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Abatement appeal delayed

Published Jul 22, 2026

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Briefing

Jul 21, 2026

Abatement appeal delayed

The hearing on Jane Foster’s appeal of a summary abatement order for 1312 Scheffer Avenue was continued to August 5, 2026, with a recommendation still forthcoming.

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Briefing

Jul 14, 2026

Reaney Avenue rehab order delayed

The hearing officer asked City Council to continue the case for one week and said a 180-day rehab period could be granted if a $5,000 performance deposit is posted and the code compliance inspection report is completed.

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Briefing

Jul 7, 2026

Landlord repairs must be fixed by August 7

The hearing officer gave the landlord until August 7, 2026 to correct Fire Certificate of Occupancy issues at 683 Kansas Avenue, with stronger fire inspection enforcement possible if the work is not completed.

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Briefing

Jun 23, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

The hearing covered multiple property code appeals, including repair deadlines, vacate orders, and requests for more time to complete work.

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Briefing

Jun 16, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

Council ratified a special tax assessment for 1231 Barclay Street with staff adjustments; reduced a garbage assessment for 1397 Hewitt Avenue. A nuisance at 1884 Montana Avenue E. was found abated and closed, while the nuisance at 1875 North Park Drive remains unaddressed. An appeal on a Fire Certificate of Occupancy for 818 Stickney Street was laid over to allow the occupant time to resolve ownership and past taxes.

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Briefing

Jun 9, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

The hearings reviewed multiple remove/repair orders, made findings on nuisance abatements (several found not abated, one abated pending minor work), and ratified a March 2026 demolition assessment; many items were referred to the City Council or continued for further review.

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Briefing

Jun 2, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

The hearing reviewed multiple special tax assessments (mostly garbage-hauling charges), approved adjustments or deletions for specific properties, and referred several items to the City Council for final action. The hearing also addressed summary abatement and nuisance cases: one appeal was granted, one nuisance was found abated and resolved, and several other nuisance matters were continued or found not abated pending further hearings.

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Briefing

May 28, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

The hearing officer reduced special tax assessments for three appealed properties and laid one appeal over for further review; the reduced assessments were forwarded to the City Council for final action, due back 6/17/2026.

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Briefing

May 19, 2026

Legislative Hearings meeting summary

The panel voted to delete a special tax assessment for 2014 Third Street East, laid over review of the 601 Rose Avenue East assessment for staff follow-up (hearing continued to June 2), granted the vehicle abatement appeal at 314 Wyoming Street East an extension to June 5 for compliance, and found the nuisance at 685 Van Buren Avenue abated and resolved.

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Briefing

May 14, 2026

Legislative Hearings — Special Tax Assessments and Assessment Rolls (May 14, 2026)

The Legislative Hearings considered appealed special tax assessments for six properties and ratification of multiple assessment rolls for delinquent garbage and yard waste bills (Oct–Dec 2025). Several assessments were approved, reduced, deleted, or laid over; all roll items were referred to City Council.

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Briefing

May 12, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — May 12, 2026: remove/repair orders, special tax assessments, and abatement appeals

The Legislative Hearings on May 12, 2026 considered a remove/repair order for 633 Capitol Boulevard, three special tax assessment items, multiple summary/vehicle abatement appeals (granted short compliance deadlines), and continued or layover actions on nuisance abatements; several items were referred to the City Council with specified due-back dates.

2 min readMunicipal coverage

Briefing

May 5, 2026

Legislative Hearings — Action Minutes: Nuisance Abatements and Vacate Orders (City of Saint Paul, May 5, 2026)

The Legislative Hearings granted compliance extensions, laid over several nuisance abatement appeals for further review, authorized Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) action where nuisances remained, and resolved one abatement; multiple matters were referred to City Council with due-back dates.

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Briefing

Apr 28, 2026

Legislative Hearings (April 28, 2026): Remove/Repair orders continued; water bill appeal denied and referred to Water Board

The hearing laid over a demolition/repair item for 633 Capitol Boulevard, granted 180 days for 118 Manitoba Avenue pending documentation, and recommended denial of Sunn Sunn Thaw’s water bill appeal while referring the matter to the Board of Water Commissioners for further review.

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Briefing

Apr 21, 2026

Legislative Hearings — City of Saint Paul (April 21, 2026) — Minutes

The Legislative Hearings officer recommended deletion of multiple appealed special tax assessments and referred several matters to the City Council. Compliance deadlines were set for nuisance and vehicle abatements; two fire/vacate appeals were laid over for further inspection; and a water-bill appeal was reduced and referred to the Board of Water Commissioners.

