Owners Seek New Rental License for Country Village Apartments

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The company behind has asked the City of Burnsville to reconsider its rental license.

Lindahl Partnerships, then known as Lindahl Properties LLP, in January 2012 after failing to correct hundreds of building and fire code violations in the squalid complex.

The revocation seemed to be the final chapter in a battle between city and company officials, which started in spring of 2011 after a fire broke out at the complex. Residents approached firefighters at the scene with a long list of complaints, sparking an protracted investigation that uncovered .

In October of last year, the city suspended the property company's license. In  the city council granted Lindahl a conditional reprieve in the hopes that they company would make good on its promises to improve conditions in the neglected buildings.

Ultimately, Lindahl lost its license completely after missing the first of three major deadlines on Jan. 15, 2012, forcing hundreds of Burnsville's poorest and most vulnerable residents to find new accommodations in the middle of winter. At the time, only 30 apartments units had been deemed habitable by the city — less than a quarter of the total number of units at Country Village. 

Lindahl recently asked the city council to consider granting the company a provisional license. The item was originally scheduled for the July 3 council meeting. However, company officials have asked the council to delay action on their request until all inspections at the property had been concluded.