If the nuisance is not abated within five days in compliance with the notice, the City Council shall cause the nuisance to be abated and shall recover the actual cost thereof, plus an additional 25% of the expenditure, by civil action against the person or persons served; or, if service of notice of assessment of the cost has been made upon the record owner, as shown on the records of the County Auditor, by ordering the Clerk to extend the sum, plus 25% thereof as a special tax against the property upon which the nuisance existed and to certify the same to the County Auditor for collection in the same manner as taxes and special assessments are certified and collected.
(Prior Code, § 10-29)
Statutory reference:
Authority to define and abate nuisances, see M.S. § 412.221, subdivision 23
Nuisances generally, see M.S. §§ 561.01 et seq.