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Resolution No. R-87-37 <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OFFICIALS TO <br />PROCEED WITH AN ACTION UNDER THE STATE <br />HAZARDOUS AND SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS ACT <br />TO ABATE A HAZARDOUS CONDITION AT THE <br />NORTHOME SHOPPING CENTER. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council is authorized by the state <br />Hazardous and Substandard Building Act, Minn. Stat. 463.161, to <br />abate a hazardous building within the municipality by a court- <br />enforced order, and <br />WHEREAS, the City Fire Marshall has on repeated occasions <br />during 1986-1987 notified the owners of the Northome Shopping <br />Center (the "Center"), located at the southeast corner of <br />Larpenteur and Snelling within Falcon Heights, that the Center <br />• is in violation of the City Fire Code, especially in regard to the <br />lack of a sprinkler system in the southeast corner of the basement, <br />but no substantive action has been taken by the owners to correct <br />the situation, and <br />WHEREAS, the uncorrected fire code violations constitute a <br />fire hazard, and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the abatement <br />proceedings must be immediately instituted and prosecuted under <br />the Act in order to protect the public safety and health. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Falcon Heights <br />as follows: <br />1. The City finds on the basis of information provided by <br />the City Fire Marshall which is on file with the Fire <br />Marshall that the lack of a sprinkler system in the <br />basement of the Center makes the Center a hazardous <br />building within the meaning of the Act. <br />