(A) A property owner shall remove all graffiti from the owner’s property within five business days of having knowledge of or should have had knowledge of the existence of the graffiti. A property owner may request the city to remove the graffiti and if the city agrees to remove the graffiti, the property owner shall sign a release of liability form; a consent to enter property form; and a consent to specially assess unpaid charges form. The property owner shall be liable for all costs which the city incurs in removing the graffiti under this paragraph and the city may collect the costs as a special assessment pursuant to M.S. § 429.101, subd. 1(c), if the property owner fails to reimburse the city upon request.
(B) The city may remove any graffiti which has not been removed by the property owner or legal possessor within ten business days after the city’s service of notice of graffiti upon the owner or legal possessor. The city may extend the ten-day period to a longer period of time, not to exceed an aggregate total of 30 days, for good cause shown. The city may charge the property owner or legal possessor the costs incurred by the city in removing the graffiti upon the property owner or legal possessors failure to do so under the requirements of this section. Any charges not paid within 30 days of the due date stated on the city’s invoice shall be deemed delinquent and subject to collection as a special assessment. Any unpaid charges collected by special assessment shall be in accordance with M.S. § 429.101.
(Ord. 639, passed 12-11-97)