tenant continued to occupy the building with a revoked Certificate of Occupancy. Rather than citing them and bringing them to court, the field inspector deternuned that it would be more accurate to condemn the building. At this point, they condemned the building, and expect it to be in full compliance by September 23, 2002. The only new order is the condemnation. Mr. Strathman asked about the proposal to make it a duplex and what she has to do to convert to a duplex. Mr. Urmann responded that has been an option since November 5, 2001. She has proposed several times to make that change. If she had made motion to do that, Fire Prevention would have accepted it. Because there has been no action, they moved to condemn the whole building. She wouid haue to obtain zoning approval to change from a triplex to a duplex. Mr. Strathman asked is there any reason to believe zoning would deny the application. Mr. Urmann responded he has not had an opporhuiity to research this with zoning. Mr. Strathman stated he understands the property is condemned, but he does not get the impression it is an immediate hazazd. Mr. Urmann responded there aze hazards referring to the disrepair of the garage and missing guardrails and handraiis that could cause someone to fall ten feet. This was why it became necessary to condemn the building. Mr. Strathman asked about the lack of fire alarms. Ms. Webster responded she has hard wire and battery opexated backup, but Mr. Urmann asked for interconnected ones. oZ��� PROPERTY CODE fiNk'ORCEMENT NOTES OF SEPTBMBER 10, 2002 Page 4 Gerry Strathman laid over this matter to the October 8, 2002, Properry Code Enfarcement meeting. In the meantime, the owner needs to get together with zoning staff, tell them what she wants to do, and get her application in process. If the situafion is like it is today, Mr. Strathman will support the condemnation. The meeting was adjourned at 1:58 p.m. 0