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REQUEST FOR ACTION TO ITEM NUMBER Ci Council 6.2. AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY Communi Develo ment Ma 16, 2011 erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By Request by Eagles Lodge for City Assistance to Abate Nuisance at PID 75-405-0940 REVIEWED BY ACTION REQUESTED Approval to begin the formal process to abate the nuisances by demolition found at 75-405-0940 and assess costs to the property owner (Eagles Lodge). BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION The former auto parts store at 4t'' and King has been in a state of decay for a number of years. Specifically, the roof is caving in, causing internal decay of structural components. Previous owners of the property contaminated the soil. These issues have resulted in the following violations of City Ordinances: 1. Sec 46-31, (1) [defines a public nuisance, a misdemeanor]: Maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public. 2. Sec 46-35: Buildings or structures which endanger public health, safety or property (subpart 3); dilapidated condition or decay. 3. Sec.108.1.1 (International Property Maintenance Code): Unsafe Structures. An unsafe structure is one that is found to be dangerous to the life, health, property, or safety of the public or the occupants of the structure by not providing minimum safeguards to protect or warn occupants in the event of fire, or because such structures contains unsafe equipment or is so damaged, decayed, dilapidated, structurally unsafe, or of such faulty construction or unstable foundation, that partial or complete collapse is possible. City staff has received a petition for "The Removal of Hazardous Building and Consent to Assessment of the Costs Therefor," signed by Gregory Olson, Chairman of the Trustee's, to abate the nuisances. A process similar to that employed during the former bowling alley demolition will be used, and includes the following steps: 1. Complete Owners and Encumbrances (O&E) report. An O & E report will verify that Elk River Aerie #3264 Fraternal Order of Eagles is the owner of the property and is the correct name. It will verify that there are no liens against the property. It will verify that there is not another operating entity of the Eagles or otherwise occupying or using the property. The petition states that there are no tenants on the property. Statute requires execution by owners, lienholders, and tenants. Because the petition includes Greg Olson's name, we will n:\public bodies\ciry council\council rca\agenda packet\OS-16-2011\done\request for action council demo 5-16-11.docx