(A) Personal liability and lien.
(1) The owner of premises on which an act prohibited by this subchapter has been abated by the city shall be personally liable for the cost to the city of the abatement, including administrative costs.
(2) As soon as the work has been completed and the cost determined, the City Administrator or other official designated by the Council shall prepare a bill for the cost and mail it to the owner.
(3) Thereupon, the amount shall be immediately due and payable at the office of the City Administrator.
(B) Assessment. The Administrator shall list the expenses, which shall be a lien upon the property, and, on or before September 1 next following abatement of the prohibited act, list the total unpaid charges against each separate lot or parcel to which the charges are attributable if unpaid. The Council may then spread the charges against the property to be assessed under M.S. § 429.101, as it may be amended from time to time, and other pertinent statutes for certification to the County Auditor and collection, along with current taxes the following year or in annual installments, not exceeding ten, as the Council may determine in each case.
(Ord. 254, passed 2-3-1992)