The single-family home at 2133 Selby Ave. was there one day, gone the next. A few days after its Sept. 19 demolition, Tim Flanigan was surprised to see its garage torn down, and then excavators digging deep into the foundation and front yard.

When Flanigan checked property records through PAULIE, the city’s new online web portal for inspections and permitting, there was no evidence the city had issued a demolition permit.

He went downtown to talk to officials in the city’s Department of Safety and Inspections in person, and was told no such permit yet existed. The property is registered to a limited liability company, MJ Properties MN, LLC of Bloomington. Efforts to reach MJ Properties for comment were not successful.

“They told me there the application had been submitted and wasn’t eve

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