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Council ratifies amended special tax assessments for 104 West Ivy Avenue; owner cited language barriers
Summary
After a public hearing, councilmembers adopted amended recommendations to ratify multiple special tax assessments tied to code enforcement at 104 W. Ivy Ave., and staff said the assessments will be divided over three years as amended.
The St. Paul City Council held a public hearing and ratified amended special tax assessments connected to repeated code-enforcement activity at 104 West Ivy Avenue.
City legislative hearing officer staff explained the assessments stemmed from repeated excessive-consumption code enforcement visits during 2024 related to parking, vehicles and yard conditions. Multiple excessive-consumption fees were generated on dates in February through April and later, and some enforcement resulted in vehicle abatement orders; staff said the property was cleaned up by year’s end.
The property owner appeared and spoke through an interpreter, saying language barriers, difficulty reaching inspectors and uncertainty about where to place miscellaneous items contributed to the repeat violations. The owner asked the council to dismiss the tickets; the owner said some assessments had already been transferred to property tax.
Vice President Kim moved to approve amended recommendations from the legislative hearing officer, and the council adopted the recommendations by roll call for each assessment item (RLHTA 20530, 20531, 20532, 20533, 20534 as listed in the packet). The legislative hearing officer indicated, and the council adopted, an amended approach that spreads certain assessments over three years. The public hearing record includes photographs and inspection notes attached to the staff report.
Councilmembers recorded five votes in favor with no opposition in the roll calls that concluded each item; one member was absent for some of the roll calls. Staff confirmed corrections to the assessment schedule were included in an amended version of the legislative hearing officer’s recommendation in the council packet.