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Briefing

Apr 14, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — April 14, 2026: multiple remove/repair, vacant building and fire/occupancy appeals heard

Legislative Hearing Officer Marcia Moermond presided over hearings on remove/repair orders, special tax assessments, vacant building registrations, summary/vehicle abatements, orders to vacate, and Fire Certificates of Occupancy. The body continued several remove/repair matters for additional documentation and engineering plans, granted targeted compliance extensions and fee waivers, referred multiple items to City Council, and set firm vacate or compliance deadlines for select properties.

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Briefing

Apr 9, 2026

Legislative Hearings: Council officer recommends corrections to multiple special tax assessments (April 9, 2026)

Legislative Hearing Officer Marcia Moermond and staff reviewed appeals of Q3/Q4 2025 special tax assessments for multiple properties, recommending reductions or deletions for billing errors tied to cart size, prorations, holds, and data-transfer issues; items were referred to City Council (due 4/15/2026).

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Briefing

Apr 7, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — April 7, 2026: special tax assessments, nuisance abatements, fire-certificate appeals

The hearing considered special tax assessments (several deletions and approvals, some made payable over 10 years), findings on nuisance abatements (cases found abated, partially abated, or not abated and referred for enforcement), and multiple appeals of Fire Certificate of Occupancy orders (several granted or given extensions to June 1, 2026). Many matters were referred to City Council with specified return dates.

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Briefing

Mar 31, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — March 31, 2026 (City of Saint Paul)

The March 31, 2026 Legislative Hearings covered remove/repair orders, special tax assessments, summary/vehicle abatement appeals, vacant building registrations, and Fire Certificate of Occupancy appeals. Several matters were laid over for additional inspections or hearings; multiple items were referred to the City Council; the hearing officer set compliance dates and limited fee waivers for vacant building cases.

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Briefing

Mar 24, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — March 24, 2026: special tax assessments, abatement orders, vacant building and fire C-of-O appeals

The hearing considered multiple special tax assessment appeals (several deleted, one approved), summary abatement and vehicle compliance orders with staged deadlines, vacant building registration appeals with fee waivers or layovers, and fire/certificate-of-occupancy appeals. Several matters were referred to City Council or laid over for further inspection and follow-up.

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Briefing

Mar 19, 2026

Legislative Hearings—March 19, 2026: Delinquent garbage hauling assessment appeals; many reductions/deletions recommended and referred to City Council

The Legislative Hearings reviewed appealed special tax assessments for delinquent garbage and yard waste hauling for multiple Saint Paul properties; staff recommended deletions or reductions in assessed amounts for numerous parcels, and all items were referred to the City Council for final action due 4/15/2026.

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Briefing

Mar 17, 2026

Legislative Hearings — March 17, 2026: Meeting canceled; nuisance abatement resolved; multiple appeals rescheduled

The 9:00 AM Legislative Hearing meeting was canceled. One matter (RLH SAO 26-22) found the nuisance at 1496 Upper Afton Road abated and the matter resolved; the file was referred to the City Council (due back 3/25/2026). Remaining docketed appeals concerning vacant building registrations, orders to vacate, and fire certificate-of-occupancy corrections were laid over or rescheduled to hearings on March 24 and March 31 (and a continued public hearing on March 25) as noted below.

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Briefing

Mar 10, 2026

Legislative Hearings Minutes — March 10, 2026

The Legislative Hearings reviewed multiple remove/repair orders and special tax assessment appeals, granted extensions and laid over several cases for further inspection or Council action, and set compliance deadlines for fire/occupancy and nuisance matters.

5 min readMunicipal coverage

Briefing

Mar 3, 2026

Legislative Hearings — March 3, 2026: Tax assessments, abatements, vacant building and Fire C of O appeals

The Legislative Hearings considered multiple special tax assessments and nuisance/abatement appeals, made findings and referrals to City Council, approved a long-term payment plan for a tree removal assessment, converted a vacant-building case to Category 1 with a fee waiver to facilitate reinstating a Fire Certificate of Occupancy, and set deadlines or layovers for several housing and fire‑safety matters.

4 min readMunicipal coverage

Briefing

Feb 24, 2026

Legislative Hearings minutes — nuisance abatement, vacate and Fire Certificate of Occupancy appeals (Feb 24, 2026)

The Legislative Hearings officer reviewed multiple summary abatement, nuisance and Fire Certificate of Occupancy (FCO) appeals. Key outcomes: the 399 Blair Ave. abatement was continued with staged compliance deadlines (Apr 1, May 1, June 1, Aug 1); two nuisance abatements (708 Hawthorne Ave E and 1079 Western Ave N) were found not abated and referred to City Council for possible city cleanup; an Order to Vacate at 1877 Grand Ave. Apt 1 was extended to April 3 for vacate or compliance with reinspection; the appeal for 104 Dale St. N. was denied as withdrawn and original deadlines remain; FCO matters at 392 Edmund Ave. and 1112 Kingsford St. were laid over for further reinspections and documentation. Multiple matters were referred to City Council with specified return dates and reinspections scheduled.

4 min readMunicipal coverage