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REQUEST FOR BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTSAND APPEALS ACTION Date: April 20, 2020 Item No: 7.c Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Consideration of an appeal to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals pertaining to determination of an unsafe building by the Building Official for property located at 2401 Prior Ave. N., Roseville, MN 55113. 1 B ACKGROUND 2 In July of 2017, the City of Roseville Fire Department (RVFD) was delegated Hotel / Motel inspections 3 from the State Fire Marshal’s office. 4 RVFD has conducted inspections at 2401 Prior Ave N. on November 7, 2017, August 10 & September 5, 5 2018, October 23 & December 2, 2019, February 20 and March 27, 2020. Each inspection noted violations 6 to State Fire Code, specifically concerns related to the condition of the fire suppression system (Attachment 7 A). 8 Correspondence from the Roseville Fire Marshal(RVFM), dated February 25, 2020, was sent to the 9 property owner whereby 30 days was providedto repair and return the fire sprinkler system for the entire 10 property to code compliant condition (Attachment B). The inspection was conducted on March 27, 2020 to 11 verify compliance, but failed due to continued inoperable fire suppression system (Attachment A). On 12 March 30, 2020, the RVFM send correspondence to the property stating the building is unsafe per 13 Minnesota State Fire Code Section 110.0 & 110.1.1. The RVFM also sent this correspondence to the 14 Roseville Building Official for further action under the Minnesota State Building Code (Attachment C). 15 Upon receipt of the determination of the RVFM, the Building Official drafted correspondence dated April 16 3, 2020, and hand delivered to the property and posted notices of Revocation of the Certificate of 17 Occupancy, condemnation of the building, structures and premises. Included in the posting was an order to 18 vacate no later than April 10, 2020 (Attachment D). 19 On April 6, 2020, the City Manager received contact from an attorney (Mr. McKenney) representing the 20 Norwood Inn and Suites regarding the revocation, condemnation and order to vacate(Attachment E). An 21 onsite meeting was requested by Mr. McKenney and conducted on April 9, 2020. The City Manager, 22 Building Official and Fire Inspector were in attendance representing the City. Hotel ownership, 23 management and contractor representatives were also in attendance representing the property. City staff 24 confirmed the propertystill did not have a fully functional fire suppression system and notification system 25 during this meeting. Staff was also advised it may be several weeks until such suppression system is fully 26 operable. During this meeting, City staff re-enforced that State Code requirements mandated the order to 27 vacate, subsequent an appeal of the determination of the Building Official. Staff also reminded ownership 28 and management that although the revocation was directly related to the inoperable fire suppression system, 29 there remains numerous unresolved violations to City and State codes. In an effort to resolve those 7c RCA Page 1 of 2