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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TI-IE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
APPROVING REVOCATION PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 5A.408(1) OF
THAT CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL LICENSE HELD BY LYNDE INVESTMENTS,
(HEI~INAFI~R "LICENSE HOLDER").
WHEREAS, LICENSE HOLDER IS THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 5131 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, AND
WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO COLUlV[BIA HEIGHTS CODE SECTION 5.104(1)(A), WRITTEN
NOTICE SETrING FORTH THE CAUSES AND REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED COUNCIL
ACTION CONTAINED HEREIN WAS GIVEN TO THE LICENSE HOLDER ON
FEBRUARY 4, 1997 OF A PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 24, 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING, AND ALL
ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS MAKES THE FOLLOWING:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. That on NUMEROUS DATES DURING 1996, Lowell DeMars, Enforcement Officer,
for the City of Columbia Heights, mailed inspection request notices to LYNDE INVESTMENTS
requesting that the building located thereon at 5131 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, within the City
of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and owned, according to the application for rental license on
ftc for the above-described real property by LYNDE INVESTMENTS, be scheduled for the
annual licensing inspection.
2. That as of FEBRUARY 12, 1997, LYNDE INVESTMENTS has refused to schedule the
required annual inspection of the rental units.
3. Based upon said information presented by the Enforcement Officer, the following
conditions and violations of the City's Housing Maintenance Code and Licensing Rental Units
were found to exist, to-wit:
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FAILURE TO ALLOW ANNUAL INSPECTION OF ALL
RENTAL UNITS LOCATED AT 5131 UNIVERSITY AVENUE
4. That all parties, including the License Holder and any occupants or tenants, have been
given the appropriate notice of this hearing according to the provisions of the City Code Section
5A.306(1) and 5A.303(1)(d).
CONCLUSIONS OF COUNCIL
1. That the building located at $131 UNIVERSITY AVENUE is in violation of the
provisions of the Columbia Heights City Code as set forth in the Compliance Order attached
hereto;
2. That all relevant parties and parties in interest have been duly served notice of this
hearing, and any other hearings relevant to the revocation or suspension of the license held by
License Holder.
3. That all applicable rights and periods of appeal as relafng to the license holder, owner,
occupant, or tenant, as the case may be, have expired, or such rights have been exercised and
completed.
ORDER OF COUNCIL
1. The rental license belonging to the License Holder described herein and identified by
license number F-1898-96 is hereby revoked/suspended (cross out one);
2. The City shall post for the purpose of preventing occupancy a copy of this order on the
buildings covered by the license held by License Holder;
3. All tenants shall remove themselves from the premises within 60 days from the fu'st day
of posting of this Order revoking the license as held by License Holder.
PASSED THIS lOth DAY OF March · 1997
MOTION BY: Jones
SECOND BY: Sturdevant
ROLL CALL VOTE:
ATTEST:
AYES: Jones, Ruettimann, Sturdevant
NAYS: dol]y, Peterson
CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
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COUNCIL SECRETARY
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